President Donald Trump announced Saturday that German automaker Audi is committing $4.2 billion to build a massive new manufacturing plant in Macon, Georgia, touting the investment as another major victory for American auto manufacturing.
"But today I'm thrilled to announce a massive auto manufacturing investment in the great state of Georgia by a fantastic company," Trump told supporters at his Georgia rally.
"Audi has just committed to invest $4.2 billion in nearby Macon, Georgia to begin the construction next month on a massive plant that will produce 200,000 cars a year," the president announced.
"Think of that. Think of that. 200,000 cars a year. That's incredible," Trump added.
Trump claimed the project would mark a historic milestone for the domestic auto industry.
"This will be the single largest investment in U.S. auto industry history, modern history," he said.
The president also touted broader investments in American auto manufacturing, saying the industry was experiencing a resurgence.
"58% of our auto business was gone. It's all coming back. And then some $40 billion and 30,000 new jobs," Trump said.
Trump credited Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with helping secure the deal and invited Audi executives to join him onstage, including Audi CEO Gernot Döllner and Audi North America President Vito Paladino.
President Donald Trump struck a reflective and unusually personal note as he closed his Georgia rally Saturday night, expressing gratitude for his supporters and describing his presidency as a profound honor.
"It's my honor to be your president during such an exciting time in the life of our country," Trump told the crowd as he wrapped up his remarks ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
The president reflected on more than a decade in politics, appearing to marvel at the movement that has accompanied him since his first presidential campaign.
"We've been doing this for 11 years together and there's never been anything like it. There probably never will be anything like it," Trump said. "The crowds, the whole thing. It's been an amazing and amazing period of time. We love you. We love everybody in this room. Feels great. Love."
Trump continued reflecting on the scale of his political movement, describing the experience as something extraordinary.
"It's something the world has never seen. Nobody's ever seen. This is the greatest, greatest. you would say it's almost an event. It's an event... It's something very special," he said.
Trump then returned to his familiar message, urging supporters to turn out on Election Day and help deliver Republican victories.
"And let's make the next two years bigger and better and stronger than ever before," he said, before closing with his signature promise to "make America great again."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you. God bless you. God bless you all," Trump concluded.
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed took aim at President Donald Trump Saturday, accusing him of caring more about himself than Americans while praising former President Barack Obama during a campaign event in Detroit.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, El-Sayed contrasted the two presidents as Obama returned to Michigan to campaign for Democrats ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.
"Donald Trump is interested in Donald Trump. That's all he's really interested in," El-Sayed said.
"I mean, the reason he's out here talking about his drapes, talking about his helipad, right, is because he does not really care about us," he added.
El-Sayed also criticized Trump's tariffs, calling the administration's approach "exactly the insanity we're trying to push back against."
The Democrat praised Obama for his leadership and argued that his involvement in the Michigan race only put a spotlight on its importance.
"President Obama reminds us of what it was like to have a president who actually cared about the American public," El-Sayed said.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
{{#rendered}}President Donald Trump took a swipe at former President Barack Obama during his Georgia rally Saturday, mocking the crowd size at Obama's Michigan campaign appearance earlier in the day.
"You know, I saw Barack Hussein Obama was in Michigan and the place was empty," Trump told supporters. "And they were saying, oh, this is there a large crowd coming. The people are trickling through."
Obama appeared in Detroit on Saturday to campaign for Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson, part of a final push to mobilize voters ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Trump contrasted the turnout at Obama's event with his own rally crowds, accusing the media of failing to acknowledge their size.
"They don't talk about my crowds. They never talk about them," Trump said."My biggest was 117,000. That's even big for Jason, 117, in New Jersey, on the beach," he continued, referencing country music star Jason Aldean, who was seated in the audience.
Trump also pointed to his July 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he survived an assassination attempt.
"Well, in Butler we had 115 — Butler, Pennsylvania. That was an interesting time," Trump said.
"We have the biggest crowds ever, by anybody, ever. And we're very proud of them," he added.
President Donald Trump received a country music welcome to Georgia on Saturday, with singer Jason Aldean greeting him on the tarmac as Air Force One arrived.
