在囚犯克里斯塔·派克（Christa Pike）在两次致命注射中幸存后，比尔·李（Bill Lee）暂停了该州今年剩余的所有死刑执行。
据前官员和一份最新报告显示，特朗普政府已经放弃了旨在调查外国势力和国内恐怖分子对美国选举构成直接威胁的关键安全机构。
Bill Lee pauses state’s remaining executions for the rest of the year after inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injections The Trump administration has abandoned key security bodies meant to investigate direct threats to US elections by foreign actors and domestic terrorists, according to former officials and a recent report.
官员们表示，尽管政府官员一直积极关注关于非公民大规模选民欺诈的未经证实的指控，但其他可信的选举威胁似乎被忽视了。
While administration officials have been actively focused on unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud by noncitizens, other credible election threats appear to have been overlooked, the officials say.
特朗普政府在期中选举前利用纳税人的钱在电视上播放了一系列亲特朗普广告，其中最新的一则是一分钟的短片，赞扬了他对伊朗开战的决定。
The latest in a series of pro-Trump ads the Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air on television in the run-up to the the midterm elections is a 1-minute spot that celebrates his decision to go to war with Iran.
皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）宣布，埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）将与国防科技公司Anduril的首席执行官帕尔默·拉奇（Palmer Luckey）以及前共和党众议院议长纽特·金里奇（Newt Gingrich）共同领导一个研究未来战争的政府项目。
Pete Hegseth announced that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare, with Palmer Luckey, CEO of the defense tech company Anduril, and Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House.
周三发布的一份报告显示，一名内部监督员表示，美联储在管理其华盛顿特区总部24亿美元的翻新工程成本方面存在管理不善，但指出没有发生刑事违规行为。
An internal watchdog said the Federal Reserve mismanaged costs associated with a $2.4bn renovation of its Washington DC headquarters, but noted that no criminal violations occurred, according to a report released Wednesday.
特朗普表示，韩国计划在阿拉斯加的一个天然气项目上投资约540亿美元。
Trump said South Korea plans to invest about $54bn in a natural gas project in Alaska.
在加州选民开始收到选票的前几天，竞选加州下一任州长的候选人哈维尔·贝塞拉（Xavier Becerra）和史蒂夫·希尔顿（Steve Hilton）在周三举行的一场激烈的辩论中，就税收、移民和人工智能监管问题发生了冲突。
Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, the candidates running to be California’s next governor, clashed Wednesday over taxes, immigration and regulating artificial intelligence in a testy debate held days before voters begin receiving their ballots in the heavily Democratic state.