Monday morning news: October 26, 2026

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SOUND: [Michigan rallies]

Trump and Obama campaign ahead of midterms » It is the last full week before Election Day, and President Trump is still out stumping for GOP candidates in big races across the country.

Air Force One touched down in Michigan Sunday, where he campaigned for a U.S. Senate candidate.

TRUMP:  We're going to elect, I call him apple pie. He's like perfect, this guy. He's like what your state is all about. He's gonna be one of the great United States senators, Mike Rogers. Thank you, Mike

Rogers, a former prominent congressman, is locked in a tight race with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who has strong backing from the party’s socialist wing.

And former President Barack Obama campaigned for El-Sayed in Detroit over the weekend.

OBAMA:  … Everywhere you go, it feels like change is in the air. And Michigan, that's what I'm feeling right now. That's what you get a chance to do in 10 days!

Recent polls have given El-Sayed a slim lead of about 1 to 2 points among likely voters.

President Trump campaigned for Republicans in Georgia on Saturday. And he’ll visit Mississippi, Texas, and Ohio over the next couple of days.

Former President Obama stumped for Democrats in Ohio over the weekend. And he’ll campaign in Atlanta this week.

Venezuela opposition leader returns » As President Trump was leaving the White House Sunday morning for Michingan, reporters pressed the president on new reports out of Venezuela.

REPORTER:  Mr. President, we're seeing reports that Maria Corina Machado is back in Venezuela. What do you know about her return?
TRUMP: I don't know anything about it, but I think she's a very nice woman, and I hope she's safe. But we're doing really well in Venezuela.

Maria Corina Machado is Venezuela’s opposition leader. She’s back home after months in exile and pushing for a new presidential election.

Supporters applauded and hugged her as she entered a church in the town of Barquisimeto.

U.S. forces captured dictator Nicolás Maduro in January. His former vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, still leads the country, with U.S. backing.

U.S. officials say Venezuela cannot rush into an election because it needs trusted election officials and courts first and opposition parties need time to organize.

But many in Venezuela want a concrete sign that democracy is on its way, and say it’s time for the country to schedule an election for next year.

Four Corners region flooding » After severe flooding in Northwestern New Mexico, officials are warning residents:

STARK: These areas, these impacted areas, are a disaster zone.

At a press conference Sunday, San Juan County Manager Mike Stark said authorities are working to determine where it is or is not safe for residents to return.

STARK:  Until these evaluations have been made and knowing that there are upcoming storm systems beginning on Thursday that could be as strong as what we've just seen, we are strongly discouraging the com- community from accessing, uh, their property

And it’s not only New Mexico at risk.

Flood alerts stretch across much of the Four Corners region where New Mexico borders Colorado, Utah, and Arizona.

Forecasters warn the San Juan River could reach its highest levels this morning in some parts.

In Colorado, floodwaters already forced people from their homes along several rivers. In Pagosa Springs, the San Juan River rose higher than it had in more than a century.

And in southwestern Utah, flooding swamped dozens of homes and an RV park.

European protests » More protests and looting in France over the weekend, as demonstrators again clashed with police.

SOUND: [Paris protests]

WORLD’s Benjamin Eicher has more.

SOUND: [Paris protests]

BENJAMIN EICHER: Some shot fireworks at law enforcement in Paris and threw objects at them, others set fires and looted shops.

Police in France arrested more than 1,300 people on Saturday.

But many peaceful protesters also took to the streets. Demonstrations started over school conditions and widened to anger over living costs. And protests have spread across Europe, with thousands marching Saturday in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Albania over issues including housing, pensions and corruption.

For WORLD, I’m Benjamin Eicher.

Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 » In Kenya, a bus carrying mourners home from their pastor’s funeral collided with a truck on Sunday, killing at least 22 people.

The passengers were heading to the coastal city of Mombasa when the vehicles crashed on the highway from Nairobi.

Investigators are trying to determine what happened.

Another crash on the same highway killed 17 people three weeks ago.

I'm Kent Covington.

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