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2026 Midterm Elections: Trump, Obama Rally Michigan

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  1. 9/11 hero's father delivers fiery rally speech warning against Democratic Socialists: 'Let's roll'

    [Video ID] David Beamer, the father of Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer, joined President Donald Trump at a Michigan midterm rally to endorse Republican candidates Mike Rogers and John James while delivering a stark warning about internal political threats to the nation. David labeled Democratic candidat…

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  2. Nicki Minaj boards Air Force One ahead of Trump rally in Michigan

    [Tweet URL] Rapper Nicki Minaj posted a video Sunday showing herself aboard Air Force One as she is expected to join President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Michigan supporting Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. In the video, captioned “#AirForceOneBarbie,” Minaj wore a Gucci suit as sh…

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  3. Top California prosecutor warns up to 20,000 noncitizens may have already voted in LA

    A top federal prosecutor in California warned it was “very highly likely” that noncitizens had already voted in Los Angeles County’s election as polling stations opened across the state Saturday. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli argued that local officials had failed to complete eligibili…

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  4. Trump arrives in Michigan for Port Huron rally, calls El-Sayed a 'jihadist'

    President Donald Trump arrived in Fort Huron, Michigan, Sunday afternoon for a midterm election rally featuring rapper Nicki Minaj. Minutes before taking the stage, Trump took to Truth Social to accuse Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed of being a “jihadist” linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and sh…

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  5. Scalise sounds turnout alarm for House GOP: 'If people show up and vote on our side, we will win'

    [Video ID] House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., issued a direct call to conservative voters Sunday, warning that Republican control of the House hinges entirely on base mobilization in the face of energized Democratic turnout. "At the end of the day, this is going to be about turnout," Scali…

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  6. Nicki Minaj campaigning with Trump in Michigan rally Sunday

    [Video ID] Rapper Nicki Minaj is planning to join President Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Michigan on Sunday, delivering a jolt of celebrity star power to a high-stakes Republican rally in the final sprint to the midterm elections. Minaj’s appearance alongside the president will come as Tru…

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  7. Mary Peltola and family hospitalized with minor injuries after Anchorage car crash

    [Video ID] Democratic Sen.-nominee Mary Peltola and members of her family were hospitalized with minor injuries following a two-vehicle collision in Anchorage on Saturday night, prompting her campaign to adjust upcoming schedule commitments in the final stretch of the midterm race. The crash occurr…

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  8. Protesters line up outside Trump rally Sunday in Michigan

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump is bringing the crowds at his rally Sunday in Michigan from all sides of the aisle. Left-wing protesters were spotted by Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser just after noon, hours before Trump was set to deliver his remarks to stump for John James for governor and…

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  9. Trump touts midterm momentum, takes aim at Michigan, Alaska Senate races in tarmac gaggle

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump struck a confident tone on the GOP’s closing midterm prospects, claiming his blitz of campaign rallies has decisively reversed historical headwinds facing the party in power. "I hear that we've turned the whole thing around," Trump told reporters, arguing that whil…

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  10. Trump DOJ hits back at Calif 9th Circuit: Enforce federal election law over 'mishandled voter rolls'

    [Video ID] The Trump administration pushed back forcefully against California election officials in a Sunday appellate filing, insisting that the federal government possesses clear standing to intervene in state voting administration and pointing to California’s past record on voter list maintenanc…

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  11. GOP's Mike Rogers touts tariff clout: 'I'm not even in office yet' and stopped 'Canadian trash'

    [Video ID] Republican Sen.-nominee Mike Rogers is making an unconventional pitch to Michigan voters ahead of the midterm election, arguing that his direct line to the White House has already delivered tangible results on a localized issue that stalled in Washington for over a decade: Canadian landf…

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  12. Gov. Abbott attacks Dem rival Gina Hinojosa as 'furthest left, socialist Democrat' in Texas House

    [Video ID] Texas' Senate race is not the only one that could determine the future of the largest red state. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is sounding alarms on his gubernatorial opponent Gina Hinojosa. "In my race I can tell you one very simple reason that may shock some of your viewers, and that is…

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  13. Trump: 'I'm working like hell' to stem historical midterm headwinds

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump said he is not going to give up the congressional control without a fight in these midterm elections. "I give myself a lot of credit," Trump told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures." "I mean, I'm being thanked. This is a guy being thanked by everybody in the party.…

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  14. Sen Roger Marshall rallies base: Dems want voters to 'stop eating beef, stop driving trucks'

    [Video ID] Incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., issued a blunt warning to rural voters Sunday, arguing that a Democratic-controlled Senate would dismantle Midwestern agriculture and send consumer energy prices skyrocketing. "My opponent wants us to stop eating beef and stop driving pickup trucks,…

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  15. Johnson talks speakership, challenging midterm headwinds

    [Video ID] House Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership tenure is on the ballot this November, with historic headwinds forecasting a Democratic takeover of the House and the gavel. "Look it's not an easy job but I never feel the pressure of that I know we're doing the right thing for the right reason, a…

