These are the stories receiving broad attention across national news homepages and most-read lists early Wednesday morning.
Trump says an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz may come today
President Trump says talks with Iran and Oman could produce an agreement as early as Wednesday, potentially reopening the critical shipping route and helping bring the five-month conflict closer to an end.
Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary remains too close to call
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens remain locked in a close contest that has become a national test of the Democratic Party’s direction. The winner will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.
Missouri voters overwhelmingly reject eliminating the state income tax
More than 80 percent of voters opposed a Republican-backed proposal that could have replaced the state income tax with expanded sales taxes. Voters also rejected an effort to make citizen-led constitutional amendments more difficult to pass.
House Ethics Committee opens an investigation into Rep. Max Miller
The Ohio Republican is resisting calls to resign over domestic-abuse allegations made by his former wife. Miller denies wrongdoing and says he will remain in his reelection race.
Rep. Chuck Edwards abandons his reelection campaign after ethics findings
The North Carolina Republican withdrew after the House Ethics Committee recommended censure over his conduct toward two female aides.
FAA investigates a safety failure involving Marine One
Air-traffic controllers reportedly failed to stop commercial departures from Reagan National Airport when Trump’s helicopter left the White House. The FAA said the aircraft did not appear to be converging dangerously, but required separation procedures may not have been followed.
U.S. job openings fall to 7.4 million
Job openings declined in June, providing further evidence that the labor market is slowing, although layoffs remained relatively stable and unemployment remained low.
Twenty-five states sue to stop Trump’s latest tariffs
The states argue that the administration used forced-labor claims as a pretext to replace tariffs that the Supreme Court had already declared unlawful.
Federal appeals court says Trump administration improperly canceled climate grants
The court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency likely acted unlawfully when it attempted to terminate billions of dollars in congressionally authorized clean-energy funding.