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US congressional elections held on November 3, 2026, deciding control of the House and Senate.
Fairshake's affiliate Defend American Jobs has reported $46.7 million in Ohio Senate spending, 55.6% above its $30 million pledge. Added to $5.9 million from the Winklevoss-backed Digital Freedom Fund, the total is $52.6 million.
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Elon Musk gave more than $276 million to Republican groups since July, making him the biggest known donor of the 2026 midterms, CNBC and SCMP reported. CNBC put his known 2025-26 federal giving at roughly $366 million, 26% above the roughly $290 million he spent in 2024.
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Donald Trump is expected to count $54 billion for Alaska LNG in a $200 billion Korean investment plan, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. Seoul still lists Alaska for future talks, so the White House will name the figure before the government paying it has agreed to it.
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Mesabi Metallics plans a $15 billion Iowa mill making 10 million tons of steel a year from Minnesota ore, with first steel in 2030. It works out to $1,500 of capital per ton of yearly capacity, staked on Trump's case that the 50% tariff makes building US plants cheaper than paying it.
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CivicPulse found 41% of local officials report substantial negative effects from polarization, about 10 points above its three previous surveys. Cost of living ranks among the top drivers, and it is too early to tell whether the rise outlasts the midterms.
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Fairshake, the crypto super PAC, is backing 32 House incumbents in November and putting about $1 million each behind three Democrats and three Republicans. That $6 million, a fifth of what it is spending against Sherrod Brown, goes mostly to members of the committees that handle crypto bills.
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Trump said South Korea plans to invest about $54 billion in Alaska's gas pipeline, but President Lee Jae Myung's party says it is not finalized. Seoul still has to test the project's commercial viability, so for now the figure is an announcement made weeks before a close Alaska Senate race.
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AP-KFF polling of over 2,000 rural voters finds about 8 in 10, including 68% of MAHA backers, say Trump's policies hurt or did nothing for local health. Two-thirds of those backers call a candidate's MAHA support extremely or very important to their vote, so the gap reaches November's ballot.
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Six Republicans have now broken with the president in public over immigration, the Iran war and a plan to cut beef tariffs. Two of the six put the break on the record with a vote. Vox reports his approval is reaching new lows.
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Trump promised $5,000 to each American adult if his party keeps its congressional majorities, and Fortune reports that such a proposal could cost more than $1 trillion. No financing was attached to it.
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Trump promised American adults $5,000 each if Republicans hold Congress, a payout put near $1.3 trillion, and the two Republican leaders who would have to legislate it have both declined to promise it.
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The crypto super PAC is spending $30 million in Ohio over six weeks, about a quarter of the $120.4 million it and its affiliates reported on September 20. The target is a Senate Banking gavel that Democratic caucus rules do not automatically restore.
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