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Trump backs Ramaswamy on ad featuring Amy Acton\'s estranged mother
President Donald Trump has urged Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, to keep running a controversial ad. The ad features the estranged mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton.
Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in November
The Justice Department said the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot makes it “vital” that the state “not certify any election result that may be impacted by voter confusion.”
Trump Asked Musk to Reverse Limits on Ukraine’s Military Internet Use
The call from the president about the Starshield network came after officials in Ukraine reported that they found new limits on the use of military drones in their war against Russia.
Politics Unplugged Podcast: Election countdown with Laura Gersony
With Election Day nearing, Arizona’s congressional races are drawing national attention. Arizona Republic reporter Laura Gersony joins Politics Unplugged to break down the high-stakes fights in AZ-01 and AZ-06, where the House majority could be on the line. The conversation examines whether Republican candidates can separate themselves from President Donald Trump as affordability concerns and negative ads dominate the closing days. The episode also looks at outside spending, Elon Musk-backed turnout efforts and the unexpectedly competitive race involving Rep. Eli Crane in northern Arizona. Plus, Dennis Welch and Colin Stanton discuss Arizona’s statewide races, polling, campaign cash and the Valley’s rough sports week.
Trump’s shock-jock politics don’t work for everyone. An Ohio attack ad is proof.
Cheered by an online ecosystem, the GOP has rewarded “owning the libs” for a decade. But the blowback to an ad in the governor’s race suggests there are limits.
Water rate hike request, Medicaid changes: CT politics news
Plus: The Trump administration focuses on women's health and a Connecticut senator raises concerns about Russia-U.S. relations.
Judge directs President Trump to sit for deposition in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC
Trump had agreed to sit for a deposition on Oct. 16, but it was cancelled for what was described as a “matter of national importance.”
Trump rallying with Senate hopeful Ashley Hinson in Iowa as she pledges to push back on White House
Some young men are moving away from Trump & Republicans
Polls show a stunning shift happening with young men, who were a key part of President Trump’s coalition in 2024, ahead of the November midterm elections. CNN’s Steve Contorno speaks with young men about the issues driving the shift in Michigan, where a critical Senate race is playing out.
Green’s funding lags in CD9 race, even with $1.8M loan to himself
President Donald Trump’s fundraising committee gave nearly a third of a million dollars to the Republican candidate ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Top adviser to Kennedy resigns from Trump administration
Calley Means, a key advocate for the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, had grown frustrated with a lack of progress on his policy goals, a source familiar with his departure said.
Rollins says USDA is 'full-bore ahead' on Forest Service reorganization
The Trump administration wants to move Forest Service headquarters from Washington to Salt Lake City, shutter 23 research stations, and close many regional offices and replace them with state offices.
Trump to rally in Florida after stoking Ramaswamy ad furor
Trump to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who has distanced himself from president; Trump doubled down on support for Ramaswamy
Hispanic voters helped bring Trump to power - in Texas, the tide may be turning
Recent polls suggest the president is facing challenging headwinds in the state ahead of the midterms.
MAHA Leader Calley Means Steps Down from Trump Administration Health Advisory Role
Calley Means, one of the key figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement, championed food policies in his role in the Administration.
Republican Senate candidate Bert Mizusawa talks energy, immigration, AI, Trump at UVA Center for Politics
With less than two weeks until Virginians hit the polls for midterm elections, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bert Mizusawa took center stage at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics Thursday evening for his “Evening with Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa” event.
Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead of Midterm Elections
Calley Means, who helped unite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump, pushed food reforms but grew frustrated with stalled progress on the MAHA agenda.
Trump ramps up fraud investigations of immigrants as election approaches
The White House is turning anti-fraud initiatives into a central weapon in its efforts to curb both legal and illegal immigration.
Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead of Midterm Elections
Calley Means, who helped unite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump, pushed food reforms but grew frustrated with stalled progress on the MAHA agenda.
