Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday blasted President Donald Trump for calling Rep. Ilhan Omar to resign amid allegations that she used a fake name, describing the president’s remarks as “disgusting” and “un-American.”
“The thing about Donald Trump is that he has about as much regard for the constitution as he has for … a piece of toilet paper in his personal bathroom because that's basically what he's done with it,” El-Sayed said on MSNOW's "Politics Nation.”
El-Sayed argued that such presidential demands trample constitutional norms.
“He doesn't understand all of us who believe in an America under the rule of law guaranteed to us by that hallowed document,” he said.
The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate then issued a stark warning about the president.
“I think it's time for all of us to come together and realize that even if he's not going after you now, remember that it's only a matter of time. Because, if you don't look like him, or pray like him, or love like him, he doesn't think America is big enough for you. I believe that America is big enough for all of us,” he said.
Republican congressional candidate Scott Singer claimed a recent survey showed him with a seven-point lead over Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the race for Florida’s 25th Congressional District, pointing to the results as evidence of shifting voter sentiment against “career politicians.”
“It does reflect what we're seeing on the ground: Huge Republican enthusiasm and independents and Democrats who are looking for a change from a career politician who's passed zero bills in Congress and yet traded stocks four and a half million dollars worth 400 times plus. Nothing to show for it. They're tired of career politicians,” Singer said.
Asked about his challenger, who has been described as less radical than others in his party, Singer claimed Moskowitz voted alongside the “Squad” 88% of the time.
“He talks a big game, but when it's time to vote, his voting record is hand-in-hand with Democratic leadership in the squad,” he said.
“He also, unlike other Democrats, refused to cross the aisle on key US-Israeli cooperation for military and intelligence sharing. So he is not the moderate you would think,” Singer said.
Minnesota Senate candidate Michele Tafoya accused Democratic rival Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan of hypocrisy for vowing to root out corruption while refusing to take responsibility for fraud uncovered during her tenure alongside Gov. Tim Walz.
“It's rich how she just said, ‘Imagine what we can do if we root out the corruption.’ Where's she been for eight years? …She had plenty of time to root out the corruption because in fact, whistleblowers were coming to her saying, ‘There's corruption, let's root it out.’ And she chastised them, she put them to the side,” Tafoya said on "The Big Weekend Show.”
Tafoya also argued that progressive proposals such as Medicare for All are out of touch, particularly when “Medicaid was gutted here in Minnesota by this fraud.”
“Any of the things that she's talking about are going to raise taxes in a massive way. I will cut taxes for Minnesota families,” Tafoya said.
She also blamed prolonged Democratic single-party rule for rising violent crime, the state's shift from a budget surplus to a deficit, and high taxes and fees that she said are driving businesses out of Minnesota.
{{#rendered}}Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday slammed Republican rival Mike Rogers for nodding approvingly at President Donald Trump’s “ridiculous” proposals despite what he described as the president’s “real deficits.”
“So with Donald Trump, like, you can't blame him. For this. He's just dumb. You can blame him for the narcissism,” El-Sayed said during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“But for Mike Rogers, can you imagine how small of a human being you have to be to know that the man in front of you has real deficits, and to just nod your head approvingly at the most ridiculous s--- that the man proposes. All for what? All for what? It's because he's made so much money off of his time in Congress.”
El-Sayed accused Rogers of lying to voters and advancing corporate interests rather than holding companies accountable through regulation.
“Got to get in while the getting is good. The whole goal is to go take one more lap through the revolving door,” El-Sayed said.
“The game for people like Mike Rogers is to take corporate money, to lie to people, to get elected to office, to do the corporate bidding, then turn around after you leave office and go work for the exact corporations that you are regulating,” he said.
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called President Donald Trump a “mentally unbalanced” narcissist and accused him of engaging in “racist attacks against Abdul El-Sayed.”
Sanders made the remarks during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he campaigned for the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate.
“Not only is he a narcissist, he is running the most corrupt administration in American history,” Sanders said.
“And tragically, but not surprisingly, much of this campaign in Michigan right now are based on racist attacks against Abdul El-Sayed.”
Despite his criticism of Trump, Sanders described the president as savvy in his ability to “divide people up” in the country.
“Trump may be a mentally unbalanced person, but he is not stupid. Like demagogues throughout history, he understands that the best and most effective way to stay in power is to divide people up," he said.
Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign on Sunday called Republican rival Mike Rogers a “rubber stamp” for the Trump administration after President Donald Trump rallied in Michigan in support of Rogers.
“Donald Trump told Michigan ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ — and Michigan will. Mike Rogers is running to be Trump’s rubber stamp, and has backed every single one of Trump’s massive price hikes,” campaign spokesperson Cole Wozniak said.
“While they lie and resort to desperate, bad faith attacks, Abdul remains laser focused on his plans to bring down costs and stand up to the chaos and corruption in Washington. Michigan knows Trump is on the ballot on November 3rd—and they will vote like it by rejecting Trump’s rubber stamp Mike Rogers and sending Abdul to the Senate.”
El-Sayed’s campaign said Rogers’ backing of what it called “reckless” tariffs has hit Michigan households particularly hard, claiming families are losing more than $5,000 on average due to Trump’s trade policies.
“Mike Rogers fully backs Trump’s illegal war with Iran and dumb trade war with Canada which are spiking costs for Michigan families,” his campaign said.
“Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill—which Mike Rogers fully backs—is tossing over 171,000 Michiganders off their health insurance,” it added.
{{#rendered}}President Donald Trump on Sunday said criticism from Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., about how he runs the country "piss[es] me off," during a rally in Michigan supporting Republican candidates Mike Rogers and John James.
"She comes to this country and she says, ‘Oh, I have constitutional rights, and I don't like the way you run the United States of America. How dare you run it?’” Trump said. “I tell you, does it piss me off."
The president also called Omar a “little troublemaker” and criticized her native Somalia, which he described as a lawless country.
“You know, she comes from Somalia, probably maybe the worst country in the world: Has no government, has no anything. All they have is killing people. They kill people. They go after ships. They ransom ships,” Trump said.
“I’m amazed they can even do that, to be honest with you. But they have no country. They have no government, they have no anything," he continued. "They have no police. They just run around shooting each other.”
Trump’s comments came after he again cited allegations that Omar was sworn into Congress under a fake name.
“Because she used a fake name to be sworn in ... She has to resign from Congress immediately,” he said.
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 candidate Abdul El-Sayed an “anti-American” socialist and accused him of seeking to undermine the nation, citing support from the Muslim Brotherhood.
“He's anti-American. He is happy to be endorsed by our foreign enemies that hate us like the Muslim Brotherhood. He's happy to take their endorsement and their money because his views align with theirs and theirs align with his,” David said.
Beamer argued that Democratic socialists are domestic “demolition specialists” seeking to dismantle American capitalism and freedom through socialism. He also claimed El-Sayed wants to disarm police, defund the military and replace the U.S. Constitution with sharia law.
“The mantra of their platform is really ‘Death to America.’ That's their mantra. But they disguise and camouflage it with having us look at some shiny symbol: Everything's going to be free. Free health care, free education,” David said.
“What do you have to pay for that free stuff? Freedom. Become a slave to the socialist regime. Can't happen.”
Invoking his son’s famous words before passengers stormed the cockpit during the Sept. 11 hijacking, David closed by telling the rally, “Let’s roll.”
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 she walked around the spacious presidential aircraft and interacted with staff members.
Minaj has increasingly voiced support for Trump, promoting his leadership and administration initiatives ahead of the midterm elections.
{{#rendered}}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 eligibility checks for at least 20,000 people within the timeframe requested by the Justice Department.
“If you look at California’s own papers, they said they’ve already processed over 300,000 ballots just for LA County. So this is going on as we speak,” Essayli told the California post, according to the New York Post.
Essayli and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche are pursuing a lawsuit seeking to set aside disputed mail-in ballots and verify voters’ citizenship.
However, California’s continued efforts to challenge the Justice Department’s order could have irreversible consequences, Essayli warned.
“Our biggest fear is they’re just going to try to run out the clock until all the ballots have been processed, in which case there will be nothing we’ll be able to do after the election,” Essayli said, according to the Post. “Once they count the ballots, there’s no way to go back and undo that.”
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 sharia law.
“Heading to Michigan to fight a Jihadist Member of the Muslim Brotherhood — A man who should never be allowed inside the Halls of our Great and Beautiful Capital Building, in Washington, D.C.,” Trump wrote in a post.
“Everything he stands for is bad for our Country, which is now the ‘HOTTEST,’ by far, anywhere in the World,” he continued.
Trump also claimed that El-Sayed should be tried if sharia law were ever implemented in the U.S.
“Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed wants our Country to go to Sharia Law," he said. "If it ever does, he should be the first that’s tried!”
In the same post, Trump took credit for boosting the nation’s auto industry and preserving Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
“Because of me, the Auto Industry is doing better than it has ever done before, with Plants and Factories being built, and expanded, all over the Country, especially in Michigan. I saved Selfridge Air Force Base when the Dumocrats were closing it down, saving thousands of Jobs and the Prestige that comes along with having such a place,” he said.
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," Scalise told Fox News, noting battleground House districts across the country remain razor-thin, cautioning against typical midterm complacency among GOP voters.
"If people show up and vote on our side, we will win. The other side that hates President Trump, you know they're going to be showing up in record numbers. We need to make sure that everybody that does not want socialism, because that is what is on the ballot. Everybody needs to show up and then we'll hold the House."
Scalise urged conservative voters not to sit out the election, noting that past midterm losses often stemmed from low participation:
"They're all very close races," he continued. "That's why everybody who's thinking about it needs to show up and vote. Don't sit this one out. Like a lot of midterms conservatives sit at home. And then that's why things go south. If everybody shows up to vote, we'll hold the House."
{{#rendered}}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 Trump touched down in the critical Wolverine State battleground to rally the base and lift top-of-the-ticket GOP candidates.
Ahead of taking the stage, Minaj appeared to confirm her attendance on X, cementing her public alignment with Trump during a crucial closing push where both parties are scrambling for youth and cultural turnout.
The Trump rally's speaker program placed Minaj alongside a prominent lineup of administration figures and statewide Republican contenders, including: David Beamer – father of Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer; Rep. John James, R-Mich., the Republican nominee for governor of Michigan; GOP Sen.-nominee Mike Rogers; and Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
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 occurred Saturday near A Street in the vicinity of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention, where candidate events and campaign appearances had been underway over the weekend.
Following the incident, Peltola’s campaign confirmed that while she and her family sustained minor injuries requiring medical evaluation, the candidate is recovering.
The campaign noted that several immediate public appearances would be delayed as a precautionary measure while she recuperates.
The pause comes at a pivotal moment in Alaska’s high-stakes Senate contest between Peltola and incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Mich., as both campaigns scramble across the state to mobilize voters and secure turnout ahead of the November midterm vote.
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 Mike Rogers for Senate.
{{#rendered}}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 while sitting presidents typically face midterm losses, his grassroots appearances in battlegrounds like Ohio, Texas, and Nebraska have shifted the map.
Trump focused significant attention on the Senate contest in Michigan, where Republican nominee Mike Rogers is facing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
"We're going to Michigan, and it'll be very interesting," Trump said. "We don't want to see a jihadist senator. We don't want a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in our Senate. And we want somebody very capable. And I think Mike Rogers would do a great job. He's going to be a great senator. Mike Rogers is apple pie. He's a perfect guy for our country."
Turning to Alaska, Trump lashed out at the presence of an independent challenger who shares a nearly identical name with incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, calling the state’s ranked-choice voting system "crooked" and criticizing court rulings that kept Daniel J. Sullivan on the ballot.
"I think it's illegal because it's unfair," Trump said.
"They come up with a guy who never partook in any election, was never involved. I think he wasn't even a voter.
"He just happens to have that name. And they put him on, and I think that's very unfair."
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 maintenance to justify an emergency ballot-segregation order.
In a reply brief submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Department of Justice attorneys argued that Washington is fully empowered to prevent unlawful vote dilution and enforce federal statutory bans against noncitizen voting.
The filing comes as the Justice Department appeals to bypass lower court delays, seeking an immediate injunction ordering California to sequester mail-in ballots cast by individuals the administration flagged as likely noncitizens.
Attorneys for the government directly rejected California’s arguments that the federal claims are speculative and that the Department of Justice lacks standing to seek equitable relief.
"California seems to acknowledge that the federal government has standing to prevent unlawful voter dilution, but it believes that the allegations here are 'dubious' and 'speculative,'" according to the filing Sunday. "Yet the allegations here are not only plausible but are supported by a history of California mishandling voter rolls and subsequent facts showing noncitizen voting."
Fox News' Matthew Finn contributed to this report.
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 landfill dumping.
Rogers told NBC's "Meet the Press," of the practical advantage of sending a President Donald Trump ally to the Senate rather than a Democrat who would simply "poke them in the eye."
