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For the tech industry, the key impact of the midterms lies in who controls Congress; if both chambers or one of them change hands, the pace of advancing antitrust legislation, data privacy bills, AI regulatory frameworks, and federal subsidies and tax policy could all be reshaped.
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11/7/2026
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