New York Times

• How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech

  President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

• Newsom Signs Bills Meant to Prevent Trump’s Interference in Midterms

  Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation that would make it illegal to interfere with ballots or election records in response to efforts by the president to restrict voting.

• Sherrod Brown Tries a New Retort to Criticism on Transgender Issues

  A spot from the Senate candidate in Ohio seeks to dismiss the Republican Party’s focus on transgender rights as a distraction from economic issues.

• At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose

  Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

• Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies in a Testing Breakout, Google Says

  A third-party test company inadvertently gave internet access to Google’s Gemini and other artificial intelligence models during cybersecurity testing.