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Bessent grilled on AI, bond market in tense House hearing: 3 takeaways

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faced lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, amid concerns over rapidly developing artificial intelligence (AI) and surging bond yields. During the nearly three-hour-long hearing, Bessent brushed off concerns about AI and defended his department’s intervention in the bond market. But that did not stop Democrats on the panel from taking him to task on…

Pennsylvania reports teen as fourth measles death amid feud with RFK Jr.

Pennsylvania officials on Tuesday reported two additional measles-related deaths, bringing the total for the year to four. This is a record-setting year for measles in the U.S. The number of cases is at a 35-year high and there are more deaths than any year since 1992. The newest death according to state health officials was…

Live results: McBride seeks second term as Delaware’s lone House lawmaker

Voters in the First State head to the polls on Tuesday for the Democratic and Republican primaries for their lone U.S. House seat. First-term Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) begins her reelection effort running unopposed in the Democratic primary after taking over the seat from now-Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) in 2025. McBride is the first…

House sinks Al Green bid to impeach Trump

House lawmakers voted Tuesday to sink a Democratic effort to impeach President Trump over the administration’s aggressive deportation agenda. Sponsored by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), the resolution accused Trump of abusing his powers by launching an immigration crackdown that led to the killing of several civilians earlier in the year. The vote was 232-147 to…

Democrats want to investigate Russian influence in Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding

A Democratic senator is pressing the Trump administration to look into reports that a Russian oligarch paid for wedding celebrations for Donald Trump Jr., the son of President Donald Trump. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who has traveled frequently to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, brought up the issue during a hearing Tuesday while questioning…

Ohio city council decides to rename Lake Erie to ‘Gulf of Cleveland’

The Cleveland, Ohio, City Council on Monday voted to rename a portion of Lake Erie as the “Gulf of Cleveland,” taking a jab at President Trump’s executive order declaring that Lake Ontario be called the “Gulf of America.” The emergency resolution led by Councilmember Kris Harsh passed in a 13-1 vote and was intended to…

Senate Democrats press Patel on elections, journalist subpoenas: 5 takeaways

FBI Director Kash Patel fielded questions Tuesday on everything from bestiality to whether the FBI might aid in any efforts to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections. Like his former colleague then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, he showed up to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing with opposition to Democratic lawmakers, though Patel largely pushed back…

Iran war likely to drive up inflation next year, CBO says

The U.S. war against Iran is likely to drive up inflation early next year and could cost at least $2 billion a month as long as it continues, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO estimated in its Tuesday report that the main economic impact of the conflict…