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Speaking from a crowded airplane hangar in ruby-red western Iowa, President Trump delivered a pitch to farmers — a key group as Republicans fight to hold on to a Senate seat.

Iowa GOP Senate candidate Ashley Hinson strongly condemned Ohio GOP governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for his ad featuring opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother.

"The Ratepayer Protection Act," aimed at preventing utility customers from absorbing the costs of data centers, overwhelmingly passed the House but failed to advance in the Senate by three votes. Republican Rep. Gabe Evans of Colorado, who introduced the bill in the lower chamber, joins "The Takeout" to discuss its failure and his reelection campaign.

New polling shows Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Michele Tafoya making gains in her race against Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. CBS News correspondent Jonah Kaplan spoke with Tafoya about how she would serve as a check on President Trump if elected to the Senate.

In today’s edition, Jonathan Allen digs into the fallout from a controversial ad that has roiled Ohio politics.

"Who wouldn't use such an Ad?" President Trump wrote. "I would, it's called, 'hitting pay dirt.'"

In the ad, which first circulated on social media Monday night, Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother called her a liar.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins enlisted former Democrat Joe Manchin, now an independent, to help widen her appeal to moderate voters in Maine. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

On Thursday, Hinson took the stage before Trump came on, at a rally in Sioux City, which is in Iowa's conservative northwest corner. The visit to safe territory is geared toward boosting turnout even as it ties her more tightly to an unpopular president.

Republican U.S. Rep. David Valadao is fighting for reelection in central California. 6 in 10 residents of his district are covered by Medicaid, which he voted to cut last year.

The campaign is in its final stretch and the attacks are getting increasingly personal. In Ohio, Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign is behind an ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, disputing Acton's account of her childhood. For analysis, Geoff Bennett spoke with Democratic strategist Faiz Shaki

David Beasley spent more than three decades as a Republican, serving as South Carolina's governor before leading Nobel Peace Prize-winning efforts at the U.N. World Food Programme. Recently, he announced that he's walking away from his party as he laments a rise in toxic vitriol emanating from the GOP's standard-bearer. Beasley joined Amna Nawaz to discuss m

President Donald Trump's political groups have spent more than one-quarter of a billion dollars to bolster Republicans in the final stretch of this year's midterm elections, an unprecedented amount for a sitting president that underscores the stakes on Nov. 3.

Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday he's "disgusted" with Republicans "whining" over an attack ad from Vivek Ramaswamy in the Ohio governor's race featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother. Acton's mother, Donna Arthur, whose husband was accused of raping Acton when she was a child, calls Acton a liar in the ad.

Trump-aligned PACs are pouring hundreds of millions into House and Senate races as Republicans defend an expanding midterm election battleground map.

President Trump is rallying GOP voters in tight races in red states. NBC News’ Monica Alba reports.

The rally comes after the Senate Republicans' top campaign spending group pulled back in North Carolina.