Analysis: October surprises are piling up, but a toss-up race seems impervious to shocks | CNN Politics

A month before Election Day , the US faces the grave possibility of being dragged into a Middle East conflagration.

A port workers’ strike could harm inflation-weary consumers; political pressure is rising in the fallout of Hurricane Helene .

Trump was hit by the unsealing of a 165 -page document in which special counsel Jack Smith gives fullest picture of his case in the federal 2020 election interference case.

After the vice presidential debate on Tuesday night , there are no scheduled set-piece occasions that offer the prospect of a major twist in the campaign.

Any development could in theory take on outsize significance among voters in swing states that will decide this election.

A Middle East security crisis in the region has confounded U.S. presidents for decades .

Vice President Biden rushed Wednesday to mitigate political reverberations from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene .

Biden asked the Pentagon to approve the deployment of 1,000 active duty troops to North Carolina .

Trump has already tried to manipulate the tragedy for political gain, accusing Biden of sleeping’ following the storm.