To hold the Senate, Democrats have to do something extraordinary
They would have to overcome the largest partisan disadvantage since 1978
AMID THE congratulatory messages for Kamala Harris, there has been one notable absence. Jon Tester, the longtime Democratic senator from Montana running for re-election, has declined to endorse his party’s standard-bearer. Currently down by an average of one point in the polls against his Republican opponent Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, Mr Tester told local newspapers that he did not want to nationalise his race. “This isn’t about national politics, this is about Montana,” he declared.
Explore more
Why Texas Republicans are souring on crypto
Playing the state’s energy market has become more profitable than mining bitcoin
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve
Neither market turbulence nor Donald Trump’s stormy bombast can ruffle the Fed’s calm pilot
Checks and Balance newsletter: The alternate-reality Democratic National Convention
What if Joe Biden were still the nominee?
Kamala Harris completes her reinvention
As the Democrats’ convention ends, the general election begins in earnest
Police are killing more Americans than ever. Where’s the outrage?
The scarcity of protests is striking
NASA insists that two astronauts are not “stranded” in space
The Starliner mishap is another embarrassment for Boeing