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Trump's team is in chaos as midterms enter final stretch

A White House that has enjoyed relative stability over the past two years has returned to a state of disarray that characterized much of Trump's early political career.

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Los Angeles Times· Oct 16, 8:26 PMTrump's team is in chaos as midterms enter final stretch

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Midterm Campaigns Accelerate With Key Events and Trends in FocusCandidates are holding rallies headlined by political celebrities, and money is pouring in at record levels.

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Power struggle erupts in Trump’s White House as midterm losses loomBelieving that chief of staff Susie Wiles might step down after the election, a handful of Trump aides have begun angling for the position should it become available.

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Amid GOP Midterm Woes, Trump Allies—Including Convicted Election Denier—Push for Martial LawAs President Donald Trump's broken promises to end the affordability crisis and not wage new wars drag Republicans down in the polls ahead of next month's midterm elections, people close to the president are reportedly urging him to declare martial law in the name of preventing voter fraud, an issue that's exceedingly rare and statistically negligible.…

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Panic Attack: Inside Musk’s Midterm Disinformation BlitzElection Day is less than three weeks away, and panic is setting in for the GOP. “We see Republican groups pulling money away from House incumbents,” says host David Corn on the latest episode of Stress Test. “They’re cutting them off. They’re saying, ‘So long, Charlie! We don’t think you’re going to survive this blue […]

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Don’t Count Out A Republican Overperformance In November

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Trump wants the midterms to be all about himself. Judging by the ads, Democrats are happy to obligeDemocrats have run ads referring to the president almost 180,000 times, while GOP ads only mention him 16,000 times.

The Philadelphia Inquirer14h agoWhole story →

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Barabak: Is there a doctor in the House? Backlash to Trump, RFK Jr. may boost their political ranksThere is a wave of doctors and scientists running for office this November — for school boards, city councils, state legislatures, the House and U.S. Senate — owing in good part to Secretary Kennedy’s quackery and the hollowing out of vital health and research agencies.

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Trump Is So Desperate to Lower Gas Prices That He’s Throwing a Key U.S. Ally Under the BusAngsty about the looming midterms, Trump is lashing out at a U.S. ally.

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Sensitive Skin: Ossoff Quietly Rebrands $1,700 Payment to Hollywood Makeup Artist as 'Event Production'Jon Ossoff's makeup tab continues to mount heading into the midterms. The Democratic senator from Georgia paid his favorite Hollywood makeup artist $1,749 in July, according to his latest campaign financial disclosure. Ossoff has now paid Atlanta-based freelancer Stephanie Ponder, whose film credits include The Notebook and The Hunger Games, more than…

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Surge in ICE raids is aimed at discouraging voter turnout, immigration advocates say - Fri, 16 Oct 2026 PSTLOS ANGELES — Amid reports of a surge in federal immigration raids, Los Angeles leaders and immigration advocates said Friday that the efforts appear aimed at discouraging turnout in the midterm elections, and urged voters not to be intimidated. "The timing of these actions, just weeks before the midterm elections, is no accident," said Jeannette…

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Trump's team is in chaos as midterms enter final stretch – KnowGov