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Rating changes: 10 races move toward Democrats, one toward Republicans

The midterm primary season is nearly complete and the general election is less than two months away, but there’s still plenty of uncertainty in the House and Senate battlegrounds. Polls show Republican candidates and incumbents around the country underperforming in states and districts that typically vote for Republicans. If President…

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Three states have changed election canvassing deadlines in 2026

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Everything you need to know about the chaotic multi-billion-dollar battle for Senate majority

Democrats have found themselves competing in states that once seemed beyond their reach

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Communities nationwide are fighting furiously against data centers. The companies behind them are turning to politics

IN FOCUS : ‘The moral of the story is, trying to bypass communities in developing these data centers is not working, and they’re going to take it to the polls,’ said one expert, Josh Marcus reports

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Elon Musk’s America PAC spends over $800,000 to boost Republicans in key Senate races

Elon Musk's America PAC spent over $800,000 on Republican candidates recently. This funding supported campaign materials for close midterm election races. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received significant financial backing from the PAC. Senator Susan Collins and Senator Jon Husted also benefited from this spending. The PAC's actions aim to…

The Economic Times

US election candidates turn on AI data centers as power bills, noise fuel anger

Data centers are now a key election issue across America. Rising electricity bills and noise pollution fuel voter anger against Big Tech companies. Candidates from both parties are campaigning on opposition to these facilities. Some states have imposed moratoriums and new regulations on data center development. This growing opposition challenges…

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A young Ohio family killed in truck wreck is at center of a Republican attack ad. Their relatives are furious

The campaign ad, circulated by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has been viewed more than 5.6 million times on YouTube

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Candidates Run Against Data Centers, but Ohio Legislature Didn’t Get the Memo

Candidates in both parties turn on the industry while a bill redefining coal and gas as “clean” energy moves quietly in the statehouse.

Capital & Main

Greg Abbott turned from data center 'epicenter' booster to skeptic—and Trump is calling it an economic 'mistake'

"They got the backlash they deserve," Greg Abbott said in an interview on ABC This Week. Less than a year ago, he wanted his state to be the "epicenter."

Fortune

'This has become a sleeper issue for the entire election cycle': Republican Party tells top AI firms to do something about rising US data center opposition

Republican Senate memo warns AI companies that public anger over data centers could cost a crucial Ohio crucial seat.

TechRadar

Senate Passes Interim Spending Bill to Fund Government Through 11 Dec and Confirms Todd Blanche

The US Senate passed a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general, highlighting bipartisan tensions over his ties to former President Trump.

International Business Times UK

JD Vance returns to ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ steel plant as Republicans sweat crucial Ohio races

Vice President JD Vance will return to his hometown Friday to campaign for Republican candidates

The Independent UK

GOP Fears Data Center Backlash Could Cost Ohio Senate Seat—and Derail AI Expansion Across US: Report

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has reportedly alerted top AI firms, privately, about the potential political fallout from the negative public opinion surrounding U.S. data centers.

Benzinga

The GOP Is Warning AI Companies Over Data Center Backlash. The Ohio Senate Race Could Be A Test.

A private memo from the Senate Republican campaign arm warns that opposition to data centers is hurting Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio and could make politicians elsewhere more reluctant to support new AI infrastructure projects.

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Here’s how Democrats can still take the Senate even with Graham Platner on political life support in Maine

ANALYSIS: Every path to win back the Senate majority hinged on Democrats winning Maine. But, writes Eric Garcia, with greater difficulty, Democrats could still get to 51 seats

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Ohio Senate candidates spar over donations tied, loosely or not, to Epstein

by Lori Robertson ANALYSIS —Ohio voters are witnessing a battle of campaign television ads as each Senate candidate tries to tie the other to Jeffrey Epstein — by way of donations from those with some link to the late convicted sex offender. Democrat Sherrod Brown’s campaign charges that Republican Sen.…

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Appointed senator and former senator face off in Ohio's U.S. Senate special election

Incumbent Jon Husted (R), Sherrod Brown (D), Bill Redpath (L), and Gregory Levy (I) are running in the special election for U.S. Senate in Ohio on Nov. 3. As of June 2026, Husted and Brown led in media attention, campaign fundraising, and endorsements.

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Senate advances ICE funding through Trump's second term

The final vote was 52-47, with one Senate Republican voting "no."

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Eight Senate Republicans broke ranks this week. John Cornyn, spurned by Trump in his primary, didn’t.

The Texas senator’s defeat to Ken Paxton sparked talk he’d join the “YOLO Caucus” of Republicans defecting from Donald Trump. This week, he sided with Senate GOP leadership on every key vote.

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US Senate passes new funds for ICE and Border Patrol

Senators have approved funding for US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown after hours of arguing over his controversial "anti-weaponisation" fund.

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: Senate Republicans keep president’s $1.8bn ally payout fund alive – for now

Trump’s plan for an ‘anti-weaponization’ fund that could issue financial settlements to people connected to the January 6 insurrection has sparked dissent in his party – key US politics stories from Thursday 4 June at a glance

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Ex-FirstEnergy executives reindicted in Ohio in $60 million corruption scheme

Two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives whose initial prosecutions in the state’s long-running $60 million bribery scandal ended in mistrial earlier this year have been reindicted

The Guardian - US

Senate Republicans narrowly block bid to bar Trump’s $1.8bn fund to pay allies

Three GOP senators join Democrats as dispute over proposed payouts exposes party divisions

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Michigan pigment maker could benefit from highway bill provision

A Michigan manufacturer stands to become the U.S. government’s preferred supplier of yellow pigment used in road and highway markings across the country if a provision in the House’s sweeping surface transportation reauthorization bill becomes law. Section 1328 — on page 270 of the 1,005-page text released Sunday — would…

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Trump news at a glance: Marco Rubio, in White House press room, puts a spin on rising gas prices

Secretary of state says US is ‘very fortunate’ as Trump’s Iran war pushes gas price near $4.50 a gallon – key US politics stories from Tuesday, 5 May at a glance

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