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Not all AI companies fared well, but hyperscalers did.

U.S. midterm results could slow data center development, raising the value of existing AI capacity while increasing pressure on debt-funded neoclouds.

Speaking at the WSJ Tech conference, Dina Powell McCormick said the company is more optimistic about scaling up its existing data centers.

Cramer warned that Wall Street may be getting ahead of itself following the midterm elections.

After Democrats won big in Texas and other AI infrastructure hot spots on Tuesday, data center enthusiasts looked for comfort in low-Earth orbit.

Kat Abughazaleh and CJ Pearson spoke at WIRED World Fair on Wednesday about the influence of social media on politics following Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Data centers can be assets to energy resources and the power grid, says Arushi Sharma Frank, founder and CEO of Luminary Strategies. The former US energy market policy lead at Tesla discusses how the midterm results could impact the AI buildout, and why Elon Musk's plan to put data centers in space offers diversification for the chip sector. She joins Carol Massar on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

Tuesday’s sweeping wins will give House and Senate Democrats the opportunity to set an agenda for the next two years and use their committees to take on President Donald Trump.

Cruz and Trump seem to have no plans to fill FCC's empty Democratic seat.

Find insight on AI and the U.S. midterm elections, the New York Times Company, Uber and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.

Elon Musk at least was able to put a comical twist on the Republicans’ midterm meltdown, infused with his signature doses of dark humor and needling of adversaries.

Spending hundreds of millions of dollars means nothing to Elon Musk, director Alex Gibney says.

Democrats flip the Senate after winning the House in rebuke to President Trump

Investors facing new political and financial constraints

Elon Musk's $474 million election gamble falters as Democrats threaten his Texas empire.

A Democratic sweep of the US Congress jolted global markets, pulling down Asian tech stocks and the dollar while boosting Treasuries as investors braced for tougher scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s policies.

With massive upsets in deep red states and stunning wins in Texas, Democrats have redrawn the political map—and decisively taken the House and Senate.

Join WSJ’s Washington Coverage Chief Damian Paletta for a real-time written chat on Wed., Nov. 4, from 2-3 p.m. ET. WSJ subscribers can submit questions in the comments section at any time.

Tuesday's midterm elections follow record spending on AI-generated political ads.

The 2026 midterm elections will determine the scope of President Donald Trump’s power in his final two years in office, and signal what voters care about going into the 2028 presidential election. While this year’s races are expected to be most broadly defined by affordability issues, there’s several topics impacting the tech industry that appear […]

The second Trump administration has created a boon for a relatively new crop of financial companies in the digital finance industry. Some traders are positioning for that to change after Tuesday’s US midterm vote.

From gas and groceries to housing and wage growth, midterm voters who are being squeezed by inflation say the economy is their top issue this Election Day.

Midterm voting gets underway amid volatility across stock and oil markets

With Democrats poised to make significant gains in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Trump supporters have been reduced to posting bizarre Star Wars fan fiction.

The influential Center for Renewing America says that “neo-Marxist progressives and anti-Western Muslims” can’t sincerely swear to protect the Constitution—and shouldn’t be allowed to assume office.

Patti Zirhut, a lifelong Republican, has been studying her ballot for weeks. Zirhut eagerly voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024, but she isn't toeing the party line this year. "My ballot is all mixed up," she says. She's voting for some Republicans, some independents, and even a few Democrats. Zirhut remains […]

Tech leaders await fallout from Tuesday’s US midterms

With a number of anti-data-center candidates poised to win on Tuesday, New York provides a glimpse at the tensions around actually having to do something about the digital infrastructure.

At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

Asia’s AI-heavy stock markets face a new US policy wildcard in the midterm elections, with the outcome potentially reshaping the tech trade and sectors from clean energy to defense.

Interest groups tied to cryptocurrency are spending millions to tilt the midterm elections. They had mixed success in 2024

Analysts at Graphika report that the influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections

Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.

Investors await earnings from Apple, AMD, and other major companies, as well as the midterm elections and the monthly jobs report.

In a court filing, top Democrats on the Judiciary Committee indicated their support for publishers in a lawsuit led by The New York Times.

Reid Hoffman has given $8 million to Wisconsin Democrats backing David Crowley as Tom Tiffany attacks Hoffman's past ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

It was an ambitious notion – now Californians will vote on a one-time 5% billionaire tax, and state’s super rich have pulled out all the stops in opposition One year ago, the idea of a billionaire tax in California was still in its infancy. It wasn’t yet one of the most contentious ballot measure fights in state history – pitting Democrats against Democrats, drawing national attention from political heavyweights, and netting hundreds of millions of Silicon Valley dollars to fight it. Back then, it was a bold and desperate answer to Donald Trump’s healthcare cuts. Continue reading...

Democrats are using the high price of diesel, heating oil, and fertilizer to tie Republicans to President Donald Trump’s unpopular, costly war in Iran.

Betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have transformed America’s democracy into a new kind of casino.

Opposition to the rapid emergence of data centers in states such as Ohio and Arizona has ginned up activism and unified voters. A range of public health issues have played into the resistance.

Attaxion researchers found 30 fake Texas campaign merchandise stores traced to just two sellers hawking gear for competing Republicans and Democrats.

From apps that block distractions to stripped-down phones, young people are finding ways to unplug from platforms they say profit from their attention Gen Z voters: tell us what is guiding your vote in the US midterm elections? Nelissa Moukoudi, 19, a university student in Canada, noticed a shift once she joined Instagram and TikTok. “My social life completely plummeted and it felt like my life was only [using] social media and school,” she said. Continue reading...

Building the Future is an offshoot of the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, arguably the leading super PAC promoting industry interests in the midterm elections.