Texas Senate candidates are gathering in dueling events just miles apart. There is no clear winner in the Israeli elections, but Netanyahu appears far from defeated. And a new report from the CDC warns of the growing threat of drug-resistant germs.
Here’s what you need to know today.
James Talarico takes on Trump in dueling Texas rallies
In the red city of Lubbock, Texas, people waited hours in lines that stretched for blocks to see Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Less than three miles away, a similar scene played out for President Donald Trump, as he sought to bolster Republican Senate candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Yesterday’s rallies in the city, which has a population of fewer than 300,000, underscored the high stakes of a Senate race that could see the Republican Party lose its grip on Texas.
At the Talarico rally, Democrats denounced the economy, high gas prices and the closure of rural hospitals. The Senate candidate called Paxton corrupt and sought to link him to Elon Musk, who has significant business interests in the state.
For Trump and Paxton, the stop in Lubbock was the second of the day, following an earlier rally in Corpus Christi. At the party, Trump portrayed Talarico as a Second Amendment and meat-hating extremist out of touch with ordinary Texans. Paxton leaned into Trump’s support, calling him “the greatest president of my lifetime.”
And in a potential sign that Republicans were seeking to attract more voters, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has generally had higher approval ratings than other members of the administration, was given the floor.
Here’s what happened at the rallies.
Dive deeper into the 2026 elections:
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- Track Early Vote Counts by age, gender and more.
- Find out how the candidates vote in competitive Senate races.
- What are the other big races in Texas? Find out who’s running and how Republicans and Democrats fared in past elections. Scroll to the end of the page to explore data in other states.
- Senate What if: Explore different paths to a Republican or Democratic majority in the Senate, laid out by NBC News chief data analyst Steve Kornacki and “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker. Then create your own scenarios.
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- A federal grand jury refused to charge Cassidy Hutchinsonthe former Trump White House aide became a star witness on January 6.
Israeli election has no clear winner, but Netanyahu once again appears far from defeated
When Israelis woke up on Wednesday, it seemed their future had taken another turn overnight: Results that looked like a narrow defeat for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when they went to bed now point to a narrow lead at dawn.
There is still no clear winner, and uncertainty is expected to follow the country’s first elections since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023.
Votes are still being counted and Israel’s Central Election Commission said final results would likely not be known until tomorrow. But preliminary results from this crucial contest still point to one clear outcome: Netanyahu suffered significant losses, but he didn’t really lose.
Yet Israeli public opinion has dealt Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister for nearly 20 of the past 30 years, a notable electoral setback.
With more than 84 percent of votes counted, Netanyahu’s coalition, the most right-wing in Israeli history, would be reduced from 64 members to just 54, short of the 61-seat threshold needed to form a government.
He appears to have gained a slight advantage over the bloc led by his main rival, former military chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, contrary to initial projections in Tuesday night’s exit polls.
Each leader claimed to have received a mandate from voters, but did not claim victory.
Learn more about what could happen next.
Interest rates expected to remain stable before midterms
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The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged today despite rising inflation. With less than a week until Election Day, economic experts expect the Fed to maintain its tradition of staying out of politics, especially as rising prices are expected to play a key role in polls.
The Fed last month raised rates by a quarter of a percentage point. Inflation figures for September, released this month, show the annual rate rose to 3.7% from 3.4% the previous month, which some experts say is reason enough to raise rates. But senior officials also say the central bank should not rush into its interest rate decisions.
Why some economists think the Fed should still act.
CDC warns of growing threat of drug-resistant germs
A new report from the CDC highlights what the agency calls one of the nation’s most pressing public health threats: infections resistant to existing treatments, which kill more than 50,000 people each year in the United States.
The new report – the first comprehensive assessment of these pathogens in seven years – estimates that 19 drug-resistant germs cause 9.7 million infections per year in the United States. Of these, four were classified as the most concerning, including the bacteria that causes gonorrhea, which has become resistant to all but one class of antibiotics used to treat it.
Learn more about the evolving threat.
More news from the CDC:
- Dr. Jennifer Shuford, deputy director and chief medical officer of the agency, resigned less than five months into his mandate.
Staff choice: Detainees at California ICE center say they’re losing hope
The Adelanto ICE processing plant is located in a remote part of the Mojave Desert, and getting there from any direction can take hours. Its remoteness explains why some of the 1,800 detainees report feeling isolated and forgotten.
I recently took a four-hour round trip from Los Angeles with a social media influencer who visits me regularly to highlight the stories of inmates.
During visiting hours, we met a man who offered a first-hand account of what life was like inside. He spoke of some physical difficulties, but especially his mental health problems. Being held in a facility so far from legal representation and loved ones, he said, made him feel alone and forgotten.
As we spoke, I looked around the large room containing a dozen other visitors and couldn’t help but wonder how far each of them had traveled – and the cumulative time, energy and money it took for them to be there. — Aarne Heikkilasenior investigative producer
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