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US Midterms

Democrats Are Playing With the AI Fire

An AI ‘deepfake’ Donald Trump posted of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in 2025 GETTY

Involving the companies wanting to frame regulation in their favour in funding and safety initiatives is a dangerous game, writes Matt Gallagher

Money in politics now ranks as the number one national problem for American voters across the spectrum, according to polls, with the US public increasingly feeling as if it has been stripped of its political agency by wealthy donors.

Though Donald Trump will in all likelihood face an unprecedented backlash in November’s midterms, even voters turning out for the Democrats say they don’t trust the opposition to take on the ‘pay to play’ political system.

‘Reform’s Crypto Millions Expose the Choice Facing Burnham in Rebuilding Britain’s Democracy’

Neoliberalism has always been about who controls the tenets of our political economy, writes Labour’s Clive Lewis MP
Clive Lewis MP

Bonnie Greer: Never Nobody But Herself

Stephen Colegrave pays tribute to our much-loved contributor who died in September
Stephen Colegrave