Happy Thursday, readers. Emily Condon is back again today, and our team at USA TODAY is getting ready to cover major Senate race debates tonight in Michigan, Georgia and Maine.
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Midterm countdown: 26 days until Election Day
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Less than a month before Election Day, Democrats are increasingly going on the offensive in historically red states as the battleground map expands into even redder parts of the country: Alaska, Kansas, Nebraska, and even South Carolina.
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"This election has all the signs of a blue tsunami coming, and there's not really anything that the Republican Party can do to stop it," a political scientist told USA TODAY.
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President Donald Trump campaigned in Nebraska on Monday, warning that MAGA agendas are at risk and telling the crowd that "they're all saying we're in trouble in the midterms." Still, Trump has been calling polls reporting Democratic leads "fake" and a ploy to suppress Republican voter turnout.
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President Donald Trump holds a rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, on Oct. 5, 2026.
Nathan Howard, REUTERS
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Michelle Obama's snub over Trumps' renovations |
"Regardless of party, our families understood that winning an election didn't grant us the deed to a few acres of prime real estate to remake in our own image," Michelle Obama wrote in an essay praising Jacqueline Kennedy's historic renovations to the White House.
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"We recognized that we were just temporary stewards of a home that belonged to the nation, even as we also recognized that like any 200-year-old house, updates were often sorely needed − especially considering the demands of a modern presidency."
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Senate candidates taking the debate stage this week |
Midterm debates are officially in season, as this week marked four weeks until Election Day. On Tuesday evening in Iowa , Republican U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson and Democrat Josh Turek squared off on immigration and the Iran war in their Senate race.
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In Michigan tonight , Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed seeks to unify Democrats and prove the electability of progressive Democrats in battlegrounds. He'll debate Trump-backed Republican Rep. Mike Rogers. On the Maine debate stage, incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins will take on Democrat Troy Jackson as recent polls report mixed results, with Collins edging, Jackson leading and both candidates in a deadlock.
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Also tonight: In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican Rep. Mike Collins will face off, with polling consistently showing Ossoff with a sizeable lead.
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Trump also called for a debate in the Texas Senate race between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico. Trump said the Democratic state representative "should immediately report to a debate stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able."
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The USS Abraham Lincoln will soon arrive in San Diego after an arduous deployment where it operated in an active combat zone for months.
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Lawyers for President Donald Trump and the media outlets he is seeking to ban from the White House were in court for a hearing over ongoing access.
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The Trump administration suspended eight companies from seeking permanent residency for foreign workers, while also scrutinizing university visas.
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Almost all of the award recipients or their companies have donated to either Trump’s campaign, his inauguration fund or the White House ballroom project.
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