Fox News host Laura Ingraham used her Tuesday night show to warn Republicans they risk losing key Senate races ahead of November's midterm elections, cautioning that several seats once considered safe are now genuinely competitive. The warning matters because control of Congress hangs in the balance, and Donald Trump himself has expressed doubt that his supporters will turn out to vote without him on the ballot, potentially compounding the party's difficulties.

Conservative PAC chief Ned Ryun told Ingraham that South Carolina, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio could all be in play, while Ingraham singled out Iowa's race between Republican Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek, backed by Barack Obama, as her biggest worry. She also questioned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's campaign effort against Democrat James Talarico. A Daily Mail/JL Partners poll found voters favouring a Democratic candidate by over nine points, up from a month earlier, though Republicans continue to lead significantly in fundraising both nationally and in battleground races.