Politics
Trump and Republicans face economic anger and campaign setbacks ahead of midterms
October 7, 2026 at 06:00 AM · Updated 9d ago
5 reports · 1 in Arabic, 4 in English · over 15 hours
CNCNN
Truckers thought the worst was over. Then diesel prices doubled
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
إبستين والديزل.. الجمهوريون يواجهون الانتخابات على جبهتين
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BNBBC News
The Republican candidates walking a Trump tightrope
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CNCNN
Trump’s ‘for you’ presidency became all about himself. It’s hurting the GOP
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CNCNN
The biggest signs that Trump and the GOP are panicking about the midterms
(opens the publisher’s site)Four weeks before the November 3 midterms, Trump and Republican candidates confront voter anger over high living costs and a series of campaign setbacks.
- Trump signed an executive order October 5 suspending federal rules that block tax-exempt dyed diesel from road use until the end of the year.
- Diesel prices in the Midwest reached $6.53 per gallon in September, up $2.80 from a year earlier, with California prices at $8.44.
- Trump attacked South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Annie Andrews with an anti-transgender slur during a campaign swing.
- Trump said high fuel prices are a "small price to pay" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
- Diesel prices for truckers have roughly doubled since earlier this year amid rising global oil prices and refinery bottlenecks.
- The trucking industry fears more bankruptcies and supply-chain shortages as fuel costs outpace freight rates.
- Truckers and analysts say Trump's executive order easing red-dyed diesel rules is not a long-term solution.