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MS NOW anchor Peter Alexander asked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer if there was "hidden xenophobia" in Republican attacks against Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

It's crunch time for candidates across the country with Election Day just over a week away. On Monday, President Trump campaigned in ruby-red Mississippi, a state he won by almost 23 points two years ago. Over the weekend, the battleground state of Michigan saw a political heavyweight bout between Trump and former President Obama. Liz Landers reports.

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump’s midterm barnstorming is getting uglier and more desperate. What’s happening? At a campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday, Trump launched a […]

Democrats have been emphasizing lots of issues in the runup to the 2026 midterms: The Iran war. The state of the economy and healthcare. Corruption. And…hotness. Specifically, their candidates: The internet is awash in clips of Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed pumping iron and podcasters proclaiming that “America deserves a hot president” in a video interspersed […]

We keep being told that Democrats are in incredible, tremendous shape for the midterms, and that they’re going to hammer the Republicans. So why is Barack Obama in Michigan? Why do Democrats have to call in their 65-year-old LeBron James to try to win just one more time? Barack Obama is the guy you call ...

President Trump and former President Barack Obama held dueling rallies in Michigan in the final days before the midterm election. Nancy Cordes has more.

Recent CBS News polling ahead of the midterms shows Democrats have a slight edge to take the majority in the House of Representatives. This comes as President Trump and former President Barack Obama rally in battleground states. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports, and Ravi Gupta, a former Obama administration official, breaks down the latest.

Barack Obama appeared alongside Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to praise his “big guns” in a last-ditch push to voters ahead of elections in one of the most contentious midterm races in recent years. The former president, joined by El-Sayed and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson at Cass Technical High School for a get-out-the-vote rally, ...

President Trump is making his case for Republican candidates in Michigan; he spoke at a rally in Port Huron on Sunday ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

Nicki Minaj told President Donald Trump she would support him forever at a Michigan rally backing Mike Rogers and John James in the midterms.

Candidates are in their last full week of campaigning before the midterm elections, and early voting is already underway in 43 states. The latest CBS News poll shows that most Americans do not approve of President Trump's handling of the economy or inflation. Nikole Killion reports from Port Huron, Michigan.

President Trump and former President Obama both took to Michigan this weekend to rally supporters in the key battleground state ahead of midterms. NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster reports from Michigan.

Rising costs and farm-country strain have turned Republican-leaning Midwestern states into midterm battlegrounds, CNN reported Sunday, as President Donald Trump prepared to rally in Michigan nine days before the Nov. 3 election.

President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday, stumping for Republican candidates just over a week before the midterm elections. The president is set to appear alongside rapper Nicki Minaj in support of former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, and other downballot GOP candidates. […]

With Election Day less than two weeks away, Trump rallied in Florida, Georgia and Michigan as both parties deploy top surrogates to battlegrounds.

President Donald Trump will rally Republicans in eastern Michigan on Sunday, a day after former President Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats in the state, underscoring its importance in next week's midterm elections.Michigan has one of the nation's most competitive US...

EXCLUSIVE — International rap sensation Nicki Minaj will appear alongside President Donald Trump in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday as he continues his final push to support Republican candidates ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Trump and Minaj are heading to the Wolverine State in support of former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the Republican nominee […]

Former President Barack Obama was hitting multiple campaign stops in Ohio and Michigan this weekend to speak out against the Trump administration, with midterms less than two weeks away. Nikole Killion has more.

Syracuse University’s Margaret Talev talks to a group of voters whose candidates lost primary races in Michigan and Texas. The focus groups were produced by Syracuse University and the research firms Engagious and Sago, observed by NBC News.

Some voters who backed losing candidates in two key Senate primaries this year are still wrestling with whether to support their party’s nominee on Election Day, with massive implications for who controls the Senate majority next year.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) threw Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a $1 million lifeline on Wednesday to bolster his Senate bid against Republican Mike Rogers. Sanders then started working the phones to raise more money for El-Sayed after learning that the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee was preparing to spend up to $9 million to ...

ABC News' Jay O'Brien reports on the high-stakes Senate debates in Michigan and Kansas as President Donald Trump stops in South Carolina to campaign for Republican candidates.

IS IT TOO LATE TO MOVE THE MIDTERM NEEDLE IN MICHIGAN? Six weeks ago, on Sept. 9, this newsletter asked, “Are midterm results already baked in the cake?” The answer was yes, mostly — although we don’t know what the results are. Voter attitudes, like views of President Donald Trump and the economy, are indeed […]

Candidates in two gubernatorial races, as well as Kansas's Senate candidates and Michigan Senate hopefuls, will debate on Wednesday night. President Trump, meanwhile, is campaigning Wednesday evening in Clemson, S.C., with Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.). He's expected to speak at 7 p.m. EDT. Trump on Wednesday morning praised Russia's release of American teacher Stephen Hubbard...

And the award for most misleading ad of the 2026 midterm cycle goes to….Abdul El-Sayed, for a new ad titled “Prayer” in which the Muslim Democrat candidate for Senate in Michigan leans over in what looks like your grandfather’s living room to reflect on his life of faith. El-Sayed is not happy with the president ...