For Iran, Flexing Control Over Waterway Is New Deterrent

Iran’s government could emerge from the conflict with a blueprint to keep adversaries at bay, regardless of any restrictions on its nuclear program.A satellite image showing ships’ movements in a section of the Strait of Hormuz this month.

M Mark Mazzetti, Adam Entous and Julian E. Barnes

‘Turning Point Was Charlie Kirk’: Why This Student Group Moved On

Students at the University of Arkansas disagreed with Turning Point’s direction, pointing to challenges ahead for the conservative group.Ava Lacey, left, an executive board member of Young American Revival, and Dino Fantegrossi, right, the group’s president, at the University of Arkansas in Fayettev

R Richard Fausset

The Primary That Could End a State G.O.P.’s Independent Streak

For years, Republican state legislators in Montana have been willing to team up with Democrats, but in nearly two dozen races on June 2, a nationally attuned right has those lawmakers in its sights.Brett Mills is one of nearly two dozen hard-right candidates in Montana who are challenging independen

D David W. Chen and Will Warasila

The Doctor Will Seek Your Vote Now

Dozens of Democratic doctors are running for office in the midterms, including some spurred by opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his anti-vaccine stance.

N Nina Agrawal

U.S. Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms

The delegation told Cuba’s leadership that it had only a narrow window of time to make the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration.A street in Havana last month. During the talks last week, a State Department official said, the American delegation insisted that President

E Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

New York’s Anti-Rich Current Reaches Crescendo With Second-Home Tax Plan

With a new tax proposal, the threat of a building workers’ strike and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s shunning of the Met Gala, the city’s wealth gap was on full display.A mix of events appeared to show new levels of intolerance for New York’s über-wealthy, particularly nonresidents with second homes in the

D Dionne Searcey

Contours of NYC’s Pied-à-Terre Tax Begin to Take Shape

As state leaders determine how much owners of high-priced second homes in New York City may have to pay, they are also wrestling with opaque L.L.C.-ownership issues.Gov. Kathy Hochul is discussing a potential surcharge tax on second homes that would kick in on properties worth at least $5 million, w

B Benjamin Oreskes, Mihir Zaveri and Grace Ashford

Mamdani Meets With Obama at Bronx Child Care Center

It was the leaders’ first public appearance together since Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric rise. Former President Barack Obama called Mr. Mamdani in November shortly before his victory.The meeting between the two men came as Mayor Zohran Mamdani was seeking to expand free child care for 2-year-olds.

E Emma G. Fitzsimmons

JD Vance’s Very Bad Week

What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.

M Michelle Cottle, David French, Michelle Goldberg, Derek Arthur and Jillian Weinberger

Who Is the New Leader of Hungary?

Our reporter Andrew Higgins describes why Hungary’s voters chose Peter Magyar over Viktor Orban in a landslide, ending Orban’s 16 years in power.

A Andrew Higgins, Christina Thornell and Leila Medina

Hollywood Talent Giant Draws Suitors Amid Epstein Fallout

Formerly known as Wasserman, the agency that has changed its name to The Team put itself up for sale after its founder’s emails surfaced in the Epstein files.Casey Wasserman last year. He announced in February that he would be exploring a sale of the talent agency he founded.

B Benjamin Mullin and Lauren Hirsch

New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.

The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.A woman held H.I.V. medication that she received through funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, along w

A Apoorva Mandavilli