15 days until midterms, Trump rallies GOP as Democrats court Latino, rural voters

Fox News host Sean Hannity kicked off a town hall in Michigan Monday evening with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who took aim at Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed with just over two weeks until Election Day.

Rogers said El-Sayed has a "pattern of deception" and called him a "manufactured candidate," accusing the Democrat of misrepresenting his political positions.

"He is the most extreme candidate. He has called for defunding the police. He has called for letting criminals out of prison. He has called for the Green New Deal, which for Michigan is a killer," Rogers said.

Rogers also touted his campaign's ground operation, saying volunteers are approaching 6 million doors knocked across Michigan.

"That's the energy, and what we're getting off of those doors is, 'Yes, we're voting,' 'No, we're not going to be a DSA state,' 'No, we're not going to let this happen on our watch.'"

President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of attacks against prominent Democrats on Monday while campaigning in Kansas for Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, taking aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others.

Trump framed the midterms as a choice between Republicans and "extremists" while urging supporters to turn out for Marshall.

"A vote for any Democrat this year is a vote to let that small and dangerous group of extremists hold all of us hostage in America. They're not going to hold us hostage," Trump said.

He added, "In 15 days, we're going to reelect Roger Marshall, one of the greatest, and we're going to defeat the communists, the jihadists, and the corrupt anti-American lunatics once and for all."

Matthew McConaughey's call to rethink America's two-party political system has sparked a heated debate on social media, with some critics accusing the Oscar-winning actor of promoting a "privileged perspective" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

On Sunday, McConaughey took to social media and challenged the long-held notion that voting for an independent candidate is a wasted vote, arguing that just a handful of independent lawmakers could dramatically shift the balance of power in Washington.

"They've been telling us for years that an independent vote is a wasted vote," McConaughey said in a video shared on Instagram. "Well, a great question for our times is, has that unwasted vote been working out for you?"

While the actor insisted he was not endorsing a particular candidate or political party, his message quickly drew criticism from social media users who questioned the timing of his remarks and warned against encouraging independent voting ahead of November's elections.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., took aim at Democrats on Monday in a series of social media posts warning voters about what he described as the party's agenda ahead of the midterm elections.

In one post, Johnson accused Democrats of seeking to phase out fossil fuels "altogether," arguing that the two parties are offering voters sharply different approaches to the country's future.

"We can’t turn the keys of the government over to Democrats whose policies will bankrupt working families and the country!" Johnson wrote.

In a separate post, Johnson accused Democrats of pursuing political "retribution."

"Make NO mistake: Democrats’ crusade of retribution won’t stop with the President or his Cabinet. They’re coming after YOU. Everyday Americans. Ordinary conservatives. You don’t need a title to become a target. You just need to disagree," Johnson wrote.

In another post, he also criticized Democrats over immigration and election policy.

"The playbook for Democrats and their Marxist pals is clear: Reopen the border. Allow millions of illegals into America. Let them vote in our elections.Republicans are having none of it," Johnson said. "It’s why we cannot afford to let the radical left be put back in charge of Congress."

New details have reportedly emerged about the alleged social media threats that led to the arrest of former Florida congressional candidate Elijah Manley.

Manley, a Democrat who ran this year for Florida's 20th Congressional District seat, faces two counts of intimidation by writing or sending threats to kill or injure, NBC 6 South Florida reported.

According to an arrest affidavit, the Broward Sheriff's Office was alerted Aug. 21 to two Facebook posts allegedly made by an account using Manley's name, according to the outlet.

Investigators said the posts appeared to stem from a dispute with other social media users over Florida U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon.

In one message cited in the affidavit, Manley allegedly warned others not to anger him and threatened to "burn" their "castle to the ground" and anyone who got in his way, according to NBC 6 South Florida.

In another post, he allegedly threatened people who did not support Nixon, saying he would make their lives "a living hell to the very end."

"You better lineup behind the Democratic nominee like we always do,” the post said, according to the affidavit.

Vice President JD Vance on Monday took aim at Democrats while campaigning for Republican candidates in North Carolina ahead of the midterms.

Vance accused Democratic leaders of abandoning what he called the principle that the government should put Americans first.

"The American government ought to serve the American people," the vice president said.

Vance also announced $858 million in additional disaster relief funding for areas damaged by Hurricane Helene.

"Ladies and gentlemen, that highlights the contrast in this election, because when Democrats were in power, they were doing nothing for western North Carolina," he said.

He said Republican leaders, along with U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley and U.S. House candidate Jennifer Balkcom, were working to secure federal resources for the state's recovery.

"Your people, your government, should be fighting for you," he said.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is set to join U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson for a student town hall in Portland, Maine, on Thursday.

The "Students vs. Billionaires" town hall will begin at 2 p.m. at the State Theatre, according to an event page from More Perfect University.

