Trump Rallies in Iowa and Kansas as Midterms Near With House and Senate Control at Stake

President Donald Trump held rallies in Dubuque, Iowa, and Salina, Kansas, in the final days of a turbulent midterm campaign, as Republicans work to keep control of the U.S. House and Senate. Both states are ones he has handily won before. Americans vote in two days to decide control of both chambers for the next two years, with Republicans defending slim majorities.

Trump has predicted the GOP will hold both chambers. On the campaign trail last week he pledged that a Republican House and Senate would keep putting America first, and he claimed that if Democrats take control, the country will go to hell. Republicans face political history, since the party in power has traditionally lost seats in midterm years. The party also faces persistent inflation, which is tied in part to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran, and Trump's increasingly negative approval ratings. Governorships in 36 of 50 states are also on the ballot, as are legislative seats in all but four states and 145 statewide ballot measures. Democrats have begun to fracture in Michigan, which risks their effort to retake the Senate.

Fox News, on the right, frames the story as a voter's guide. It covers House and Senate control, ballot measures and poll closing times. It leads with Trump's pledge and warning, then sets out the historical and economic headwinds facing Republicans. It also points to a controversy over Troy Jackson's business dealings, shifting prediction markets and a discussion of Democrats' messaging problems with commentator Mary Katharine Ham. The Associated Press, in the alternative group, centers on Trump's travel and rallies, and highlights Democratic divisions in Michigan, which Fox's excerpt does not mention. Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while the right-leaning and alternative outlets had.