NewzPresident Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail Thursday in heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month’s midterm elections. He could have his work cut out for him: Just 26% of U.S. adults approve of his handling of the economy overall, marking a new low, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.Trump’s travel to Texas, followed by Oklahoma, kicks off what the president said will be a 32-day campaign blitz leading up to Nov.
Republicans in Texas are spending heavily to try to bolster state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a competitive Senate race against Democratic state Rep. In Oklahoma, Trump will campaign with Republican Mike Mazzei, who is running against Democratic state House Minority Leader Cyndi Munson in the race for governor.Trump’s immigration policies, meanwhile, are finding renewed attention in the Supreme Court, which agreed Thursday to review his administration’s denial of bond hearings for immigrants during its sweeping crackdown. The justices will consider whether immigrants who have been living in the U.S.
have a right to a hearing to determine if they should remain detained while challenging their possible deportation.The Latest:Hearing in White House media ban case set for Oct. 8A federal judge who temporarily blocked the White House from banning three news outlets has scheduled a hearing next week for arguments on whether to extend the order while the case plays out.In September, Trump abruptly banished CNN, MS NOW and Politico. CNN has also been removed twice in the last week as the network television outlet in the White House press pool.
In solidarity, no other network television outlet filled the vacancy.Last week, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a two-week temporary restraining order on Trump’s ban on the three organizations, which ordered their access restored. 8, which is when the hearing is scheduled.Trump touches down in TexasThe president landed in Texas ahead of his visit to cut the ribbon on a new truck factory in Denton.Trump spoke briefly to reporters, flanked by Republican Sen.
Ted Cruz and Republican members of Congress from the state.Asked about predictions that Republicans could lose control of Congress after November, Trump said his administration needed to better tout its a… President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail on Thursday in heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month’s midterm elections. He added that pollsters “didn’t know I was going to go campaigning all over the country, and I am.”Trump has promised to travel to battleground states.
But, so far, he’s concentrated on deeply red areas. After Texas, Trump was heading to Oklahoma later Thursday and planned to hit solidly Republican Alabama.“I’m really doing it to say thank you,” Trump said of support for him in GOP-controlled areas.Democrats want to penalize the White House for using taxpayer funds on Trump’s adsThe bill proposed by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington would reduce funding for the White House’s Office of Management and Budget by $20 million every time the administration violates a longstanding law that prevents the …
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