Republicans received a new warning about the Georgia Senate race as Sabato’s Crystal Ball shifted its forecast toward Democrats on Thursday. Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, first elected in 2021, is running for reelection in one of the nation’s closest battlegrounds.

Despite dominating the airwaves, Texas’ senior senator has been neck and neck with Attorney General Ken Paxton in public polling, both falling well short of the support needed to avoid a runoff.

Republicans are trying to regain their footing on immigration and border enforcement as the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis put their most vulnerable members in an increasingly thorny position ahead of November.

Senate Democrats plan to block the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, and some Senate Republicans contend that the bill may need to be sidelined to avoid a shutdown.

The U.S. Senator said he would oppose all of President Trump's nominees to the Federal Reserve until a key issue was resolved.