To feed the insatiable electricity demands of Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley,” utility developers want to construct Valley Link North: an ultra-high-voltage 765-kilovolt transmission line cutting a 200-foot-wide path across more than 200 miles of West Virginia countryside.

Standing over 185 feet tall, the massive steel towers threaten family farms, historic land, and scenic views via eminent domain. In a deeply conservative pocket of Appalachia, landowners and multi-time Trump voters—already squeezed by inflation, tariffs, and federal downsizing—are fighting back, warning that Washington and Big Tech’s push for AI infrastructure may cost them their political loyalty at the ballot box.

MS NOW’s Josh Einiger reports from Charles Town, West Virginia, on the escalating clash between rural landowners, tech conglomerates, and the future of the American power grid.

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Mississippi has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1982. Mississippi Democratic Senate Candidate Scott Colom joins Katy Tur to share why he believes he could win in the deep-red state.

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MS NOW, CNN and Politico regained their access to the White House amid President Trump’s media ban. MS NOW Reporter Akayla Gardner is back on the White House grounds with the latest updates. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde and Co-host of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” Jonathan Lemire join Katy Tur to discuss the fallout.

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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries could make history in January as the first Black Speaker of the House. But for now, he’s keeping his ‘eye on the prize’ in the final push to w in back the majority. MS NOW’s Senior Capitol Hill Reporter and host of ‘Way Too Early’ Ali Vitali spoke to Jeffries about his confidence heading into election day in New York’s Hudson Valley, where he campaigned with Cait Conley — the Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Mike Lawler.

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Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope to vote in a U.S. general election, casting a mail-in ballot. He’s been an outspoken critic of certain Trump administration policy, including the war in Iran and on immigration.

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