Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• Iran announced on Monday that it would soon violate a central element of the 2015 nuclear deal — by producing more uranium than allowed — unless it gets European help to offset the effects of American sanctions. The White House, in turn, ordered another 1,000 troops to the Middle East.

• President Trump had said North Korea and Iran could be convinced to give up their nuclear weapons programs. He is learning that it’s not so easy.

• Confused about the back-and-forth over the Iran deal? Here’s an explainer.

• When Mr. Trump rode down that escalator four years ago, his candidacy seemed like a sideshow. Today he kicks off his re-election bid as the dominant force in politics, and voters will decide before long whether 2016 was a fluke or a transformative moment.

• Joe Biden is campaigning as though he were running alone — betting that name recognition and his early lead will let him focus on Mr. Trump and brush off his 22 Democratic rivals.

• At a forum in Washington on Monday, Mr. Biden said he planned on taking North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia from Mr. Trump in 2020. He also defended his approach to working with Republicans.

• Mr. Biden revealed at a fund-raiser on Monday night (perhaps inadvertently) that he has raised $19.8 million so far, more than any other candidate in the first quarter.

• Nervous business owners are trying to persuade the Trump administration not to impose tariffs on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods. Most are bracing for disappointment.

• Paul J. Manafort, Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, who is serving a federal prison sentence, was expected to be transferred to the notorious Rikers Island jail complex this month. Then the Justice Department intervened.

• Landlords across the country say a White House proposal to eject undocumented immigrants from public housing would displace some of their most reliable tenants and add major financial strains to an already cash-strapped system.

• The Democratic campaigns are prepping their candidates and trying to divine what voters want to hear. So, we thought we’d ask you first: Do you plan to watch the debates? What do you want to hear the candidates discuss? How will you judge their performances? Let us know here.

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Today’s On Politics briefing was compiled by Isabella Grullón Paz in New York.

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