The US midterms saw a wave of Democratic victories across the country. Which of the following produced the first Democratic flip?
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Over the past two weeks, President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele has sent around 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four Salvadoran nationals working in Haiti who were kidnapped by gangs. But the self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” may have bigger ambitions. In a series of social media posts, he's drawn parallels between Haiti's struggles with gang violence and El Salvador's own gang-ridden past, saying that he’s preparing to tackle Haiti’s years-long security crisis.
“We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you too,” Bukele wrote.
It’s a gamble for a president who has recently earned street credit for doing just that at home. Since taking office in 2019, Bukele has virtually eliminated the gang violence that once plagued El Salvador, earning him sky-high approval ratings and admiration from other right-wing leaders in Latin America. Why would Bukele risk his reputation by venturing into one of the world's most intractable security crises? And could exporting the "Bukele model" backfire?
A tale of two countries. Both Haiti and El Salvador have been plagued by gang violence, but their situations are vastly different. In Haiti, armed gangs control roughly 90%of the capital of Port-au-Prince, as well as large sections of the country. These gangs have filled the vacuum left by the state since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, and have even formed loose alliances to counter attempts by the state to oust them. Currently, 1.5 million people are displaced because of gang violence, and almost 6 million people – about half of the population – face severe hunger. Late last year, the UN created and deployed a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) to address the situation. About 2,000 GSF troops are on the ground tasked with restoring order, but have struggled to make any progress amid funding and logistical delays.
El Salvador, meanwhile, has undergone a remarkable transformation under Bukele. Once one of the most dangerous countries in the world, it has seen homicide rates plummet from 58 homicides per 100,000 people in 2018 – the year before Bukele took office – to just 1.9 in 2024. Bukele arrested and imprisoned tens of thousands of suspected gang members around the country, often holding them for long periods without trial and drawing condemnation from human rights groups. But the successful crackdown has also made Bukele extraordinarily popular at home, with some polls putting his approval rating above 90%.
Is Bukele too big to fail? Central America expert at Eurasia Group Yael Sternberg doesn’t think Bukele has much to worry about. “I see no situation where this hurts,” Sternberg says. She explains that Bukele – who entered politics with a background in public relations – prioritizes maintaining his popularity and is constantly looking for new ways to project strength. To Bukele, Haiti offers another opportunity to do just that. What’s more, taking on Haiti could be a great way to earn favor with the Trump administration, which has been reluctant to take a role – militarily or through significant aid – in Haiti.
Sternberg also doesn't believe Bukele is actually preparing for a prolonged military campaign. El Salvador has pressing economic problems of its own – high public debt and poverty rates – and she argues that Bukele is far too conscious of his public image to risk getting bogged down in an expensive foreign conflict. “They can't pay for that,” she says. “They have other things to do [domestically] that are really important to them." Instead, she expects a quick operation that allows him to project strength without taking on the responsibility of fixing Haiti.
The problem is not as simple as Bukele thinks. Haiti expert Jake Johnston at the Center for Economic and Policy Research believes Bukele may be underestimating the risks he’s taking. To start, Haiti is a very different country from El Salvador. Its gangs are deeply intertwined with political and business elites, and the state is far weaker. Bukele’s crackdown succeeded in part because he could wield the full power of the Salvadoran government, from the police to the courts and prisons. In Haiti, Johnston notes, he has none of those options. “You can’t replicate that in Haiti,” Johnston says.
Even if Bukele does make headway with the gangs, Johnston says it won’t be enough. Often Haitian security forces reclaim territory from gangs only to lose it again because the government lacks the capacity to establish a presence in the area. Without functioning state institutions to take over, any military gains would quickly evaporate.
There’s also the politics to worry about. If Salvadoran soldiers start coming home in body bags, the intervention could quickly become a political liability for Bukele. Even a swift withdrawal could be difficult to spin as a victory. “You’re far more likely to end up with a headache that blows back on you politically than you are to be received as a savior,” Johnston said. That leaves Bukele with a dilemma: stay and risk getting dragged into a prolonged conflict, or leave without accomplishing much.
What Haiti needs. But beyond whether Bukele's gamble pays off, a more important question remains: will it actually help Haiti? Johnston argues that while military force may be necessary to push back the gangs, lasting stability will require functioning institutions, a credible political process, and a government capable of maintaining control over territory reclaimed from armed groups, which he does not think El Salvador can – or will want to – provide.
As Johnston says, Bukele may not fully grasp the task in front of him: “What is the vision? What is the plan?”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is meeting with political party leaders today to determine who has the best chance of forming the country’s next government. In last week’s election, PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and its allies won 53 seats, while opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc secured 48 – both short of the 61 needed for a majority. Today, party leaders, including Netanyahu and Eisenkot, will make their cases to Herzog. Even though Netanyahu’s bloc won more seats, Herzog isn’t required to give him the first shot at forming a government. Instead, he can choose whoever he thinks is most likely to pull together a majority. That could be Eisenkot. The two Arab parties – which won a record 19 seats – have reportedly endorsed Eisenkot, potentially giving him enough support to cross the 61-seat threshold. But Eisenkot may have to make policy concessions with the Arab parties, which could anger other allied, more conservative parties.
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 additional years in prison for “colluding with foreign forces.” The trial was conducted under a strict local national security law imposed by the Chinese government in 2020. Wong, who was due to be released from prison in January after being convicted in a previous national security case, is the only activist to have been sentenced twice under the legislation. The judge blamed Wong and fellow activist Nathan Law, who fled to Britain, for US sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials, a move both activists had called for. Critics of the harsh sentencing say it is meant to stifle dissent and reduce his influence – by the time he is released, Wong, who began his activism in his teens, will be 40. The US consulate in Hong Kong condemned the sentence and called for Wong’s immediate release.
Brazilian lawmakers have approved a constitutional amendment that vastly expands the federal government’s role in public safety, toughens criminal sentencing, and diverts a chunk of oil revenues directly to crimefighting. As part of the package — the first major push by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since his shock re-election victory last month — Brazil will also create a new Federal Ministry of Security to oversee and coordinate the actions of state police forces. The move is popular in a country where street crime and gang violence are top concerns. Lula’s presidential opponent — right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro — voted for the measure remotely from Florida, where he fled after losing the election. The change will be watched closely by the Trump administration, which earlier this year designated two of Brazil’s powerful gangs as terrorist organizations, in a move that raised fears of US intervention.
Airlines across the continent have been affected by threats, now in their second week, with some planes making emergency landings or being escorted by fighter jets. The countries affected, including Spain, France, Ireland and Bulgaria, haven’t established who is behind the threats, but aviation experts say they are likely coordinated. It comes as parts of Europe face increasing “hybrid attacks”: last month, temperature systems for fridges and freezers in supermarkets across the continent were hacked, destroying millions of dollars of food.
JD Vance wasn’t on the ballot, but the midterms may have dashed his presidential ambitions, or at least pushed them back four years.
On The Debrief, Clayton Allen explains why the vice president’s ties to Trump—and dependence on a fractured MAGA coalition—could make 2028 a race he chooses to skip.
Marco Rubio has more room to distance himself from the administration, but neither is guaranteed to run. And that begs the biggest question of all: who might seize the opening if Trump’s presumed heirs sit this 2028 out?
From shopping to services, consumer spending is showing strength across categories. Holiday shopping got an early start, and it’s not just higher earners filling their carts. Bank of America Institute sees continued spending growth recovery for lower- and middle-income households.
The Democratic Party has flipped the House and the Senate. While there are still votes left to be counted and races yet to be determined, the Democrats' victory is unambiguously big – at least 54 Senate seats and approximately 258 seats in the House. In the Senate, Democrats won unexpected victories in Kansas (which had not elected a Democratic senator since 1932) and Texas (which had not elected one since 1988). Meanwhile, House wins stretched into districts recently gerrymandered by Republicans. Across state and congressional races, Democrats found success in parts of the United States where the party had not been competitive in generations.
While the president's party historically loses midterm elections, the scale of Republican losses is among the largest in decades, exacerbated by the Trump administration's historic corruption, war in Iran, unpopular tariffs, and focus on vanity projects – from ballrooms to arches – that aren't voter priorities.
