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President Donald Trump has just under two weeks to help Republicans hold onto their Congressional majorities, and he's building a growing list of investment announcements and promises to voters in hopes of boosting Republican turnout in the 2026 midterm elections. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Tracking Trump’s midterm campaign pledges

Christian Datoc, Mabinty Quarshie · October 22, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the T. Ed Garrison Arena, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Pendleton, S.C.

Trump warns Democrats ‘want to burn it all down’ in South Carolina pitch

President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event for Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026.

WATCH LIVE: Trump stumps for Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina

President Donald Trump has just under two weeks to help Republicans hold onto their Congressional majorities, and he's building a growing list of investment announcements and promises to voters in hopes of boosting Republican turnout in the 2026 midterm elections. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WATCH LIVE: Trump holds a White House roundtable on cybercrime

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a midterm campaign rally at Hyder Warehouse in Hendersonville, North Carolina, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026.

Vance announces anti-fraud task force has found another $40 million in SNAP fraud

Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport.

Netflix teases instadoc on Trump secretly boarding another aircraft in Turkey

Britta Miller September 1, 2026 11:26 am

An election worker places a vote-by-mail ballot into a secure bin at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office during the Florida primary election in Doral, Florida, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026.

USPS work to adhere to Trump’s mail-in voting order is rushed and ‘sloppy’, whistleblower says

David Zimmermann September 1, 2026 9:57 am

Monday marked the second time in as many weeks that President Donald Trump declined to clear the primary field for Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, his stated preferences for the 2028 general election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump isn’t dissuading Republicans from challenging Vance or Rubio in 2028

Christian Datoc September 1, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump demands Congress pass tax incentives to fix Hollywood ‘disaster’

Emily Hallas August 31, 2026 7:55 pm

A Canadian flag flies along the waterfront of Lake Ontario, in Toronto.

Apple Maps ‘Lake America’ change could be coming ‘soon’ after Trump call: Burgum

Emily Hallas August 31, 2026 5:42 pm

A poster detailing low autism rates among Amish people in a dubious study Trump posted on Truth Social is seen, left, and Trump at a podium, right, in this collage.

Fact check: Trump claims no autism cases among unvaccinated Amish children

Gabrielle M. Etzel August 31, 2026 5:31 pm

Three USPS mail boxes in a line.

Judge denies Trump administration bid to lift temporary block on mail-ballot order

Kaelan Deese August 31, 2026 5:07 pm

President Donald Trump.

Trump tells Senate to confirm his FDA nominee before midterm elections

Christian Datoc August 31, 2026 5:06 pm

Vice President JD Vance speaks at Universal Contracting and Urban Tree Trimming, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Sterling Heights, Mich.

Vance hosts members from Michigan synagogue attack at rally after el Sayed apology

Emily Hallas August 31, 2026 5:05 pm

Construction continues on a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House.

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue White House ballroom construction

Jack Birle August 31, 2026 4:41 pm

Zoom-in on President Donald Trump looking on with a tired face.

Trump sidesteps Pete Hegseth 2028 talk: ‘It’s very early to talk about that’

Mabinty Quarshie, Christian Datoc August 31, 2026 4:36 pm

JD VANCE/USHA VANCE/EL SAYED (AP PHOTOS)

JD Vance tells Abdul el Sayed to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’

Naomi Lim August 31, 2026 4:27 pm