Democrats, Senate races

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Map Shows Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip as Forecaster Shifts 3 Races
Democrats hope to expand the electoral battleground this year and flip more conservative seats that backed President Donald Trump by double digits in the 2024 election. Trump’s approval rating has continued to fall to new lows in recent polling,

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MAGA Panics Over Blue Wave as Key Senate Races Shift for Dems
Cook Political Report shifts key Senate races toward Democrats

Flock, Senate and Camera Surveillance

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Flock cameras draw bipartisan concerns at Senate hearing
Senators of both parties expressed alarm Wednesday about the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance cameras and automated license plate readers. The bipartisan concerns were aired at a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee’s panel on Crime and Counterterrorism,

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Senators Call Out Surveillance CEOs For Skipping Flock Camera Hearing
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Senate Hearing Probes Flock Camera Surveillance Concerns

Paxton, Texas and Senate

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New polls show Democrats with edge in Senate, governor's races in Texas
A new Marist poll shows Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton running six points behind James Talarico, his Democratic opponent in the state's Senate race. Political strategists Adam Piper and Hannah Muldavin join with analysis.

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Talarico leads Paxton in Texas Senate race, Marist poll shows
Republican former state lawmaker vows he’ll ‘never’ support Paxton in new ad as Texas Senate race heats up

Sen. Tim Scott says GOP in "fight for our lives," sees path to holding Senate

With just under six weeks until the midterms, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina laid out the NRSC's strategy to try to hold ...

GOP Senate candidate tries to weasel out of lengthy record of slamming her own state

Republican Michele Tafoya claimed she has never said she was embarrassed of being from Minnesota, despite screenshots of her ...

NRSC Chair Tim Scott leaves Georgia, North Carolina off his list of top Senate targets

He told Senate Republicans Wednesday that the campaign arm will focus money on other targets including Maine, Ohio, Michigan, ...

George W. Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates

The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not ...

Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after fall that led to an extended medical absence

McConnell spent weeks in recovery before explaining he was "briefly unconscious" following the fall that sent him to the ...

Voters are waking up on AI safety. So are these Senate Republicans.

Political and existential risks have spurred at least three GOP senators into taking action on artificial intelligence.

US Senate Democrats seek sanctions over Israeli settlements, bill says

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A group of US Senate Democrats will introduce legislation on Wednesday to sanction individuals or groups that facilitate Israel's "E1 project," a ...

Turek's surge against Hinson has echoes of Democrats' last Iowa Senate win

The competitive race is drawing some parallels to Democrats' last victory in a statewide Senate election 18 years 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.

Angry Outbursts, Slurs and Firings: Tumult Rocks a Key Senate Campaign

Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and ...