Rubio urges Cubans to work with CIA to bring political change to communist-run island
Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Cubans to form a "discrete partnership with the CIA" as Trump floated sending him to Cuba to cut a deal.
Many Latinos are over Trump. The shift is especially striking in Texas
Latino voters are souring on the GOP, fueled by frustration over rising costs and the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to immigration enforcement.
LeBron James: Donald Trump accuses Philadelphia 76ers star of moving during national anthem before NBA season opener
President Donald Trump has accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States after the star continued warming up during the national anthem; watch the 2026/27 NBA season, including the Christmas Day games and the NBA finals, only on Sky Sports.
Leavitt opens up on helping Trump find new press secretary after Zacharia debacle: 'Wasn't for her'
Karoline Leavitt says she's helping Trump find a new press secretary after Katie Zacharia lasted just five days in the demanding White House role.
Judge blocks DHS investigations of noncitizen voting, citing flawed data
The judge put her order on hold until 5 p.m. Friday, giving the Trump administration time to appeal.
Florida Republican-turned-Democrat responds to Trump’s attacks: ‘We don’t care about the insults any longer’
MAHA Leader Calley Means Steps Down from Trump Administration Health Advisory Role
Calley Means, one of the key figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement, championed food policies in his role in the Administration.
Trump cuts have hurt Mass. research labs. Scientists hope midterms can ease the pain
Under the second Trump administration, Massachusetts scientists have lost billions in funding, and curtailed more than a dozen clinical trials in the state. Ahead of the midterms, many scientists hope a new Congress will restore stability to federal support and get grant money out the door.
Lawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting from UAE crypto investments
The lawsuit claims the investments violate the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause
Emptiness and Politics: America’s Futile Faith in Elections
Though the dissembling “Trump Era” will end with elections, America’s core problems will remain undiminished.
Advancing Women's Health Through Collaboration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
White House initiative connects government, researchers, and private-sector innovators to accelerate discoveries and improve women’s health outcomes. By Karen Kerrigan – On October 19, I had the opportunity to attend the White House signing ceremony for President Donald Trump’s executive order, Advancing Women’s Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life, an initiative championed […]
Pope hope, that’s entertainment, and getting ahead in the CIA
Happy Friday friends, I want to start by just breathing for all of us a big long collective sigh of relief at the news this week that the pope’s doctors have basically blown the all clear for Leo’s health. Going from knowing nothing to him declaring to the world he needed surgery, to a cancer diagnosis, to bouncing out of the hospital in barely even days, to ringing the bell in less than two weeks is whiplash inducing. But in the best possible way. We are living in a world in which the Roman pontiff, by dint of history, biography and circumstance, is once more at the epicenter of global affairs. Not just conversations about religion, or Christian and post-Christian values, but the bleeding edge of the most pressing issues of human affairs. Think I am exaggerating a touch? Consider the images of the crowds who greeted Leo in Paris just weeks ago, and juxtapose them with the absolute photo negative scenes unfolding there recently. Ask yourself how many world leaders are talking about AI right now and directly citing the pope as they do so. Try to name a country who has had as many top-ranked diplomats in and out of both Russia and Ukraine in the last three years as the Vatican has in the last three months. It has been fascinating to watch Leo XIV emerge as not just a kind of pop culture reference point or totem to be cited (Francis was often name-checked this way) but as a kinetic force in global conversation. Given the state of things, we need global figures of gravitas and values, even better if they have real wisdom behind what they are saying. So news of Leo’s illness was, it seemed to me, a tremor with potentially Richter Scale implications. That not only has the worst not come to pass but instead we’ve had the best of outcomes announced is something to really be grateful for. Humanity, it seems to me, is entering one of its irregular but cyclical phases where the pace of change — technological, social, and geopolitical — outstrips the ability of previously settled norms and received wisdom to cope. Such periods – and I think the first decades of the last century were a similar such time – throw into question the viability of all kinds of institutions. And many of ours have been straining