By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - In a burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric, President Donald Trump cast the Somali American community as a threat to Minnesota on Thursday, hours after he labeled Muslim US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a radical extremist.

U.S. president teased “big surprises” ahead of the midterm election on November 3.

A new CNN/SSRS poll in the Ohio Senate race shows the Democrat, Sherrod Brown, up by 6 percentage points over the incumbent Jon Husted. Three quarters of likely voters said Trump’s policies had increased the cost of living, and a majority were concerned about tariffs and gas prices.

The Arlington County Board in Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday opposing the construction of the Triumphal Arch, becoming the first governmental body to take legal action against President Donald Trump's planned monument.

The mayor said he called the president to demand all immigrant enforcement in the nation’s largest city stop.

Elon Musk is set to receive the National Medal of Science from Trump after their bitter 2025 feud over government spending and DOGE's mission.

Michelle Obama wrote an essay honoring her fellow former FLOTUS, Jacqueline Kennedy, for the work Mrs. Kennedy did to restore and redecorate the White House in the 1960s, USA Today reported.

Katie Wiles is a partner at the political lobbying firm Continental Strategy. A spokesperson for the firm acknowledged to CBS News that Wiles had taken the trip to Republika Srpska but on business for another firm's client.

The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration's actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.