"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On the show today, Kyle Kondik, Managing Editor at Sabato's Crystal Ball with the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, talks about the race for Senate in Maryland and the surprise this race may play for Senate Democrats in 2025 as this is not a state Democrats can afford to lose with many other states expected to flip. Wall Street Journal Assistant Editor, Paul Beckett, talks about nearing the one year mark of US reporter Evan Gershkovich's imprisonment in Russian jail. Angela Stent, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow, discusses Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaking with Speaker Johnson on Ukraine aid.