Politics chat: Data centers are on everyone's minds going into Election Day

With Election Day only days away, new polling points to rising fortunes for Democratic candidates, while also showing that voters across party lines dislike the data centers being built in their communities. NPR's weekly politics conversation treats the facility backlash as an issue weighing on campaigns heading into the vote, one that does not break along the usual partisan lines.

The page carrying the discussion also lists other stories in NPR's current coverage. One describes Democratic frustration with Senator John Fetterman over his job performance, which NPR says has reached a boiling point in Pennsylvania. Another reports that the Justice Department wants Alaska ballots kept separate while a criminal investigation involving a Senate candidate proceeds. A third says a judge threw out President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over a letter tied to Jeffrey Epstein, describing the case as "grasping at straws."

NPR also features a piece on what it is like to campaign for Congress when the odds are heavily against a candidate, along with coverage of a $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft at Binance.

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