It's a loss that will have far-reaching ramifications for the final two years of the Trump administration and the 2028 presidential election. But before looking ahead to the next election, I want to evaluate what I got right and wrong in my top three calls for the midterms. And what that record means for the remainder of Trump's time in the Oval Office.
Call 1: Democrats will win both the House (with at least 20 seats flipping blue) and the Senate (with a majority between 51 and 53 seats). And if I'm wrong, it's because I was too cautious in my prediction.
In my Quick Take on Monday, I laid out my expectations for a blue wave, spurred by Trump's low approval ratings and the global anti-incumbent trend in elections. I got the margin wrong but the direction of my error right. Democrats exceeded even optimistic predictions for their performance.
Not only did James Talarico defeat scandal-plagued Republican candidate Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, but Gina Hinojosa also defeated longtime Republican incumbent Governor Greg Abbott. Democrats flipped North Carolina on the strength of former Governor Roy Cooper's campaign, but they also managed to pick up the much harder seat in South Carolina, with Annie Andrews defeating Senator Darline Graham. Democrats didn't just win their target House seats, they flipped many that few thought competitive – such as North Carolina's 9th District, where perennial Democratic candidate Richard Ojeda (who'd previously run in West Virginia) defeated Rep. Richard Hudson, Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Call 2: Trump might claim the election was rigged, but he won't be able to do much about it. We will have free-and-fair elections and a peaceful transition of power in Congress.
Before Tuesday, there was a considerable amount of speculation that Trump would attempt to rig the midterms: seizing ballot boxes, sending ICE into polling places, or refusing to seat newly elected members of Congress. My take was that Trump did not have the ability – or focus – to overturn the results. The checks on his authority, including state control of elections and skeptical courts, would prevent any serious effort to ignore the will of the voters.
Even before the midterms, evidence backed up this call. After reporting by the New York Times revealed that individuals associated with former Congresswoman Mary Peltola's campaign were behind the running of a second candidate named Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race against incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, the Trump administration sought to prevent the state from certifying a loss by the incumbent senator, if the additional Sullivan on the ballot decided the election. A federal judge threw out the suit, and Sen. Sullivan stated he would accept the election results – which we still haven't learned in a razor-tight race.
The administration also sued the state of California before the election, claiming – without offering much evidence – that 20,000 voters on the state's rolls were noncitizens whose ballots shouldn't be counted. After losing in the lower courts, the Department of Justice took the case to the Supreme Court, which quickly rejected the request.
Election Day went smoothly in Alaska, California, and the rest of the country, and there's no evidence to suggest that there will be any impediment to Democrats taking office in January. Even if the Trump administration wanted to overturn the election results, the scale of the Republicans' loss makes it all but impossible to do so. To his credit, Trump quickly confirmed he would accept the outcome and seek to work with Democrats. (He also claimed Republicans lost because he was not on the ballot.)
Democracy – for all its messiness – is still able to deliver peaceful, effective transfers of power in the United States.
Call 3: We're past peak Trump. The midterms will offer proof of that and accelerate the decline of his influence.
For months, I've made the case that we are past the peak of Trump's ability to disrupt the international order. Before Tuesday, I would have argued that with only two years left in his term, cratering domestic political capital, increasing checks on his power from the Supreme Court, and the backfire of his war in Iran, Trump was no longer able to dictate the course of global events. That did not eliminate all risk associated with his presidency – especially as his administration rules out significant regulation on artificial intelligence, while safety incidents mount – but Trump's power on the international stage had become a wasting asset.
After the midterms, I'm only more confident in that take. Beyond the oversight from newly elected House and Senate Democrats, the widespread losses by the Republicans will increase the likelihood that members of Trump's own party will defect from his coalition. That does not mean that a wave of House and Senate Republicans will immediately begin criticizing the administration's actions in Iran or its immigration enforcement policies – Trump will maintain considerable influence in Republican primaries. But there will be a gradual increase in Republicans willing to balk at the Trump administration's talking points as they search for a more effective message ahead of 2028.