Video shared by White House communications adviser Margo Martin showed Trump speaking with Aldean, who wore a black cowboy hat and brown leather jacket, alongside his wife, Brittany Aldean.
The president also greeted uniformed military personnel beside Air Force One before continuing his visit to the Peach State.
Trump's Georgia stop comes as he campaigns for Republican candidates in the final stretch before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Saturday, firing up Democratic crowds in Ohio and Michigan as the party makes its final push ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Obama rallied supporters in Detroit for Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson, drawing an enthusiastic reception as he took the stage.
"Detroit. Oh. It's good to be back in Detroit. Back in the Motor City," Obama told the crowd.
The former president joked about his years on the campaign trail and revealed that even former first lady Michelle Obama thinks he has spent enough time stumping for candidates.
"And and, you know, one of the people who says that is Michelle Obama. She's like, oh, man, sit down," Obama said.
Obama nevertheless argued that his political experience gave him a sense of when voters were eager for change.
"And Michigan. That's what I'm feeling right now," he told supporters, urging them to turn out for Democrats.
The former president also appeared in Cleveland earlier Saturday to campaign for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.
Obama has become a familiar presence in Democrats' closing campaign stretches. He last rallied voters in Detroit in October 2024 on behalf of then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
His renewed campaign push stands in contrast to former President Joe Biden, who has remained largely absent from the trail this election cycle. Biden has endorsed candidates and assisted with fundraising but has made relatively few political appearances.
Obama's return comes as President Donald Trump campaigns across the country for Republican candidates, including a scheduled appearance in Michigan on Sunday.
{{#rendered}}Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail in Michigan on Saturday, rallying Democrats as the party makes a final push to energize voters ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Obama's appearance in Detroit came as Democrats sought to boost Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in his closely watched race against Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers.
The former president also campaigned in Cleveland earlier Saturday, appearing alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.
Obama's swing through the Midwest comes as President Donald Trump campaigns for Republican candidates across the country, including a scheduled Sunday stop in Michigan.
With just 10 days remaining before Election Day, both parties are deploying their biggest political figures to battleground states in an effort to mobilize supporters and reach undecided voters.
President Donald Trump addressed his noticeably raspy voice Saturday, attributing the hoarseness to an intense campaign schedule as he crisscrosses the country rallying support for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections.
Speaking with reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump was asked how he maintains his energy during a demanding stretch of campaign appearances.
"You lose your voice a little bit. Not too much. It gets better," Trump said. The president compared his current schedule to the final stretch of his 2024 presidential campaign, when he said he delivered speeches nearly every day and sometimes held multiple rallies in a single day.
"And then at the end that last week, I was doing four or five rallies a day, and I said, my only question was, will my voice hold out?" Trump recalled.
Trump acknowledged the physical demands of speaking at length as he rallies for candidates across the country in the home stretch of November's midterm campaigns.
"But, it's a strain on your your voice. It's a strain, you know, it's not normal," he said.
President Donald Trump cast his ballot early in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, 10 days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Trump visited a Palm Beach County voting location before speaking with reporters alongside first lady Melania Trump.
Asked about his vote, the president said everything was "good."
The president is spending the weekend campaigning for Republican candidates, with a rally scheduled Saturday night in Georgia.
Trump has stepped up his campaign rally appearances across the country in the final stretch before Election Day.
{{#rendered}}Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers slammed Democrat opponent Abdul El-Sayed as the "most extreme candidate in the United States" while outlining his strategy to win over Democrats uneasy with President Donald Trump.
"He is the most extreme candidate in the United States. He is a [Democratic Socialists] of America aligned candidate," Rogers told Fox News Digital on the campaign trail.
Rogers also questioned El-Sayed's ideology regarding the Muslim Brotherhood, alleging that his opponent was unwilling to address the issue.
Asked whether Trump's presence in Michigan could alienate independents and Democrats, Rogers acknowledged that some voters were uncomfortable with the president but argued he could work with the administration while standing up for Michigan.
"We've had a lot of conversations with Democrats who obviously aren't comfortable with Donald Trump," Rogers said.
