Trump and Obama both campaign for their parties in final week before midterms
President Trump and former President Barack Obama campaigned and traded criticism on Wednesday, less than a week before midterm elections that could change control of Congress.
President Donald Trump, a Republican, and former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, each campaigned on Wednesday and criticized the other. Neither is on the ballot. Voting in the midterms is next Tuesday.
Thirty-five of the 100 Senate seats and all 435 House seats are up. France 24 reports that nonpartisan analysts generally favor Democrats to win a House majority. It says the Senate race looks very close.
The Guardian reports that Trump held rallies for Republican candidates. It quotes Obama as saying "these are not serious people." It also says a heckler interrupted Trump's speech in Ohio with a shout about Jeffrey Epstein, and that Trump responded by saying he had thrown Epstein out of a club.
The Guardian also reports that a federal judge refused a Justice Department request to order California election officials to set aside ballots from people the Trump administration says are non-citizens.
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- The GuardianTrump and Obama trade barbs on campaign trail in final days before midterm election – US politics liveThu, Oct 29, 6:52 AM EDT
- France 24Trump and Obama trade barbs in closing week of US midterm electionThu, Oct 29, 10:48 AM EDT
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