Twenty-five years after 9/11, Americans commemorate nearly 3,000 deaths and remember those killed by toxic Ground Zero air. President Trump closed the Republican midterm convention urging supporters to vote, though large arena sections sat empty. The Supreme Court blocked Missouri's Trump-backed redistricting map, protecting Democrat Emanuel Cleaver's House seat. Vice President Vance framed the midterm election as 'common sense versus the party of the crazies,' attempting to shift focus from an unpopular president to a choice between parties.