to breaking point for a few years now. The papacy has the power and the potential to be a steadying pole in all of this. That’s my hope, anyway. It’s a lot to freight the office with, though it is arguably its ultimate purpose from its founding, to be a steadying rock on which all that matters can be anchored. It’s also, of course, an intolerable weight of responsibility to place on a single man. But I am encouraged to have hope in – and for – Leo. The apostle whom he succeeds, after all, was famously unequal to some moments, failed some tests of faith, and resiled from taking the road which led ultimately to the circus on Vatican hill. Human frailty and limitations, of health, of character, of temper, can open us to Christ, whose strength is greatest in our weakness, so St. Paul learned. That gives me hope, and I am sure it consoles Leo, too. And so I will continue to pray for him. Because we need apostles of rock right now. Here’s the news. Subscribe The News The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued yesterday a new document “Venite ad me: Considerations on the Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change.” It’s not a short document, and it is at pains to stress this isn’t a doctrinal note from the dicastery, either. Rather, it brings together reflections on an important issue from the Church around the world. Some of it I actually found really rather powerful. It is, however, 25,000, which is a lot for a busy reader to get through on a weekday. So, you can read our busy reader’s summary right here. — News broke yesterday of an Oct. 22 meeting of U.S. bishops with President Donald Trump. The meeting was organized by an official at the Heritage Foundation, according to several sources close to the meeting. Video of several U.S. bishops praying in the Oval Office over President Trump was posted on social media Thursday afternoon, first by White House Communications Advisor Margo Martin, and then by the official twitter.com account of the Archdiocese of Denver. The meeting has drawn sharp criticism because of its proximity to the upcoming midterm Congressional elections, in which Democrats are widely expected to win control of the House of Representatives, while control of the Senate remains closely contested. Sources close to the bishops’ conference told The Pillar that some USCCB senior officials were surprised by the existence of the meeting when video of it first emerged online. And a source close to conference president Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City told The Pillar that the archbishop was “deeply frustrated” by the occasion of the meeting. An official conference spokesperson told The Pillar that the meeting was “not organized with or by the USCCB” and was “not affiliated with the conference.” You can read the whole story here. — The next National Eucharistic Congress will be held in Indianapolis in 2029, a return to the city that hosted the last gathering in 2024. You read it here first. By here, I don’t mean this newsletter, I mean at The Pillar. We broke the story this week. It’s a big deal, in as much as the last congress was a roaring success and the next installment has the potential to be a real focal point for evangelizing efforts in the coming years. Read all about it here. — As Pope Leo prepares for the longest trip of his pontificate, Church leaders in Uruguay say the pontiff will encounter a highly secularized culture, in a country with a very different Catholic history than many of its South American neighbors. The nation has not had a papal visit since 1988, and leaders who spoke with The Pillar say it has a dire need for evangelization, even amid the prospect of a small revival in faith. This is real reporting on the Church in the country, and frankly a story you simply are not going to be able to read anywhere else. Read the whole thing. — The Archdiocese of Detroit announced this week a plan that would see the vast majority of its parish priests reassigned next summer, amid a restructuring process expected to dramatically shrink the number of parishes in the archdiocese. Archbishop Edward Weisenburger said this week that the plan “asks much of our priests,” but is a “sacrifice they are making as brothers of one, unified presbyterate.” The thing is, as JD pointed out in an analysis yesterday, pastors of parishes have a legal right to stability in office, so the only way this kind of wholesale reassignment goes ahead is if all of the archdiocesan clergy agree to resign. That creates its own kind of legal issues, though, and re-raises longstanding questions about the effectiveness of canonical due process protections for priests when dealing with coercive exercises in authority. Read the whole thing here. — More than three months after the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued its decree declaring the excommunication of the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X, questions remain about the full effects of the society’s schism. Specifically, the DDF’s July claim that marriages witnessed and confessions heard by SSPX priests are now invalid remains