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.

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

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Rand Paul kills Kennedy's AI ‘kill switch’ bill  —  Sen. Rand Paul blocked an attempt by fellow Republican Sen. John Kennedy to quickly pass legislation that would require companies to build a “kill switch” into their artificial intelligence model.  Kennedy, of Louisiana …

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.”

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.

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 …

U.N.-Backed Experts Say the U.S. May Have Committed War Crimes in Iran  —  GENEVA — Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.'s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.

Trump spotted looking at ‘Kennedy Center DEMOLITION’ booklet as his pouting over name change grows  —  President Donald Trump has been caught up in a long-running legal battle to rename the performing arts venue after himself since late last year, culminating with its board voting to close it down for repairs earlier this week

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.

Alligator Alcatraz's Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier  —  This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Homeland Security released a scathing report last Friday about the shuttered Florida …

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 …

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.

Industry titans' warning to Congress: Do what we say or health insurance premiums are going 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.

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.

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.

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Why Joe Manchin's endorsement of Susan Collins is so infuriating  —  When Democratic Sen. John Fetterman introduced his Republican colleague Doug McCormick at the GOP midterm convention, I could only roll my eyes.  But now former Sen. Joe Manchin has endorsed Sen. Susan Collins, and that's infuriating.

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.

Exclusive / Trump's Saudi ambassador pick faces early hurdles  —  President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, is staring down a potentially difficult confirmation fight due to hurdles from a tight Senate calendar and skepticism among Republicans.

States prep for ICE agents to be at polls, just in case  —  The Trump administration's hints about sending ICE agents to election polling places this fall have led state officials from Maine to Oregon to make plans to counter any actions that could affect voters.