Trump to appear at rallies in battlegrounds Iowa and Kansas two days before midterms – live
Summary
President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold rallies in Iowa and Kansas two days before the midterm elections, backing Republicans in competitive Senate races. More than 53 million people had voted early by Sunday morning, and polls favored Democrats to win the House while the Senate remained too close to call.Key Facts
- Trump reversed an earlier decision to replace in-person appearances with tele-rallies.
- The administration has promised farmers $15 billion in aid in recent weeks, according to the article; the spending is intended to offset higher costs linked largely to tariffs and the war in Iran.
- Reuters/Ipsos polling put Trump’s approval among rural Americans at 45% in October, a new low in the poll.
- More than 53 million votes had been cast by Sunday morning, according to a University of Florida analysis.
- Among states that report party registration for early voters, 11.1 million registered Democrats and 8.2 million registered Republicans had voted.
- Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both the House and the Senate to take control, based on the majorities cited in the article.
- A federal judge dismissed Trump’s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal with prejudice on Saturday, ending his legal challenge over its report about an alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
- Barack Obama campaigned in Detroit for Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and publicly acknowledged that El-Sayed had criticized some actions of his administration.
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