Senate Rebukes Trump With Iran War Powers Vote

BRUSSELS - France said 40 people have drowned since last Thursday as people tried to cool off in rivers, lakes and unsupervised swimming spots during the continent's brutal heatwave. Red alerts are now in force across France, Italy and Spain, while Britain's Met Office has issued a rare red warning for England. The heat is expected to get worse before it eases.

BRUSSELS - The UN’s maritime agency has begun a large-scale evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to pause the war. IMO chief Arsenio Dominguez said the operation is being carried out with Iran, Oman, the US and other coastal states. The waterway is moving again, but the argument over who gets to charge for it is not.

TEHRAN - Iran said Tuesday there are no plans for UN nuclear inspectors to return, directly contradicting Vice President JD Vance's claim that talks in Switzerland had cleared the way for a restart as soon as today. The dispute came after the first round of US-Iran negotiations, which also produced a 60-day oil sanctions waiver. For now, the deal looks less like a breakthrough than a very expensive argument.

MOSCOW - Ukraine hit the Russian capital with close to 200 drones overnight, setting off thick smoke and sending air defenses scrambling across the region. Moscow said 17 people were wounded and that nearly 1,000 drones and four cruise missiles were intercepted nationwide in 24 hours. Kyiv called the strikes “long-range sanctions.”

WASHINGTON - President Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested and seven cited over alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, where peeling blue sealant and green algae have become the latest embarrassment for a pricey renovation.

He has offered no public evidence for the knife-cut gash he says runs hundreds of feet across the landmark. Park officials have not confirmed that account. The pool is expected to be drained again for repairs, because apparently even a monument can have a bad week.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6 to 3 that Damon Landor, a former Louisiana inmate and Rastafarian, cannot sue prison officials who forcibly shaved his dreadlocks.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority that the federal religious-freedom law Landor relied on does not let him seek money from individual officers. The three liberal justices dissented. The decision is a sharp turn from the court’s recent habit of siding with religious-liberty claims.

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Tuesday let the Trump administration expand expedited deportations beyond the border, a sharp win for its immigration crackdown. The 2-1 ruling means federal officials can use the fast-track process anywhere in the U.S. on some people who cannot prove two years of continuous presence. A separate California judge blocked other immigration court arrest tactics the same day. The legal fight is not slowing down.

WASHINGTON - The House passed a sweeping housing bill Tuesday, 358 to 32, and sent it to President Donald Trump after the Senate approved it 85 to 5 on Monday. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act aims to boost supply, cut some red tape and limit large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Trump is expected to sign it. Whether it actually lowers prices is the part nobody can quite promise.

MOSCOW - Russia is weighing a ban on diesel exports after Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries tightened fuel supplies and pushed shortages across much of the country.

At least two-thirds of Russia's regions are now rationing fuel or dealing with disruptions, according to Bloomberg. The government has already banned jet fuel exports and mostly stopped gasoline exports in April. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak called the situation "difficult but manageable."

KUALA LUMPUR - AirAsia X Bhd. has fallen behind on payments to some suppliers and asked for deferrals on at least a dozen planes, according to people familiar with the matter. Higher fuel prices are squeezing the low-cost carrier’s finances, and that is usually where the trouble starts. The company has spent years selling cheap seats on the promise that the math would work. Fuel is reminding it otherwise.

MIAMI - The Milwaukee Bucks finally traded Giannis Antetokounmpo, sending the two-time MVP and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat for Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, three first-round picks, a pick swap and a second-rounder.

The deal ends a 13-month saga and gives Miami the superstar it has chased for years. Milwaukee chose the Heat over Boston's Jaylen Brown offer, betting on picks and younger players instead of one more swing at relevance. Now comes the harder part: making the new rosters fit.

BROOKLYN - The Washington Wizards took AJ Dybantsa with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft on Tuesday night, choosing the BYU wing over Kansas guard Darryn Peterson and Duke forward Cameron Boozer.

Dybantsa had been the heavy favorite for days, and the top four went chalk from there: Peterson to Utah, Boozer to Memphis and Caleb Wilson to Chicago. For a draft built up for months as a possible shakeup, the first hour was mostly a shrug. Sometimes the league gets one right.

FOXBOROUGH - England dominated the ball and still could not break Ghana down, settling for a 0-0 draw in Group L at Gillette Stadium.

Harry Kane missed the best chance late, blazing over after Nico O’Reilly had hit the bar. Ghana barely blinked, and Thomas Tuchel’s side were left with four points and work still to do before the round of 32. Jude Bellingham called it “second game fever.”

NEW YORK - Clive Davis, the music executive who helped shape the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Janis Joplin, has died at 94. His family said he had recently been hospitalized with respiratory problems and was recovering at home in Manhattan.

Davis spent decades at Columbia, Arista and J Records, where he built a reputation for hearing hits before anyone else did. Bruce Springsteen called him a close friend and said he changed his life at 22. For a man who never played a note, he left a lot of them behind.

WASHINGTON - Alexis Wilkins says she was booked to sing at a Freedom 250 event on the National Mall because of her music career, not because she is Kash Patel's girlfriend. The conservative country singer, who is the FBI director's longtime partner, said Tuesday that she was invited on her own accord and is not being paid. She called the criticism sham accusations and said the celebration is run through a fundraising arm, not taxpayer money.