That dynamic will be heightened by the uncomfortable but unmistakable fact that Trump is losing coherence at the age of 80. Much like President Biden in the later years of his presidency, Trump was increasingly erratic on the campaign trail – repeating the same story multiple times within one speech and making more than twice as many "rambling or confusing digressions" as he did ten years ago, according to an analysis from the New York Times. There have also been numerous moments in which the president appeared to say his internal thoughts out loud, including repeatedly commenting on the physiques of men and women around him and launching a racist tirade against Somali Americans.
I can't evaluate Trump's mental state, but I can evaluate the political implications of the public perceiving him as having lost a step (with nearly half of the country already having thought Trump was experiencing cognitive decline earlier this year). Concerns over President Biden's mental acuity led to a revolt in his party against him, ultimately sinking his reelection campaign. Trump can't run for a third term (no matter what Steve Bannon says), but Republicans hoping to lead the party in 2028 and beyond can still desert him.
There will be some cabinet members interested in staying close to Trump – due to genuine loyalty or a desire to exploit commercial opportunity through their office – but politicians angling for a future in elected politics, such as presidential hopefuls Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, will face pressure to show their independence. And further infighting within the Republican Party will only entrench Trump's lame-duck status.
The midterms are over, but the Trump era is not yet. It has, however, entered a new phase, with Republicans laboring to rebuild the coalition that propelled them to office in 2024 and Democrats hoping their midterms landslide offers them a springboard to victory in 2028. That means we're increasingly talking about life after Trump in a country whose politics has been dominated by him for over ten years now. What that future looks like is still unknown, to America and to the world.
But one thing is known: voters in the midterms have offered a decisive repudiation of a president who has put himself above the country.
In this 'ask ian,' Ian Bremmer takes a look at the issues that drove the "blue wave" in the 2026 US midterms and how Democrats winning control of the House and Senate represents a repudiation of President Donald Trump’s governing record.
Ian argues that Trump’s support has eroded as Americans feel worse about “affordability issues, about the cost that they are paying, about their quality of living.” He points to the Iran war, rising electricity costs and concerns over corruption as contributing factors, while noting that Trump’s campaign promises to help working and middle-class Americans have fallen short of voters’ expectations.
Looking ahead, Ian says the results leave Trump a lame duck for the final two years of his presidency, with Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress. The scale of the losses could also reshape the 2028 presidential race, making a more open Republican primary likely and creating an opportunity for a new generation of younger candidates in both parties.
In the end, the long-predicted “blue wave” turned into a tsunami as the Democrats, harnessing widespread frustrations over high living costs, opposition to the war in Iran, and misgivings about Trump’s deportation policies, swept back to power on Capitol Hill.
Team Blue reclaimed control not only of the House of Representatives, but the Senate too. Some of the Democrats’ wins were true stunners: until last night, neither Texas nor South Carolina had elected a Democratic senator since the 1990s. Kansas hadn’t done it since the 1920s.
What lessons will each party draw from the drubbing? And how might the outcome affect the rest of the world? Let’s take a look at what we can expect in the final two years of Trump’s presidency.
What does it mean for Republicans?
As the dust settles, a handful of Republicans have begun pointing fingers at the president for a night of bruising losses. “It’s on him,” one Republican lobbyist in Texas told the BBC. Across the country, voters rejected Trump’s hand-picked candidates in Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Michigan. Senate seats in Republican strongholds like Kansas, which hadn’t voted for a Democrat in nearly a century, flipped. Trump told voters to pretend he was on the ballot, and, evidently, they did.
For the party, the midterms mark a new era. Trump, the kingmaker of Republican politics for the last decade, has proved unpopular. Sticking by his side over his next two years in office could hamper their own political ambitions down the line. Because of this, as Ian Bremmer predicted in a recent Quick Take, Republicans will start planning the party’s future without him.
But for members of Trump’s administration with possible 2028 ambitions, that’s a tricky needle to thread. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, whose former Ohio Senate seat flipped to Democrat Sherrod Brown, have two more years to serve at Trump’s side. They may not be able to daylight between themselves and the president yet, despite Trump’s unpopularity. This morning, for example, Vance blamed Republicans’ losses on the hugely unpopular war in Iran – rather than Trump’s decision to lead the country into it.
What does this mean for Democrats?
