America’s Utility Bill Crisis, and Trump’s Approval Rating Hits a New Low

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Plus, the big business of big scares. Here’s what we’re covering: • This Is What America’s Utility Bill Crisis Looks Like, by Eli Saslow • Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds, by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik • Trump Wields an Unprecedented $277 Million in Final Midterm Stretch, by Theodore Schleifer • Trump’s Super PAC Unleashes Deluge of Ads on Facebook and Instagram, by Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer • Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian,’ Witkoff Thanks Him for Releasing an American, by David E. Sanger, Kim Barker and Ivan Nechepurenko • Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan • Major Yemeni City Running Out of Food and Water as Houthis Encircle It, by Saeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim • The Bedeviling Work of Designing and Redesigning Haunted Houses, by Aimee Ortiz Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated