Increased Cooperation With U.S. Has Put Jordan in Iran’s Cross Hairs

Jordan’s role in U.S. operations against Iran has grown as other allies in the region have restricted Washington’s ability to use their bases and airspace.Iran’s recent attacks on U.S.-allied Jordan, including one that killed two U.S. servicemen on Friday, introduce a new complexity in the war.

R Raja Abdulrahim

A Modest Proposal for the Strait Dispute: A Shared Pact Among Gulf States

A London-based research group has invoked a now-defunct European pact on coal and steel to suggest forming a coalition of countries that would share control of the Strait of Hormuz.Oil tankers and cargo vessels were anchored last month off the coast of Oman during an effective blockade of the Strait

N Neil MacFarquhar

Failed Immigration Cases Leave Chicago Prosecutor’s Office Reeling

Prosecutors have fled the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, angry about the cases they’ve been told to bring against protesters and immigrants.Federal agents used tear gas to disperse people who gathered on Chicago’s South Side during immigration raids last year.

D Danny Hakim

Trump Blasts ‘Sanctuary’ States, but Many Still Aid Deportations

A New York Times review of 18 states targeted by the Trump administration for their “sanctuary” policies found that all cooperate significantly with immigration authorities in cases involving violent crimes.Federal agents and local police outside an immigration processing center in Broadview, Ill.,

J Jazmine Ulloa, Miriam Jordan and Albert Sun

Trump Gutted Civil Rights Agency, Stifling U.S. Scrutiny of Workplace Bias

A little-known federal office spent decades investigating potential discrimination by government contractors — until it was stopped by the Trump administration.BAE Systems, a company that makes weapons, vehicles and cybersecurity tools for the Pentagon, was investigated for two years by a Labor Depa

C Coral Davenport

The U.S. Braced For the World Cup. It Fell in Love Instead.

Amid anxiety over how the United States would welcome the world, cities like Lawrence, Kan., and Boston threw open their doors. The bonds forged are still visible on the streets.Fans celebrating during a match between France and Senegal at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in June.

T Tariq Panja

How We Watched the World Cup

The number of people who attend the World Cup is nothing compared with the sheer world-buckling biomass of those who experience it on a screen.

M Mark O’Connell