Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, films a social media video at a pool party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Detroit.
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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed are spending the final hours of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in settings that reflect their starkly different campaigns. In Detroit, El-Sayed posed Monday for photos and participated in interviews with content creators at a backyard pool party before a final rally with supporters. Stevens appeared alongside Michigan Democratic officials in the state's west side. The race has become one of the clearest tests yet of where Democratic voters want their party to go. El-Sayed is a progressive while Stevens is backed by establishment leaders. Tuesday's winner faces Republican Mike Rogers in November for an open seat Democrats probably need to hold to take control of the Senate.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to swear in his criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as attorney general Monday after Senate Republicans mustered the votes for his confirmation. Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final pushes ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in the aftermath of Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement surge, increasing the pressure on the Democratic establishment. And the price of oil is rising again after Iran said it won't reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States lifts its blockade, pays compensation for war damage, lifts economic sanctions and releases Iran’s frozen assets.
