Entity

Senate

The upper chamber of the U.S. Congress — two members per state, with sole power to confirm appointments and ratify treaties.

As of 21 Oct 2026Last evidence 21 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • U.S. midterms 2026

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 21 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Pro-Western opposition wins big in Czech Senate election, dealing a blow to populist PM Babiš

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Crypto PAC spending against Sherrod Brown tops $52 Million in Ohio Senate Race

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Alaska Senate candidates clash over the Iran war, high prices and their times in office

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Tillis calls on Pentagon IG to investigate Ukraine’s Starshield loss

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

All 7 events and claims involving Senate

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 136 mentions on 21 Oct 2026, against 110 on 29 Sept 2026 (+24%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 16 Oct 2026 (6 changes recorded since 11 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 20 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “2026 Balance of Power: R Senate, R House” moved from 12% to 8% Yes since 6 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

3,128 documents · 419 publishers · 4% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 21 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.035: about 97% of mentions carry no typed assertion

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Senate

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

TrumpDemocratsCryptoAIWhite HouseIranUnited StatesClarity Act
  • Trump · 1,546 shared documents
  • United States Congress · 1,248 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Democrats · 949 shared documents
  • President Donald · 746 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Crypto · 660 shared documents
  • AI · 658 shared documents
  • White House · 657 shared documents
  • Iran · 643 shared documents
  • United States · 622 shared documents
  • Clarity Act · 505 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 136 mentions on 21 Oct 2026 with 110 on 29 Sept 2026 (+24%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +1411% from 6 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026, between 5 and 183 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Senate, day by day.

Market price, cited

8% Yes

priced 21 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 12% → 8% Yes (-4pts, from 6 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026)

on “2026 Balance of Power: R Senate, R House”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Senate

“2026 Balance of Power: R Senate, R House”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/4d401d280a20670086708880 returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name senate.

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Senate

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • U.S. midterms 2026

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 21 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Pro-Western opposition wins big in Czech Senate election, dealing a blow to populist PM Babiš

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    could not check

  • Crypto PAC spending against Sherrod Brown tops $52 Million in Ohio Senate Race

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Alaska Senate candidates clash over the Iran war, high prices and their times in office

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Tillis calls on Pentagon IG to investigate Ukraine’s Starshield loss

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Bipartisan U.S. Senate bill seeks to reaffirm 'ironclad' nuclear deterrence commitment to S. Korea

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Troy Jackson tells Susan Collins to ‘shut up’ during heated Maine Senate debate

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

Walk the record from Senate

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Senate

Entity.

Evidence
3,128 documents · 419 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 18 Mar 2026, last seen 21 Oct 2026
Measured
4% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
21 Oct 2026
20 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (6)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.
  • Could not check: We could not count this claim's sources, so we do not say how well it is supported.

Situations it is named in (4)

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Watch this

What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Senate, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about Senate

Markets whose question is about Senate or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Senate and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

  • 6.1% Yes

    “Will oil be below $85 on November 2 and the Democrats win the Senate?”

    Polymarket · priced 21 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “senate” is named in the question · closes 2 Nov 2026

  • 35.5% Yes

    “Will the Republican Party control the Senate after the 2026 Midterm elections?”

    Polymarket · priced 21 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “senate” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

  • 22.5% Yes

    “Will the Republican Party candidate win the 2026 Alabama Senate election by 25%-30%?”

    Polymarket · priced 21 Oct 2026

    Relation: named in the question · “senate” is named in the question · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 16 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 12 Oct 2026

  • 16 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 12 Oct 2026

  • 12 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

  • 12 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to steady

    Previous state held since 11 Oct 2026

  • 11 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 2 Oct 2026

  • 11 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 2 Oct 2026

6 changes recorded since 11 Oct 2026, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 21 Oct 2026.