contested — and it emerged this week it appears that the Vatican’s own legal experts don’t agree. You can read my whole analysis of the situation and what it means here. All I would add is that the DDF’s undeveloped, some would say unsubstantiated, claim about the invalidity of some SSPX sacraments came in their July Explanatory Note on the schismatic consecrations by the society that month. It touches directly on both papal acts of governance — indeed it purports to nullify them — and the most intimate pastoral encounters possible in a parish setting. If there is one aspect of the Francis-era style of governance I would like the curia to finally cut out, root and branch, it would be these attempts to try to effect extraordinarily sensitive legislative acts via a note. — At least a dozen French bishops have spoken out following an eruption of violence on the country’s streets Oct. 17. Not surprisingly, they unanimously condemned the violence, but the length and content of their interventions varied significantly. Several sought to distinguish between the actions of rioters and what they suggested were the legitimate concerns of peaceful young protesters. Many also evoked Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 25-28 visit to France, suggesting it offered a powerful counter-image to the scenes of looting and destruction. A number of bishops also stressed their solidarity with law enforcement officials who struggled to contain the disorder, as well as the owners of the roughly 3,000 damaged or looted businesses. What’s the background to the nationwide unrest that the French media calls “les violences du 17 octobre”? And what exactly are the bishops saying? Read all about it here. — A Polish bishop called for the firm defense of unborn children as well as compassion for their mothers this week, as the lower house of Poland’s parliament passed two bills seeking to liberalize the country’s abortion laws. The bill on decriminalizing assistance in an abortion passed by 217 votes to 213, while the abortion in cases of fetal abnormality bill passed by 233 to 203, thanks to the government’s majority in the lower house. Both bills will now move to the Polish Senate, the upper house of parliament, where the ruling coalition has a larger majority. The fetal abnormality bill is symbolically significant because if it became law, it would effectively overturn a 2020 ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that a 1993 law permitting abortion for a severe and irreversible disability or a life-threatening incurable disease was unconstitutional. Read the whole story here. Subscribe **[The St. Paul Center App | Bible Study On-The-Go Read and understand the Bible with St. Paul Center’s new app! With today’s leading Catholic Scripture scholars as your guides, the St. Paul Center app empowers you to read the Bible](https://stpaulcenter.com/app?utm_source=pillar&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=applaunch)** from the heart of the Church. Download the app for free at either the Apple or the Google app stores. https://stpaulcenter.com/app That’s entertainment I have written before about my deep and sincere reservations about the celebrity exorcist subculture which has taken root in American Catholicism. And, because I am very ill at ease with the entire thing, I try to keep a weather eye on the phenomenon without being drawn into the kind of online back-and-forth which these figures sometimes generate. Earlier this week, JD noted that one such celebrity exorcist type, Fr. Chad Ripperger, has undertaken, on the request of his bishop, a year’s fast from interviews and public speaking. I’m sure that will be salutary for him, if for no other reason than that receiving with docility requests from one’s rightful ecclesiastical superiors always comes with graces. Then a second thing happened this week which caught my eye. Apparently, another fixture in the celebrity exorcist world, Fr. Carlos Martins, has initiated a lawsuit against two lay men — apparently associates of Rippenger, though I am unclear in what way, exactly — for allegedly defaming him and his ministry on a podcast. It seems the suit was initiated nearly a year ago and is now pending. At issue, I read, is that the two men described Martins on a podcast as “not who he says he is” with regard to his exorcism ministry and that he “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” These statements Martins considers to be false and defamatory and, his suit claims, “directly affected the sale and reception of [his] The Exorcist Files book that was newly released at the time these episodes aired.” I don’t want to get too into the weeds of the details here, but a couple of things struck me about all this.
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall in debate blames Ukraine war, not Iran war, for high diesel prices
The answer, delivered during a debate with Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton, aligned Marshall with President Donald Trump's freshly antagonistic posture toward Ukraine, which has spent more than four years defending itself against an invasion.
