2026 elections live updates as Trump to speak at D.C. Reflecting Pool, and more from the campaign trail

Updated on: November 2, 2026 / 7:50 AM EST / CBS News

Control of the U.S. Senate will come down to just a few battleground states including Michigan, where a close and contentious race has been playing out between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers.

Both candidates sat down separately with "60 Minutes" correspondent Ross Douthat in the closing days of the campaign. They spoke about the experiences that shaped them and their visions for the state and the nation's future.

President Trump will be holding an event at Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday afternoon, the day before Election Day.

Mr. Trump told reporters that he wanted to hold an event there "just to show how beautiful it is." The president has made renovations to Washington a central theme of his second term in the White House, although the Reflecting Pool renovations have not gone so smoothly.

"But it's finished," Mr. Trump said. "It looks beautiful. Hasn't worked since 1922. It's always leaked terribly, and it works really well now. We had it working well, but it was vandalized."

The Trump administration announced plans to resurface the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April and paint it…

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