Google wasn’t first to make a splash with generative artificial intelligence (that was OpenAI), and it doesn’t put on the slickest events in Silicon Valley (still Apple). But it is still both big and innovative enough to grab terrain from its rivals, and is becoming the leader in the market for consumer AI.

Earlier this month, The Economist went to Detroit to see three Democratic campaigns in action. The candidates vying for an open Senate seat represent three factions of the party. Democrats have a good chance of taking the Senate, but they can’t afford to lose places like Michigan. Their choice of candidate matters.

And how much is chaotic Trumpian economic policy costing America? We’ve put a figure on the “MAGA tax”. Our editors discuss it on The Insider, which you can watch here.

It's one of the country’s many miracles that they still function at all

20%, the probable share of mothers who struggle to breastfeed. Yet the problem remains badly under-researched.