Eclipse, Spain, Singapore: Your Monday Evening Briefing
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Big crowds lined the "path of totality," the arc where the moon fully obscured the sun from Oregon to South Carolina,
and millions more, including your delighted briefing writer in New York, saw a partial eclipse.
President Trump is preparing to set the "path forward for America’s engagement in Afghanistan
and South Asia" in his first nationally televised prime-time address since January (9 p.m. Eastern).
"That was so amazing." There were gasps and cheers —
and runs on protective eyewear — as a total eclipse traveled across the entire country for the first time since 1918.
Ten U.S. Navy sailors are still being sought after a U.S.-guided-missile destroyer, the John S. McCain,
above, collided with an oil tanker in the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Singapore.
On Tuesday, President Trump will hold a rally in Phoenix, and there’s speculation
that he could announce a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the former county sheriff who became known around the country for his hard-line policies toward undocumented immigrants.
