Don Leonard, who flipped a Trump-won Ohio seat, says senior House Democrats pressed him to back Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. Party leaders deny knowing who he means, and Jeffries is the only announced candidate.
The Commerce Department says growth beat forecasts, the last big economic report before Tuesday's midterms. Prices are still rising well above the Fed's target, so the number may not change how many voters feel.
At a Mississippi rally eight days before the midterms, President Trump said Iran started the war with the United States. His own words from February, and from June 2025, tell a different story while gas prices remain far above where they were before the war.