{"id":80678,"date":"2026-10-30T06:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/trump-cancels-rallies-in-iowa-and-kansas-in-shift-of-republican-strategy-live\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T06:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:55:15","slug":"trump-cancels-rallies-in-iowa-and-kansas-in-shift-of-republican-strategy-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/trump-cancels-rallies-in-iowa-and-kansas-in-shift-of-republican-strategy-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cancels rallies in Iowa and Kansas in shift of Republican strategy \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The president had been on a campaign blitz in key Republican strongholds but will instead opt for tele-rallies<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Members of Congress sent a scathing letter to federal immigration officials this week demanding answers about conditions inside a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/texas\">Texas<\/a> immigration jail, as detained immigrants on a prolonged hunger strike claim officials are retaliating against them and threatening them with force-feeding.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A group of seven congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\">Democrats<\/a> sent the letter earlier this week to Markwayne Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, and David Venturella, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director, protesting about the treatment of hunger strikers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/strong>, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, confirmed on Thursday that his campaign is no longer airing <a href=\"https:\/\/platform.adimpact.com\/viewer\/1a44104b-1b74-4dbb-aaf2-a8e8db3de5d0\">an attack ad<\/a> that features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, <strong>Dr Amy Acton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> called again for Democrat <strong>Mary Peltola<\/strong> to be criminally prosecuted and disqualified from the Alaska Senate race for her campaign allegedly recruiting a man named <strong>Dan Sullivan<\/strong> to run against Republican incumbent <strong>Dan Sullivan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Senate candidate <strong>Abdul El-Sayed<\/strong> will campaign on Sunday in Detroit with <strong>Haley Stevens<\/strong>, the congresswoman he narrowly defeated to win the Democratic party\u2019s nomination in August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Hoyle<\/strong>, who achieved instant viral fame on Thursday by comparing Trump supporters to a cult in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/2J-xahh8g-w\">a live interview with Fox News<\/a> before the president\u2019s rally in South Carolina, was removed from the venue by three Secret Service agents.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/oct\/30\/trump-rally-iowa-kansas-republican-strategy-midterms-live\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president had been on a campaign blitz in key Republican strongholds but will instead opt for tele-rallies Sign up for the Breaking News US email Members of Congress sent a scathing letter to federal immigration officials this week demanding answers about conditions inside a Texas immigration jail, as detained immigrants on a prolonged hunger &#8230; 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