United States Politics and Government

• China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips - For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
• Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push - President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
• Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws - The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
• Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map - Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president’s wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
• A Grand Jury Again Declines to Re-Indict Letitia James - It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.
• Bessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth - The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”
• U.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say - American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
• Judge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Release From ICE Detention - The judge said it was “troubling” that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him.
• Trump Gets to Pick a New Fed Chair but a Divided Board Still Gets a Say - President Trump wants substantially lower borrowing costs, but officials at the central bank appear ready to resist delivering further cuts if the economic backdrop does not warrant it.
• FEMA Is Forcing Towns to Fend for Themselves, and Trump Opens ‘Gold Card’ Visa Applications - Plus, the secret to selling 150 million books.