Republicans fear they have a North Carolina problem  —  DALLAS — Republicans are increasingly worried that North Carolina's Senate race is slipping out of contention.  —  For months, they had argued that a post-Labor Day infusion of cash could jolt new energy into the largely stagnant but critical Senate race.

Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists  —  Communism, in the president's hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were.  Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.

As MAGA Inc. begins to spend on Senate races, super PAC chief says he's ‘cautiously optimistic’ about midterms  —  Top Trump political adviser James Blair spoke with NBC News' new podcast, “Here's the Scoop: Election Edition,” about the midterms and the super PAC's spending.

We Must Pace the Frontier  —  I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life.  I've written often about these incredible benefits: I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5-10 years …