Democrats, Trump hold final rallies before midterm elections

Donald Trump and his Republican Party will make last-gasp pitches to US midterm voters Monday to hold back a predicted Democrat wave that could sweep Congress and impose tight political constraints on the president for the first time in two years.
For his closing arguments, Trump chose a speech in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool — a landmark that has become synonymous with the 80-year-old president’s controversial drive to redevelop the US capital.
“We’re going to win,” he said on Sunday.
Democrats, meanwhile, prepared a round of final rallies — including by star Democratic Senate candidates James Talarico in Texas and Adam Hamilton in Kansas  — which will cap a c...