US President Trump canceled weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas, opting instead to support Republican candidates with telerallies that his party said could reach more voters in nearly two dozen states in the final days before the midterm elections
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US President Trump canceled weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas, opting instead to support Republican candidates with telerallies that his party said could reach more voters in nearly two dozen states in the final days before the midterm elections. Campaign logistics of this kind are scheduling news rather than policy news, and the historical pattern is that the format of a president's closing argument moves nothing beyond the news cycle; what has mattered for rates and the dollar in past midterm episodes is the seat outcome itself and the fiscal and legislative gridlock read that follows from it, with split control historically associated with a stasis premium rather than any directional repricing. The telerally substitution is a resource-allocation tell: parties have tended to shift to broad-reach formats when travel time, not message, is the binding constraint in the final stretch, and the states named are consistent with defending competitive Senate and House terrain rather than expanding the map. The distinction worth drawing is between this kind of mechanics headline and anything touching turnout operations or legal challenges to results, since only the latter category has historically carried a volatility tail. Worth watching are the late polling drift in the contested states, any shift in the president's own messaging toward the economy, and the standard election-night sequence: House calls first, Senate later, with the curve and the dollar responding to the gridlock arithmetic rather than to campaign scheduling. 28 Oct, 12:17 UK PM Burnham declines to rule out another Brexit referendum at PMQs 28 Oct, 11:58 Announcement UK Chancellor Healey will freeze NHS prescription charges at GBP 9.90 for another year may have been removed from the budget in a late night scramble, reports The Telegraph 26 Oct, 07:21 UK PM Burnham rules out an early election; says, "I don’t think people want another backward looking squabble. They want me to get on with the job", The Times reports 22 Oct, 22:09 Datafolha poll shows Bolsonaro is seen with 47% of votes vs President Lula at 46% in the Brazil presidential runoff 19 Oct, 14:39 RN's Marine Le Pen would win the first round of the French election, Cluster 17 poll shows; Philippe and Melenchon would tie for 2nd place Romanian naval authority says crew evacuated from a commercial ship which caught fire in Romanian territorial waters; unclear whether ship was hit by drones, an investigation is pending Oct 14 Denmark Foreign Ministry says if US wishes to explore Greenlandic subsoil for oil, gas and minerals, this must take place within the framework of the relevant Greenlandic legislation Oct 14 RN's Le Pen says she believes that France is not in a position to finance Ukraine Oct 14 UK Chancellor Healey is reportedly making plans to cut the cost of hiring under-25-year-olds at the UK Budget, City AM reports citing sources Oct 14 Italian PM Meloni says tax breaks for software investment will be included in the 2027 budget Oct 12 Eurogroup Chief Pierrakakis says EU approves Greece's energy escape clause request Oct 09 US President Trump touts yesterday's stock market performance Oct 07 US President Trump says pretend I'm running in this election and if we don't win, they will end up impeaching me Oct 02 Brazil Senator Flavio Bolsonaro says he will not attend TV Globo debate with presidential hopefuls Oct 01 UK Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work, the Guardian reports Oct 01 US President Trump says he had fruitful discussions with Chinese President Xi about political prisoners Sep 30 US President Trump says regarding FlyDubai plane incident that he spoke to Israeli PM Netanyahu at length about the security incident and that the co-pilot in the Israel flight incident was perhaps a terrorist Sep 30 US Senate Democrats block bill setting new cnsntraints on congress members trading stocks, saying it is too weak Sep 30 EU-wide digital levy could raise up to EUR 25.2bln annually for the bloc’s next long-term budget, according to European Parliament estimates cited by an MEP Sep 29 Polish Finance Minister Domanski sees a risk of debt exceeding 55% of GDP in 2028 Sep 29
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