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

Jordanians Struggle as Mideast Wars Scare Tourists Away

Though Jordan mostly sat out the conflicts, its tourism high season was nearly wiped out at popular sites. Visitors canceled flights, hotels and tours.A few tourists in front of the 2,000-year-old Treasury building in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, last month.

R Raja Abdulrahim, Rana F. Sweis and Laura Boushnak

OPEC Plus, in Symbolic Gesture, to Increase Oil Production

The announcement came days after the United Arab Emirates withdrew from the group. The higher output will have little effect on global supplies.The OPEC headquarters in Vienna. Seven of the members of the consortium of oil producing nations on Sunday noted “the importance of adopting a cautious appr

E Emmett Lindner

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

Indiana Primary Election Will Test Trump’s Influence With Republicans

The election on Tuesday will test the influence of President Trump, who endorsed challengers to Republican state senators who scuttled his push to redraw political maps.Candidates for a seat in the Indiana Senate at a candidate forum at Parke Heritage High School in Rockville, Ind., last month.

M Mitch Smith

The Last Days of Butter Ridge

The Watsons were dairy farmers for generations, the rhythms of their lives defined by their cows. Until this spring.

E Eli Saslow and Erin Schaff

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

Norway’s Northern Lights Nightmare

This Arctic region has seen a boom in tourism, but as tourists chase the northern lights, scammers chase their money.A guided tour in February to see the northern lights in Grotfjorden, near Tromso, Norway.

L Lynsey Chutel, Louise Krüger and Nicole Tung