Trump administration sends mixed signals on curbing Ukraine’s Starshield access
Recent efforts to throttle Ukraine's access to satellite systems have created a blame game of sorts among Trump administration officials and their allies
Politics Unplugged Podcast: Election countdown with Laura Gersony
With Election Day nearing, Arizona’s congressional races are drawing national attention. Arizona Republic reporter Laura Gersony joins Politics Unplugged to break down the high-stakes fights in AZ-01 and AZ-06, where the House majority could be on the line. The conversation examines whether Republican candidates can separate themselves from President Donald Trump as affordability concerns and negative ads dominate the closing days. The episode also looks at outside spending, Elon Musk-backed turnout efforts and the unexpectedly competitive race involving Rep. Eli Crane in northern Arizona. Plus, Dennis Welch and Colin Stanton discuss Arizona’s statewide races, polling, campaign cash and the Valley’s rough sports week.
Sen. Thom Tillis talks about the challenges of being in Congress during Trump’s second term
Judge insists Trump must be deposed in his $10B lawsuit against the BBC, warns it could be tossed in fight over records
A federal judge warned President Donald Trump could see his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC dismissed if he does not work harder to produce information the news outlet it is entitled to in the case, including sitting for a deposition.
Why young men are losing faith in Trump’s economy
On a recent crisp college football Saturday, Michigan State senior Zach Larson sat in a lawn chair sipping a can of Modelo that he said cost nearly twice as much as it did when he was a freshman.
Melania Trump says she secured a one-city ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for humanitarian aid
First lady Melania Trump announced that she helped secure a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the city of Oleshky to facilitate the evacuations of elderly residents.
U.S. labor secretary praises Kansas manufacturing industry in visit to Topeka business
U.S. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling lauded U.S. job growth and Kansas’ manufacturing industry during a series of visits Friday, assuaging criticisms against the Trump administration for burdensome tariffs.
Judge limits election-related immigration stops amid broader legal war ahead of midterms
An unprecedented election war is playing out between the Trump administration and California in federal court, with a slate of cases proceeding at breakneck speed ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
JD Vance is happy to tell you about his Machiavellian politics
Americans have become familiar with Machiavellian politics during the Donald Trump era. The president is certainly a practitioner. Vice President JD Vance is cut from the same cloth.
Political expert breaks down potential impact of Obama, Trump visiting Michigan
Seeking to help Collins in Maine, Trump exempts some Canadian imports from his 50% tariffs
Collins, locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, issued a statement saying she'd spoken with Trump's top trade negotiator, Jamieson Greer, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick "about the toll tariffs are taking on Maine families, businesses, farmers, and growers.''
Carney rejects US election interference claims, criticizes Trump's ambassador to Canada
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday there is “no merit” to U. allegations that Canadian politicians are interfering in next month’s U.
Rick Jackson will join Trump at Georgia rally amid slumping GOP turnout
The Republican nominee for governor had initially said he would skip the president's visit to Perry on Saturday, opting to campaign with Gov. Brian Kemp instead.
Trump, 80, Raises Health Concerns With Ominous Post
The president talks about struggling with illness.
Trump told Ramaswamy to thank God for ad featuring opponent’s estranged mother
Carney Rejects US Election Interference Claims, Criticizes Trump's Ambassador to Canada
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday there is “no merit” to U.S. allegations that Canadian politicians are interfering in next month’s U.S. midterm elections, expressing disappointment with Washington’s ambassador over the accusations. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul,
RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means resigns amid growing MAHA discontent over lack of progress
Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a chief advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, resigned from his position with the Trump administration Thursday.
Trump Advisers Give Fees Earned for Aiding Srpska to His Library
The donations from James Blair and Chris LaCivita were revealed after the president expressed pique over their consulting work for Republika Srpska.
Trump says Amy Acton is ‘fair game’
President Donald Trump on Thursday called Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton “fair game” as he defended Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad that features her estranged mother and ignored the abuse allegations against her stepfather.
