Today’s notice: Trump tries to settle the data center debate. What to watch for in the Massachusetts primaries. Copying Zohran in Berlin. Army secretary resigns. And: It’s hard to make economic plans with the Iran war going on next door.
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Chaos season is officially declared. Welcome to September of an election year, the traditional start of campaigns locking in messages and getting serious about executing them. The hot primary summer now turns into a brisk messaging fall.
Republicans, running against historical headwinds and alongside a president with the second-term blues, have said all year to ignore the polls and wait for the fall. The money bombs will drop, the midterm convention will focus candidates on their general election goals.