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Back on campaign trail in Iowa, Trump bets big on tariffs and blaming Biden
↵↵Here are three takeaways from Trump's first midterm campaign tour stop of 2026.
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↵↵Here are three takeaways from Trump's first midterm campaign tour stop of 2026.
↵↵"All of these things, you have so much ammunition, all you have to do is sell it," he said. "But the great Big, Beautiful Bill is just that.
↵↵He stressed legislative work needed ahead of Election Day, including on immigration, health care and paring down energy prices, offering what has been a loyal GOP Conference a glimpse into his 2026 strategy
↵↵Over the weekend, Trump put another item on lawmakers' 2026 agenda when he ordered U.S. military and law enforcement personnel to carry out an audacious mission to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
It could be in Florida this coming week or it could be back in the White House the first week, not the second or third week [of 2026]."
↵↵"As we go into next year, don't forget that all the people who have no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, who are going to be able to deduct the interest on their car loan if they buy a car, all
And, as we have seen, they can abide by most of the judge's order, but maybe not all of it, and get away with it."
If I had one message tonight, you know, this is being covered like all over the world.
"Well, I've never seen a plan, all right?"
↵↵"It should be a great airport, and it's not a good airport at all. It's a terrible airport.
The White House has been vacillating on the affordability issue since stubbornly high prices fueled sweeping Republican electoral losses earlier this month and Democrats sense a winning theme for the 2026
↵↵"So I will tell you I have a weekly conference call with all the House Republicans, and I talk to them more often than that," he said, adding that "99.5 percent of all the House Republicans understand
↵↵If Trump has a legislative strategy for the 12-month run to the 2026 midterm elections, he and his team have done a bang-up job camouflaging it.
"I do actually wonder if Trump will be even more of a drag in 2026 —the reason is that perceptions of the economy were better eight years ago than they are now."
Rather, with their federal agencies and departments running on skeleton staffs and lacking any fiscal 2026 funding, senior administration officials took their turns to hail Trump for a deal to end the
One GOP source close to Trump world said there are a number of things the president "definitely wants to get done this year because he knows 2026 will be about the state of the economy come that time —
Clyde said that “all options are on the table” for how Ohio Democrats will fight for fair maps throughout the upcoming process.
All others gave it up because of the MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD ENCOUNTERED," he wrote on Truth Social, which he owns.
Republicans head into the 2026 midterm elections holding 53 seats in the chamber.
Vance said administration officials intend to spend the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections "talking about these big wins," while asserting that Democrats and the "corporate media" would like to focus