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

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

The Headlines
Oct 21, 2026 10 min
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<p>Plus, the big business of big scares.</p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/us/oklahoma-extreme-heat-electricity-crisis.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">This Is What America’s Utility Bill Crisis Looks Like</a>, by Eli Saslow</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/trump-midterm-election-poll.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds</a>, by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-maga-inc-midterms.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Wields an Unprecedented $277 Million in Final Midterm Stretch</a>, by Theodore Schleifer</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-maga-inc-super-pac.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump’s Super PAC Unleashes Deluge of Ads on Facebook and Instagram</a>, by Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/russia-american-prisoner-release-stephen-hubbard-trump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American</a>, by David E. Sanger, Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/trump-white-house-media.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House</a>, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/world/middleeast/yemen-taiz-houthi-siege.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It</a>, by Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/realestate/halloween-haunted-house-designing-building.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Bedeviling Work of Designing and Redesigning Haunted Houses</a>, by Aimee Ortiz</li></ul> <p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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