5 Family-Friendly Cities for Spring Break Trips

My husband and I are avid urban travelers, and that didn’t change when we had children. We still enjoy encountering a city’s delights, though now we rely more advance planning, patience and ice cream breaks. My family has learned to select cities with direct flight access, walkable downtowns and neighborhoods full of parks and playgrounds. … Read more

Trump Renamed the Gulf of Mexico, but Who Controls It?

The Trump administration has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, but most of the body of water lies outside maritime regions controlled by the United States. Maritime claims in the Gulf of Mexico Source: Sovereign Limits By Zach Levitt According to calculations by Sovereign Limits, a database of international boundaries, the … Read more

U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama

  The Trump administration deported migrants from several Asian nations to Panama on Wednesday night, Panamanian and U.S. officials said, in a move that could signal much faster removals of immigrants who have remained in the United States because their countries have made it difficult to return them. The flight carrying the migrants, a military … Read more

Court Blocks U.S. From Sending Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo

A federal judge barred the U.S. government on Sunday from sending three detained Venezuelan men to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, opening the first legal front against the Trump administration’s new policy of sending undocumented migrants to the American military base there. “Considering the uncertainty surrounding jurisdiction, the court determines it is necessary to enjoin the transfer … Read more

Deportation Flights Return Migrants From U.S. to Venezuela

Two flights carrying Venezuelan migrants from the United States back to Venezuela will arrive late Monday in the capital, Caracas, the country’s communication’s ministry said. The flights are a major victory for the Trump administration, which made a campaign promise to deport millions of undocumented migrants. To accomplish this goal, President Trump needs Nicolás Maduro, … Read more

Nations Denounce Trump Tariff on Metals and Warn of Retaliation

Nations targeted by President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum decried the measures as unfair Tuesday and threatened to retaliate in a growing trade dispute that threatens to further roil economic markets and strain the United States’ relations with major allies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, the United States’ biggest supplier of both metals, … Read more