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  16. Speaker Mike Johnson dismisses election polls: Republicans are heavily under-sampled

    [Video ID] House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pushed back forcefully against national polling data showing tight legislative races, arguing that mainstream surveys are systematically undercounting conservative voters due to widespread Republican non-response. "Those polls are wrong, they're based o…

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  17. Trump announces $4.2B Audi plant in Georgia ahead of midterm elections

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump announced that German luxury automaker Audi will invest $4.2 billion to build its first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility near Macon, Georgia. Slated to produce more than 200,000 vehicles annually and create roughly 4,500 direct jobs, the sprawling assembly plant ma…

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  18. Obama stumping for Democrats to 'flip that circuit breaker' on Trump's agenda

    [Video ID] Former President Barack Obama is bringing his political cachet to the midterm elections, urging Democrats to put a stop to President Donald Trump's White House agenda. "We got to flip that circuit breaker, bring some accountability to this government," Obama said, campaigning in Michigan…

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  19. Tariffs, autos and Canada policy on the ballot in Michigan battleground

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump's Sunday rally in Port Huron, part of an area of Michigan that he won in the 2024 presidential election with more than 66% of the vote, will highlight the US-Canada tariff standoff. The trade fight has affected the Detroit-based U.S. auto industry, prompting former…

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  20. Obama endorses Angie Nixon for Senate against GOP Sen Ashley Moody

    [Video ID] Former President Barack Obama officially endorsed Democratic Florida Sen.-nominee Angie Nixon for Senate this weekend. Nixon is running on a progressive platform against conservative crime-fighter Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla.

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  21. El-Sayed mocks Trump ahead of Michigan visit: 'I don't think he knows what he's going talk about'

    [Video ID] DETROIT, Mich. – Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan Abdul El-Sayed took aim at President Donald Trump on the eve of the president’s Sunday afternoon rally in the Great Lakes battleground state. “Donald Trump is going to be here tomorrow. I don’t know what he’s going to talk about. Nob…

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  22. Midterm scenarios: How 2026 vote can reshape Trump’s final 2 years

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump urges his backers to "pretend" he is on the ballot, but that could actually understate the impact of Democrats retaking control of the House and Senate. Reuters broke down the scenarios and how the final two years of Trump's last presidential term will be impacted.…

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  23. Democrats hope to reshape foreign policy by taking congressional majorities

    [Video ID] Democrats stand a good chance of winning the House, even if the Senate is a tossup in the midterm elections. Here are some ways a Democratic Congress could hem in Trump's foreign policy. Democrats can curb the Iran, deliver big dollars to Ukraine against Russia again, end military aid fo…

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  24. Trump hails Sen Husted, says former Sen Sherrod Brown 'was already fired by the People of Ohio'

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump hailed former football player and incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in a key Senate battleground race against another former senate. The power of incumbency versus Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who "was already fired by the People of Ohio for doing a lousy job," Tru…

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  25. Trump goes toe to toe with Obama in push for battleground Michigan Senate seat

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump is welcoming the battleground of the Michigan Senate race in being a referendum on him versus former President Barack Obama. "Obama was a grossly incompetent President!" Trump wrote early Sunday morning on Truth Social. "He paid off Iran with $Billions, and gave th…

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  26. Trump lays out stakes: $5,000 dividend if GOP wins; '1929-style economic depression' if Dems win

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump framed the upcoming midterms as a stark binary choice at a Georgia campaign rally Saturday night, dangling a direct $5,000 cash payout to every adult American citizen if Republicans take both chambers of Congress – while warning that Democratic control would trigge…

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  27. Trump rails on 'ranked-choice voting scam,' Alaska GOP Sen Lisa Murkowski

    [Video ID] President Donald Trump took aim at Alaska’s electoral system and one of his most frequent Republican critics, slamming ranked-choice voting as a "SCAM" and railing on its introduction in the state by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. She only secured her past reelection because of the setup…

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  28. GOP Sen Husted warns Senate control runs through Ohio, blasts Sherrod Brown on border, energy

    [Video ID] Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, took direct aim at his challenger, former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, blaming liberal economic and energy policies for driving up consumer costs and forcing power plant closures. "I have the responsibility to win the Senate race that likely is going to…

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  29. Ramaswamy pledges property tax relief, frames Ohio Gov race as 'common sense vs. communism'

    [Video ID] With just over a week until Election Day, Ohio Republicans brought their statewide bus tour to Batavia for a late-evening rally. Headliners Vivek Ramaswamy and incumbent Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, delivered closing pitches centered on kitchen-table economics, cultural defense, and base tur…

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  30. Another Bush backing Democrat Talarico in Texas

    [Video ID] Another member of the Bush family dynasty, Neil Bush, is throwing his weight behind Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico, saying he voted against a political style he believes has "damaged our country." "I have never posted a political message on Facebook, not wanting to offend…

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