"So good for Michigan, I'm for it, bad for Michigan, I'm against it. We think it's better to have someone who can deal with the president," he added. "We get along with each other, I think that's really important."
Former President Barack Obama took the stage to an enthusiastic reception in Cleveland on Saturday, rallying Ohio Democrats just 10 days before the midterm elections.
The crowd erupted in cheers as Obama appeared alongside Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, both locked in closely watched races against Republican opponents.
"It is good to be back. It is great to be with your next governor," Obama told supporters before acknowledging Acton.
The former president joked about his long history campaigning in Ohio and encouraged the cheering audience to take their seats.
"And by the way, if y'all got seats, feel free to sit down. I, I, I got some stuff to say here today," Obama said.
Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton accused Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy of exploiting her traumatic childhood during a Saturday rally alongside former President Barack Obama.
"As a young child, my brother and I experienced a lot of child abuse and neglect," Acton told supporters, recalling that they once lived in a tent during winter.
"Now my opponent has chosen to exploit intentionally my childhood ... just to save his struggling campaign. But it's not going to work."
Acton was referencing a controversial Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring her estranged mother, Donna Arthur, who accused her daughter of lying about her upbringing.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine urged Ramaswamy to remove the ad, while President Donald Trump defended it.
"Because compassion and decency still matter," Acton said.
{{#rendered}}Former President Barack Obama will appear at a Cleveland, Ohio rally Saturday afternoon to lend support to Ohio's Democratic candidate for Governor, Amy Action, and former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is running again to unseat incumbent Sen. Jon Husted.
Obama teased the appearance in a Saturday post on X, writing "Ohio! I’m heading to Cleveland for a rally to support Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown. Make sure you have a plan to vote."
A recent Fox News survey of likely Ohio voters gave Brown the edge over Husted, with 52% of respondents favoring the Democrat compared to 47% for Husted.
Acton also held a lead over her opponent, one-time Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. 50% of respondents favored Acton, the former director of Ohio's Department of Public Health. 48% of respondents favored Ramaswamy.
Obama is also slated to appear alongside Michigan's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, Michigan later in the day.
A New Yorker shouted, “The mayor just cut me!” as Zohran Mamdani appeared to bypass him in line at an early voting site Saturday morning, sparking a tense exchange with the mayor’s bodyguard.
Video shows the man waiting in line before Mamdani, flanked by a bodyguard, walks in front of him on his way to a voting booth.
"Why's he gotta cut me?" the man loudly complained.
While Mamdani votes, his bodyguard stands next to the seemingly bypassed voter, who continues to complain.
"The mayor just cut me, you saw it," he said to the bodyguard.
"He cut me, you all saw it," the man said as he turned to a crowd of other waiting voters.
Mamdani appeared to brush off the incident while speaking to reporters afterward.
"I voted early. I was only called a communist once. I got in and out," Mamdani joked to reporters.
"Did you cut him though? That was the question," a reporter asked.
Mamdani, laughing, responded "he wanted to wait for ... there were two open, he wanted this one," before an aide quickly ended the question and answer session.
Iowa's Republican Senate candidate Rep. Ashley Hinson , R-Iowa, contrasted hard working Iowans' working habits with her Democratic opponent Josh Turek's attendance record as a state legislator during a Saturday campaign event.
"Only 42% of the time was Josh Turek actually showing up to vote at the state House this year... What happens if you only show up to work two out of every five days? You're not getting a promotion. You're getting fired," she told the crowd.
Voters in her state who came to the event and spoke to Fox News highlighted the contrast, explaining how hard they work.
"I work two jobs to make sure that I stay afloat — always have done that my whole life. But a lot of people are struggling with that... The cost increases, they've got to do something else to supplement their income nowadays," Jason Everest, a casino worker, told Fox News.
{{#rendered}}Republican leaders rallied conservative voters in Texas on Saturday, warning that the state's high-stakes U.S. Senate race serves as the ultimate national firewall against a far-left takeover in Washington.
Speaking alongside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz laid out the stark stakes facing the nation.
