Trump Says U.S. Will Help Stranded Ships Leave Strait of Hormuz

President Trump offered few details on how the new program, which he called Project Freedom, would work, but said interference would be dealt with “forcefully.”Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, near Musandam, Oman, on Friday.

Z Zolan Kanno-Youngs, David E. Sanger and Neil MacFarquhar

Trump Faces the Complicated Reality of a Costly, Unpopular War in Iran

President Trump’s predictions of a relatively short-term conflict with minimal economic consequences appear to be crumbling.President Trump, on Saturday in Florida, is facing the reality that many Americans in a midterm election year disapprove of the war with Iran.

Z Zolan Kanno-Youngs

A Long, Strange Trip: How the G.O.P. Came to Embrace Psychedelic Drugs

For decades, conservatives were adamantly opposed to the use of drugs like psilocybin and LSD. Now, the Trump administration has made a sharp pivot.President Trump patted the hand of W. Bryan Hubbard, founder of the advocacy group Americans for Ibogaine, as the podcaster Joe Rogan looked on in an Ov

A Andrew Jacobs

3 Dead in Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship, W.H.O. Says

One case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed in a laboratory, the organization said on Sunday. There are five additional suspected cases.The cruise ship MV Hondius off Cape Verde on Sunday. Officials identified the ship as the one with passengers infected by hantavirus.

A Alexandra E. Petri and Livia Albeck-Ripka

A California Dream? Some Democrats Fear Harris Picked the Wrong Race.

Some wish Kamala Harris had decided to run for governor in California, where Democrats are struggling to break through, rather than weigh another White House run.As the California primary for governor approaches, some Democrats wish former Vice President Kamala Harris had jumped into the race.

J Jennifer Medina

Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.

The Trump administration says the cities shouldn’t be penalized for unhealthy air because pollution can blow in from abroad. Some experts say that’s preposterous.Phoenix has long struggled with smog collecting in its bowl-shaped topography. The city failed to meet a federal air pollution standard in

H Hiroko Tabuchi

Electric Cars Were a Big Deal Over a Hundred Years Ago

The very first E.V. was born in the 1830s. By the 1900s, electric carriages were dodging horse droppings in Manhattan streets.Electric battery-powered cars outside the Old Metropolitan Opera House on 39th Street in Manhattan in 1898. The vehicles served as early taxis in New York City.

J Jim Resnick

Spirit Airlines’ Demise Could Help Other Airlines

Even in its reduced state, the company played an important role in forcing other airlines to keep fares low, some experts said.Spirit Airlines’ presence at an airport usually helped to push down the fares of all airlines operating there.

N Niraj Chokshi