Democrat holds a slight edge, but the race remains competitive, with GOP primary fractured and unsettled ahead of November.

So let's take a look at the landscape, in order of most to least likely to flip. Tier 1 is most likely, Tier 2 is competitive but less likely, and so on. Race rating denotations (Toss-Up, Lean, etc.) are based on the Cook Political Report.

The political terrain remains forbidding, but the president's crumbling approval ratings and the Iran war's weight on the economy offer the party an opening.

By Hannah Lang May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. senators are set to consider long-awaited legislation that would create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency next week, potentially ending a deadlock over the bill that pitted crypto companies against U.

Plus, in the first edition of Ask Amy, Amy shares some weird courtroom moments.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed ​its version of a new five-year farm bill April 30 by a slim bipartisan 224-200 vote. The Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 now moves on to the Senate, where policy disputes are likely to drag out the lawmaking process.

Sen. Susan Collins seeks reelection in Maine's high-profile 2026 Senate race against military veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner in a key contest.

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Platner said he got the ink in question while deployed overseas with the Marines in 2007 and had it covered up in 2025.

With Louisiana lawmakers set to draw a new congressional map, crowds packed the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee meeting.

Coinbase, Kraken and Gemini suggested earlier this year that lawmakers scrap a provision barring the listing of certain digital assets at risk of manipulation.