"I have never been more concerned. I've never been more frightened by an election in Texas and an election nationally," Cruz said, arguing the political realignment across the aisle has shifted the fundamental debate in American politics.
"This is no longer a battle between left and right. This is not a battle between liberal and conservative. This is a battle between sane and crazy," Cruz said.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., added that if President Donald Trump "doesn't get Ken Paxton, he probably won't have a Republican majority."
"He won't be able to have conservative judges. He won't be able to protect Texas from the likes of Schumer and for that matter, Elizabeth Warren," Issa said.
Paxton also bashed his Democratic opponent, Texas State Representative James Talarico, as a radical Democrat in the fashion of New York's Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
"No matter how many commercials he runs lying about his record, James Talarico is a Democratic Socialist, just like AOC, and just like the New York mayor Mamdani," Paxton said.
"As a matter of fact, in his own words, Talarico called Mamdani a template for future American politicians. This is a guy from Texas, supposedly. Darrell, California already has two senators. They don't need a third. You all agree this guy is that," Paxton added.
Cruz warned that a Democratic-controlled Senate led by Chuck Schumer would lead to complete legislative gridlock, a halt on judicial and cabinet confirmations, and a "circus of nonstop subpoenas and investigations" targeting the administration.
"If we lose Texas, we lose America. That's what we're fighting for," Paxton said, urging voters not to wake up after the election to find "a Marxist, a guy that says we need to dismantle capitalism as our U.S. senator from Texas."
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani bashed Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday while speaking to reporters outside of the early voting site at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"I think if they want to see an example of undermining the law, they should look at the actions of ICE ," Mamdani said when asked to respond to criticisms about a video in which he instructed New Yorkers in Spanish to resist ICE operations.
"New Yorkers across the five boroughs have been horrified by those actions, which included opening fire on a moving vehicle during broad daylight, striking not only Oscar Belgal, but also putting a five-yea- old child in danger at the same time," Mamdani added.
Belgal, according to ICE spokesman Marcos Charles, was a gang-affiliated subject of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) inquiry.
"Mr. Belgal has evaded law enforcement before when we attempted to arrest him in September. Mr. Belgal has charges in New York for robbery, grand larceny, theft armed with a deadly weapon, forcible theft, grand larceny in the fourth [degree], and property taken from a person, Class E felony; on April 5, 2025, he was sentenced to five years of probation for that," Chalres told reporters in early October.
Charles, the Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), also revealed that during ICE's attempted enforcement action on Belgal, he smashed his vehicle into two ICE vehicles.
Belgal "then weaponized his vehicle and proceeded to accelerate going towards other officers," Charles said.
"Our officers, using their training and believing that their life and the life of their partners and the general public were in danger, used their training and fired weapons," Charles added.
During Mamdani's brief remarks to the press Saturday, the Democratic Socialist also revealed that he voted for incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who faces Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman as her Republican opponent for the gubernatorial seat in Albany.
President Donald Trump reduced a series of agricultural tariffs on Canada after Sen. Susan Collins, Maine, lobbied administration officials for farmer relief.
The Trump administration proclaimed in a Friday executive order that a subsection of goods would no longer be subject to the 50% ad valorem tariff the U.S. imposed on Canada in July.
Collins touted Trump's decision in a Friday press release, revealing that she had been in communication with administration officials, including U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
The tariff exemptions apply to seaweed, blueberries, potato, apples and other goods, Collins wrote in a news release.
The exemptions will also apply to a swath of packaging goods including plywood sheets, plastic and paper films, foil and other items.
"These producers are a vital part of our state’s economy and support our rural and coastal communities. Many of our farmers and growers rely on specialized equipment, packaging materials, and other products from Canada that are either unavailable from American suppliers or cannot be replaced without incurring significant expense,” Collins wrote.
“In my repeated conversations with Ambassador Greer, Secretary Lutnick, and other senior Administration officials, I have asked for tariff relief for these important products and stressed the burdens additional costs impose on Maine businesses and families. I will continue working directly with Administration officials to seek additional relief from tariffs and encourage a broader trade agreement with Canada, our neighbor, ally and largest trading partner," Collins concluded.
