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Trump ratchets up the chaos in an October barrage
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President Trump is carrying his insatiable appetite for controversy into the most unforgiving stretch of the electoral calendar, fortified by a decade of political survival.
Key facts
- An ambassador's downfall: Trump forced Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was engaged to his son for four years until 2024, to resign as ambassador to Greece after reports that she solicited $100,000
- A Fox News poll released Wednesday put Trump's approval at 36%, his lowest in either presidency, including a devastating 22% for his handling of inflation
- DOJ intervention in the midterms: With voting already underway, the Justice Department sued California to block 20,000 ballots from suspected noncitizens, the latest escalation in a sweeping campaign
- He then directed his MAGA Inc. super PAC to finance future spots, drawing a separate complaint alleging violations of campaign-finance law
Summary
Late Friday night, Trump waived sweeping new Russia sanctions under a bipartisan law named for the late Sen. Taxpayer-funded political ads: Trump spent millions in taxpayer dollars on campaign-style ads promoting his presidency, until a federal judge ordered them halted. Federal crackdown on the press: The Justice Department launched an antitrust investigation into ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC after the networks suspended White House pool coverage to protest Trump's ban on three news organizations.$5,000 election promise: Trump pledged to send every adult American a $5,000 check if Republicans retain control of Congress, explicitly tying more than $1 trillion in proposed federal payments to the outcome of the midterms.