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Trump escalates attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race tightens and more top headlines
The president is also criticizing Fox News coverage of the midterms, while a new analysis says deportations are running well short of his promised million a year.
On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield on BBN This MorningPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Fox News: “Trump escalates attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race tightens and more top headlines”, with reporting from BBC and Fox29 (citing a new report).
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 26, 2026, at 8:00 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield.
- Topics: El-Sayed, Michigan Senate, Alaska Senate, US, Trump.
- BBN covered this story before: El-Sayed, Jets, Antonelli, Packers and Alaska (October 25).
The real story
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- Fox NewsTrump escalates attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race tightens and more top headlines
- BBCFive ways Trump has changed immigration in the US
- Fox29 (citing a new report)Deportations not meeting Trump's aggressive targets, report finds October 26, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn immigration, the White House claims nearly one point two million people have been deported or removed, though that number could not be verified.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA new analysis counts nine hundred eighty thousand deportations in the first eighteen months, and says the pace is about six hundred sixty thousand over the past year, short of the million promised.
The story so far
- Democrats ask judge to dismiss challenge to Alaska Senate race · NBC News
- Trump Announces Audi's First U.S. Factory in Georgia · WSJ
- Trump hits Obama; squid butts; Tatum and Brown · The Washington Times
- Audi to build first US factory in Georgia, 4,500 jobs · The Daily Wire
- Vučić concedes in Serbia; Trump and Obama trade jabs · The Washington Times
- El-Sayed, Jets, Antonelli, Packers and Alaska · The Hill
- Trump escalates attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race tightens… (this story)
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