The Fed, After Raising Rates, Grapples With What Comes Next  —  Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Wednesday left open-ended how much more interest rates may have to rise to tame inflation.  —  After four months of talking tough about inflation, Kevin M. Warsh finally followed through.

Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed's Senate Bid  —  The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state's Democratic Senate nominee.  —  A group of Jewish voters in Michigan is urging support for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed …

House Republican Meeting Turns Into Shouting Match  —  A late-night meeting in House Speaker Mike Johnson's office went off the rails Tuesday, with multiple sources describing the session as one of the most contentious this year.  —  “Everyone was fired up,” one source said.

OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior  —  The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.  —  OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes …

House passes Russia sanctions bill  —  The House passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill Thursday, sending the long-awaited legislation to President Trump's desk. … - It would also target Russia's “shadow fleet,” the network of aging tankers used to evade Western sanctions while exporting Russian oil.

Why I'm Voting for a Texas Democrat  —  Bo French's bigoted tweet after a football game is part of a long and ugly pattern.  —  It was a moment every student in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium will remember for life.  Forty-one seconds into the final quarter on Saturday …

Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials  —  This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera.  404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it.

Lawmaker requests emergency hearing as Kennedy Center remains closed  —  Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), a Kennedy Center trustee, filed a motion requesting an emergency hearing so center officials can explain the closure despite a federal judge's instructions hours earlier that he needed to approve it.

Carney says Canada will decide its own partnerships after Trump calls EU proposal ‘laughable’ … Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed the European Union's ambition to make Ottawa an associate member of the 27-nation bloc and said Canadian lawmakers would ultimately vote on the final structure of the alliance.

Trump's Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns … Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in his courtroom.  A former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court, he does not have the profile of a jurist likely to engage in a high-stakes standoff with the executive branch.Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times

Who Will Win the Midterms?  Republicans Are Reeling. … The political environment has worsened for Republicans as they try to defend control of Congress, though the party has a big cash advantage over Democrats.  Alex Kent/The New York Times  —  In Georgia, Republican strategists …

Hasan Piker on “The Axios Show”: America worse than al-Qaeda “pound for pound”  —  OPEN EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM CDN.JWPLAYER.COM … - “Pound for pound as far as the number of deaths, yes,” Piker said in an exclusive interview for a new episode of “The Axios Show.”

Scoop: Trump to hold Iran talks with Gulf leaders next week  —  President Trump is expected to hold a meeting with Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next Tuesday to discuss the next steps in the war with Iran, three sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.

Trump won by latching on to popular issues.  He's doing the opposite on AI.  —  In today's edition ... Trump takes an L at the Fed ... We ask you about Ed Sheeran ... but first ...  Trump latches on to an unpopular issue  —  Donald Trump's political career could be defined by his ability …

Democrats Hope Voting Rights Decision Will Drive Black Turnout in South  —  Black Democratic candidates for governor, the Senate and the House are hoping that attacks on Black representation will bring out Black voters in November.  —  Across the South, from the Mississippi Delta to Georgia's suburbs …

Retire in peace  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🏛️ Subscribe to PN 🏛️  —  Mitch McConnell is unfit to serve in the US Senate and should resign immediately — that is, presuming he's lucid enough to wittingly make that decision.

Global Oil Prices Could Hit Highest Levels in Months After Saudi Pipeline Attacks  —  Prolonged restrictions on exports could push oil prices even higher.  — 1.2k  —  As Iran and its allies tightened their grip on shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia scrambled this week …

Johnson-Massie feud boils over: “Why are we taking days off our calendar?” … - “We had the Epstein recess last year. … - Massie's impeachment resolution has dim prospects in the GOP-controlled House, but it would have forced members to go on the record on Hegseth just weeks before the midterms.

RFK Jr. to give keynote speech at conference for anti-vaccine group he founded  —  Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as health secretary, he has made clear he wants to overhaul the nation's immunization system.  —  Summary  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slated to give …

Hundreds of Election Deniers Will Be on the Ballot This November  —  197 election deniers are running for Congress or statewide office in 43 states.  Many of them are seeking roles that would put them in charge of voting for the 2028 presidential election.  —  On November 3 …

Alligator Alcatraz's Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier  —  Appalling as photos showing phone booth-sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely much worse.  —  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Homeland Security released a scathing report last Friday …

JD Vance faces test in White House meeting with Israel-backing radio host  —  NEW YORK — Vice President JD Vance will hit a key hurdle in his fence-mending effort with Jewish Republicans on Thursday when he hosts a popular conservative radio host at the White House.

Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order  —  Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery.  —  Among Washington's think tankers and its ranks of retired diplomats …

Left on brink of victory in Swedish election  —  Defeat looms for Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his allies on the far right.  —  Social Democrat Leader Magdalena Andersson is on course to become Sweden's next prime minister as her left-wing bloc holds an unassailable lead over the right …

Democrats keep pressure on Hakeem Jeffries to punish rogue members  —  House Democrats aren't letting rogue members off the hook for bucking their party.  They hope Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries won't either.  “Obviously, there's got to be” punishment for the two Democrats who twice …

State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials  —  The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly.  —  The State Department announced Wednesday …