Some polls are open for Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections, which will decide majority control of Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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which → decide → presidency
Democrats are looking to take control of Congress to stall Trump’s agenda.
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Democrats → look → agenda
They will need to flip four Senate seats and three House seats to gain a majority.
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They → need → majority
Republicans currently have a majority in both chambers.
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Republicans → have → chambers
Many states that Trump previously won are seeing tight races for their Senate seat including Alaska, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina, Texas, Kansas and Iowa.
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Trump → win → Alaska
In the House, Republicans are on the defense, looking to hold on to battleground districts won by Trump in 2024.
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Republicans → look → 2024
The midterms are seen as a referendum on Trump’s second term.
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midterms → see → term
The president made his last-ditch effort to appeal to voters Monday, with a speech at the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., that focused more on his renovation projects and less on Election Day.
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that → make → Day
Trump says U.S. will halt $4B in aid to Israel
President Donald Trump on Election Day said that the U.S. will halt $4 billion in aid to Israel after discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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U.S. → say → Netanyahu
Trump phoned in to Fox News to share the news, saying that Israel does not need the aid, which had become a Democratic talking point ahead of Election Day.
“We give them $4 billion of things and money, and they don’t need it,” Trump said.
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Trump → phone → it
New poll puts Trump's approval rating at 35 percent
About one-third of U.S. adults — or 35 percent —approve of how Donald Trump is handling his presidency, according to the latest AP-NORC poll.
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Trump → put → poll
Trump’s approval rating tends to stay within a narrow range, but has been well below what it was when he took office last year.
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he → tend → office
Meanwhile, 64 percent disapprove of Trump’s handling of the presidency.
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percent → disapprove → presidency
The same poll found that about three-quarters of U.S. adults say the country’s economy is “poor,” highlighting current concerns about the high cost of living.
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economy → find → living
It also found that Americans have been pessimistic about the country’s direction for several years.
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Americans → find → years
About seven in 10 adults say the country is heading in the wrong direction.
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country → say → direction
Democrats and Independents are most likely to feel this way, according to the survey.
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Democrats → feel → survey
Jon Stewart is so baffled by Trump's midterm closing speech that he walks off set
Jon Stewart was so perplexed by President Donald Trump’s choice of subject for his final election-eve pitch to voters that he walked off stage.
The 80-year-old president gave a speech Monday afternoon in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in his last call before the polls opened for Americans to vote on whether his party keeps control of Congress – and he spent more than 20 minutes of it talking about his renovation efforts.
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he → walk → efforts
Stewart opened his The Daily Show monologue by playing a clip of the president boasting about his delayed and costly restoration project, where the president called in an aide to hold up a series of photographs depicting corroded pipework and old joints.
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president → open → pipework
“I’ve kept every single promise I made, except far more.
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I → keep → more
I’ve actually kept far more promises than I made,” Trump declared in the clip played.
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Trump → keep → clip
Stewart replied.
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Stewart → reply → ?
Ellie Muir has the story.
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Muir → have → story
Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters told Fox Business Tuesday morning that “Blue states are terrible.”
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states → tell → Business
“They are living in some communist utopia that doesn’t exist.
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that → live → utopia
The path to Havana and Beijing and Moscow is not the way to prosperity,” he said.
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he → say → prosperity
Several states may elect first female governors
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states → elect → governors
With this year’s midterm election, several states may elect their first-ever female governor.
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states → elect → governor
In Georgia, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is running as not only the state’s first female governor, but also the first Black female governor in the country.
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Bottoms → run → country
“I wake up as a Black woman every day, so it’s no surprise to me that I’m capable and I’m qualified and I’m able,” Bottoms told CNN.
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Bottoms → wake → CNN
“But if it’s representation for other people who may not have thought it was possible, then it’s all worth it.”
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it → ’ → people
Minnesota may also see its first female governor elected, as Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar polls ahead of her Republican opponent, state House Speaker Lisa Demuth.
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Klobuchar → see → opponent
Tennessee is also set to elect its first female governor, as Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn currently leads over Democrat Jerri Green.
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Blackburn → set → Green
Justice Department sends 1,000 election monitors to polls
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it is sending about 1,000 federal election monitors to all 50 states to monitor Election Day voting.
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it → send → voting
The department said its monitors will solely observe and not interfere with voting.
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monitors → say → voting
Trump shares 'final pitch' to voters
President Donald Trump was asked to share his “final pitch” to voters on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning.
“Well, we have to keep America great,” the president said.
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president → share → America
“We’re great now; we were terrible two years ago.
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we → ’re → ?
We were a laughing stock all over the world.”
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We → laugh → world
Trump later added: “We’re hot now, we’re the hottest country in the world.”
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we → add → world
DeSantis urges Republicans not to 'gaslight' voters about gas prices
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis encouraged Republicans to be honest about why the cost of gas has gone up — instead of trying to blame former President Joe Biden.
“Gas is higher and it hurts people, working-class people,” he told commentator Stephen A. Smith in an interview.
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he → urge → interview
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