September 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM EDT
Candidates fleeing Trump after he 'aggressively squandered' his strengths

Candidates fleeing Trump after he 'aggressively squandered' his strengths Republican midterm candidates are starting to flee from associating with President Donald Trump while others tune out his outlandish antics, and according to one conservative commentator, it comes down to how he "aggressively squandered" the strengths that got him reelected. Rep. Maria' Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican who has represented the state's 27th District since 2021, turned heads across the political world this past week when she released a new midterm ad firmly breaking with Trump on immigration, saying that some of his mass deportation efforts have "gone too far." Her district is nearly 74 percent Latin American, and Trump carried it by around 15 points in 2024, amid a major shift towards Republicans made by Latino voters that year.

September 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM EDT
Political expert reveals why 'even bigger blue wave than 2018' is coming

Political expert reveals why 'even bigger blue wave than 2018' is coming President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are widely understood to be facing a harsh political environment in this midterm cycle, but according to the political experts at Pod Save America, things are even worse than they seem, and they point to an "even bigger blue wave than 2018." In the latest episode of the Pod Save America podcast, hosts and former Obama administration officials Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer broke down the latest polling information and the grim picture it paints for the GOP in the midterms. As Favreau laid out, a new poll from the New York Times and Siena College, widely regarded as one of the most reputable in the industry, gave Democrats a 9-point generic ballot lead over Republicans among likely voters.

September 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM EDT
Trump biographer says he is out of time to escape ruin from his big weakness

Trump biographer says he is out of time to escape ruin from his big weakness President Donald Trump is staring down a defining political weakness that "cuts across" political divides, according to his one-time biographer, and he has run out of time before the midterms to meaningfully turn things around. Michael Wolff is a longtime reporter and author, best known for his extensive coverage of Trump's political career, including several books about his chaotic first term. In a recent episode of his Daily Beast podcast, "Inside Trump's Head," Wolff broke down why Trump has created his own political problems as the midterms loom ever closer.

September 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM EDT
NYT columnist exposes 3 Trump officials most 'vulnerable' to impeachment

NYT columnist exposes 3 Trump officials most 'vulnerable' to impeachment Democrats reportedly remain uncertain about pursuing another impeachment of President Donald Trump after the midterms, but according to one New York Times columnist, his administration officials deserve it just as much as their boss, and at least three of them are particularly "vulnerable." With Democrats projected to sweep into a new House majority -- and potentially one in the Senate as well -- in the coming midterms, talks of impeaching Trump once again remain a heated topic. Despite the fact that there are ample grounds on which to prosecute the case, many in the party remain hesitant about impeaching Trump again, given that it remains highly unlikely that he could be removed from office, and given how his first two impeachments were leveraged to help him rile up his biggest supporters.

September 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM EDT
Trump's 'scuzzier sides' leaving wannabe successors in a lurch

Trump's 'scuzzier sides' leaving wannabe successors in a lurch None of the Republicans angling to succeed President Donald Trump as the 2028 presidential nominee are expected to have an easy time of it, but according to a new analysis from The i Paper, the "scuzzier sides of [Trump's] legacy" are leaving wannabes with a potentially unwinnable battle. Fred Kaplan is a veteran, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and on Saturday, he published a new piece for The i Paper breaking down the top prospects for the Republican side of the 2028 presidential race, and how much Trump's Iran war and tanking approval ratings are leaving prospective nominees with a brutal balancing act to try and pull off. Winning the nomination will require courting Trump's devoted followers, who will want his direct successors, as well as GOP voters who want someone as far from his as possible.

September 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
'Witless ape' will punish disloyal voters with even more pain: conservative

'Witless ape' will punish disloyal voters with even more pain: conservative Conservative Dispatch writer Nick Catoggio says there is little reason to expect President Donald Trump to take a lesson from the smackdown that's likely coming for him in the November midterms. "Trump isn't going to 'change course' if Republicans are drubbed at the polls," Catoggio told the Dispatch. "Almost certainly, he'll double down on everything Americans hate about him."

