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President Donald Trump said he may have to become "Mr. Veto" if Democrats win a majority in Tuesday's midterms, according to a clip of a New York Post interview aired Sunday on Fox News. It comes as polls suggest the Democrats are expected to make gains in the House and the Senate. Bloomberg's Senior Writer Stephanie Baker joins Stephen Carroll and Caroline Hepker on Bloomberg Radio to discuss (Source: Bloomberg)

Republicans are focused on a race that could flip the Senate – and where an Alaska Native is favored Days before Alaskans get to vote, the federal government is already trying to overturn the result. Last week, at Donald Trump’s behest, the justice department sued to block the certification of Alaska’s US Senate race, if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses; a judge dismissed that suit on Sunday, though the administration said it planned to appeal . On Wednesday, Trump demanded that Mary Peltola, the Alaska Native Democrat whom polls favor to win , be removed from the ballot and prosecuted. Piling on, Alaska’s Republican governor has since ordered an investigation into Peltola’s campaign. Continue reading...

Stevens’ decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens’ shocking last-minute endorsement of Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate candidate, has sparked fierce backlash from members of her party. Stevens, who narrowly lost in the Democratic primary for Senate to Abdul El-Sayed, announced her support for Rogers after a feud with the El-Sayed campaign over an outside group’s campaign ad that blamed the high cost of living on US support for Israel. Continue reading...

In state where driving is part of life, president’s pledge to lower prices at the pumps cuts little ice Behind the granite countertops of Fuel City, a gas station in Dallas where taxidermy deer flank the entrance and hot tacos are served 24/7, Alina Cardenas sees first-hand that Texans are stretched thin. Drivers are filling up less, she said, while ringing people up for cigarettes and beer, and fewer people are buying a full tank. Some stop once they’ve reached $10 or $20 worth of gasoline. Continue reading...

Journalists such as Jim Acosta and Scott MacFarlane are now competing against their former employers for eyeballs On Tuesday, for the first time in more than 20 years, Jim Acosta, a former CNN stalwart, will not be working for a mainstream television network on election night. Acosta, who left CNN last year after nearly 18 years at the network, is putting on his own live broadcast at the University of Virginia that will air on YouTube and his Substack platform. Continue reading...

Major changes in US law and industry have shifted the sources of large contributions to political campaigns – and how much they spend The upcoming midterm elections will be the most expensive elections ever conducted in the US. And more of the money is “dark” than ever before, meaning it’s impossible to get a full picture of who is spending gargantuan sums to influence races that could provide a critical check on Donald Trump’s second term. The elections have also shown how money in politics is being reshaped, with the increasingly powerful role played by big donors from the tech industry as well as the growing concentration of spending among a few powerful individuals and corporations. Continue reading...

Democrats are fighting to win control of the House and Senate in the midterms. Here’s what winning would mean for them – and Donald Trump If Democrats win back the US House of Representatives or the Senate in the midterm elections on Tuesday, the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency will look markedly different from the first half. But what would the Democrats’ actually be able to do with either – or both – chambers of Congress in their control? Continue reading...

A handful of members of Congress have made a reputation for themselves by winning on unfavorable terrain, repeatedly navigating some of the toughest districts in the country despite the perpetual churn of running for office every two years. The list of lawmakers who survive tough districts time and time again is small and dwindling as […]

Iran’s next wheat harvest depends on more than improved rainfall. Wheat farmers told Iran International on Oct. 14 that delayed government payments left them short of cash to buy seed and fertilizer for autumn planting. Officials said most debts were settled and attributed some remaining delays to administrative discrepancies. For producers facing cash outlays now, […]

For too long, United Nations secretaries-general have preferred to virtue-signal and jet-set around the globe rather than manage their organization. Current U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has taken about 190 official trips spanning nearly 900 days — the figure would be even higher without a dip during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pair each of these trips with […]

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is probably a Muslim Brotherhood duck. A few days ago, President Donald Trump claimed that Abdul el Sayed and his family are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood — a group designated as a terrorist organization and outlawed even […]

Recent reporting that QatarEnergy has begun buying long-term liquefied natural gas supplies from abroad as a hedge against another interruption through the Strait of Hormuz should be read as more than a business story. It is an acknowledgment that even one of the world’s largest energy exporters can no longer assume that its own physical […]

"I would if I needed to. Sure," President Trump told The Post's Miranda Devine on the latest episode of "Pod Force One."

New York could once again play a pivotal role in determining which party controls the House of Representatives, party leaders and political strategists said.

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The campaign has been defined by affordability and economic issues that have spurred an expected turn toward Democrats by voters and created headwinds for Republicans.

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Public school closures are accelerating across the country, and voters in several states have a chance to speed up or slow down the process on Tuesday.  Closures are largely determined by school board members and affected by a district’s funding situation, which itself is downstream from state legislatures and governors’ mansions.  With school board seats…

Democrats are expecting to win big on Election Day, but disagreements are already erupting among them over how aggressively to target President Trump for what they say are abuses of power and corruption. Democratic lawmakers and strategists are divided over whether to push another impeachment against Trump. Senators and leaders in the House are generally…