New York Times

1. Fed Meeting Underscores Tough Task Ahead for Warsh

   Jerome H. Powell on Wednesday announced he would stay on as a governor at the central bank as internal divisions sharpen about the policy path forward.

2. Supreme Court Limits Reach of Voting Rights Act

   Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war cost at $25 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

3. Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map, Another Blow to Voting Rights Act

   The court struck down the voting map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a move that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority voting districts.

4. What the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Ruling Could Mean for the Midterms

   Democrats stand to lose at least one blue-leaning district in Louisiana, but the timing was unclear. Florida has approved a redder map, and Republicans in several other states are weighing new districts.

5. Civil rights leaders see the voting rights ruling as a ‘betrayal.’

   Leaders and activists said a Supreme Court ruling had the potential to unravel decades of work toward giving Black Americans fair representation.