Senate

Senate Map Drives Polymarket’s 65.5% Democratic Odds

Polymarket gives Democrats a 65.5% chance to win the 2026 Senate election, but traders’ odds remain a moving snapshot, not a final call.

99Bitcoins•Alex Ioannou2h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 99%

Texas turning blue may hinge on Democrats harnessing data center opposition

Data center opposition is reshaping Texas' 2026 governor and Senate races as voters raise concerns over power, water and utility costs.

CNBC3h ago

As Congress confronts AI, Senate lawmakers are shut off from its most advanced tools

While Senate offices have access to chatbots like ChatGPT, they are not authorized to use any of the more advanced tools that are at the center of regulatory talks and public debate about AI safety.

NPR•Eric McDaniel4h ago

• neutral toward Congress · 98%

Kamala Harris campaigns for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed ahead of Election Day

Former Vice President Kamala Harris returns to Michigan, a state she narrowly lost to President Trump in 2024. The state is once again critical come Election Day.

NPR•Russ McNamara4h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 98%

Wicker blasts Xi ahead of summit with Trump in DC

GOP Sen. Roger Wicker (Miss.) slammed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, ahead of the Asian leader’s summit with President Trump in Washington, D.C.  During remarks on the Senate floor, Wicker said that had the White House asked him for “advice,” he would have suggested President Trump “not invite Xi Jinping to Washington for such…

The Hill•Max Rego10h ago

• neutral toward Donald Trump · 99%

Lawmakers Rush to Replace the Clarity Act: What Will They Sacrifice to Get It Through?

Reviving the Clarity Act means Senate Republicans must give ground on ethics rules, presidential crypto ties, and stablecoin yield.

BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock11h ago

Kamala Harris returns to Michigan to campaign for Abdul El-Sayed for Senate

Former VP, who lost state to Trump in 2024 elections, is lending her popularity to unite fractured party Kamala Harris returned to Michigan on Tuesday to campaign for Abdul El-Sayed, lending her popularity among Black voters to a progressive Senate nominee still working to unite a party fractured by a bruising primary – and the former vice-president’s loss to Donald Trump in the state. Appearing with El-Sayed at a Detroit birth center, Harris used a roundtable on Black maternal health to frame that November’s contest against the Republican Mike Rogers as a fight over women’s access to care. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Joseph Gedeon in Washington15h ago

• favorable toward Kamala Harris · 76%

Sen. Jon Husted: Iran war ‘needs to come to an end as quickly as possible’

His comments follow Senate candidates Ashley Hinson and Mike Rogers breaking from Trump on the conflict, as GOP panic grows over high prices.

POLITICO•By Ali Bianco, Meredith Lee Hill and Erin Doherty15h ago

Palestinian Americans meet US lawmakers as Trump seeks $2.8bn for Israel

Organisers say more than 300 constituents met with House and Senate members from 26 states to demand US policy shift.

Al Jazeera16h ago

• neutral toward Donald Trump · 98%

Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after 13-week absence, won’t seek reelection

McConnell's return stabilizes GOP leadership dynamics, impacting political markets and Senate control perceptions amid health scrutiny.

CryptoBriefing•Estefano Gomez16h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 90%

U.S. regulators rush to write crypto rulebook after Clarity Act stalls in Senate

State and federal regulators are rushing to fill the void after comprehensive crypto rules failed to clear the Senate.

CNBC16h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 98%

Proposed diesel export ban splits GOP senators

{beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  Proposed diesel export ban splits GOP senators Senate Republicans are clashing over a proposal endorsed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and other farm-state Republicans to embargo the export of diesel to increase supply and lower prices at home. © Greg Nash Senate Majority Leader…

The Hill•Julia Shapero16h ago

• neutral toward Republican Party · 98%

Bush and Cornyn hold fundraiser for battleground Senate candidates -- without Paxton

Cornyn hosted a fundraiser in Dallas for six GOP Senate candidates running in races this cycle that will decide control of Congress. Bush was listed as a "special guest."

ABC News17h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 98%

Harris hits the campaign trail for El-Sayed in Michigan: Senate hopeful will be ‘a national voice’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris sought to boost Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed during a joint Tuesday appearance in the Great Lakes State, stressing the stakes for Michiganders in the midterms.  “Remember, the Senate seat is six years. So let’s think about that in the lives of all the people that the leaders here serve,…

The Hill•Julia Mueller17h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 99%

Trump-fueled gas prices, his ‘forever’ war and all those tariffs give Democrats a real shot at stealing this deep-red state

Analysis: A Republican Senate candidate is struggling to separate herself from Trump’s ‘forever wars,’ Eric Garcia writes. Democrats see an opening in that quandary

The Independent•Eric Garcia18h ago

Sabato’s Crystal Ball moves 3 Senate, 4 gubernatorial races in Democrats’ favor

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball moved three Senate and four gubernatorial races to the left on Tuesday, citing the “persistently poor national environment” for the GOP ahead of the midterms. The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia’s election handicapper moved the Iowa Senate race from “Leans Republican” to “Toss-up,” the Kansas Senate race from…

The Hill•Max Rego18h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 96%

Watch live: Kamala Harris joins El-Sayed on campaign trail

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will join progressive Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on the campaign trail Tuesday afternoon, as Democrats seek to take control of Congress next year. Harris threw her support behind El-Sayed, a former health official who is running against former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary…

The Hill•The Hill Staff19h ago

• neutral toward Kamala Harris · 98%

Trump failing to block China’s access to American AI technology, say senior Senate Democrats

A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday said President Trump is failing to block China from accessing sensitive American technology to accelerate its development of artificial intelligence, ahead of the Chinese leader’s state visit to Washington this week.  Trump must close loopholes that China has used to subvert U.S. export bans on sensitive American technology,…

The Hill•Laura Kelly20h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 97%

Collins opponent says ‘jig is up’ after ProPublica report; her aide calls it ‘categorically false’

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson criticized his opponent, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), saying “the jig is up,” following a ProPublica corruption report into the senator which her aide calls “categorically false.”  “This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, and then…

The Hill•Mira Bhakta20h ago

• neutral toward ProPublica · 96%

Senate Democrats press Trump administration on consumer refunds after tariff ruling

A group of Senate Democrats, joined by independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), are pressing U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer over tariffs refunds following a Supreme Court decision earlier this year that ruled certain Trump administration tariffs were illegal. The letter, signed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),…

The Hill•Mira Bhakta21h ago

• neutral toward Senate · 97%