"I'm not even in office yet," Rogers said, pointing to Canada's dumping its trash in Michigan landfills. "I've been trying to get Canadian trash from coming across our border and dumping in our landfills for over a decade, and I left Congress in 2014, we still couldn't quite get it done. Called the administration and said, 'Hey, we need some help on these Canadian tariffs, but if you're going to tariff anything, tariff this trash that's filling up our landfills from what – the third largest landmass country in the world?'
"And guess what? They announced this week that they were going to tariff those trash trucks. That's what you get when you send somebody back who can work with the president."
{{#rendered}}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 your viewers are familiar with the crazy radical leftist agenda of [James] Talarico, who's on the ballot," Abbott told "The Sunday Briefing."
"What Texans are just now learning is that my opponent, Gina Hinojosa, actually is to the further progressive left than Talarico.
"Her voting record, which ranks No. 1 among all the House members in the Texas House of Representatives, is the furthest left, socialist Democrat."
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. It's that I'm working like hell."
Trump pointed to incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., running for reelection.
"By the way, in Nebraska, you're going to have a big win," Trump told anchor Larry Kudlow. "You're going to have a great win with Ricketts.
"He's great. He was a little bit down. I went there, and I hear you don't even have to bother anymore: It's gone through the roof and that's great.
"You're going to have a lot of wins, Larry, that people weren't talking about."
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," Marshall told "The Sunday Briefing" with Jacqui Heinrich, rebuking Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton.
"For crying out loud, this guy would destroy American agriculture. He would destroy the cattle industry. He would destroy the oil and gas industry as well.
"Gasoline prices will go to $10 a gallon if we let Democrats control the House and the Senate right now."
Marshall also made a direct turnout appeal to core supporters of Donald Trump, asserting that conservative mobilization will decide the chamber's balance of power.
"There's 175,000 people in Kansas that only vote when President Trump is on the ticket. Guess what? He's absolutely on the ticket," Marshall concluded.
{{#rendered}}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, and this is an election that we refer to as common sense versus crazy," Johnson told "Fox News Sunday."
"And I think the American people understand that."
Johnson said he "had to put steady hands at the wheel and I've done that."
"In the last three years since I became speaker, we raised $860 million for House Republicans," he boasted.
"I've traveled circle the globes an equivalent of 13.9 times, traveling to all the states, all the swing districts, many times, multiple times. We'll do that all the way through election day.
"It's not been easy, but we have an extraordinary record of delivering for the American people fulfilling our promises."
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 on faulty analysis," Johnson told "Fox News Sunday" anchor Shannon Bream.
"Look, in the last week, Shannon, you've had two polling organizations nationwide be exposed for completely fraudulent numbers, and the more traditional researchers and poll organizations are acknowledging that they've been under sampling Republicans."
Johnson pointed to a CNN report on that very topic.
"CNN ran a story less than a week ago, and they said that 14 out of the last 16 October polls: In those elections, they under sampled Republicans by an average of four points," he added. "Republicans are no longer responding to polls."
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 marks the brand's first domestic production hub in North America.
Delivered during a campaign swing through middle Georgia with just over a week until voters head to the polls, the announcement offers Republicans a marquee economic talking point in a crucial battleground state.
Trump framed the deal as direct vindication of his administration’s aggressive tariff threats and domestic manufacturing push, arguing that foreign automakers are now compelled to build inside the United States rather than import vehicles from Europe or Mexico.
{{#rendered}}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 for Sen.-nominee Abdul El-Sayed saying a Democratic Congress cann "at least rein in some of the foolishness."
Obama, president from 2009 until Trump began his first term in 2017, remains one of the most popular figures among Democrats. They hope that bringing him into the race can fire up their supporters for a tight Senate race in which El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers, a former U.S. representative.
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 Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., to distance himself from the president's policy.
Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both the Senate and House to overturn Republicans' narrow 53-47 and 218-214 majorities.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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.
{{#rendered}}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. Nobody knows what he’s going to talk about. I don’t think he knows what he’s going to talk about,” El-Sayed told reporters after joining former President Barack Obama at a large rally in Detroit.
El-Sayed is facing off in an expensive and contentious ballot box battle with Republican rival former Rep. Mike Rogers in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. The seat is a must hold for the Democrats as they try to win back the Senate majority from the GOP in the midterm elections. Republicans currently control the chamber 53-47.
El-Sayed predicted that Trump, at his rally Sunday afternoon in Port Huron, Michigan, would “praise tariffs, praise this war in Iran and praise this big ugly bill.”
