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ALT Steve Kornacki's Senate 2026 scenario: "Waiting on Alaska." In this scenario, Republicans lose seats in the midterms as voters look for a check on an unpopular president. Texas elects a Democratic senator for the first time since 1988. Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown reclaims a Senate seat in Ohio, and North Carolina flips for the Democrats, too. But control of the Senate hangs in the balance as we wait for Alaska mail ballots to come in from around the rural state and be tabulated — a process that can take days. If incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan triumphs, Republicans keep control of the Senate, with Vice President JD Vance as the tiebreaking vote. A victory for former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, on the other hand, would tip the balance for Democrats.
ALT A chart showing what one second grader in New York state watched on YouTube over two months in 2025: 511 videos, the majority music videos. Just 32 were educational.
ALT The doomers, the dreamers and Xi: Trump hears from all sides on AI
ALT Three charts, one a steamgraph showing fantasy points per week, by team, the other showing the distribution of team scores over the season, and the final chart showing cumulative luck scores per week, over the 16-week season.
ALT This is a column chart showing the year-over-year change in the number of international students studying in the U.S. From January 2025, international enrollment has declined, with more than 50,000 fewer international students at U.S. colleges and universities between August 2025 and August 2026, the largest such decline in the months shown. Atop the chart is the text "A year-over-year comparison of active-status international students for each month since 2025 shows a growing drop."
ALT This is an illustrative graphic showing new tariffs on Canadian goods and how much in U.S. dollar amounts these goods accounted for in 2025. Three products that that saw significant imports in 2025 are shown: A lipstick tube ($138 million in imports), a bottle of Canadian whisky ($164 million), and a chandelier ($251 million). Atop the chart is the text "New tariffs on Canadian imports."
ALT A black-and-white woodcut of the first Labor Day parade depicts lines of participants holding signs as they pass through crowds lining the edges of Union Square Park.
