{"id":80763,"date":"2026-11-01T09:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/trump-to-appear-at-rallies-in-battlegrounds-iowa-and-kansas-two-days-before-midterms-live\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T09:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:55:54","slug":"trump-to-appear-at-rallies-in-battlegrounds-iowa-and-kansas-two-days-before-midterms-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/trump-to-appear-at-rallies-in-battlegrounds-iowa-and-kansas-two-days-before-midterms-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to appear at rallies in battlegrounds Iowa and Kansas two days before midterms \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He had originally canceled the in-person appearances in favor of tele-rallies, only to reverse course<\/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>It could have been an awkward moment. Barack Obama, campaigning for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, acknowledged that his fellow Democrat has criticised some aspects of the Obama presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, Abdul didn\u2019t agree with some things we wanted to do \u2013 that our administration was doing \u2013 when I was president,\u201d he told a rally in Detroit. \u201cYou know who else doesn\u2019t agree with everything I do? Michelle Obama.\u201d The crowd erupted in laughter. \u201cI\u2019d say about five times a day, she says, \u2018You knucklehead. Why you do that?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdul El-Sayed<\/strong>, the Democratic nominee for Michigan\u2019s tightly fought Senate race, wants Democratic congresswoman <strong>Haley Stevens<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/31\/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-disinvited-from-events\">stay away<\/a> from his campaign events. The two had planned to appear together Sunday at a church service in Detroit, but Representative Debbie Dingell later told CNN she had spoken to Stevens and told her, \u201cThis isn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A US judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/31\/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-wall-street-journal-epstein\">dismissed<\/a> Trump\u2019s lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal with prejudice on Saturday, according to a court filing, bringing an end to his legal challenge over the newspaper\u2019s reporting on his alleged birthday letter to <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/nov\/01\/trump-midterm-rallies-iowa-kansas\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He had originally canceled the in-person appearances in favor of tele-rallies, only to reverse course Sign up for the Breaking News US email It could have been an awkward moment. 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