Big ugly bill is a term Democrats use to describe the sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act past along party lines last year by the GOP controlled Congress and signed into law by Trump.
The measure included extending the president's signature 2017 tax cuts — which were set to expire last year — and eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay. The law also provides billions for border security and codifies the president's controversial immigration crackdown.
But the measure also restructures Medicaid -the almost 60-year-old federal program that provides health coverage to roughly 71 million low-income Americans – with critics charging millions will lose their health insurance over the next decade.The massive legislation is also projected to surge the national debt by $4 trillion over the next decade,
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.
Control of Capitol Hill hangs on razor-thin margins. Democrats need a net pickup of just four seats in both the House (currently 218–214 Republican) and the Senate (53–47 Republican) to flip the chambers.
Scenario 1: Democrats take House, Republicans hold Senate
The most anticipated baseline outcome creates a split Congress with aggressive oversight but little new federal legislation.
Narrow House flip (5 to 20 seats): Democrats seize committee gavels, subpoena authority, and the power to launch investigations into the administration. Democrats can pass messaging bills on abortion rights, healthcare, AI data centers, and housing, but Senate Republicans will bottle them up. A debt ceiling showdown by summer 2027 becomes a prime market risk.
Decisive House blue wave (21 to 40 seats): A larger Democratic caucus can withstand intraparty defections and ramps up pressure from progressive freshmen to impeach Trump. A broader majority strengthens the party's leverage during budget standoffs, while vulnerable congressional Republicans may break ranks on unpopular policies such as tariffs and military involvement in Iran.
Scenario 2: Democrats take House, Senate splits 50–50
Republicans retain formal control of the upper chamber courtesy of Vice President JD Vance’s deciding vote, but every floor vote becomes precarious. A handful of swing lawmakers – such as Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and moderate Republicans – become critical power brokers.
Trump secures confirmations for judges and executive branch nominees via Vance, but fiscal and debt negotiations grow deeply volatile because neither party can absorb a single defection.
Scenario 3: Democrats sweep House, Senate
Winning the Senate dramatically elevates Democratic leverage by seizing the confirmation spigot for judicial appointments, cabinet posts, and ambassadorships.
Razor-thin Senate majority (2 seats): Democrats freeze or drastically slow down Trump’s judicial pipeline, likely attempting to hold any Supreme Court vacancies until after the 2028 election. Even so, the 60-vote legislative filibuster and Trump's veto pen mean transformative progressive legislation cannot pass into law without compromise.
Comfortable Senate majority (4 to 6 seats): Democrats routinely send messaging bills restricting presidential war powers, curtailing tariffs, and addressing cost-of-living concerns directly to Trump’s desk, forcing public vetoes designed to frame the 2028 presidential campaign.
Decisive Senate blue wave (8+ seats): Democrats claim an explicit national mandate rejecting Trump's agenda, entering budget and debt ceiling fights with peak leverage.
Scenario 4: Republicans hold both chambers
The past two years have delivered this scenario but to mixed results.
But Trump can avoid congressional inquiries and accelerate judicial and administrative appointments through the Senate.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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 for Israel, restore free foreign aid and reduce the size and spending on U.S. defense and military priorities.
With control of the House or the Senate, Democrats could cut defense spending to pressure Trump to obtain permission from Congress to continue the war. They could also require administration officials to testify publicly about their plans.
That could allow them to approve new aid to Ukraine, which likely would pass with the two-thirds majorities needed to overcome a Trump veto.
Support for Israel has plummeted among Democrats over its conduct in the Gaza war. Democrats could limit or end military aid to Israel, which amounted to $3.8 billion in the most recent fiscal year. That is more than was provided to any other country.
Nearly half of House Democrats voted this summer to cut off aid to Israel.
Democrats are far more likely than Trump's Republicans to limit military spending. Trump asked for an unprecedented 67% increase in the military budget this year, to $1.5 trillion, but Democrats blocked it in the Senate, citing his refusal to consult Congress about the Iran war and his steep cuts to social programs.
Trump has also withheld or canceled billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress. Many Democrats have been angered by the cuts and say they will try to restore funding.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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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," Trump wrote early Sunday morning on Truth Social.
"This great Athlete, All American and Winner of the Championship, Jon Gruden’s teammate and friend (who said he was the Best Player on the Championship Team with 17 Interceptions as a Safety!), Jon Husted, has just taken the lead in the Polls for the next Senator of the Great State of Ohio!" Trump wrote.
