The midterms

Trump told Kentucky he can do stuff that is unbelievable.

At Truist Arena in Highland Heights he said this term is “much more powerful,” asked voters to pretend he is on the ballot, and called Rep. Thomas Massie a “jerk” and a “loser.” About half the arena clapped. Half did not.

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The states

No Kings told the country to vote early.

Hundreds of rallies on Saturday were billed as nonpartisan. At the Lincoln Memorial people danced and held signs that said “Vote early” and “Hands off my vote.” In Atlanta, a councilman asked the crowd if they would use the one power the Constitution gives them.

Diplomacy

Rubio told Samarkand the war should end.

On Monday, in front of the Registan, the secretary of state said he did not know whether a meeting of Trump, Putin, and Xi had been set. He said he saw nothing good in the war.

Ukraine

Russia hit Kyiv overnight. Zelensky said there was no warning.

A 21-year-old woman was killed. Zelensky said 16 ballistic missiles were fired at the capital and that more than half a million people lost power. He said partners sent no early warning.

Prices

Wholesale prices rose 6.3 percent.

The producer-price index jumped 1.3 percent in September, the biggest monthly gain since March 2022. Energy prices for producers rose 10.8 percent. Economists had expected a much smaller move. Social Security’s cost-of-living raise for next year is 3.6 percent.

Space

Four astronauts splashed down off California.

SpaceX brought Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev home on Thursday after eight months. They had gone up in February to replace a crew sent home when a NASA astronaut fell ill.

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The arsenal

Ukraine’s drones still run on Chinese parts.

Magnets, motors, chips, sensors and battery cells still come from China, a dozen makers told the Associated Press. Switching to Western parts could raise the cost by 60 percent and cut production by as much.

Mexico

Trudy is a tropical storm, and the warnings are down.

At 8 a.m. Mountain time the center was about 190 miles west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, with winds near 60 mph. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. The National Hurricane Center said it should become post-tropical by early Tuesday.