Democrats are riding high after last night, but now comes the hard part: delivering on their promises. That won’t be easy. Democrats will have to navigate deep divisions within their own party. According to a new Politico poll, 61% of self-described progressive democrats want the party to tackle a more ambitious agenda, while only 35% of self-described moderates agree. While some centrists may be willing to work across the aisle, progressives could draw a hard line when it comes to aid to Israel and universal health care. And that’s before legislation gets to Trump, who has vowed to become “Mr. Veto,” making it difficult to advance priorities like reversing Medicaid cuts, ending tariff battles, and constraining Trump’s war in Iran.
Now, eyes are already turning toward 2028, and the bigger question may be what lessons Democrats take from this election. Running primarily on opposition to Trump failed to resonate with voters two years ago, but this time, a message focused on economic populism appears to have struck a chord across the country. Democrats now face a choice: return to the party’s familiar playbook of the past decade, or chart a new course built around the issues that propelled them to victory. And with no clear party leader, those divisions between the party’s progressive and centrist wings could deepen as Democrats begin a contentious battle over their future.
What does it mean for the rest of the world?
The one area where the Democrats’ sweeping victory will have the least impact is the one that affects the rest of the world most: US foreign policy. US presidents enjoy broad freedom of action on trade, sanctions, and war — with minimal effective oversight from Congress. While Capitol Hill can try to restrain the president by withholding funding appropriations or holding hearings, the Democrats lack a veto-proof majority in both houses, undermining their leverage over the White House.
That leaves Trump with a relatively free hand to shape his own legacy on the world stage for two more years. Two key areas will immediately come into focus: will he continue pressuring Europe and Ukraine to accept a peace deal that normalizes relations with Russia? Will he reignite the Iran war alongside Israel in order to “finish the job” of either destroying Tehran’s nuclear program or changing the regime? Unlike Vance and 2028 hopefuls in his administration, Trump never has to face voters directly again. Trump also needs to define a timeline for elections in Venezuela and steer the delicate trade detente with China.
Last night’s wins were not only pivotal but also broke multiple glass ceilings in American politics. There were at least ten historic firsts:
Abdul El-Sayed will be the first Muslim to serve in the Senate.
Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the first-ever Black woman to serve as governor.
Chris Pappas will be the first openly gay man to serve in the Senate.
Gina Hinojosa will be Texas' first Latina governor.
Aaron Ford will be Nevada's first Black governor.
Deb Haaland will be the country's first Native American woman to serve as governor.
Amy Acton will be Ohio's first female governor, and Amy Klobuchar will be Minnesota's first female governor.
The barrier-breaking wasn’t contained to the Democratic side: Republican Byron Donalds will become Florida’s first Black governor, and Marsha Blackburn will be Tennessee's first female governor.
Voters in Africa’s wealthiest country have a pivotal election of their own today, with over 250 local contests nationwide. The elections are widely seen as a referendum on the African National Congress (ANC), the party that has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid, amid frustration over pervasive corruption, crumbling public services, and rising migration. The ANC has seen its standing slide in recent years. In 2024, it lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years and, in the 2021 municipal elections, saw its support fall below 50%. Polls show its support could fall below 40% in today’s contests, likely losing ground to the rival Democratic Alliance and former President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe party. But the ANC remains the largest party in South Africa, and its loss could lead to unstable governing coalitions in many cities and strain ties that carefully bind the national government.
The Italian PM’s government has drafted a special levy on wealthy residents leaving the country as part of next year’s budget. The so-called “exit tax” amounts to a 26% capital gains tax on people with $1.3 million or more in assets who decide to relocate abroad. The measure isn't estimated to yield much revenue — $4.5 million in its first year — but it comes as Meloni faces Italians frustrated by surging inflation. Wealth taxes have become a contentious issue worldwide in recent years. France established its own exit tax in 2012, and voters in California considered a measure to tax billionaires in yesterday’s midterms (the result is still too early to call). But Meloni’s proposal could also rattle the country’s wealthy expats. Some 4,000 emigrated to Italy in under a decade, drawn by a flat tax on foreign income that the country introduced to boost its sluggish economy.
