Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In London, I'm Jason Palmer.

And in New York, I'm John Fassman.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In a few places in the world, deliveries arrive by drone.

But for the most part, local laws restrict how far they're allowed to go.

We hear about the ambitious trial of a drone superhighway in the skies to connect a number

of British cities.

And when piralata sukawat, a Thai pop star, started wrapping up problems with her home country,

a wave of online abuse followed.

She left Thailand, but that hasn't stopped her from speaking out.

Stopped though.

In November, America heads to the polls.

Halfway through Joe Biden's presidential term, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives,

and one third of the Senate are up for grabs.

Usually the party of the president and power does poorly in the midterms.

And this here doesn't look like an exception.

The outlook for Democrats has in-stuff word recently.

But they're still probably going to lose the House, and possibly the Senate too.

Now there'll be lots of news between now and election day.

This week, the Senate passed historic climate legislation, and the FBI executed a search warrant

on Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's floor to home.

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