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Trump Scraps Iowa, Kansas Rallies Days Before Midterms Oct 30, 2026

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The president was scheduled to be in Kansas on Saturday, and Iowa on Sunday. Now, both trips are off, replaced by a series of televised remote appearances instead. Anderson speaks to CNN Chief White House Correspondent and The Source anchor Kaitlan Collins about what's behind the White House's decision to cancel. Plus, a look at the Michigan Senate race and the factors behind new polling there and in three other key states, suggesting Democrats now have many potential paths to controlling the Senate.

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Trump in Ohio for GOP Rally 6 Days to Midterms Oct 29, 2026

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Just six days left unit the midterm elections and already 38 million votes have already been cast. This as President Trump and former President Barrack Obama are back on the campaign trail this evening.

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Trump Says He’ll Accept Midterm Results “If They’re Honest Elections” Oct 28, 2026

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With just a week to go until the midterms, the president says he'll respect the results, but only, he says, “if they're honest elections.” Plus, RFK Jr.'s verbal attack about Arabs' contributions to science and literature—and the anti-Muslim rhetoric surrounding Abdul El-Sayed's Senate campaign.

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Trump Escalates Anti-Muslim Attacks on El-Sayed Oct 27, 2026

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With just eight days until the midterms, President Trump is in Mississippi, a ruby red state that he won by 23 points in 2024. But even there, a key U.S. Senate race is inching bluer, according to The Cook Political Report. All week the president will be visiting one red state after the next. Plus, the Trump DOJ has criminally charged former FBI Director James Comey for a third time.

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Trump Says He Ordered DOJ Lawsuit Over Senate Race in Alaska Oct 24, 2026

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The Justice Department has made an extraordinary move to intervene in a race that could decide the balance of power in the Senate, a legal maneuver that President Trump says he ordered. In a lawsuit filed today in Alaska, the DOJ preemptively asked the state not to certify the results if the incumbent Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan loses. Plus, for the first time, we're hearing from the hero Oregon dad who last week raced after a school shooter and into the line of fire.

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Trump Tells Ramaswamy Not to Take Down Controversial Ad in Ohio Gov. Race Oct 23, 2026

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The continuing fallout in the Ohio governor’s race from the ad Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign made using the estranged mother of his opponent Democrat Dr. Amy Acton. President Trump went all in on it today, posting on social media, "I only wish the mothers of my opponents would be so brave as to come forward and explain that their son or daughter is a liar, and much worse.” Plus, the Trump administration is indicating that construction on the president's proposed 250-foot triumphal D.C. arch could begin just days after the midterm elections.

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New CNN Poll: Trump Approval Hits New Low of 32% Ahead of Midterms Oct 22, 2026

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President Trump is in South Carolina tonight, a state he won by 18 points in 2024. And new polling from CNN shows 32% of voters approve of the job Mr. Trump is doing as president. That's his lowest approval rating ever while in office, including just after January 6, 2021. Plus, what the president's former personal attorney, Alina Habba, is saying in response to a New York Times report, that says a Venezuelan billionaire wanted a Trump pardon and his family gave Habba a $50 million deal. Anderson speaks to the reporter who broke the story.

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Trump Rallies NC GOP Voters in Critical Senate Race Oct 21, 2026

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Trump continues to campaign in red states that voted for him by double digits in 2024 as he tries to stave off GOP losses in the midterms. Tonight the president is in Greenville, North Carolina to rally for Michael Whatley, another Republican in a tight race. Plus, who slowed down the Starlink used by Ukraine's military to defend itself: Elon Musk or President Trump? There’s new reporting from the Wall Street Journal.

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Kansas Emerges as Surprise Battleground for Key Senate Race Oct 20, 2026

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We are almost two weeks away from the midterm elections and President Trump is in Kansas tonight, a deep-red state he won by 16 points two years ago and one that has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932. Plus, how far will the president go as he increasingly turns his back on Ukraine, slams its President Zelensky, all while giving Russia a pass?

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Zacharia Out as White House Press Secretary After Just 5 Days Oct 17, 2026

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Tonight, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia is out of the job she held for just five days. Plus, President Trump visits a deep red corner of Georgia, as new signs point to the electorate possibly trending bluer in a number of districts around the country.

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