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Trump Says He Will Import Russian Diesel Fuel Amid High Prices

CHRIS CAMERON, IVAN PENN AND VALERIE HOPKINS

President Trump said Russia had agreed to ship potentially millions of tons of diesel fuel in the coming months. But the amounts would be small relative to global demand.

Senate Fact Finders Decry Costs of Immigrant Detention at Guantánamo

CAROL ROSENBERG

The setup has cost more than $100 million, the study said. A recent inspection found nearly 450 government employees and zero detainees.

Donor Says Kimberly Guilfoyle Sought Money From Him to Cover Debt

SHARON LAFRANIERE

Correspondence suggests that Ms. Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece and former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.

Vance Says He Would Not Watch Livestreamed Execution of Fort Hood Shooter

CHRIS CAMERON

The vice president also cast doubt on whether the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, would go forward as Pentagon officials have planned.

Canadian poet who combines classical and modern wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson who combines the classical and the modern wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Blogger on Trial: Is a Lewd Image of Shrek Free Speech or Harassment?

MADISON MALONE KIRCHER

An Ohio municipal court heard a misdemeanor case that considered the limits of political discourse in the age of the internet.

In Deep-Red Kansas, a Surprisingly Competitive Senate Race Takes Shape

JESS BIDGOOD

Adam Hamilton wants to be the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there in nearly 100 years.

Boosting US oil supplies with Russian diesel unlikely to have much impact on prices, experts say

A new pact that calls for Russia to boost the U.S. supply of diesel over the next few months is unlikely to make a dent in painfully high prices at the pump or elsewhere, energy policy experts say

New York prosecutors seek to sustain their case against Luigi Mangione, despite his federal plea

New York prosecutors are seeking to sustain their murder case against Luigi Mangione

A botched execution and plans for one in public show the US is conflicted about capital punishment

Americans have long been divided over executing the nation's worst criminals

Latino nonprofits start their own shops to make helping small businesses their business

Despite both a rise in costs and fears around immigration crackdowns, some Latinos are committing to championing other Latino entrepreneurs by offering access to a storefront

Trump and Iran agree on one thing. The US election calendar isn't driving their decisions on the war

President Donald Trump and Iranian officials seem to agree on one thing about their seven-month-old war

Therapy dogs bring calm and joy to students after shooting at Colorado high school

Evergreen High School has introduced two Labradors, Norene and Polenta, to help students cope with stress after a school shooting

Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias slams the Florida Panhandle and Alabama

Hurricane Isaias has hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle

In Silicon Valley, AI founders cheer Trump’s calls for the industry to police itself on safety

At Tech Week in San Francisco, venture capitalists and AI founders have been ebullient about the White House's hands-off approach to AI regulation