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…Bloomberg4d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologymidterm elections
Supreme Court Ruling Could Impact the Closing Weeks of High-Stakes Midterm Advertising BattleThe Supreme Court sided with the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday, allowing the agency to avoid a Democrat-led challenge to its policy of extending discounted TV and radio advertising rates to political parties. “The Commission may exercise its discretion to set its own procedures and schedule for resolving such applications,” the majority…The Daily Signal4d agoWhole story →GovernmentCulturemidterm elections
Trump Is Making Deals With Big OilMark Hertsgaard Democrats and the press should be paying attention to how this pay-to-play behavior relates to the midterms The post Trump Is Making Deals With Big Oil appeared first on The Nation .The Nation4d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomymidterm elections
Trump Has Brought Inflation Back to the HeartlandPresident Donald Trump has changed the geography of inflation. After years of consumer prices rising faster in big US cities, Trump’s war against Iran and global tariffs have made rural America ground zero for the fallout from the inflation bomb — and at a particularly tricky time for Republicans as they try to defend their House and Senate majorities in…Bloomberg5d agoWhole story →SecurityCommercemidterm elections
Everyone has the same question in the midterms — where's the beef? (And how much does it cost?)In the midterm elections, meat has become a surprising political battlegroundABC News5d agoSources (2)Whole story →FoodGovernmentmidterm elections
