Liz Goodwin

Voters are furious about the energy-guzzling behemoths that drive artificial intelligence, but politicians in both parties are cautious about backing all-out bans.

Liz Goodwin, Riley Beggin | Washington Post Show Caption Hide Caption Data center push back grows in communities across the country

The political energy is slowly beginning to catch up to voter anger.

Washington Post: Public anger is rising over the massive, resource-hungry facilities.

HILLIARD, Ohio -- Few politicians are embracing grassroots demands for a pause or ban on data center construction, though their footprint encompasses states that are midterm battlegrounds and will be crucial to determining which party controls the House and the Senate next year.

Platner’s backers in Maine say with Trump in office and Senate control on the line, the bar is low and the stakes are high: “Purity politics don’t get us anywhere.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she will temporarily give up her seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee in an announcement that came just hours after her fellow California Democrat Rep.

A woman who said she previously dated Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in Maine for the U.S. Senate seat, alleged that he sexually assaulted her in her home in late 2021. Platner called the allegations "troubling, serious, and false."

The campaign for the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine called the allegation "categorically false and politically motivated."

Troy Jackson, the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), yelled and cursed at fellow state lawmakers, interviews reveal.