Virginia joins a national effort to ensure only popular vote winners become president  NPR

How many ships have passed the Strait of Hormuz and how many were attacked?  Al JazeeraView Full Coverage on Google News

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Trump’s leaky blockade: ship sneaks through and talks with Iran resume  Fortune US, Iran may resume talks this week despite port blockade  Reuters Pakistan proposes second round… [more]

Capitol Agenda: GOP leaders plot quick end to DHS shutdown  Politico GOP leaders prepare to steamroll opponents of DHS funding plan  Politico Senate Republicans race to fund… [more]

Iran Weighs Pausing Hormuz Shipping to Avoid Derailing Talks  Bloomberg.com Tehran calls US blockade of Iranian ports an act of ‘piracy’  France 24 Live updates: Middle East… [more]

Fresh Iran talks could begin this week as US continues blockade on ports  Fox News US, Iran may resume talks this week despite port blockade  Reuters U.S…. [more]

Pope in Algeria: ‘God’s heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice, lies’  Vatican News Catholicism Thrives in Africa, but Pope’s Cameroon Visit Highlights a Divide  The… [more]

Live Updates: In Iran war, push to resume U.S.-Iran talks intensifies as U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports enters Day 2  CBS News Fresh Iran talks could… [more]

US-Sanctioned Tanker Tests Trump Blockade With Hormuz Exit  Yahoo Finance Iran war live: Trump teases more Pakistan talks; Israel, Lebanon meet in US  Al Jazeera US military… [more]