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Power struggle erupts in Trump’s White House as midterm losses loom

Believing 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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The Philadelphia Inquirer· Oct 16, 7:25 PMPower struggle erupts in Trump’s White House as midterm losses loom

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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.

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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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