New York Times

• After Michigan Loss, AIPAC Weighs a Second Effort to Defeat El-Sayed

  The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.

• Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Loses Primary to Rival Who Suspended His Campaign

  Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.

• Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time

  Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.

• Michigan Democrats Pick El-Sayed

  Also, the Senate confirms a new C.D.C. director. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

• Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect

  Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.