The empty rulebook: the Senate recessed without stock-trading or data-center limits as the FTC and the bond market kept moving

Senators blocked House-passed bills on lawmaker stock trading and data-center power costs before leaving to campaign. A day after AI leaders signed a voluntary White House safety accord, the FTC confirmed a consumer-protection probe. Cooler inflation still collided with a 10-year yield above 5.3 percent. Read together, they may show who still writes the rules when Congress is gone.

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