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What to know:

• It is unclear what will follow after an American attempt to end Iran’s stranglehold on the strait by creating an “enhanced security area.” A prominent Iranian official accused the U.S. of undermining regional security with the effort and warned that Iran will respond. The U.S. military said two American-flagged merchant ships successfully transited the strait on Monday, but it remained to be seen if any more ships would cross through on Tuesday.

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Secret Service says suspect opened fire on them and was shot in exchange near Washington Monument

Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said agents spotted a man carrying a gun near the White House complex. The unidentified man attempted to flee when uniformed officers with the Secret Service approached him. Quinn said the man fired at the officers, who returned fire. Read more.

Why this matters:

• The White House was briefly locked down as authorities investigated the incident. The Secret Service ushered journalists who were outside into the briefing room, and President Donald Trump continued a small business event without interruption.

   

• The incident drew a large police presence, coming just over a week after a gunman tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives. Quinn said it was not known yet whether the Monday incident was related to Trump.

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WORLD NEWS

AP’s global investigation into government surveillance efforts wins Pulitzer Prize

The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for an investigation into mass surveillance tools and their impact in China. Read more.

What to know:

• Spanning three years, thousands of pages of documents and numerous interviews, the AP project found that American tech companies helped lay the foundations of the Chinese government’s system for monitoring and policing its citizens. The Pulitzer board described the reporting as “an astonishing global investigation into state-of-the-art tools of mass surveillance.”
  
  

• Several other prize-winning projects zoomed in on the Trump presidency. The Washington Post won the prize for public service for scrutinizing the Trump administration’s sweeping, choppy overhaul of federal agencies. Reuters won for national reporting on President Donald Trump’s use of power.