The shifts come just five days before the midterms, with prediction markets favoring Democrats to take the Senate.

By Alexandra Alper and Michelle Price WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - US Senate Democrats plan to launch investigations into an array of issues, ranging from private equity’s impact on living costs to data center taxation and fears about AI,

Meanwhile, in Maine, Democrats had hoped that they would comfortably beat veteran Republican senator Susan Collins, but the race has remained neck-and-neck after Graham Platner, the original candidate from the populist progressive wing of the party, stepped down in the summer on the back of sexual assault allegations.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin appeared together at a campaign event in Kalamazoo on Thursday, as Democrats made their case to voters ahead of the November midterm elections.

President Trump has overseen a steep decline in the number of women serving in senior U.S. diplomatic and national security posts, according to a new report by Democrats.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's investigative report aims to document the cost and waste resulting from Trump's moves to reshape foreign policy.