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, by Eli Saslow
• Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds, by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik
• Trump Wields an Unprecedented $277 Million in Final Midterm Stretch, by Theodore Schleifer
• Trump’s Super PAC Unleashes Deluge of Ads on Facebook and Instagram, by Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
• Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American, by David E. Sanger, Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko
• Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
• Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It, by Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim
• The Bedeviling Work of Designing and Redesigning Haunted Houses, by Aimee Ortiz

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