ABOARD AIR FORCE TWO — The U.S. Energy Department will announce $150 million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance visits the state, where Republicans are fighting to hold a critical Senate seat in the November midterm elections. Vance is set to rally voters for Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, who is locked in a tight reelection battle with Democrat Mary Peltola. Flipping the seat is key to the Democratic Party's strategy to take control of the U.S. Senate, and recent polls have Peltola, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, leading Sullivan. The energy plan is the latest in a series of economic and investment announcements President Donald Trump and his administration have highlighted ahead of the midterms amid voter concerns over the Iran war and high gasoline prices. Under the Energy Department plan, the Trump administration will tap federal funds to help construct 223 miles (359 km) of new electrical transmission lines linking the Beluga power station on Alaska's southern coast with Healy in the state's interior, an administ