President Trump calls the removal of Nicolás Maduro “the perfect scenario.” But not everything is going right for the U.S. in Venezuela.

President Trump said the U.S. began its blockade in the Straight of Hormuz on Monday. The blockade comes as talks between American and Iranian negotiators ended without a breakthrough over the weekend.

Hungarians reacted with joy, disbelief and disappointment after the former prime minister, Viktor Orban, was defeated by Peter Magyar in an election on Sunday.

Iranians enduring the latest communications shutdown warn that it’s crippling businesses. Critics say officials flagrantly use the internet they block citizens from.

An official inquiry said the perpetrator’s parents, as well as government agencies, had missed several chances to avert the deadly attack.

Many Hungarians, exhausted by a struggling economy and worried about a move away from the European Union, were jubilant after Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded. Some had wondered if he would.

The vessels exited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, hours before a U.S. naval blockade took effect.

The regime in Iran has not changed and the nuclear and missile threats have not been eliminated, leaving many Israelis to wonder what this was all for.

Leo XIV, under fire from President Trump, has joined predecessors including Francis and John Paul II in confronting political issues.

The election defeat for Prime Minister Viktor Orban is less the result of an ideological shift in Hungary, and more the playing out of a fundamental rule of politics.