The Evening: The Fed pauses rates

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Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. - Fed keeps interest rates on hold - Garland grilled by House Republicans - Plus, how rap is written ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9idXNpbmVzcy9mZWQtbWVldGluZy1zZXB0ZW1iZXItaW5mbGF0aW9uLWVjb25vbXkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD The Federal Reserve has been raising the federal funds rate, its key interest rate, as it tries to rein in inflation.Karl Russell Borrowing costs will likely remain higher for longer Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged today, a reflection of cooling inflation and a decision designed to give them more time to assess their next step. At the same time, they hinted that another rate hike would arrive later this year and projected that interest rates would [remain high for longer than they had previously expected](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9idXNpbmVzcy9mZWQtbWVldGluZy1zZXB0ZW1iZXItaW5mbGF0aW9uLWVjb25vbXkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). Fed officials now expect to lower borrowing costs to 5.1 percent next year, rather than 4.6 percent as they previously projected. They remain, as my colleague Jeanna Smialek described, “firmly in inflation-fighting mode.” Still, the central bankers appear optimistic about the resilience of the economy, and its staying power has surprised them. Despite the higher-than-normal borrowing rates, they projected stronger growth, lower unemployment and slower inflation at the end of 2023 than they had anticipated. The Fed will have two more meetings this year in early November and mid-December, when it can raise rates. Until then, the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, said officials will keep their options open as they look at data in the months ahead. ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIzLzA5LzIwL3VzL2dhcmxhbmQtaG91c2UtanVkaWNpYXJ5LWhlYXJpbmc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAzMjM5Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDUyNjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmT6_2sLZQctQklSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~ House Republicans suggested Merrick Garland also might face impeachment, or contempt charges, for not fully answering their questions.Pete Marovich for The New York Times House Republicans grilled the attorney general Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee spent much of a routine oversight hearing, which in years past would center on policy, crime and law enforcement initiatives, [peppering Attorney General Merrick Garland with questions about Hunter Biden](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDIzLzA5LzIwL3VzL2dhcmxhbmQtaG91c2UtanVkaWNpYXJ5LWhlYXJpbmc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAzMjM5Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDUyNjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmT6_2sLZQctQklSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), the president’s son. The lawmakers focused on unproven claims that the Justice Department is unfairly protecting President Biden and his son, and an accusation that investigators had been blocked from fully investigating the president’s son — a central assertion in the push to impeach Biden. Garland repeatedly declined to respond to Republican accusations, largely citing what is already in the public record. But he did take a more aggressive approach in his opening remarks, denouncing escalating threats by Trump supporters against prosecutors and F.B.I. agents as “dangerous.” ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvemVsZW5za3ktdW4tc2VjdXJpdHktY291bmNpbC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMzIzOSZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ1MjYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-v9rC2UHLUJJUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~ President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking at the Security Council today.Justin Lane/EPA, via Shutterstock Zelensky denounced Moscow’s veto power at the U.N. During his first in-person address to the U.N. Security Council today, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine [criticized the body for failing to prevent conflicts](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvemVsZW5za3ktdW4tc2VjdXJpdHktY291bmNpbC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMzIzOSZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ1MjYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-v9rC2UHLUJJUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) like the war ravaging his country and called for Russia to be stripped of its power to veto the resolutions of the council. The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who later addressed the same council, used his remarks to blame the U.S. and its Western allies for the war in Ukraine. He also suggested that the U.S. could “command” Kyiv to negotiate with Moscow. Separately, President Biden met Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and [offered a mix of encouragement and criticism](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC93b3JsZC9taWRkbGVlYXN0L2JpZGVuLW5ldGFueWFodS1tZWV0LWlyYW4tc2F1ZGkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) that both soothed and aggravated monthslong tensions between the two leaders. And the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, hosted a climate summit where the world’s biggest polluters — the U.S. and China — [were not allowed to speak](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9jbGltYXRlL2d1dGVycmVzLXVuLWNsaW1hdGUtc3VtbWl0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAzMjM5Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDUyNjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmT6_2sLZQctQklSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvYXplcmJhaWphbi1hcm1lbmlhLWNlYXNlLWZpcmUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD A photo released by the Nagorno-Karabakh human rights ombudsman showed damaged apartment buildings today.Agence France-Presse, via Nagorno-Karabakh human rights ombudsman Azerbaijan reclaimed an Armenian enclave Azerbaijan said that it had [restored full control over Nagorno-Karabakh](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvYXplcmJhaWphbi1hcm1lbmlhLWNlYXNlLWZpcmUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD), a breakaway Armenian enclave that had been under the control of Armenian separatists for more than three decades. The development could create thousands of new refugees and alter the power dynamics in a region that for centuries has been at the crossroads of geopolitical interests of Russia, Turkey and Western nations. More top news - Congress: The Senate is poised to promote three generals, [steering around a blockade by a Republican senator](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9zZW5hdGUtbWlsaXRhcnktbm9taW5hdGlvbnMtdHViZXJ2aWxsZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMzIzOSZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ1MjYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-v9rC2UHLUJJUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). - Politics: Trump is beginning [a more concerted effort to lock up his support in Iowa](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1pb3dhLXJlcHVibGljYW5zLTIwMjQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) with five planned visits over the next six weeks. - Health: Americans will once again be able to receive [free Covid tests by mail](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9mcmVlLWNvdmlkLXRlc3RzLWJpZGVuLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAzMjM5Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDUyNjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmT6_2sLZQctQklSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) ahead of a possible winter surge. - War: Ukraine’s counteroffensive has gained ground, but it has much farther to go. [Here’s a map of the progress](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0T9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMy8wOS8yMC93b3JsZC9ldXJvcGUvdWtyYWluZS13YXItY291bnRlcm9mZmVuc2l2ZS1yb2JvdHluZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMzIzOSZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ1MjYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-v9rC2UHLUJJUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). - Climate: Smoke from increasingly frequent fires [has started to undo decades of gains in air quality](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9jbGltYXRlL3dpbGRmaXJlLXNtb2tlLWFpci1wb2xsdXRpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). The problem is expected to worsen, according to new reports. - Tech: A group of prominent novelists sued Open A.I. for infringing on the authors’ copyrights by using [their books to train its ChatGPT chatbot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9ib29rcy9hdXRob3JzLW9wZW5haS1sYXdzdWl0LWNoYXRncHQtY29weXJpZ2h0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTcmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmVfMjAyMzA5MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAzMjM5Jm5sPXRoZS1ldmVuaW5nJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDUyNjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmT6_2sLZQctQklSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). - Art: Seven works by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele [were given to the heirs of the man who had owned them](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9hcnRzL3NjaGllbGUtZnJpdHotZ3J1bmJhdW0tbmF6aXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) before he was murdered by the Nazis. - New York: The city lost its bid to build a large cricket stadium on public land. 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He added that when the comedy [is about grave social issues, getting facts right matters](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TXaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9hcnRzL2hhc2FuLW1pbmhhai1jb21lZHkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9uZV8yMDIzMDkyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMyMzkmbmw9dGhlLWV2ZW5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0NTI2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZPr_awtlBy1CSVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm7fD_P0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8yMC9hcnRzL211c2ljL3B1bmNoaW5nLWluLXJhcC12aWRlby5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU3JmVtYz1lZGl0X25lXzIwMjMwOTIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMzIzOSZubD10aGUtZXZlbmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ1MjYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-v9rC2UHLUJJUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~ The rapper Doechii.Noah Throop/The New York Times How rap is written today Picture a rapper writing a song — but without the pen and paper. 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