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Fish, Oil and Corruption: 6 Takeaways From Alaska’s Senate Debate

16 Ottobre 2026 ore 09:28
The Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, veered from serious discussion of high prices and economic challenges to blistering personal attacks.

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Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican incumbent, right, and Mary Peltola, the Democratic challenger, during the debate in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday night.

Elon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton’s Senate Bid in Texas

16 Ottobre 2026 ore 06:51
The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.

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Elon Musk lives in Austin and has major business interests in Texas.

5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine

16 Ottobre 2026 ore 03:42
The race’s fourth and final debate centered around whether Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent, was as independent as she claimed to be from President Trump.

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Troy Jackson answering a question during a debate with Senator Susan Collins at Husson University in Bangor, Maine, on Thursday.

Senators Demand Investigation Into Ukraine Satellite Disruption

15 Ottobre 2026 ore 23:13
Republicans joined Democrats in calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into whether the Trump administration was responsible for the interruption.

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A Ukrainian drone operator prepares for a strike on a house in Russian-occupied Ukraine in July.

America’s Most Expensive Senate Race

15 Ottobre 2026 ore 22:37
The Senate showdown in Texas shows why Donald Trump and the Republican Party are worried about the midterm elections.

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Ken Paxton and James Talarico.

Democrats Worry About Tight Midterm Races in Maine, Michigan and Minnesota

15 Ottobre 2026 ore 17:16
Despite hopes for a blue wave, Democratic candidates in Minnesota, Maine and Michigan are facing local political headwinds and have struggled to open up clear daylight in the polls.

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A Megachurch Pastor is Running for Senate. Will Democrats Vote for Him?

15 Ottobre 2026 ore 16:50
As he seeks to unseat a Republican in Kansas, Adam Hamilton speaks of his work leading the state’s largest church — and making it appealing to nonreligious people.

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Adam Hamilton, the Democrat running for Senate in Kansas, has a relatively high profile thanks to his long career as pastor of the state’s largest church.

Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

15 Ottobre 2026 ore 04:09
At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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For weeks, Vice President JD Vance has been road-testing unfounded, innuendo-based salvos against James Talarico.

Surprise Democratic Donor Blitzes Senate Races in Republican-Leaning States With Ads

Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina. Florida and Mississippi are next.

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The Democratic Senate candidates Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Scott Colom of Mississippi, Annie Andrews of South Carolina and Angie Nixon of Florida.

Fact-Checking Senate Debates in Georgia, Maine and Michigan

14 Ottobre 2026 ore 22:06
With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy.

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From left, Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia; Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine; and Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.

Trump Adds Another Giveaway to His Midterm Pitch: Pardons.

14 Ottobre 2026 ore 05:49
The president has stepped up his offers of financial rewards to voters with just weeks until the midterms. On Tuesday at a rally in Alaska, he announced pardons.

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President Trump handed two people pardons during his rally on Tuesday.

7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate

Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.

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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

13 Ottobre 2026 ore 12:01
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.

Trump, Playing Defense in Ohio, Tries to Shore Up Republicans in Tough Races

13 Ottobre 2026 ore 03:58
The president rallied in Youngstown for Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are in competitive contests against Democratic opponents.

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President Trump won Ohio by 11 percentage points two years ago, but this year the state’s races for Senate and governor are seen as closely contested.

James Talarico Was Targeted by False Rumor He Was in Ohio

13 Ottobre 2026 ore 02:41
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is trying to defeat Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, in one of this year’s top races.

An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland

13 Ottobre 2026 ore 02:00
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.

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Troy Jackson is trying to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a fifth-term Republican, in Maine.
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