Organizers said the event will focus on "issues that are impacting students," including the cost of rent and tuition and what they describe as the "erosion of free speech."

"Students will have the opportunity to ask questions directly to U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson," the event page states.

President Donald Trump is reportedly heading back to Texas on Tuesday for a pair of campaign rallies with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

Trump is scheduled to make his first stop in Lubbock at 2:30 p.m. before holding a second event in Waco at 6 p.m., according to FOX 4, citing Republican National Convention (RNC) officials.

Paxton is expected to appear alongside the president at both stops as the race enters its final stretch.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he was heading to Kansas to campaign for Republican Senator Roger Marshall, saying he thinks Marshall is "going to do very well."

"Roger Marshall. He's a fantastic senator. He's one of the best," Trump said. "It's a close race. It shouldn't be." 

Trump also argued that his campaign rallies have helped boost Republican candidates around the country.

"Wherever I go, they seem to be up, and I have the biggest rallies anybody's ever seen. They're packed houses," the president said. "... My rallies are having a huge impact and a positive impact on the Republican Party."

Asked how he was feeling about the midterms, Trump said he felt "good."

"A lot of the polls are rigged, just like the journalists are rigged," he said.

Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico on Monday accused Elon Musk of trying to "buy" the state's U.S. Senate seat during a rally at the University of North Texas.

"Elon Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas," Talarico said. "We just found out that he is almost single handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement we've built in our state."

Talarico claimed that Musk was behind attack ads, mail and text messages targeting his campaign.

"Our movement is funded by 1.3 million individuals who have given to our campaign. Ken Paxton is funded by one dude," Talarico said.

"Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas," he claimed. "But on November 3rd, we are going to send a crystal clear message to the world's first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale."

Fox News Digital attempted to reach Musk for comment.

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Republican state House Speaker Lisa Demuth traded fire over Minnesota's massive fraud scandal as they faced off for the first time on the debate stage in the race to replace embattled Gov. Tim Walz.

The race is unfolding against the backdrop of the state's welfare assistance fraud scandal, which has attracted national attention for nearly a year and prompted Walz, a two-term Democrat, to abandon his 2026 re-election bid. The fraud schemes, involving pandemic-era social services, siphoned hundreds of millions, and potentially billions, of taxpayer dollars from federal and state programs in Minnesota.

Demuth is aiming to become the first Republican in twenty years to win a gubernatorial election in the blue-leaning Midwestern state. Polls indicate Klobuchar holding an upper single digit lead over Demuth, and the Fox News Power Rankings rate the race Likely Democrat.

Demuth, during the first half of the debate, repeatedly steered the conversation to the fraud scandal.

"We have allowed a culture of waste and fraud to go on far too long and we can’t keep going this way," she said, as she worked to link Klobuchar to Walz, who has taken full responsibility for the scandal.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser and Andrew Mark Miller.

A top Senate Republican whom Democrats are salivating at the chance to unseat is getting an unexpected assist from a former member of their own party, delivering a political snub to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Former Sen. Joe Manchin, who left the Democratic Party to become an independent before retiring from the Senate, is making a swing into Maine to support Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the lawmaker’s campaign confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Collins is locked in a tight race against former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson as she seeks a sixth term in the upper chamber. The race has remained close after it was shaken up earlier this year when Graham Platner dropped out after a sexual assault allegation rocked his campaign.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Alex Miller.

Fox News' Steve Doocy joined Florida voters to discuss the economy and other issues driving them to the polls as early voting gets underway.

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a potential 2028 presidential contender, drew criticism from across the political spectrum after pointing to the riots in France as a warning about wealth inequality and urging the U.S. to "listen to our young."

"This is what happens when the nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few," Khanna wrote in a post to X on Sunday evening.

Khanna's post comes on the heels of nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and public services that descended into violence, looting and arson in several French cities on Saturday, prompting critics to accuse the progressive Democrat of giving political legitimacy to the destruction.

Spencer Pratt, former mayoral candidate for Los Angeles, blasted what he saw as an attempt to side with rioters.

"Of course Rohit Conman sees mass communist riots destroying businesses and historic buildings in Paris and lies about it as some noble ‘ask’ for justice," Pratt wrote. "These commies lie as easily as they breathe."

The comment also drew criticism from Shannon Watts, a Democratic gun activist who, in recent months, has criticized the far-left portions of her party.

"If you’re a member of Congress who condemned the January 6 insurrection, you don’t get to excuse riots in France as a ‘cry for help.’ Political violence doesn’t become acceptable just because you sympathize with people committing it," Watts wrote in a post of her own.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Leo Briceno.

Federal authorities charged 28 California suspects with alleged voter and registration violations Monday, acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said.

Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the central district of California, said he believes at least 11 of the 28 are in custody.

The charges against the 28 include "unlawful voting by an alien, a false claim of U.S. citizenship in order to vote or register to vote, and knowingly depriving the residents of California of a fair and impartial election process," McCotter said.

"This Department of Justice will not look the other way while non-citizens vote in federal elections," McCotter continued. "Unfortunately, the same can't be said for California and L.A. County."

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson noted in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, "While ICE Homeland Security Investigations is not able to comment on any active investigations, HSI is actively rooting out and investigating election fraud wherever it can be found. We have repeatedly demonstrated that aliens can and do vote in our elections. Under President Trump, HSI is committed to restoring integrity to our election systems and ensuring that American citizens and only American citizens are electing American leaders.

"DHS and DOJ are laser focused on prosecuting and removing aliens who vote and preventing the dilution of the votes of U.S. citizens. ONLY Americans should elect American leaders. Our message to aliens who vote in American elections is clear: we will find you, arrest you, and you will face the consequences — including criminal charges and deportation,” the statement added.

Patel declared in a post on X, "More arrests this morning tied to alleged voter fraud. Protecting American elections from criminal interference remains a top priority of this @FBI . We will use every legal resource to hold those who violate our election laws accountable and defend every American citizen’s constitutional right to vote."

EXCLUSIVE: WICHITA, KANSAS — President Donald Trump is expected to tout his immigration agenda in ruby-red Kansas on Monday, weeks after federal immigration agents made dozens of arrests in the southwestern portion of the state.

Trump is headed to the Sunflower State for a rally just outside of Wichita as a tighter-than-expected Senate race that could determine the balance of power in the upper chamber unfolds.

Fox News Digital has learned that Trump will lean into the policy positions that helped propel him and Republicans to power two years ago."President Trump stopped the invasion of our country and delivered Americans the most secure border in American history," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. "Under the President’s leadership, 3 million illegals have left the United States and zero illegals have been released at the border in seventeen months."

"Meanwhile, radical Democrats want to go back to their extreme open border policies, abolish ICE, and grant amnesty to the illegal aliens they released into our communities," she continued.

The Trump-led Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have touted a string of arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants in the state over the last several months.

According to the White House, among some of the "worst of the worst" who were arrested in the state by federal immigration officers include Omar Israel Hernandez of Mexico, convicted of first-degree murder, Jose Luis Rauda-Diaz of El Salvador, convicted of aggravated robbery and two counts of possession of a weapon, Oscar Sanchez-Corona of Mexico, who had previously been deported for drug offenses, damaging property, and driving under the influence, Greg Chukwuka Orji of Nigeria, convicted of dangerous drugs and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and Alberto Estrada of Mexico, convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and rape.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Alex Miller.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon defended the Trump administration's investigation into noncitizen voters ahead of the midterm elections during CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday.

"There are people who feel that the point is to sow distrust about the whole election system. There are very few people who are noncitizens who end up voting — very, very few. And so, therefore, what's the purpose?" Lesley Stahl, host of "60 Minutes," asked Dhillon.

Dhillon responded, "The point is actually the opposite of what you were saying. It's not to sow distrust. The distrust is there. And so, all of these kinds of crimes are being prosecuted now for the first time really, in volume. And look, even the Biden administration prosecuted 13 people for noncitizen voting."

Stahl interrupted and said the numbers were "tiny."

"So Lesley, we've been in office for less than two years. We've had investigations ongoing for over a year, and it takes time. There are literally thousands of them out there that we are looking at," Dhillon responded.

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Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., fired back in a Sunday post on X after President Donald Trump slammed him during a Saturday rally in Kentucky.

In the GOP primary in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, Trump backed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who defeated Massie.

During his remarks on Saturday, Trump urged people to vote for Gallrein and referred to Massie as "a terrible person who always votes against us."

"Massie, the worst," Trump said. "What happened to him by the way? Haven't heard about him in the last few months. What the hell happened to that guy? What a loser he is."

In a Saturday post on X, Massie quipped: "How long will I live rent free in @realDonaldTrump’s head? Wait until he finds out we’re going to pass another Epstein bill AND vote on Impeaching Hegseth before I leave. That might renew the lease indefinitely!"

Former President Barack Obama will visit Atlanta, Georgia next week in a bid to boost Democratic candidates during the midterm elections.

"Georgia! I’ll be in Atlanta on October 28 for a rally to support @KeishaforGA, @Ossoff, and Democrats fighting to make your life better," Obama noted in a Sunday post on X, referring to incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Ossoff is facing Rep. Mike Collins in the Peach State's U.S. Senate contest, while Bottoms is facing GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson in the Georgia governor race.

Trump, who is backing the Republicans in both of those elections, just rallied in Dalton, Georgia on Friday.