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Ahead of the US midterm elections on Nov. 3, national polls show that most Americans are deeply dissatisfied with the direction of the country.

Some of the world's leading financiers are sounding increasingly alarmed about an AI bubble.

A new CNBC survey finds broad voter opposition to nearby AI data centers, creating a political challenge for Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterm election.

With the U.S. midterm elections looming, Americans are nearly as gloomy about the economy as they were when the nation was emerging from the pandemic.

Nadia Lovell, UBS Global Wealth Management’s head of global equity strategy, said markets may remain volatile over the coming weeks amid earnings, next week’s Federal Reserve meeting, midterm-election uncertainty and the Middle East conflict’s impact on energy and oil prices. Despite risks around financing the AI buildout, she said economic growth and demand remain strong, with much of the investment led by high-quality hyperscalers. Lovell said investors should not abandon the AI trade, but should become more selective. (Source: Bloomberg)

Dan Ives, partner and senior managing director at Yorkville Ives & Co., discusses his outlook for AI legislation after the US midterm election. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

Fox News Media is launching a live blog, interactive map, and AI chatbot to deliver real-time 2026 midterm election results and race updates.

Fox News will give viewers a way to ask questions about races and candidates—and the fight to control Congress—during the network's Election Night coverage.

The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.

Datacenters, AI and distaste for the billionaires developing it has soured Americans on big tech How will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US midterm elections? Our reporters answer your questions The campaign ad begins with a clear, idyllic stream that suddenly turns sludge-brown as two concrete datacenters slam onto its banks. Another facility thuds down on a peaceful suburban park, and two more crush-green pastures as an ominous soundtrack to a disaster movie blares overtop. “They’re coming for our rivers. Our neighborhoods. Our farmland,” a deep-voiced narrator says. “Because Brent Taylor wrote the law allowing datacenters to take over Tennessee.” Continue reading...

Chatbots are adding a new layer of chaos ahead of the midterms.

Data: Harvard Youth Poll, Fall 2026; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios Nearly two in three U.S. adults younger than 30 who plan to vote in next month's congressional midterm elections say their main motivation is to oppose President Trump and his policies, according to a newly released Harvard Youth Poll . The big picture: Seventy-seven percent of respondents disapprove of the president's handling of the economy, including about half of young Republicans. And just 9% say the U.S. is headed in the right direction — the lowest in the survey's history. Why it matters: Economic populism is driving emotions, along with concerns about war, AI, billionaires, deportation tactics, social policies and corruption. Majorities of respondents support Medicare for All, a wealth tax and bans on congressional stock trading. What we're watching: Just one in three Americans ages 18-29 say they'll definitely vote — a substantial drop from 40% who said so in 2022. Notably, most of that drop is driven by Republicans. Only 34% of Republican respondents said they'll definitely vote, down from 46%; 50% of young Democrats say they'll definitely vote, essentially unchanged. Just 22% of independents they'll definitely vote, down from 26%. Data: Harvard Youth Poll; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios Zoom in: Topping the list of what young people consider serious threats to their long-term financial security: rising prices and the cost of living (79%), followed by the power of large corporations (68%) and trade wars (68%). Nearly half said their household is struggling to make ends meet or getting by with limited financial security. By the numbers: 63% say their votes for U.S. House or Senate will be cast in opposition to Trump, while 14% say they're motivated by support of the president and 17% say he's not a factor. Two-thirds disapprove of the job Democrats are doing in Congress; 74% disapprove of congressional Republicans' performance. Stunning stats: For the first time in the poll's history, the share of young adults who said they expect to be worse off than their parents (27%) slightly exceeded the share who said they expect to be better off (25%). The difference was within the poll's margin of error, but the longer-term trend is striking. In fall 2021, 39% expected to be better off than their parents, while just 17% expected to be worse off. When Harvard first asked the question, only to college students, in 2003, 74% believed they'd be better off than their parents. In this recent poll only 28% believed it. When asked if they're more hopeful or fearful about America's future, fear (69%) outweighs hope (26%) by more than two to one. What they're saying: "At the beginning of adulthood, younger people should be able to see a path from hard work to a secure life, and the big question is whether that promise still holds," John Della Volpe, director of polling at Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, said in a conference call with reporters Wednesday. Methodology: The Harvard Youth Poll was conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 7, 2026, by the Harvard Public Opinion Project (HPOP) with Ipsos' KnowledgePanel®. It is based on a probability-based sample of 2,024 18-to-29-year-olds. The margin of sampling error is +/-2.61% for results based on the entire sample of adults; +/- 3.19% for the sample of registered voters; and +/-4.30% for the sample of those who plan to "definitely" or are likely to vote.

The move is the president’s latest attempt to address widespread opposition to the AI boom ahead of the midterm elections.

Voters across the country in this year’s midterm elections will decide on ballot initiatives to slow down development or issue guardrails for data centers, which have seen sharply increasing public backlash. President Donald Trump has pushed for data center development, arguing they are necessary in order to win the artificial intelligence race against China. However, […]

Most American voters "don't trust the leaders of AI companies to make decisions in society's best interests," writes Will Johnson.

Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin discusses the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence. Speaking with Bloomberg's Dani Burger at Citadel's annual Future of Global Markets Conference in New York, Griffin also comments on the midterm elections, the US economy and fiscal policy. (Source: Bloomberg)

The midterms will be a referendum on the GOP’s alignment with tech overlords over the public they’re meant to serve Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Robert Reich highlighted the link between corruption and affordability . Today’s edition was written by Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit . Sign up for future editions here . “The world should accept some bad things happening,” Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, said recently, “for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.” Like so many things tech oligarchs say, it’s incoherent, since Altman would like to deny the world and the people in it the agency to decide whether or not we should accept his bad things. Surveys show that most Americans would like to pause AI ; opposition to AI datacenters is a factor in many races in the midterm elections. People are outraged and anxious about what tech hath wrought, mad enough to fight back in what is coming to seem like a human v machine battle. Continue reading...

The upcoming US midterm elections are being used as a clearing event for risk says Scott Rubner, Citadel Securities head of equity & equity derivatives strategy. He says this is the time "AI can outperform again." He speaks to Bloomberg's Dani Burger. (Source: Bloomberg)

Leading AI companies have set up political action committees to support both Republican and Democratic candidates in the midterm elections. The effort by Anthropic and OpenAI comes as Congress faces calls to regulate the industry.