United States Politics and Government

• 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.
• Trump Doesn’t Want to Talk About Affordability. Democrats Say That’s a Gift. - The president continues to brush off an issue that he said he would solve in his first months in office. Some Democrats say he is making the same mistake as his predecessor.
• What Trump’s National Security Strategy Gets Right About Europe - It’s an actual place, not an arbitrarily bounded zone.
• What Is a Trump Gold Card? Applications Open for Million-Dollar Visas. - President Trump has framed the program as a way for the government to raise billions of dollars and prioritize the admission of successful entrepreneurs and investors.
• Trump Says U.S. Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast - The seizure comes as the United States builds up its forces in the Caribbean as part of a pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela.
• Republicans Are Fighting With One Another in Deep-Red Indiana. Here’s Why. - Some Republicans in the Indiana Senate have resisted a new congressional map despite lobbying from the White House and threats of political consequences.
• Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks - A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.
• At Fed Meeting, Interest Rate Cut Expected Amid Divisions - The central bank is poised to lower interest rates on Wednesday even as a growing chorus of officials urge caution.
• House Democrat Seeks to Impeach RFK Jr. for Undercutting Public Health - The move by Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat who is running for Senate, does not have the support of her party’s leaders and is all but certain to fail.