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Thom Tillis is predicting a “whoop-ass” for Republicans in the midterms — even labeling it in his calendar as such. “When the bullshit becomes policy that's problematic,” he told our @jmart. “You get this November.” Listen to his interview: politi.co/4ib1c0L

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 11:44 PM UTC

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Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans politi.co/4jC2wfu

Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans

The additional funds bring his total spending this cycle to $442 million.

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 11:16 PM UTC

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The cracks are showing in California’s Big Oil block politi.co/4z4o5dg

The cracks are showing in California’s Big Oil block

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 11:02 PM UTC

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Senate Democrats’ campaign arm takes out $15M loan politi.co/4BmM3lE

Senate Democrats’ campaign arm takes out $15M loan

The loan, reported in a Thursday FEC filing, follows a similar move from Senate Republicans last month.

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 10:15 PM UTC

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‘Just the beginning’: New Mexico AG warns AI industry after $25B Meta ruling politi.co/4zOmVme

‘Just the beginning’: New Mexico AG warns AI industry after $25B Meta ruling

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 10:02 PM UTC

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Democrats’ top Senate super PAC has raised $354M this year politi.co/4ilik42

Democrats’ top Senate super PAC has raised $354M this year

The figure is a record for the group and includes roughly $88 million in the first two weeks of October.

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 9:10 PM UTC

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Biotech investment is the new front in the U.S.-China trade fight politi.co/4Bl2VJz

Biotech investment is the new front in the U.S.-China trade fight

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 9:07 PM UTC

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Canada tells diplomats to steer clear of US midterm candidates politi.co/4kab658

Canada tells diplomats to steer clear of US midterm candidates

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 8:40 PM UTC

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Trump signs housing affordability executive order politi.co/3UI2599

Trump signs housing affordability executive order

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 8:20 PM UTC

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Trump presses Ramaswamy to keep running controversial ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother politi.co/4Bmy8fo

Trump presses Ramaswamy to keep running controversial ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother

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Ali Bianco · Oct 22, 2026 · 7:04 PM UTC

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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. “Because of the dynamics of how the district was redrawn, it’s like I’m the underdog,” 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/pla…

The ‘underdog’ incumbent

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 7:15 PM UTC

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Trump’s midterm promises come with a catch: The GOP has to win politi.co/4ibvGj1

Trump’s midterm promises come with a catch: The GOP has to win

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 6:17 PM UTC

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Huckabee expresses doubt about viability of Board of Peace plans politi.co/4iza9SG

Huckabee expresses doubt about viability of Board of Peace plans

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:44 PM UTC

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Kevin McCarthy predicts GOP will lose House majority politi.co/4i2SEKA

Kevin McCarthy predicts GOP will lose House majority

“What are the three things Republicans will do if they win the majority?” the former speaker asked. “I can't tell you what that is.”

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Cheyenne Haslett · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:08 PM UTC

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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 ⬇️

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:05 PM UTC

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/2026/10/22…

Calley Means, top MAHA ally, resigns from Trump administration

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:05 PM UTC

Calley Means, top MAHA ally, resigns from Trump administration politi.co/4yEo6DR

Calley Means, top MAHA ally, resigns from Trump administration

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 5:04 PM UTC

Thom Tillis argued that not every idea coming out of the Trump administration is from the president himself. “I'm not gonna impeach him,” he told our @jmart. “The only thing I can change are the people around him.” Listen to his full interview: politi.co/4ib1c0L

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 4:52 PM UTC

‘It’s wrong’: DeWine condemns Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother politi.co/4jA38SP

‘It’s wrong’: DeWine condemns Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 4:15 PM UTC

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The good, the bad and the unruly from over two dozen candidate debates politi.co/4sfDkxn

The good, the bad and the unruly from over two dozen candidate debates

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POLITICO · Oct 22, 2026 · 4:08 PM UTC

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GOP senator questions Elon Musk’s influence over military assets politi.co/488SWJT

GOP senator questions Elon Musk’s influence over military assets

Sen. Kevin Cramer received a briefing Thursday on the recent Starshield slowdown in Ukraine.