To Get the Strait Open, Trump Had to Leave the Hardest Issues for Later

President Trump is hailing the agreement with Iran as groundbreaking, even as he admits it “isn’t even fully negotiated.” But the nuclear stockpile, enrichment and missiles have not been discussed.The Strait of Hormuz has been a focal point since the start of the conflict.

D David E. Sanger and Tyler Pager

Reopening of Strait of Hormuz Still a Question Mark

Without the details of a formal agreement, it is unclear how soon normal shipping will resume and when oil prices will start to come down.About 1,500 to 2,000 ships have been trapped in the Persian Gulf by the conflict.

J Jack Ewing

Senate Republicans Cast Doubt on a Potential Peace Deal With Iran

Lawmakers, including some of President Trump’s closest allies, slammed the emerging agreement as effectively undermining the president’s own war goals.Senator Thom Tillis said it was “questionable” that Iran would end its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.

M Minho Kim

How Prediction Markets and Crypto Firms Steamrolled a Watchdog Agency

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission purged its ranks, dialed back its enforcement and boosted industries in which President Trump’s family is heavily invested.The building in Washington that houses the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

S Sharon LaFraniere and David Yaffe-Bellany

What to Know About the Citizenship Lists Trump Wants to Create

President Trump is trying to create individual lists of citizens by state to determine who can vote, even as his administration acknowledges they would be unreliable.President Trump signed an executive order in March that called on states to use federal databases to identify noncitizens.

A Adam Sella

Caught Flat-Footed, a City Races to Catch Up With Ebola

The deadly virus has spread alarmingly in Congo for months. Only now is the response taking shape.Disinfecting the public market on Saturday in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeast, as part of the response to the Ebola virus’s resurgence.

D Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi

What to Know About the White House Shooting on Memorial Day Weekend

Shots were fired near the northwestern corner of the White House complex, while President Trump was inside the building. The Secret Service returned fire, killing the gunman.Shots were fired at the northwestern corner of the White House grounds.

C Campbell Robertson and Chelsia Rose Marcius

A Democrat Took on Red Sox Ownership in an Ad. A Network Pulled it.

Graham Platner, a Senate candidate in Maine, blamed private equity for destroying “our favorite baseball team.” NESN, which is owned by the team, pulled his campaign ad, citing an intellectual property violation.Graham Platner, a candidate for Senate in Maine, speaking at a town hall in Sabattus, Ma

T Taylor Robinson and Tim Balk

In Homeless Crisis, California ‘Is Waging a War on R.V.s’

The R.V.s are seen as an eyesore — the most visible sign of the state’s homelessness crisis. Neighbors and politicians want them gone. The people who call them home feel under siege.Los Angeles in early January. A new California law allows certain authorities to quickly demolish oversize vehicles wo

B Bradley Berman

As Rents Soar, Londoners Turn to Vacant Pubs, Offices and Police Stations

Property guardianship, in which residents live in otherwise vacant buildings, used to be considered edgy. But as the rental market tightens, more people are embracing the arrangement.Once a boutique hotel, The Kings Arms Hotel in London is now a guardianship property.

J Jonathan Wolfe and Alice Zoo For The New York Times

UK Institute Is Hunting for Dangers Lurking in AI

The government’s A.I. Security Institute, staffed by alumni from OpenAI and Google, is becoming a model for countries grappling with A.I.’s emerging risks.Along Parliament Square in London is the home of the A.I. Security Institute, which employs weapons inspectors, epidemiologists and code breakers

A Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur

Crack Forms in Garden Grove Chemical Tank, a Positive Sign for Firefighters

The tank in Southern California has been building in temperature and pressure for days, which could lead to an explosive release. The crack may reduce some of that pressure, officials said.An industrial tank in Southern California is at risk of rupture or explosion that could send toxic chemicals in

C Charlotte Dulany and Shawn Hubler