Every election has its holdouts who predict polling and conventional wisdom leading up to the big vote is way off. This year, the optimism caucus has to work overtime for Democrats. With less than a week to go until Election Day, most Democrats are bracing for potentially huge defeats — including losing one or both chambers of Congress — but some in the party aren't willing to concede anything just yet. "I don't believe the GOP is headed for any kind of a wave," said Angelo Cocchiaro, a Democratic Party activist based in Virginia. "The polls show tight races nationwide. I'm expecting Dems [to] pick up a few seats in the Senate, and in the House," he added. "A historically close result." What if, some Democrats are whispering, liberals are right about abortion rights being vastly underrepresented as a motivating factor for voters? What if the drop in gas prices goes a long way in swing states? What if there's record-setting turnout? What if Democrats' warnings about the fragility of democracy work in their favor? And what if, as President Biden preached from the Democratic National Committee last week, the polls he described as "all over the place" offer a surprise ending: "one more shift: Democrats ahead." Read more from The Hill's Hanna Trudo here. |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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🏥 Paul Pelosi released from hospital |
Paul Pelosi, the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), has been released from the hospital, less than a week after police say a man broke into the couple's San Francisco home and struck him over the head with a hammer, a source confirmed to The Hill. |
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😱 Blood moon lunar eclipse to rise on Election Day
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An ominous blood moon lunar eclipse will hang in the sky as ballots are set to be tallied for the Nov. 8 general election.
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🗣️ Trump: 'They ought to impeach Mitch McConnell' if debt ceiling lifted |
Former President Trump says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
(R-Ky.) should be impeached if he backs a plan for the debt ceiling to be eliminated over fears that House Republicans could cause the U.S. to default on the nation's credit. |
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🎓 Biden: 16M student debt relief applicants to be approved this week
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President Biden says 16 million Americans who applied for the student loan debt program will be approved by the end of the week, the last step before they begin receiving forgiveness checks.
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🤝 Conway: Trump, Pence had 'nasty divorce' but need to 'co-parent' |
Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence need to "co-parent" the Republican party after their "nasty divorce." |
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🇺🇦 Coons, Portman visit Ukraine to show 'broad support' in Congress
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A pair of senators traveled to Kyiv this week and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reinforcing bipartisan support ahead of midterm elections amid concern that both Republicans and Democrats are fracturing over American support to Ukraine. |
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💰 Fed Data suggests there was no recession in September
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The probability that the U.S. was in a recession in September is close to zero percent, the St. Louis Federal Reserve reported this week, despite widely reported fears of a recession in that month and public opinion polling showing that many Americans thought a recession had already begun.
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🏀 Griner meets with US Embassy officials while imprisoned in Russia
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Brittney Griner, the women's basketball star who has been detained for months in Russia, got to meet this week with officials from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, the Biden administration confirmed. |
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🇮🇱 Five ways Netanyahu's return could shake up Israel and the world
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to return to power after teaming up with far-right parties to win this week's elections.
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⛹️ Kyrie Irving says he takes 'responsibility' for anti-Semitic tweet |
Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving says he takes "full responsibility" for the "negative impact" of a tweet he posted with a link to an antisemitic film. |
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The chaos election: The 2022 election is actually about 2024
| "With Republicans likely controlling the House and Senate by [2024], which party will win the political struggle for the White House?" writes former corporate strategy consultant Grady Means. |
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