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Midterm ratings up 23% from 2022

New on streaming: Muhammad Ali show "The Greatest," "Black Doves" and more

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LIV Golf collapse imminent after BC Partners withdraws

Trump turns his ire toward Fox News on election night

Trump turns his ire toward Fox News

The brutal 2026 attack ads even rivals had to respect

Voting machine chaos hits key House battleground

Hollywood backs NYT in AI copyright fight with OpenAI and Microsoft

Political ads are outgrowing elections

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U.S. political ad spending and toss up seats

Data: WPP Media, Cook Political Report; Note: Toss-ups reflect Cook Political Report ratings of House and Senate races as of Election Day each cycle; Chart: Christine Wang and Sara Fischer/Axios

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The internet's free ride is over

Trump vanishes from GOP campaign ads

Slope charts that show campaign ad topic rankings in the 2026 primary and general elections. It includes topics that were in the top five for either party in either election. Democrats aired far fewer ads mentioning housing or ICE in the general than the primary. Republicans aired far fewer ads mentioning Trump in the general than they did in the primary.

Axios Visuals: 2026-10-30-topic-rankings

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