Commentary: Donald Trump’s actions against Ukraine betray Ronald Reagan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds the toughest job on the planet. And it just got tougher. Donald Trump has made a cottage industry out of offering Russian President Vladimir Putin
In Iowa, Trump struggles with economic woes of farm country
The president is holding rallies in states that Republicans have previously been able to count on.
Trump exempts some Canadian imports from his 50% tariffs
Plywood sheets, packing crates and some machinery are among the exempted products
As Trump's support slips, white evangelicals remain his Republican bedrock
Polling and interviews show they remain his most reliable constituency
Trump and crypto firm sued for profiting from foreign government
Donald Trump and World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency venture he co-founded with his sons, were sued by a shareholder in a rival crypto firm over claims the president illegally profited
Rubio tells Cubans ‘now is the time’ to act to see political change
US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski
The details of the inquiry remain unclear, but it is one of the rare instances in which a Trump ally or appointee has been investigated for potential wrongdoing during the president’s second term.
'This has no place for partisan politics' say Camp Lejeune contamination victim advocates
At a Greenville rally this week, President Donald Trump said he will order swift settlement of remaining claims only if Republicans hold Congress.
Trump turns the GOP’s Ramaswamy ad headache into a migraine
President Donald Trump has been undermining his own party for months, continuously causing more headaches for Republicans even long after most presidents would’ve taken the Election Day cue to rein themselves in.
What to Know About Alaska’s Senate Race
President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.
The Violent Cost of Being a Woman in Politics Spans Continents
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world ... with a little gardening and goodwill mixed in for refreshment. This week: —There is not (yet) the political will in the U.S. to talk about gender quotas ... but 35 nations in Europe have either been mandated or volunteered to implement them. —Weeks after the brutal rape of Arizona congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia, Australian independent member of Parliament Helen Haines is in hospital in a critical condition after she was struck by a car outside her office in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said appears to have been "a deliberate act." —"Politicians are no longer treated like we’re human,” says Arizona state legislator Alma Hernandez, who is facing rising harassment and threats. —Federal agents searched the Washington-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a frequent critic of Republican President Donald Trump. —If elected governor of Georgia, Keisha Lance Bottoms would become the first Black woman governor in U.S. history. ... and more.
RFK Jr. ally Calley Means quits Trump administration amid food agenda delays
Means has been a key player in Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement.
Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race
This move has sparked concerns about a lengthy battle between the U.S. government and states over election certification.
Argentine-born Trump supporter credits president for Latin America's rightward political shift
Marcelo Sandrin, who has lived in the US for three decades, points to Argentina's Javier Milei and changing politics across South America as signs of Trump's growing influence.
Advancing Women's Health Through Collaboration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
White House initiative connects government, researchers, and private-sector innovators to accelerate discoveries and improve women’s health outcomes. By Karen Kerrigan – On October 19, I had the opportunity to attend the White House signing ceremony for President Donald Trump’s executive order, Advancing Women’s Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life, an initiative championed […]
DHS watchdog refers its Corey Lewandowski investigation to Justice Department for review
Lewandowski, the first manager on Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was a top aide to then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before she was fired.
Poll: Low-information voters have turned hardest against Trump and the GOP
In 2024, the voters who knew the least about politics were some of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters. A Data for Progress poll released just before the election found Americans who didn’t consume any news at all said they’d vote for Trump over Kamala Harris by a 20-point margin, 60%1 to 40%. In February, we reported that many of these voters had soured on Trump. Voters who couldn’t name the party in control of Congress moved away from Trump at about twice the rate as high-information voters. But approval isn’t vote choice. With the midterms less than two weeks away, it is worth asking if these voters are turning against the president’s party in federal elections, too. In our October Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, conducted Oct. 13–19 among 2,028 U.S. adults, we asked respondents two factual questions about politics: which party has the most members in the House, and which has the most members in the Senate. I classified anyone who got at least one of these questions wrong as “low-knowledge.” About 30% of adults miss at least one question, including 25% of 2024 Trump voters, 22% of Harris voters, and more than half of people who didn’t vote in 2024. In this article, I do two things with this data. First, I repeat my February analysis and compare how these two groups feel about Trump’s job as president; then I look at each group’s voting behavior in the upcoming House midterms. Register for free to read the rest of this piece.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.
