The DayThe Day: Monday, May 26, 2026
The country pauses for Memorial Day at Arlington as US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz test a fragile Iran ceasefire.
The DayThe country pauses for Memorial Day at Arlington as US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz test a fragile Iran ceasefire.
The DayIranian missiles over Fujairah, a Palestinian diplomat under pressure, Cuba goes dark, and a global Ebola emergency.
The DayWhat happened today, in context.
The DayThe blockade is eight days old. China has entered the conversation. And in the Coral Sea, scientists found more than a hundred species nobody knew existed.
The DayThe U.S. Navy is blockading Iranian ports. Both sides are heading back to Islamabad. The ceasefire expires tomorrow.
The DayThe Islamabad talks enter their second week. The ceasefire expires in five days. The last time American and Iranian officials sat across from each other was 1981.
The DayIran mined the Strait of Hormuz and then lost track of where it put the mines. The ceasefire demands their removal. Six days remain.
The DayThe Iran ceasefire reaches its halfway point. The Strait of Hormuz hasn't reopened. At the pump, the war costs four dollars and sixteen cents a gallon.
The DayIsraeli and Lebanese ambassadors sit down at the State Department. In Islamabad, the clock on a two-week ceasefire keeps ticking.
The DayThe United States and Iran held their first direct, face-to-face talks since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The ceasefire expires April 21.