Political Debates Skipped Over Controversies

Amid renewed calls to slow frontier AI, experts are considering what an emergency stop would entail—and who would decide when to use it

Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) will skip Tuesday night’s debate with opponent Abdul El-Sayed (D), citing the moderator’s alleged “favoritism” toward the Democrat. Alyssa Brouillet, the Rogers campaign’s communications director, said in a statement that Michiganders “deserve to see their c