America’s Utility Bill Crisis, and Trump’s Approval Rating Hits a New Low

Plus, the big business of big scares.
Here’s what we’re covering:
• This Is What America’s Utility Bill Crisis Looks Like (nytimes.com/2026/10/18/us/oklahoma-extreme-hea…), by Eli Saslow
• Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/trump-midte…), by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik
• Trump Wields an Unprecedented $277 Million in Final Midterm Stretch (nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-maga-…), by Theodore Schleifer
• Trump’s Super PAC Unleashes Deluge of Ads on Facebook and Instagram (nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-maga-…), by Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
• Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American (nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/russia-amer…), by David E. Sanger, Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko
• Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House (nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-white…), by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
• Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It (nytimes.com/2026/10/20/world/middleeast/yemen-…), by Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim
• The Bedeviling Work of Designing and Redesigning Haunted Houses (nytimes.com/2026/10/20/realestate/halloween-ha…), by Aimee Ortiz

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