JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Cost of living drives battleground Senate race in Ohio
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is challenging incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in a race the Cook Political Report rates a toss-up.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Sen. Jon Husted distances himself from ‘illegals’ ad against opponent | NewsNation Prime
Incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, tells “NewsNation Prime” his campaign had nothing to do with a National Republican Senatorial Committee political ad on immigration targeting his opponent, Democrat Sherrod Brown, which includes information about a fatal accident. Relatives of victims have spoken out against the use of their story in the message. “I asked them to take it down. I didn’t know anything about the ad. I wasn’t involved with the ad,” Husted said. #Ohio #Midterms #SenateRace "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
AXIOS (Stef W. Kight) - Court ruling threatens Republicans' midterm TV ad advantage
A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday could erase a new midterm advantage for Republicans. Why it matters: The 2-1 ruling would block Republicans from using cash-rich party committees to buy more political TV ads at discounted rates. - Republicans plan to appeal the decision, setting up another high-stakes campaign finance fight as the fall ad wars heat up ahead of November. Driving the news: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled the FCC was wrong to extend discounted candidate broadcast rates to political parties and joint fundraising committees that include non-candidate groups for ads they coordinate with candidates. - The rates paid by super PACs and other outside groups are often several times higher than…
AXIOS (Hans Nichols) - Dems turning more GOP Senate strongholds into midterm battlegrounds
Ten weeks from Election Day, the Senate battlefield is sprawling, scattered — and stretching deep into Trump country . Why it matters: In a normal year, Republicans wouldn't think twice about Alaska, Kansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska or Texas. This isn't a normal year. - Republicans expect all six states to revert to their MAGA mean. But they're not betting on it. - The fact that they're still in play has turned the midterms into a game of chess, giving Democrats more openings to attack — and leaving Republicans with more pieces to defend. What we're hearing: While you've been at the beach, we've been at the bar talking to operatives in both parties. Here's what we're hearing: - Democrats are within striking distance in Iowa ,…
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Senate's unanimous August exit shelved Trump's SAVE America Act without a single objection
All 100 senators agreed to leave Washington in the predawn hours of August 8, sidelining President Trump's push for voter-ID legislation and raising questions about the GOP majority's appetite for the fight. At 4:57 a.m. on a Saturday morning, with most of America asleep, the United States Senate wrapped up its business and scattered for […] The post Senate's unanimous August exit shelved Trump's SAVE America Act without a single objection appeared first on American Almanac .
All 100 senators agreed to leave Washington in the predawn hours of August 8, sidelining President Trump's push for voter-ID legislation and raising questions about the GOP majority's appetite for the fight. At 4:57 a.m. on a Saturday morning, with most of America asleep, the United States Senate wrapped up its business and scattered for a five-week recess. No senator, Republican or Democrat, objected. The SAVE America Act, Trump's signature election-integrity bill requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship, never came to the floor. And the chamber won't return for real votes until the afternoon of September 15. The mechanics of how it happened matter, because they reveal a quiet consensus that cuts against the public posture of a…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Vance returns to the steel mill where his grandfather welded for 40 years — and pitches the GOP's blue-collar future
Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a […] The post Vance returns to the steel mill where his grandfather welded for 40 years — and pitches the GOP's blue-collar future appeared first on American Almanac .
Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a political argument. His grandfather, James Vance, welded steel there for nearly 40 years. The family came north from Kentucky's hills looking for a middle-class life, and the plant delivered one. Now, Vance told the crowd, the party James Vance once supported for its union ties has become unrecognizable. As the Associated Press reported , Vance framed the visit as both a homecoming…Open
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - ‘Toxic’: GOP memo privately warns this ‘sleeper issue’ could haunt them in 2026
According to new reporting, a private GOP memo warns that data centers have become a “toxic brand” and a sleeper issue that could weigh down Republicans in key 2026 races. Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown joins to discuss.
DAILYCALLER (Dylan Kresak) - Unearthed Memo Shines Light On GOP’s Five-Alarm Fire In Ohio
‘will expand far beyond Ohio’
DAILYCALLER (Sean Moran) - How Politicians Changed Their Tune On Data Centers
‘anchor hanging around … neck’
AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Data center uproar scrambles the midterm election
A new populist fever is coursing through the midterms, forcing campaigns to retreat and recalibrate as they confront a groundswell of hostility toward AI data centers. Why it matters: Grassroots pressure is breaking the bipartisan consensus that enabled America's AI buildout. Candidates in both parties are now racing to distance themselves from projects their own leaders spent years courting. The big picture: What started as scattered, localized NIMBYism is scaling into a national cross-partisan movement that could slow America's race for AI supremacy. - In Ohio, former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown has spent millions on a summer ad campaign branding Republican Sen. Jon Husted as "the face of data centers," weaponizing Husted's years of…