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• Sebuah Super PAC yang baru dibentuk dan beraliansi dengan Republik telah mengumpulkan dana kampanye sebesar $140 juta yang bertujuan untuk mengalahkan petahana Demokrat asal Ohio yang berupaya kembali ke Senat pada 2026, menurut pengungkapan keuangan kampanye. • Anggota Demokrat tersebut, yang sebelumnya menjabat selama beberapa masa jabatan di Senat dan dipandang sebagai target utama dalam strategi GOP untuk memperluas mayoritasnya, menghadapi pemilihan primer yang ramai dan berada di bawah tekanan di beberapa lini kebijakan. • Demokrat memperingatkan bahwa pengeluaran tersebut dapat membebani kampanye yang berbasis donor kecil dan mengubah lanskap media negara bagian tersebut, sementara Republik berpendapat bahwa dana itu akan memastikan rekam jejak kandidat tersebut tetap berada di bawah pengawasan.

• A $140 million super PAC war chest is poised to challenge Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown's 2026 Senate return. • Funded by Republican donors, the group aims to exploit Brown's vulnerabilities in a key battleground. • This escalation underscores high stakes for Senate control amid Trump's midterm focus.

As living costs rise, the state where Gates and Bezos made billions is targeting top earners – could other states follow?Noel Frame knows exactly how difficult it is to raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy, because she has been trying to do just that – first as an activist, then as a state legislator – for the past 15 years. And until recently almost all of her efforts ended in failure.She lives in Washington, a solid blue state that should, in theory, be hospitable to the idea of more progressive taxation and has plenty of multi-millionaires to target, since it is the home of Microsoft, Amazon and an array of other tech-driven corporations. While the wealth of these tech giants has grown exponentially in recent decades, the state – which levies no income taxes – has struggled to bring in enough revenue to pay for basic services like public schooling and long-term healthcare. Continue reading...