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Mara Liasson
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Donald Trump's approval rating is under 40%, which NPR's Mara Liasson says hurts Republicans heading into the midterm elections.
Donald Trump's approval rating is below 40%, which historically hurts the incumbent party in midterm elections.
Democrats need to pick up 3 House seats and flip 4 Senate seats to take control of both chambers in the midterm elections.
Republicans have raised significantly more campaign money than Democrats heading into the midterms, giving them a financial structural advantage.
Trump initiated an unprecedented wave of mid-cycle partisan redistricting that created more Republican-leaning House districts and reduced competitive seats.
Susan Collins is the only Republican Senate incumbent running this cycle in a state that voted for Kamala Harris, making Maine a key race Democrats must win.
Three people were shot and killed at the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday evening, with four more injured including a 2-year-old. Police arrested one suspect at the scene and are hunting a second; two guns were recovered and investigators are relying on public video because there were no surveillance cameras at the site.
Festival attendee Jessica Allison described hiding with her family under a performance stage as gunshots rang out. Carnival workers helped adults and children vault fences to escape; she said her heart was still racing afterward.
Washington's governor, a congresswoman, and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson all arrived at the scene Sunday night. Police are now appealing for public video because no surveillance cameras covered the area where the shooting happened.
After nearly two weeks of U.S. strikes on Iranian military infrastructure and Iranian counterstrikes on U.S. bases in Jordan and Gulf countries, both sides went quiet over the weekend. Ambassador Mike Waltz said Trump is 'giving talks some space,' but Iran insists it is not in formal negotiations.
Yemeni Houthi rebels closed the Bab el-Mandeb shipping lane near the Red Sea, joining the Strait of Hormuz blockade and pushing oil prices to a 2-month high above $100 a barrel before dropping to $92. Iran is also demanding a Lebanon ceasefire as a condition for any deal with the U.S.
Iran has reiterated that any real ceasefire with the United States requires a simultaneous ceasefire in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israel has pledged to withdraw from some test areas but the process is moving extremely slowly.
Netanyahu flies to Washington as his critics accuse him of fracturing Israel's relationship with the U.S. and failing to block a U.S. nuclear energy deal with Saudi Arabia. Trump has also pressured Israel to pull back from Lebanon and criticized continued strikes there.
Festival-goer Jessica Allison thought the gunshots were fireworks before realizing bullets were spraying the crowd. Her husband grabbed their daughter and ran — a visceral firsthand account of the shooting's chaos.
Three people were killed and four injured in a mass shooting near Seattle's Space Needle at a crowded food festival. A 2-year-old was among the victims, and at least one suspect was taken into custody.
With fewer than 100 days until the November 3rd midterms, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries launched 'Fighting for an Affordable America' in Pennsylvania. Democrats need 3 House seats and 4 Senate flips — and Trump's sub-40% approval gives them a real shot.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge opens between Detroit and Windsor 8 years after groundbreaking, but U.S. officials were disinvited from the ribbon-cutting after Trump's 50% tariffs on Canada. The new span ends the Ambassador Bridge's near-century monopoly on commercial truck traffic.
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