After U.S.-Iran War, Oman Is Said to Propose Strait of Hormuz Fee Plan

Under the proposal, Iran and Oman would collect payment for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to officials and diplomats with knowledge of the matter.A cargo vessel anchored off the coast of Oman near Muscat last week.

V Vivian Nereim, Farnaz Fassihi and Erika Solomon

Tom Kean Says Depression Led to Long Absence From Congress

After months of mystery, the New Jersey representative broke his silence about the undisclosed health issue that prompted his 117-day absence.Representative Thomas H. Kean Jr., a New Jersey Republican, at the Capitol on Tuesday.

A Annie Karni

Putin Faces Increased Pressure as Moscow Is Again Attacked by Drones

The Russian authorities said 419 drones were shot down across Russia, including in the capital, and in Crimea.A photograph posted on the Moscow region’s official social media channel on Tuesday, said to show a damaged private house in the town of Yegoryevsk.

P Paul Sonne, Ivan Nechepurenko and John Yoon

Senator Gallego’s Use of Campaign Funds for Family Trips Prompts Scrutiny

The Arizona senator used campaign money to fly his family to Nantucket and the Caribbean. The Justice Department has said it is investigating his campaign finance activity.Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona repeatedly took his family to vacation destinations and billed tens of thousands of dollars in

B Bayliss Wagner and Kellen Browning

The Prom Went On in Kyiv, but Masha’s Date Danced Alone

Masha Polska, 15, was an avid dancer who had been dreaming of a star turn in the group waltz. That was not to be.Yehor Holodryha, center, and classmates of Masha Polska dancing the waltz at their prom in Kyiv, Ukraine, in June.

S Siobhán O’Grady, Liubov Sholudko and Oksana Parafeniuk

Why the True Death Toll of Venezuela’s Quakes Is So Hard to Know

Five days after devastating twin earthquakes flattened entire residential neighborhoods, experts fear the official death toll of 1,719 could be a serious undercount.The authorities have started an improvised morgue, so that relatives can look for the bodies of loved ones among the earthquake’s victi

E Emma Bubola, Leo Sands, Isayen Herrera and Tibisay Romero

Wins and Losses

We look at Supreme Court rulings on presidential power and mail-in ballots.The Supreme Court.

S Sam Sifton

Trying to Keep Track of Mangione’s State Case? It May Not Be Easy.

Though public access is a right in both federal and state courts, the judge in Luigi Mangione’s New York case has kept some legal documents sealed.Luigi Mangione, center, at a pretrial hearing in court in June, when a judge announced Mr. Mangione’s lawyers were considering “extreme emotional disturb

H Hurubie Meko and Benjamin Weiser