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.

Michigan 2026 Poll: El-Sayed and Rogers Locked in Close Election  —  Jocelyn Benson Takes Significant Lead Over John James in Governor Race  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media Michigan poll finds 48% of Michigan voters support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, and 46% support Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate.

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 …

House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment  —  The House is going home again—this time to avoid a vote on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's impeachment.  —  House GOP leadership announced Wednesday morning that they will end their current slate of votes early …

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.

Trump gains a tariff weapon against China and India.  Will he use it? … President Donald Trump can now impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries purchasing oil from Russia, putting China and India squarely in the crosshairs.  —  The U.S. House on Wednesday passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill …

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.

Our framework for reporting model misalignment  —  Loading...  We are sharing a new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing instances of model misalignment at OpenAI, along with six reports on unexpected or concerning model behavior we've observed in the last six months.

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.

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 …

The Midwestern Führerbunker Driving the Right Off the Cliff  —  Editor's Note: I've worked on this for weeks.  Yes, it is long.  I beg you to read it all.  I've kept it as easy to understand as I can.  Please read it.  You guys always ask me to “name names.”  Challenge accepted.

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 …

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 …

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.

As warnings mount, Democrats eyeing the presidency wake up to AI fears  —  Their plans are heavier on rhetoric than specifics so far.  But it's a shift for many in the party who have been slow to address the fast-changing technology.  —  Summary  —  Democrats with an eye on the presidency …

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 …

Most Primaries Didn't Matter This Year  —  Rep. Sarah McBride faced off against every incumbent's favorite opponent in Delaware's Democratic primary Tuesday: uncontested.  —  McBride did not have a single opponent in her primary for the state's lone seat in the House, setting her up to coast …

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

Industry titans' warning to Congress: Do what we say or health insurance premiums go up  —  Some of America's largest companies are warning Congress that a law shielding patients from surprise medical bills is about to spike their health insurance premiums.  —  The ERISA Industry Committee …

House holds Leon Black in contempt over Epstein testimony after lawsuit  —  The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a motion to hold business magnate Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he declined to comply with subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein issued by one of the lower chamber's most powerful committees.

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 …

Trump's arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say  —  While acknowledging the project's “adverse effects” on dozens of sites, the administration is asking local preservationists to sign on to an agreement by Monday.  —  Summary  —  Federal officials acknowledge …

Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection  —  An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.  —  In what would be a seismic shift, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip …

Judge Scolds ICE Over Investigation of a New York Man's Critical Email  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement likely violated a New York man's freedom of speech when it threatened to criminally prosecute him after he sent a scathing email to the agency's former top leader, a federal judge in Washington ruled.

Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State.  He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union.  —  The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump's brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America's closest friends.