Six countries competing in next year’s ice hockey world championships said they will boycott games against Russia after a court ruling last week said the country must be allowed to participate. Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Latvia all said they would refuse to face the hockey powerhouse. Since the invasion in 2022, Russian teams and athletes have been banned from competing under their national flag at most international sporting events. But nearly five years into the war, those restrictions have slowly been rolled back – Russian athletes were allowed to compete under their flag at the Winter Paralympics this year for the first time in a decade, and at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Adding to the drama, Ukraine has qualified for the hockey tournament for the first time in 20 years. But as the lowest- ranked team, they could be bumped from the competition to make room for Russia. Do you think Russian athletes should be banned from international sports? Let us know here — include your name/location, and we may publish your response.
If predictions hold, Democrats are on track to win a majority of seats in the House. The real battle today is for the Senate, where Republicans currently hold 53 seats. Democrats need a net gain of four seats to hold a true majority, since Vice President JD Vance can cast a tie-breaking vote in their favor.
We’ve put together a cheat sheet of 11 races to watch, based on the Cook Political Report’s ratings: contests that lean Republican, contests that lean Democratic, and toss-ups. These races are no easy feats for Democrats. In Alaska, Ohio, and Texas, they’re gunning to flip seats in states Trump won by double digits in 2024. In Texas, a Democrat hasn’t been elected to the Senate since 1988 – the year before the Democratic nominee James Talarico was born. And in Kansas, voters haven’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in almost a century.
The key in these red states is what Republican-leaning voters who may have backed Trump in 2024 but are unhappy with the economy do next, Cook Political Report Editor-in-Chief Amy Walter said on a recent episode of GZERO World. “If those voters stay home, that becomes problematic for Republicans,” she said. “If they show up and vote Democrat, that is where you start to see those red states move toward Democrats.”
Download the GZERO cheat sheet - The midterms: Races that could decide the Senate
Garment workers in Bangladesh have taken to the streets over the past week, demanding higher wages and forcing more than 600 factories to shut down nationwide. Protests escalated on Sunday in the capital, Dhaka, after police fired tear gas at demonstrators. The industry generates more than $40 billion for Bangladesh per year, about 10% of its GDP, but workers say they aren’t seeing any of that money. They are demanding that the national minimum monthly wage be raised from 13,000 taka ($105), among the lowest in the world, to 30,000 taka ($242). Recently-elected PM Tarique Rahman has scrambled to contain the unrest, announcing a new wage board to review workers’ demands. Worker strikes could have a global impact: Bangladesh is the world’s second-largest garment exporter after China, supplying about 7% of garments worldwide, including to major brands like H&M, Primark, and Uniqlo.
US President Donald Trump said this morning that the US would halt $4 billion in annual aid to Israel by the end of this year. During an interview with Fox News, the president said Israel is prosperous enough to fund its own defense, but added that commercial arms sales will continue. It’s unclear how Washington will end the assistance early, given the aid agreement expires in 2028. But Trump appears more concerned with politics than logistics: he argued Israel had become too much of a talking point for Democratic candidates like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, who is currently polling ahead of his Republican opponent. As we reported yesterday, Israel has become a defining issue for Democrats as public opinion sours on the country. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to comment on Trump’s announcement, but told the Economist in January that he wanted to “taper off” US military aid in the next decade.
Starting today, Mexico will ban phones in elementary and middle schools. The restrictions, championed by President Claudia Sheinbaum, aim to improve students’ focus and learning outcomes. But critics warn the new policy could put children at risk. In parts of the country plagued by cartel violence, parents worry that the ban could prevent them from contacting their children during emergencies or checking that they're safe. In the first half of this year, nearly 10% of Mexicans under the age of 18 were victims of some form of organized crime. Mexico is hardly alone: 114 other countries have already imposed nationwide cellphone bans in schools.
As AI creates new opportunities, the people who understand a community best play an important role in determining how those opportunities take shape. Across the US, Microsoft is supporting AI literacy classes as part of a new program developed in collaboration with the Public Library Association, working through trusted local institutions to help people build practical AI skills.
By pairing new technology with local knowledge, the initiative is helping communities explore how AI can support their needs and open new possibilities, while putting local leaders and organizations at the center of that work.
Read the full story here.
