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NBC News broadcast its Sunday edition of "Meet the Press" on September 13, 2026, with the program posted at 11:56 a.m. ET and centered on money matters heading into the November 3 midterm elections. The show framed the political landscape as one in which rising oil prices and an intensifying trade war were shaping voter sentiment with 51 days left before Election Day. It noted that President Donald Trump was rallying Republicans for the campaign, asking them to treat the contest as if he were on the ballot and promising payments to Americans if Republicans hold Congress. The broadcast came days after the Republican convention in Dallas, where Trump and Vice President JD Vance delivered speeches urging voters to back the GOP. All 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 39 governorships are being contested in 2026, making control of the 120th Congress the central stake. The economy-focused framing mattered because inflation-sensitive issues such as fuel costs and tariffs had become the dominant argument between the parties in the closing stretch of the campaign.