September 19, 2026 at 12:59 PM EDT
Trump's 'most ambitious project' has completely failed: analysis

Trump's 'most ambitious project' has completely failed: analysis President Donald Trump and his allies returned to the White House with grand plans in mind, but according to a new analysis from the New York Times, his "most ambitious project" has completely failed, which actually leaves the country in a much "less dangerous place" than it seemed a year ago. Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Peter Wehner is a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum who also worked as a speechwriter for the three GOP presidents prior to Trump, emerging as a major critic of his political agenda even before he secured the Republican nomination in 2016. On Saturday, the pair published a new op-ed for the Times, detailing the extent to which the second Trump administration has "finally lost the plot."

September 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM EDT
White House historian unloads on Trump: He 'doesn't care' about the Constitution

White House historian unloads on Trump: He 'doesn't care' about the Constitution Presidential historian Tim Naftali delivered terrifying news about President Donald Trump in the wake of his unconstitutional ban on certain news media organizations that he branded "fake news." Speaking to CNN anchor Kasie Hunt Saturday morning, Naftali was at a loss after watching a 2020 exchange between Trump and CBS '60 Minutes' anchor Leslie Stahl, wherein Trump did not deny labeling news as "fake" to undermine their brutally honest coverage of him.

September 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM EDT
JFK's niece wrecks 'petty little tyrant' Trump threatening Kennedy memorial

JFK's niece wrecks 'petty little tyrant' Trump threatening Kennedy memorial Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of JFK's younger brother, former attorney general and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, held nothing back after hearing of President Donald Trump's justification for insisting his name should be on the memorial of an entirely different president. "It's heartbreaking to me," Kennedy told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Friday night, while describing a recent photograph of Trump seated on Air Force One, holding what looks like a presentation poster entitled "Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED. "It's heartbreaking because this is the monument to our slain president. And this is also the monument to the arts. The most important monument to the arts in our entire country. And these are the actions of a petty little tyrant who can't get his way. And because he can't add his name to it, he's going to blow it up."

September 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM EDT
Tapper nails news companies who caved to Trump and still got banned

Tapper nails news companies who caved to Trump and still got banned CNN anchor Jake Tapper took no kindess on Friday to President Donald Trump's announcement that he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW and Politico "from the White House, " effective immediately." There was no indication the Trump administration had taken steps to follow through on the ban. CNN reporters were not escorted from their White House workspace near the briefing room later on Friday, nor was the CNN team traveling Friday with Vice President JD Vance removed from the reporters' pool.

September 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM EDT
'This is a big deal': GOP senator calls out Trump family 'corruption'

'This is a big deal': GOP senator calls out Trump family 'corruption' On Friday, a Republican Senator said outright that President Donald Trump's son has engaged in "corruption." This is according to Senator John Curtis (R-UT), who was responding to reports that Donald Trump Jr's luxury wedding was paid for by a Russian oligarch. "Believe this -- a Russian oligarch paid for a lavish wedding afterparty for Donald Trump Jr., which to me, it just stinks. It's corruption. I don't like it," said Curtis in a video address posted to social media. He said that he would have more to say on the matter later, but for now asserted, "This is a big deal."

September 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM EDT
DOJ wants prosecutors fired for refusing to chase Trump election claims

DOJ wants prosecutors fired for refusing to chase Trump election claims Two DOJ sources are are sounding the alarm, saying a top Justice Department official threatened managers in a recent conference call that federal prosecutors could be fired if they "decline to investigate and pursue cases of reported election fraud," according to MS NOW. "Aakash Singh, the top lieutenant to the deputy attorney general, warned that Department of Justice lawyers must pursue election fraud cases that FBI or Department of Homeland Security agents present to them, or risk termination, according to the people, who sought anonymity to avoid reprisals for sharing internal discussion," reported MS NOW on Friday