In one of the West's few swing races, a Democrat tries to keep a Trump district
Washington’s 3rd Congressional District is home to a tight race that will help determine the balance of power in the U.S. House.
Trump, tariffs and health care: Takeaways from two Senate debates
Michigan and Kansas Senate candidates clashed over Trump, the economy and health care in high-stakes debates ahead of Election Day.
Vanessa Trump 'finally cancer-free' after health battle in emotional video with daughter Kai
Vanessa Trump announces she is cancer-free in an emotional video with daughter Kai Trump, months after revealing her breast cancer diagnosis in April.
WATCH: Trump at GOP rally in Florida revives idea of military intervention in Cuba after Iran
Under U.S. Watch, Venezuela Grapples With Tensions Over Democracy
President Trump says Venezuela is not ready for elections, and he focuses instead on its oil. But Secretary of State Marco Rubio is nudging talks between opposing politicians.
Analysis | The Republicans who aren’t endorsing Trump
In today’s edition … Immigration fear heats up Trump-Haley clash, dominates late GOP ad spending … Twelve House hard-liners sink a procedural rule in protest of Johnson’s bipartisan government funding deal.
Live updates: Trump to rally for Byron Donalds in Florida
Annie Andrews, South Carolina’s Democratic Senate nominee, will hold a town hall this afternoon as she attempts to defeat Republican Sen. Darline Graham.
What will Trump do if Republicans lose the midterms?
Jonathan Freedland and Guardian US columnist Moira Donegan answer your questions about the midterms.
Corey Lewandowski Always Found His Way Back to Trump. Until Now.
The Justice Department has opened an inquiry into Mr. Lewandowski. President Trump has not jumped to his defense.
Top health adviser and MAHA ally quits Trump admin
Means' departure two weeks before the midterm elections underscores MAHA's discontent with the pace of change on food policy.
After Trump said he didn’t trust mail ballots, Democrats turned to voting in person
The president lost in court, but Democrats are still wary of mail-in voting as the midterm election approaches.
Carney rejects US election interference claims, criticizes Trump\'s ambassador to Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has dismissed U.S. allegations of Canadian interference in the upcoming American midterm elections. Speaking in Istanbul, Carney expressed disappointment with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra over
Video: Opinion | Inside the White House’s Push for More A.I.
The Trump administration’s plan to supercharge scientific discovery.
Ukraine Starlink slowdown raises business risks for Elon Musk partners
Suspension of Starlink service in Ukraine reinforces the uniquely elevated business risk of dealing with Musk as competitors circle.
Jetmaker Bombardier doubles down on US investment in deal touted by Trump
Jetmaker Bombardier said it is "expanding its presence" in the United States as part of a $270 million investment deal praised by President Donald Trump.
Analysis-Trump's diesel price relief efforts grow costlier as election nears
By Jarrett Renshaw and Leah Douglas Oct 23 (Reuters) - With the November midterm elections fast approaching, President Donald Trump is throwing an array of costly and politically fraught solutions
Lawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting from UAE crypto investments
The lawsuit claims the investments violate the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause
Trump asked Musk to lift Starlink slowdown, WSJ reports
Elon Musk, a critic of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, had ordered the slowdown of SpaceX's Starlink, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
'Biermann' Doc Film on German Political Singer for Trump Era: Viennale
Jens Meurer discusses his doc, screening at Austria's Viennale and showing Wolf Biermann narrating his life in various iterations of Germany, and how the outspoken artist inspired 'The Lives of Others.'