"Ohioans love Champions, especially people that are humble, like Jon, and never talked about his Football Greatness. It took other people to figure it out, and let the Public know (Many of whom already knew)!
"His opponent, Sherrod Brown, was already fired by the People of Ohio for doing a lousy job. Bernie Moreno beat him, and is doing a fabulous job as Senator!"
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 them a road to a Nuclear Weapon. He said that Crooked Hillary Clinton was going to WIN, he campaigned hard for her, and she lost in all directions and ways. He then campaigned full out for Kamala, and likewise, she lost."
Obama is campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed, but Trump says Michigan will reject Democrats and their policies.
"Now he’s campaigning for a Muslim Brotherhood Jihadist, who hates Jews and Blacks and AMERICANS and TRUMP, and he is going to lose, also," Trump's Truth continued. "He’s a Fake Doctor, who runs what is considered to be the WORST CLINIC IN AMERICA.
"I won Michigan, BIG, have brought back the Car Industry, the Air Force Base, and everything else. Also, more jobs than ever before.
"Michigan doesn’t want an arrogant, Open Borders, Fake Doctor, Jihadist, whose reputation will only get worse as more information is revealed - And there’s plenty."
Trump threw his weight behind moderate Sen.-nominee Mike Rogers, R-Mich.
"VOTE FOR MIKE ROGERS!" he concluded. "He will never let you down!"
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 trigger a "1929-style economic depression."
Trump dubbed the proposal the "Trump dividend," estimating its cost at roughly $1 trillion and claiming it would be financed by tariff revenues and domestic economic growth.
Under the pitch, married couples would receive a combined $10,000, attached to a single domestic spending requirement.
"If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate , I'm going to give all adult citizens in the United States, man and wife, separately – in other words, double $5,000," Trump said. "The only caveat that I ask for on the Trump dividend is that you have to spend the money in the United States."
Trump argued that only unified Republican leadership could sustain historic economic gains, while painting a catastrophic picture of the alternative.
"If the Democrats win, in my opinion, and I hope I'll be wrong," he warned, "you will have a 1929-style economic depression the likes of which you have never seen before."
He broadened the attack to cultural and border issues, accusing Democrats of pushing to raise taxes by $5 trillion, open the southern border, and support transgender policies in schools and sports. He also highlighted his standing among Hispanic voters, arguing that border communities share his focus on strict enforcement and economic opportunity.
{{#rendered}}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, Trump wrote late Saturday night on Truth Social.
"They’ve been trying to get rid of Lisa Murkowski forever in Alaska , then she came up with the Ranked Choice Voting SCAM, and pulled a nice hot iron out of the fire," Trump wrote. Everyone thought she came in second or third, but then she 'won.' Miracles happen!"
"The Republicans' Worst Senator, by far, Lisa Murkowski, of the Great State of Alaska (A State for which I produced, on a continuing basis, Billions and Billions of Dollars, and which Crooked Joe Biden and the Dumocrats had totally shut down — Then I came back, and delivered even more!), who only got elected because of Corrupt Ranked Choice Voting, is upset because I revealed what everyone knows, that the Ranked Choice Voting Ballot is a TOTAL DEMOCRAT SCAM meant to confuse the Voter, so that Senator Dan Sullivan will lose Votes to a man who has never participated in Politics before, named Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. He is only there because the Democrats want to steal the Election, and Murkowski probably wants that to happen, which is why she is against the DOJ filing a Lawsuit in order to stop this impending crime and tragedy. I have delivered for Alaska at Historic Levels, nobody has ever seen anything like it, and all I’m asking for is a FAIR AND HONEST SENATORIAL ELECTION! Lisa Murkowski is a DISGRACE to Alaska and our Country. You just don’t get any worse! I hope the Great People of Alaska understand what is happening. The Democrats are trying to steal this important Republican Seat and, if that happens, everything we’ve done for Alaska will come to an immediate hault. VOTE 'YES' AGAINST RANKED CHOICE VOTING, on Ballot Measure 2. SAVE ALASKA!"
Trump’s renewed broadside over ranked-choice voting comes as national Republicans closely monitor Alaska’s high-stakes Senate race between two-term incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and former Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska.
The contest – one of several battlegrounds that could determine the balance of power in the Senate – has drawn heightened scrutiny due to Alaska's open-primary and ranked-choice general election process.
