Midterm elections 2026: all the news

This roundup covers the 2026 US midterm elections, which will determine the scope of President Donald Trump's power in his final two years and signal voter priorities ahead of 2028, with races shaped by affordability issues and tech topics including data centers and energy costs, AI safety, surveillance expansion via Flock, and California's billionaire wealth tax. It lists reported outcomes and developments, including Susan Collins conceding her Senate seat, a Democrat projected to win an Ohio seat, Texas turning blue, and a data center backlash that was not enough to flip Florida, along with voting-machine and monitoring issues and tech spending figures.