War Games and Warnings on Strait of Hormuz Went Unheeded by Trump

Over the past two decades, Iran repeatedly threatened to close down the waterway. President Trump underestimated Iran’s ability to do so.Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz has become a huge source of leverage in negotiations with President Trump.

M Michael Crowley

Trump Administration Turns to a New Rationale to Justify Old Tariffs

The administration has settled on a more legally and politically durable way to impose tariffs, but some say the focus on forced labor is merely a pretext for protectionism.On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced a tariff of 10 percent to 12.5 percent on 59 countries and the 27-member Europea

A Ana Swanson

New Intelligence Role Puts Bill Pulte’s Housing Agenda in Doubt

Mr. Pulte has had difficulty boosting the housing market as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Now he will also serve as acting intelligence director.Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, had some early success in bringing down mortgage rates, but housing prices ha

M Matthew Goldstein and Lydia DePillis

For Knicks’ Owner James Dolan, a Title Might Finally Stop Some Boos

James Dolan, the longtime owner of the N.B.A. team, has faced years of jeers. Could a championship change all that?James Dolan, center, at a New York Knicks game in 2023. In his nearly 30 years owning the team, it had one of the worst records in the N.B.A.

T Tania Ganguli and Dionne Searcey

Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any.

A chronic lack of investment in development of better tests has left clinicians blind and allows deadly viruses to spread unchecked.Health workers suiting up in Mongbwalu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Without sufficient testing, people with symptoms that could be Ebola are often isolated tog

S Stephanie Nolen

Painted Into a Corner

We look at the state of the Iran war three months on.In the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

S Sam Sifton