The system previously allowed Peltola to win a special and regular election for the state's at-large House seat in 2022, while also enabling Murkowski to defeat a Trump-backed challenger.
With early voting underway and the race expected to come down to thin margins, Trump’s comments underscore lingering conservative frustration with Alaska's voting rules as both parties fight down to the wire for every seat in the chamber.
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 determine who keeps the majority in the Senate," Husted told his late-night Saturday rally on his statewide bus tour to Batavia, Ohio, emphasizing the razor-thin margins that will determine Senate control.
Husted urged voters to resist campaign fatigue and mobilize their personal networks in the race's final stretch.
"Are you going to fight for me?"
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 turnout, framing the upcoming vote as an existential choice for both the state and the country.
Ramaswamy leaned heavily on his local roots in Cincinnati before turning to his core campaign pledges: a major crackdown on crime, eliminating sanctuary cities, and passing "the biggest property tax relief package" in Ohio history.
Ramaswamy cast the statewide contest as a fundamental philosophical dividing line for voters.
"It is common sense versus communism: That is the choice," he said.
{{#rendered}}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 friends whose views may be very different than mine. I'm breaking that tradition because I voted early today, and I voted for James Talarico for the United States Senate," Neil Bush wrote on Facebook Tuesday.
"My vote was motivated by two things: deep concern about Ken Paxton's record and genuine admiration for the character and principles I see in James Talarico."
Bush, the son of former President George H.W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush, broke with his family's longstanding Republican political tradition in backing the Democrat.
Former President George W. Bush has maintained friendly relationships with Democratic former presidents, but his relationship with President Donald Trump has been strained since the 2016 Republican presidential primary, when Trump repeatedly attacked his brother Jeb Bush and mocked their mother, former first lady Barbara Bush.
"I believe Donald Trump and those who have enabled him have done enormous damage to the Republican Party," Neil Bush added. "I worry about a political culture in which loyalty to an individual takes precedence over loyalty to principle, and where those who hold power begin to believe they are no longer accountable."
Paxton is backed by Trump and losing a Texas Senate seat in the largest red state would seal Trump's legacy in his final two years in office.
This is an excerpt from Fox News Digital's Ashley J. DiMella's report.
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Donald Trump is determined to defy a challenging midterm political landscape as Republicans fight to defend their narrow majorities in the House and Senate.
"The president is defiant, and he always is optimistic," Leavitt said this week in a Fox News Digital interview in her home state of New Hampshire.
The GOP is fighting political history, as the party in power in Washington has traditionally lost seats during midterm election years.
Republicans also face a challenging campaign climate fueled by persistent inflation Americans see at the grocery store, high gas prices tied to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and Trump's increasingly negative approval ratings.
This is an excerpt from Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser full report.
The Alaska Senate race is facing a legal battle that could delay or complicate certification of the results.
The Justice Department has sued to block certification if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola, arguing that voters could be confused by the presence of another candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan on the ranked-choice ballot.
President Donald Trump said he personally directed the administration to file the lawsuit.
Alaska courts previously rejected efforts to remove the second Sullivan from the ballot, and state officials have said the candidates are clearly distinguished by their party designations and ballot information.
The race is among the most closely watched Senate contests in the country, and its outcome could help determine control of the chamber.
{{#rendered}}Democrats are turning to former President Barack Obama and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the final stretch of the midterm campaign as the party works to mobilize its base and compete in traditionally difficult territory.
Obama campaigned in Ohio and Michigan on Saturday, criticizing President Donald Trump and defending El-Sayed against Republican attacks over his name, faith and political views.
Ocasio-Cortez has also campaigned for Democrats in Michigan, Maine, Ohio, California and Nevada, drawing large crowds of young voters and progressives.
Her appearances are testing whether her national following and progressive message can help Democrats win competitive races beyond traditional liberal strongholds.
The results could influence Ocasio-Cortez’s political standing ahead of a possible 2028 presidential campaign.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to campaign in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday as Republicans work to protect the party’s Senate majority.
Trump is expected to speak at 3 p.m. ET at McMorran Place Arena in support of Michigan Republicans.
The rally comes as Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers faces Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in one of the country’s most closely watched contests.
Trump’s appearance follows former President Barack Obama’s Detroit rally for El-Sayed and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson on Saturday.
With nine days until Election Day, both parties are deploying their highest-profile surrogates to energize voters and increase turnout in a key battleground state.
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