The limits of Trump's pressure campaign became clear in June when US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told NATO allies that ‘some countries would fail’ the Pentagon’s six-month review of the US military presence in Europe reut.rs/4Ajl8Xh

Trump’s pressure campaign has failed to trigger a major US withdrawal from NATO. But a big troop cut remains an option, Pentagon sources told Reuters, and allies are preparing for a future less dependent on Washington reut.rs/4Ajl8Xh

Trump’s attacks are damaging NATO. But current and former US officials said that congressional Republicans and Democrats, along with powerful US defense contractors, could block any US withdrawal the 77-year-old alliance, Reuters found reut.rs/4Ajl8Xh

The ending of a $7,500 tax credit is the policy change most cited by auto executives for derailing US EV momentum. But that was only one of the most prominent in a flurry of pro-fossil-fuel Trump measures that have crippled the EV industry reut.rs/4AkSdlS

Markets expect the Fed to deliver its first rate hike in more than three years today, testing the relationship between Kevin Warsh and Donald Trump. Tune in to today's Morning Bid podcast with Elena Casas and Anna Szymanski reut.rs/4xXVTID

President Trump and congressional Republicans killed a $7,500 tax credit that was intended to jumpstart consumer demand for electric cars, sending US EV sales tumbling reut.rs/4AkSdlS

Reuters interviewed more than 50 election officials from both political parties. Nearly all said they're adopting new strategies to prepare for political interference, misinformation, cyber attacks and even threats of violence ahead of the midterms reut.rs/4hqfYBo

Ahead of the November midterm elections, officials across the United States are preparing for legal battles over everything from ballot seizures to voter-fraud investigations reut.rs/4hqfYBo

Before Americans vote in midterm elections that could reshape the balance of power in Washington, officials across the country are rehearsing for a crisis that once seemed unthinkable: What if the US president tries to tilt the vote his way? reut.rs/4hqfYBo

There's growing alarm among state and local officials that the biggest threat to November's elections might come not from foreign meddling or technical failures, but from the Trump administration itself reut.rs/4hqfYBo

Under the US Constitution, elections are administered by states and localities, not the president. But Trump has urged Republicans to 'nationalize' voting in at least 15 places. Read our special report: reut.rs/4hqfYBo

Election officials say years of false election-fraud claims have raised the threat of harassment and violence, prompting a wave of security upgrades across the country. Read our special report: reut.rs/4hqfYBo

If cutting-edge AI is truly powerful enough to end humanity, it may already be too powerful to slow down, writes ROI's Mike Dolan reut.rs/3UTTjom

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