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Capitol agenda: Waters rallies support as rivals circle

Top Financial Services Democrat Maxine Waters and her team have been making calls this week to recruit members to whip for her against potential challengers.

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Jeffries neutral in Financial Services Committee clashDemocratic leaders are taking a hands-off approach to Rep. Sean Casten’s bid to replace Rep. Maxine Waters as Financial Services Committee ranking member.

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Arizona attorney general threatens lawsuit over south Phoenix data centerAs Arizona faces a loss of nearly one third of its Colorado River water supply, an analysis of data centers across the state estimates water demand could surge by more than 450% if all planned data center projects in the greater Phoenix area are built.

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Rising cancer rates in the spotlight across Iowa midterm races as voters focus on waterRoughly two in five Iowans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes. It's a big concern for many voters, and now, it's at the center of debates ahead of the midterms. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports.

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Oregon governor orders pause on environmental permits to build or expand data centersOregon’s governor has effectively issued a moratorium on new data centers and data center expansions in the state by ordering environmental regulators to pause approving new state and federal air and water pollution permits for data center projects until next July.

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AI data center plans on federal land roils the Nevada governor's raceVoters across the country are worried about the effects that artificial intelligence data centers are having on electricity bills, water and the environment.

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Trump's flood-the-zone strategy drowns state-specific midterm messagingPresident Trump rolls out economic initiatives in battleground states like Iowa, Ohio and Alaska, though his rhetoric often overshadows policy goals.

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Data Center Backlash Becomes a Midterm FlashpointAs the AI infrastructure boom drives a wave of data center construction, concerns over electricity costs, water use and local impacts are increasingly entering the political debate ahead of the midterms. Cato Institute senior fellow Jennifer Huddleston discusses the economic benefits data centers can bring to communities and why she argues the technology…

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Researcher charged with poisoning coworker after he's caught on hidden camera tampering with water bottle — and gets off easyA California researcher pleaded no contest to one felony count of poisoning his coworker, which allegedly made the female victim gravely ill. However, the defendant was granted what a judge called an "extremely generous" plea deal despite hidden-camera video of him tampering with his colleague's water bottle. Rong Yuan began working at Berkeley…

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Susan Collins' post-heckle debate jab lands on deaf ears: 'Oh, shut up!'An interruption of the final Maine Senate debate between Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson on Wednesday led to a half-testy, half-joking exchange between the two candidates onstage. The questioning was disrupted when a protester began yelling about data centers, throwing everyone off balance. "I'm so sorry to interrupt ... I'm…

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