Live updates: Trump to rally for Ashley Hinson and other GOP candidates in Iowa

Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany sparred last night in their sole debate in Wisconsin’s race for governor, sniping at each other on affordability, Trump, abortion and the 2020 election.

The debate most prominently focused on economic issues, with each candidate taking aim at the other over whose policies would best bring down prices.  Bloomberg via Getty; Getty

Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, and Tiffany, a member of Congress representing a northern Wisconsin district, are in a close race to succeed retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers — the first open governor’s race in the state since 2010.

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The vice president will hold a rally today in Nebraska, where Democrats are eyeing a potential opportunity to swipe a Senate seat from Republicans.

Republican incumbent Pete Ricketts is running against independent Dan Osborn in the race, which Democrat Cindy Burbank dropped out of this summer.

Nebraska voted for Trump in 2024 by a more than 20-percentage-point margin. Still, Democrats are hoping that an independent could resonate enough with Nebraska voters to cut a Republican seat.

Earlier this month, Trump held a rally in the state, which has already begun early voting and is mailing out absentee ballots.

The vice president traveled to Ohio yesterday for a midterm rally. Both Trump and Vance have blitzed across the country in the final stretch before Election Day.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., yesterday described in detail for the first time the early-morning search of her home last week by federal agents, revealing in the process that she can no longer live there because of safety concerns.

In an interview with MS NOW, Omar said she and her husband were initially startled and confused by the arrival of agents with Homeland Security Investigations, who began banging on their doors and yelling at 6 a.m. Oct. 12.

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Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton went head to head in a contentious debate last night as polls show a toss-up in ruby-red Kansas with less than two weeks until Election Day.

At the opening of the forum, both candidates faced questions about controversies weighing down their campaigns.  USA Today Network via Reuters

Marshall and Hamilton traded criticism and attacks over the Iran war, immigration enforcement, healthcare and tariff policy, as well as other controversies that have popped up during their unexpected battleground campaign.

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The second Michigan Senate debate last night featured several heated clashes between Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers, though it was far tamer than an explosive first meeting this month.

The debate took place in Detroit less than two weeks before Election Day in the bitterly contested battle for an open Senate seat. Polls show a neck-and-neck contest to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat.

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Trump will hold a midterm rally in Sioux City, Iowa, today with Rep. Ashely Hinson as he tries to boost Republican candidates in the final weeks before Election Day.

In the Senate race, Hinson is facing Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek in what NBC News has classified as a toss-up.

Like other GOP candidates grappling with the president's low approval ratings, Hinson sought to emphasize her independence from Trump in an interview yesterday with NBC News, saying she has "always worked with both sides to get things done for Iowa."

Hinson did not appear at a September rally featuring Vice President JD Vance.