Democrats weaponize data-center tax breaks in midterm messaging

Democrats are weaponizing Republicans’ meg bill tax breaks for data centers—chiefly via the Opportunity Zones credit—to frame GOP policy as fueling local backlash ahead of the midterms, while Republicans defend the credits as broad and not limited to data centers; the dispute ties into national-security and AI regulation debates, with Sanders and Casar proposing a pause on advanced AI and a ban on superintelligence until oversight is in place. The political backdrop includes a shortened House pre-election session, Trump’s plan to campaign for dozens of Republicans, and Third Way unveiling a 20-point centrist platform for 2028.