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Midterm campaigns are asking, where's the beef? And how much does it cost?

In the midterm elections, meat has become a surprising political battleground. Democrats and Republicans are clashing over who supports meat consumption more. In Mississippi, Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom criticized Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for her comments on high beef prices. A video shows a man grilling burgers, saying he'd rather…

Sources (2)+1 copy· Oct 15, 4:12 AM to Oct 15, 7:41 AM

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Karl Rove tears apart Trump’s ‘troubling’ week as ‘things went south’ for GOPA veteran Republican strategist who built two winning presidential campaigns warned the GOP is stumbling into the final stretch before the midterms . Karl Rove , a former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, wrote in a Wednesday op-ed for The Wall Street Journal that President Donald Trump's messaging over the past week…
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Trump voters scold president to start ‘taking care of the people in your country’: NYTSome voters who sent President Donald Trump back to the White House have a pointed message for him ahead of the midterms . Grocery shoppers who backed Trump in 2024 told The New York Times for a Wednesday report that rising prices have left several of them frustrated, with a retired nurse in Maine telling the president, "you should be taking care of the…
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'Who's laughing now?' Analyst sees GOP 'bottom' falling out as MAGA seats up for grabsRepublicans accustomed to safe seats are suddenly campaigning hard, and Democrats are chasing House districts that weren’t on their radar when the cycle began, Axios reported on Wednesday. Members like Reps. John McGuire (R-VA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) weren’t seen as at risk at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. Candidates in these…
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Trump admin just revealed the best evidence GOP is ‘probably in for a drubbing’: analysisPresident Donald Trump’s economic agenda is coming back to bite him as voters face rising prices and paychecks that aren’t keeping up, according to a new Slate analysis . Politics writer Ian Prasad Philbrick argued Wednesday that booming stocks and relatively low unemployment offer little comfort to Americans more concerned about affording groceries,…
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Sensitive Skin: Ossoff Quietly Rebrands $1,700 Payment to Hollywood Makeup Artist as 'Event Production'Jon Ossoff's makeup tab continues to mount heading into the midterms. The Democratic senator from Georgia paid his favorite Hollywood makeup artist $1,749 in July, according to his latest campaign financial disclosure. Ossoff has now paid Atlanta-based freelancer Stephanie Ponder, whose film credits include The Notebook and The Hunger Games, more than…
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Surge in ICE raids is aimed at discouraging voter turnout, immigration advocates say - Fri, 16 Oct 2026 PSTLOS ANGELES — Amid reports of a surge in federal immigration raids, Los Angeles leaders and immigration advocates said Friday that the efforts appear aimed at discouraging turnout in the midterm elections, and urged voters not to be intimidated. "The timing of these actions, just weeks before the midterm elections, is no accident," said Jeannette…
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