Pope Leo XIV votes by mail in Illinois and makes US election history
According to Fox News, the Vatican confirms the pontiff's vote in the midterm elections, while the White House makes a final appeal to voters.
BY THE X-TRADER NEWS NEWSROOM · REPORTING FROM FOX BUSINESS · 2 MIN
Chicago-born Pope Leo became the first pontiff to vote in an American election, according to Fox News. The Vatican confirmed that he sent a mail-in ballot in the state of Illinois on the eve of midterm legislative elections scheduled for Tuesday.
According to the broadcaster, the pope has been emphatic in defending the citizen's duty to participate in democracy. The episode gives an unprecedented touch to an election that is already mobilizing the country's main political forces in the final stretch of the campaign.
White House makes final appeal
The White House makes its last appeals to voters before the vote. According to Fox News, President Donald Trump will go to states considered decisive, such as Iowa and Kansas, on Sunday for consecutive rallies, after previously canceling the events. The broadcaster also reports that he is expected to appear at almost 20 rallies.
In Michigan, Representative Haley Stevens will campaign alongside Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who he defeated in the party primary. According to the report, the parliamentarian's fiancé, a voter registered as a Democrat, stated that he will vote for Republican Mike Rogers and accused the Democrat of anti-Semitism.
Other news highlights
The network also reported that Christa Pike, sentenced to death in Tennessee, made her first public statement after surviving an unsuccessful execution attempt last month. She said she still feels pain and blamed "incompetence" for surviving two doses of a lethal drug. Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate 30 years ago.
At the White House, Trump received an American freed by Russia. According to Fox News, Steven Hubard was released last week after more than four years in prison, accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine.
For investors, the news reinforces that American politics is entering its most sensitive moment. The transcript does not contain projections about the result of the vote or its effects on the stock market, interest rates or the dollar, but Tuesday's outcome is usually closely monitored by the market, due to the influence that Congress exerts on fiscal and tax policy.
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