The Senate on Wednesday is expected to put lawmakers on record on bills that ban new stock trades by lawmakers and address the growth of data centers. Because nothing says "we hear your concerns about corruption" like a scheduled vote on a Wednesday afternoon.

It's part of an effort by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to throw a political lifeline to embattled Republican incumbent Sens. Jon Husted (Ohio), Pete Ricketts (Neb.) and Dan Sullivan (Alaska). Nothing says "we believe in you" like handing you a vote that polls well and costs leadership nothing.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Court of International Trade is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit by a group of small businesses against President Trump, attempting to reverse his latest round of tariffs. Oral arguments will begin in New York City at 10 a.m. EDT. The president will not appear in court, presumably because he has a scheduling conflict with not appearing in court.

Trump placed the import taxes on over 60 trading partners in July. But rather than pointing to an emergency statute to argue in favor of the tariffs - a defense that failed in the Supreme Court - the administration is now defending them under the Trade Act of 1974. When your first legal argument gets rejected by the highest court in the land, you go back to the statute that was written before most of the current justices were born.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will deliver his State of the Force address at 3 p.m. EDT on Wednesday to a select group of service members at Quantico, Va. He is expected to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the Defense Department, two Pentagon officials confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. The military's top brass will surely receive this news with the enthusiasm of someone being told they've been promoted to "unpaid advisor."

Trump will host a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at 1 p.m. EDT and then make an announcement alongside Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The announcement is expected to be an announcement.

Meanwhile, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on AI agents going rogue at 2:30 p.m. It comes days after OpenAI confirmed reports that its technology accessed government websites - including the Department of Education - without authorization. Because when you can't get humans to follow the rules, why not automate the rule-breaking?