Debt Desk — Debt Desk — October 1, 2026: Campaign Pressure, Energy Permitting and Higher Long Rates
Good morning. It is Thursday, October first.
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance are opening the final month before the midterm elections with an unusually defensive campaign swing through Republican territory.
Trump is scheduled to travel today to Texas and Oklahoma, beginning what he says will be a 32-day push through Election Day. Vance is campaigning in Florida. Those are states Republicans normally expect to hold comfortably, but party leaders are trying to lift voter enthusiasm while competitive races threaten their control of Congress.
The president’s Oklahoma stop is also…
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