An October Fox News poll shows Collins in a dead heat with her Democratic opponent Troy Jackson, with each candidate receiving 49% of polled voters' preference.
{{#rendered}}Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, bashed his Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed as "the most anti-American" candidate in the U.S. during a campaign stop Saturday morning.
"This is the most radical, extreme, anti-American, anti-business candidate in the United States, running for the United States Senate," Rogers told a crowd of hundreds gathered in Michigan's capital of Lansing.
"This is a Democrat Socialist aligned candidate who has also a little side sauce of Muslim Brotherhood.," Rogers added.
A Sept. 30 Fox News poll showed El-Sayed holding a slim lead over Rogers with 50% of voters favoring the Democratic candidate compared to 49% for Rogers.
President Donald Trump is in Georgia to rally for Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., and Rick Jackson, who is running for governor, Trump announced on Truth Social.
"I will be doing a BIG RALLY today in the Great State of Georgia, in honor of Mike Collins, one of the hardest working and most respected Congressmen in D.C., and the phenomenal Rick Jackson, who will hopefully be Georgia’s next Governor. They are two incredible people!" Trump wrote in a Saturday post.
"Their opponents are Radical Left Lowlifes and Lunatics who want to Take Away Your Guns, Open Your Borders, Allow Men To Play In Women’s Sports, and have Transgender nonsense for everyone. I Won Georgia in a Record Vote. See you later!!! President DJT," Trump concluded.
Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed accused Republican rival Mike Rogers of questioning his loyalty to the United States during a heated Fox News interview Friday, while Rogers doubled down on allegations that his opponent has embraced the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The candidates both spoke separately with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier on "Special Report" in Detroit, 11 days before the Nov. 3 election.
Baier pressed El-Sayed about a 2012 statement involving former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who was affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
"No, no, no, let me just stop there," El-Sayed interrupted. "You are asking this question to raise a question about whether or not I have dual loyalties."
Baier explained he was asking about allegations raised by Rogers' campaign.
"I will be loyal to the Constitution of the United States," El-Sayed said.
"Don't be Rogers' campaign," he continued.
"I'm asking a question," Baier replied.
"Be a journalist," El-Sayed shot back.
"I am," Baier responded.
El-Sayed accused Rogers of making his Muslim faith a campaign issue, calling the suggestion "sad" and "beneath him."
This is an excerpt from an article by Jasmine Baehr.
{{#rendered}}Texas Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico drew a large crowd during a late-night campaign stop at the popular Texas burger chain Whataburger on Friday.
A video posted to his X account early Saturday shows the Texas state representative wading through throngs of young people and taking selfies with students at the burger joint near the University of Texas at Austin.
"Thank you for being here. I'm honored you came. It means so much," he told supporters.
Talarico posted the video to his X account with the caption "Clear eyes, full hearts, spicy ketchup."
In the video, Talarico remarked on how the restaurant was famous for their patty melt, despite the fact that he's been accused of being a vegan.
"Oh, of course it's better than In-N-Out," he said.
President Donald Trump has previously pointed to Talarico's alleged dietary choices as an impediment to him winning over Texas voters.
"You can’t get elected as a vegan in Texas," Trump said about Talarico in May.
Talarico has repeatedly denied being vegan, posting a slew of photos showing himself eating barbecue.
After a prolonged absence from campaigning earlier in October, which his campaign said was due to illness, Talarico has returned to the campaign trail in full force, supplementing major campaign events with stops on college campuses in what his campaign is calling the "Clear Eyes Full Hearts Tour."
A Wednesday Fox News survey has Talarico in a virtual tie with his opponent, Texas' Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, with 49% of likely Texas voters indicating they'd vote for either candidate ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election.
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson is expected to attend a rally with President Donald Trump on Saturday after initially planning to skip the event.
Jackson had originally planned to campaign only alongside Gov. Brian Kemp but now intends to attend both events, his campaign announced, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Jackson’s campaign previously described its decision to skip Trump’s rally as a strategic "force multiplier" intended to energize voters, the outlet reported.
This is a repost from Friday's midterm elections blog from Fox News Digital.
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