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What to know:

• The suspension of vehicle stops allows room for exceptions when executing a criminal warrant or working with partner agencies, according to a person who spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive law enforcement operations. The Maine shooting marked at least the ninth time ICE has used deadly force since Trump began his immigration crackdown.

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POLITICS

House passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent

Proponents, including the White House, argued the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. The vote was 308-117. Read more.

Why this matters:

• States could opt out if their respective legislatures act to do so before the bill’s enactment. The Senate would also have to pass the bill before it could be signed into law, but it’s unclear if it will do so. Detractors said permanent daylight saving time would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous winter mornings where children will be waiting for school buses and parents will be driving to work in darkness.

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WORLD NEWS

Iran threatens to halt all Middle East energy exports after US reimposes blockade

The U.S. military reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign early Wednesday, hitting an Iranian army barracks and killing at least seven troops while wounding 260 people across the country, Iranian officials said. Read more.

Why this matters:

• Days of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East by Iran and the U.S., and both nations’ attempts to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, threaten to push the region back to all-out war. The U.S. first imposed the blockade in mid-April and then lifted it in mid-June, a day after signing the interim deal that set a 60-day period for negotiations over issues like Iran’s nuclear program. But talks have stalled as fighting has intensified over the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas trade passes during peacetime.