This story is part of a series of monthly snapshots from the Washington Examiner, titled Midterm Countdown, gauging the state of the 2026 election cycle. Scroll down to the bottom of the story for the latest prediction market odds of who is going to win. Republican optimism about winning the 2026 midterm elections has grown […]

Candidates for governor are offering different visions for how to balance economic development with residents’ concerns over rising electricity demand, land use, and local control as data centers become a prominent issue in state politics. The facilities that power cloud computing and artificial intelligence have become a flashpoint in several states as communities push back […]

Activists from at least a dozen leftist groups are organizing or promoting the “autonomous zone” protest in Madison, Wisconsin, that officials say is harming the neighborhood. Protesters began setting up an encampment on July 22 that has since blocked traffic and business after a police-involved shooting that day that killed convicted felon Corey Ruiz, according […]

The Trump administration was sued by 25 Democratic-led states over the president’s latest round of global tariffs, arguing that it was trying to use a different legal authority to resurrect a policy the Supreme Court had struck down. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Monday, targeting […]