早上好。特朗普总统正频繁前往得克萨斯州，力图阻止民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科赢得一个共和党长期占据的参议院席位。
Good morning. President Trump is making repeated trips to Texas in an effort to prevent Democrat James Talarico from winning a long-held GOP Senate seat.
周一，总统在密西西比州，试图帮助共和党参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯击退一名民主党挑战者。而特朗普将于周四返回南卡罗来纳州，试图帮助共和党参议员达琳·格雷厄姆。
On Monday, the president was in Mississippi, trying to help Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith fend off a Democratic challenger. And Trump is headed back to South Carolina on Thursday to try to help GOP Sen. Darline Graham.
在佐治亚州州长竞选中，民主党人凯莎·兰斯·博顿斯与共和党候选人里克·杰克逊势均力敌（而民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫在许多民调中大幅领先）。到。底。发。生。了。什。么。事？
2016年，特朗普突破了所谓的“蓝墙”，赢下了民主党票仓宾夕法尼亚州、密歇根州和威斯康星州。
In the Georgia governor’s race, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is neck-and-neck with Republican candidate Rick Jackson (and Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff is up big in many polls there). What. On. Earth. Is. Going. On? In 2016, Trump blasted through what is known as the “Blue Wall,” winning Democratic strongholds of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
正是这些州构成了美国政治中现代规模最大的拉锯战，但民主党人在本轮中期选举周期中向南方的悄然推进，最终可能成为年度最大新闻。（民主党人也正试图在中西部突破一些壁垒）。
It was those states that appeared to be the biggest modern tug of war in American politics, but Democrats’ stealthy advance into the South during this midterm cycle could end up being the story of the year. (Democrats are trying to crack through some walls in the Midwest, too).
民主党在南方有着相当长的历史，但这大多已成历史。过去十年里，他们在那里失去了大量阵地。诚然，乔·拜登在2020年赢下了佐治亚州。那只是一时的异常，还是某种趋势的开端？
Democrats have quite a history in the South, but it has mostly been history. They lost a tremendous amount of ground there in the past decade. Sure, Joe Biden won Georgia in 2020. Was that a blip, or the beginning of something?
当然，吉米·卡特来自佐治亚州普莱恩斯。林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊是得克萨斯人。而比尔·克林顿来自阿肯色州。民主党人正在绘制一张新的版图吗？一周后我们将了解更多情况。利率：美联储将于美国东部时间下午2点宣布最新决定。
Of course, Jimmy Carter was from Plains, Ga. Lyndon Baines Johnson was a Texan. And Bill Clinton is from Arkansas. Are Democrats drawing up a new map? We will know a lot more in a week. Interest rate: The Federal Reserve will announce its latest decision at 2 p.m.
梅拉尼娅·特朗普：由第一夫人斡旋达成的一项停火协议在一个饱受饥饿之苦的乌克兰城市生效。
ET. Melania Trump: A ceasefire brokered by the first lady took effect in a starving Ukrainian city.
以色列选举：总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡领导的利库德集团跃居领先位置，但仍未达到多数。
Israel election: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party moved into the lead position, though it is still sitting short of a majority.
特朗普的周三：总统将举行一系列政策会议，随后在晚上于俄亥俄州举行中期选举集会。
Trump’s Wednesday: The president will hold a series of policy meetings before an evening midterm rally in Ohio.
苏珊·柯林斯正面临其政治生涯中最艰难的一战。这位缅因州参议员正迎来漫长职业生涯中最艰难的连任竞选。她试图抵御强劲的政治逆风，同时还要应对一则爆炸性报道——一名与政界有联系的联邦承包商向支持柯林斯的超级政治行动委员会捐款。
Susan Collins is in the fight of her political life. The Maine senator faces the most difficult re-election campaign of her long career. She is trying to fend off intense political headwinds, along with a bombshell report involving donations to a pro-Collins super PAC by a politically connected federal contractor.
你是保守派还是自由派？随着中期选举临近，这个国家似乎陷入分裂，但保守派和自由派在一些重要政策理念上存在共识。来做我们的测验，看看你对这些理念的看法与最新调查中受访者的看法有何异同。
Are you a conservative or a liberal? As the midterms approach, it seems the country is split, but conservatives and liberals agree on some of the top policy ideas. Take our quiz to find out how your view of these ideas compares with those of people in our latest survey.
特朗普和塔拉里科在得克萨斯州相距仅数英里的地方各自举行集会，为候选人拉票。两人都在“孤星州”做最后冲刺，争取选民支持，此时距中期选举仅剩一周。塔拉里科在民调中一直保持微弱领先，但这场竞选有望成为史上最昂贵的参议院选战。
Trump and Talarico rallied voters in Texas just miles apart. Both were making their final push in the Lone Star state to win voter support just one week out from the midterm elections. Talarico has consistently maintained a narrow lead in the polls, but the race is on track to become the most expensive Senate contest in history.
我是达米安·帕莱塔，《华尔街日报》华盛顿报道主管。我在华盛顿从事报道和编辑工作已有22年，报道过白宫、国会、国家安全、联邦预算、经济以及多次市场崩盘。
I’m Damian Paletta, The Wall Street Journal’s Washington coverage chief. I’ve covered Washington for 22 years as a reporter and editor. I’ve covered the White House, Congress, national security, the federal budget, economics and multiple market meltdowns.