Abdul El-Sayed holds a slim 1-point edge over Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race, according to a new poll. Concerns about both candidates keep the contest tight.

President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced. President Donald Trump has told aides that he thinks Republicans could still outperform expectations in the midterm elections this November, seemingly unwilling to confront the worsening political climate for the GOP. But aides acknowledge privately that the national polling for Trump is shockingly bad, and the White House, in recent weeks, has begun to contemplate for the first time losing both the House and Senate majorities. One longtime Trumpworld operative, who correctly predicted weeks before the 2024 presidential election that Trump was on course to win every battleground state, summed it up for: "Oh, yeah, we're going to get creamed."

How does Trump's White House AI accord work? Share How does Trump's White House AI accord work? on social media Amid calls for regulation, United States President Donald Trump met with artificial intelligence executives at the White House to put in place a voluntary pact, called the White House Accord on Super Intelligence. The agreement, which was signed by executives at Meta, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic on Tuesday, calls on companies to put in place guardrails internally to help monitor security risks, with four layers of control. The agreement calls for companies to maintain internal controls, establish an internal team to oversee these controls, work with independent outside auditors and create an independent board committee to review the results. The pact, however, is voluntary and not legally binding.

Democrats blocked a bill to make AI data centers cover rising electricity costs, a key midterm election issue that could impact Sen. Jon Husted's Ohio race.

Senate Democrats blocked a GOP bill combining a stock trading ban for lawmakers with voter ID requirements. Republicans plan a second vote on AI data centers and electricity costs.

Democrats are blocking GOP affordability and permitting reform bills in the Senate while making cost-of-living issues the centerpiece of their campaign messaging.

Donald Trump's war with Iran and rising gas prices shouldn't push voters toward candidates like Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, an opinion columnist argues.

House Democrats gave President Donald Trump an anti-fraud win, but that bipartisan momentum could hit political reality in the Senate.

Donald Trump praised socialist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani weeks before the midterm election, frustrating Republicans trying to paint Democrats as communists and radicals.

AI data centers face 71% voter opposition locally but 52% support in remote areas ahead of midterm elections. Water supply and energy bills concerns drive the NIMBY divide.