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Latest News · CBS News · November 2, 2026

Trump to speak at D.C. Reflecting Pool as campaign nears finish line

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Michigan's Senate contest tightened into a bitter fight after Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, who lost the primary to Abdul El-Sayed, threw her support to Republican nominee Mike Rogers on Sunday. El-Sayed's campaign says it took in more than $2.4 million that same day, the best single day it has had. Chuck Schumer condemned the move as "despicable," and Nancy Pelosi accused Stevens of abandoning Michigan families. El-Sayed told reporters he does not dwell on Stevens and cares more about gas and grocery prices, according to CBS News.

In a CNN interview, Stevens did not explain directly why she reversed course, even though she had reportedly told Rep. Debbie Dingell the night before that she would not back Rogers. She pointed to El-Sayed's ties to streamer Hasan Piker and to a Rebellion PAC ad linking Gaza to household costs. El-Sayed says his campaign had no role in that ad.

Elsewhere on the eve of Election Day, President Trump scheduled a Monday afternoon appearance at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a site whose blue resurfacing went badly this year. Vice President JD Vance rallied in northern New York for Anthony Constantino, and Ken Paxton's campaign dropped a planned Alamo stop in Texas without comment.

Summarized by PolitiKool from CBS News’s reporting. Read the full story at CBS News →