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Thom Tillis is predicting a âwhoop-assâ for Republicans in the midterms â even labeling it in his calendar as such.
âWhen the bullshit becomes policy that's problematic,â he told our @jmart. âYou get this November.â
Listen to his interview: politi.co/4ib1c0L
Trump presses Ramaswamy to keep running controversial ad featuring Actonâs estranged mother politi.co/4Bmy8fo
POLITICO retweeted
NEW in @playbookdc: In one of the biggest toss ups this cycle - at the heart of the GOP's gains with Latino voters in South Texas - Rep. Monica De La Cruz is running from behind.
âBecause of the dynamics of how the district was redrawn, itâs like Iâm the underdog,â she told me.
To win her new constituency, she's also embracing the moments where she's broken with her own party. Whether she can hold her seat will be one of the biggest tests of how far the Latino vote really swings.
My part two on one of the most fascinating races this cycle:
politico.com/newsletters/plaâŚ
Trumpâs midterm promises come with a catch: The GOP has to win politi.co/4ibvGj1
Huckabee expresses doubt about viability of Board of Peace plans politi.co/4iza9SG
Kevin McCarthy predicts GOP will lose House majority politi.co/4i2SEKA
POLITICO retweeted
NEW: Top MAHA ally Calley Means has resigned from the Trump administration.
Means, one the loudest advocates for the movement left in the admin, had grown frustrated with what he saw as a lack of progress on MAHA priorities, according to administration officials.
Story âŹď¸
BREAKING: Calley Means, senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned over frustrations that the MAHA agenda had stalled inside the White House.
politico.com/news/2026/10/22âŚ
Calley Means, top MAHA ally, resigns from Trump administration politi.co/4yEo6DR
Thom Tillis argued that not every idea coming out of the Trump administration is from the president himself.
âI'm not gonna impeach him,â he told our @jmart. âThe only thing I can change are the people around him.â
Listen to his full interview: politi.co/4ib1c0L
âItâs wrongâ: DeWine condemns Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Actonâs estranged mother politi.co/4jA38SP
The good, the bad and the unruly from over two dozen candidate debates politi.co/4sfDkxn
GOP senator questions Elon Muskâs influence over military assets politi.co/488SWJT
Trump plans to fast-track arch despite legal challenge politi.co/3VVpynK
Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition he canceled in BBC lawsuit politi.co/4slCAaa
Ways and Means Democrats ask Treasury about delayed IRS data politi.co/4iyC7hn
POLITICO retweeted
New: I got a tip a little while ago about a shadowy Pentagon entity called "TSO" with a lot of money and a desire for offensive hacking tools.
Turns out TSO is a new DoD agency. And it does a lot more than hacking.
w/@JackDetsch and @paulmcleary
politico.com/news/2026/10/22âŚ
POLITICO retweeted
Scoop from me in today's Decoded: @Replit is ramping up efforts to sell its vibe coding software to the U.S. government. politico.com/newsletters/decâŚ
COLUMN: "The latest blowup over Ukraine is emblematic of Trumpâs wily persistence, and it suggests a challenging two years lie ahead for the international set even if Democrats gain some power in the midterm elections," writes our @nahaltoosi.
politico.com/news/magazine/2âŚ
POLITICO retweeted
NEW COLUMN: On Ukraine and beyond, we know Donald Trump can seem inconsistent and incoherent. But his persistence â and creativity â in pushing an agenda are underrated. So is it even possible to "Trump-proof" the world?
politico.com/news/magazine/2âŚ
How a fake pollster may have moved some 2026 elections politi.co/4ia0alw
