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2026 Midterm Elections

Trump's war chest hits $400 million – but he's not sharing with fellow Republicans

President Donald Trump's super PAC has amassed massive amounts of cash on hand as of the end of last month, but his political operation has so far been hoarding his war chest.

MAGA Inc. has gathered more than $400 million, including $18 million since the start of June, but the fund remains largely untapped for direct spending on Republican midterm candidates, according to FEC filings posted Monday and reported by Politico.

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White House insiders deliver GOP stark midterm message: Trump literally 'doesn't care'

As House Republicans face an uphill battle heading into the midterm elections, a White House insider shared that President Donald Trump has “zero” interest in bolstering their election prospects, Politico reported Tuesday.

A “person close to the president” told Politico that Trump had virtually no engagement with House Republicans on the Hill regarding their upcoming re-election campaigns, which as of Tuesday will take place in 105 days. A second White House insider – described by Politico as “another White House ally” – explained where the president’s true focus was.

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GOP lawmaker creeped out female staffers by gifting them pink and blue guns: report

An embattled House lawmaker creeped out his female subordinates by presenting them with unusual gifts, Axios reported on Monday.

Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) "gave one staffer a blue handgun engraved with her name and the other staffer a pink handgun," said the report by Kate Santaliz. "A lawyer for one of the former staffers told Axios that she 'only awkwardly accepted the gift for fear of reprisal against her employment but later legally disposed of it because she did not want it in her possession.'"

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GOP candidate scrubs son-in-law from campaign as his neo-Nazi activities uncovered

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) has quietly scrubbed references to his son-in-law from his campaign website, as news outlets have picked up his white nationalist and neo-Nazi tendencies.

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein, Collins, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, "has removed from its website a picture of his family that includes his son-in-law," David Alan Scheer II.

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'Civil war' breaks out in 'reddest of red states' as MAGA coalition implodes: ex-insider

A former GOP operative warned on Monday that Republicans in red state Florida have a serious problem on their hands as November approaches.

Rick Wilson, the co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, spoke with veteran politics reporter Scott MacFarlane for a Substack live video about the growing divide among the GOP as midterms approach.

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Chris Hayes reveals 'nightmare scenario' in red state that keeps him up at night

The November midterm elections are coming closer, and President Donald Trump has signaled his intent to interfere with them as much as possible as he fears a wipeout for the GOP. But MS NOW's Chris Hayes has one big fear about a scenario that could happen.

Hayes elaborated on his fear in discussion with UCLA Law professor Rick Hasen on Friday's edition of "All In."

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Trump's revenge Senate pick caught inflating rally numbers

Ken Paxton, President Donald Trump's scandal-plagued pick in the Texas Senate race, boasted that more than 700 people turned out for his first and only campaign rally — but got fact-checked on the real number of attendees.

The Texas attorney general hosted a rally at the University Draft House in McAllen, Texas, which had a "modest audience, topping off at 100 attendees," myRGV.com reported.

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Raging Trump smacked with 'brutal' response after demanding networks lose licenses

A top FCC official pushed back Friday on President Donald Trump's demand that the agency revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC and NBC after the networks refused to air his primetime address, according to reports.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, the only Democrat on the FCC, made her position known in a post on X.

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‘Try us’: DHS chief taunted as blue state dares him to follow through on jail threat

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom taunted Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday, daring him to make good on his threat to jail state officials who defy the Trump administration’s proposed election security measures for the upcoming midterms.

President Donald Trump issued a lengthy national address on Thursday about supposed election security shortcomings, and used his primetime speech to further push for his controversial voter ID bill known as the SAVE Act. At a press conference Friday, Mullin threatened state officials with "prison time" if they refused to comply with the administration's proposed election security measures.

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'Distinctly sour mood': Voters say they despise MAGA candidates more than socialists

Republican candidates may want to dial back bragging about being card-carrying members of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement, a new survey of American voters suggests.

A stunning CNBC survey released Friday revealed that economic turmoil has rendered the MAGA brand more politically poisonous then the label of socialism.

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MAGA fans come unglued after TMZ challenges GOP lawmaker over Trump election claims

MAGA followers were coming unglued on Thursday after a Republican lawmaker got into a heated exchange with a TMZ reporter who pushed back on President Donald Trump's election claims.

TMZ's Charlie Cotton asked Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) if he was tired of hearing Trump talk about the 2020 election and his unfounded assertions that the election was rigged — just hours before the president was expected to give a primetime address about elections.

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Devastating humiliation served to Trump as TV networks snub speech — for these shows

President Donald Trump was served a heaping helping of humiliation ahead of his primetime address Thursday night, with several major broadcast networks snubbing the planned remarks in favor of a nature documentary and game show.

"NBC and ABC will not carry Trump on their respective networks but will carry on their digital feeds, NBC News Now and ABC News Live. Expect CBS to do the same," Wall Street Journal reporter Joe Flint reported on X, hours before the speech was to begin at 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Karoline Leavitt browbeaten by reporter after dodging tough Trump question

A veteran reporter took White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to task on Thursday with a pointed question about the upcoming midterm elections and President Donald Trump.

Ed O'Keefe, CBS senior White House and political correspondent, asked Leavitt to comment during a press conference hours before Trump was slated to give a national address. His primetime speech was expected to focus on elections, and Leavitt teased what he might discuss.

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