At 73, Sherrod Brown is mounting a comeback bid in Ohio. He is one of the Democrats his party is counting on to retake control of the Senate.
Source: [NYT Politics](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/us/politics/sherrod-brown-ohio-senate-race.html)
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Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing: the week in politics.
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Katie Miller’s podcast is emerging as a go-to platform for leading figures in President Trump’s administration as she targets an audience of Republican women, scoring news-making interviews with top cabinet officials and key members of the president’s inner circle.
In Wisconsin, voters weigh candidates who backed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and those who want to expand it Going door to door in western Wisconsin, Bill Hogseth tells strangers about the seizures he has multiple times a week. Hogseth, the co-executive director and lead organizer of the nonp...
France’s Constitutional Court has upheld Emmanuel Macron’s landmark assisted dying law, while striking down a ban on social media for children under 15. The Council said the social media measure disproportionately infringed on children’s freedoms, prompting the government to work on a revised bill.