Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte campaign to wield mortgage-fraud allegations against Democrats is increasingly turning off Hill Republicans, Politico reports.
Said one: “I think he’s a nut.”
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DNC Links Trump to Jeffrey Epstein in New Ads
The DNC is launching Epstein-related digital ads targeting five House Republicans — Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, Eli Crane, Mike Lawler, David Valadao, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks — while sending a mobile billboard around D.C. today, Politico reports.
The main image features a picture of Trump and Epstein behind the purported quote from Trump in the letter: “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.”
Flagging Economy Weighs on GOP Midterm Hopes
Semafor: “Trump’s party is staring down economic challenges that haven’t let up for months: rising unemployment, the ripple effects of Trump’s tariffs, the unpopularity of their tax plan, and now the potential for spiking health insurance costs. New data expected on Thursday is unlikely to provide relief: Consumer sentiment is trending down, and inflation is slated to remain stubborn.”
“With campaign season descending, Republicans are now racing to convince the public that their tax cuts, tariffs, and spending cuts are worth returning them to power on the Hill.”
Missouri House Approves Trump-Backed Map
“The Missouri House on Tuesday approved a gerrymandered congressional map that would dilute the voting power of Kansas City under pressure from President Donald Trump,” the Kansas City Star reports.
Israel’s Attack in Qatar Infuriated Trump Advisers
Axios: “The news stunned the White House and infuriated some of Trump’s top advisers because it came as the U.S. was waiting for Hamas to respond to President Trump’s new proposal for peace in Gaza.”
“In fact, the Hamas officials were meeting to discuss that proposal. The White House expected to receive Hamas’ response by the end of the week.”
“Qatar became the seventh country Israel has bombed since Oct. 7, 2023.”
ABC News: “Israel told the U.S. military it planned to strike Hamas in advance, but didn’t provide a location or other specifics before launching its attack against a Hamas target in Qatar on Tuesday.”
Trump Declares D.C. Safe
Playbook: “And like that — snaps fingers — it is done. Trump’s federal takeover of Washington ends today, after a 30-day period that will not be quickly forgotten. The sight of armed troops patrolling parks and stations — and, yes, picking up litter — has become commonplace in certain parts of the city; as have the roadblocks, the masked law enforcement officials, the immigration raids; the protests.”
“For Trump, the job is done. The capital city is now safe, so he says, his experiment a runaway success. He proved it by driving a single block in his motorcade last night for a dinner at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, the ultra-traditional dining room on 15th and H.”
Said Trump: “I wouldn’t have done this three months ago, four months ago. This was one of the most unsafe cities in the country. Now it’s as safe as there is.”
Republicans Bash Florida’s Anti-Vaccine Stand
“Republicans on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over Florida’s move to end vaccine mandates for school children, voicing fears about the spread of preventable infectious diseases and what it means for their home states,” The Hill reports.
New Hampshire Senate Race Could Be Close
An internal GOP poll has Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) up by only 2 points over former Sen. John Sununu (R) in a potential Senate matchup, Punchbowl News reports.
Judge Blocks Trump From Removing Fed Governor
“A federal judge late on Tuesday blocked President Trump from removing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors while a lawsuit challenging her firing proceeds,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
GOP Senator Says AOC Is ‘a Creation of the Media’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told Fox News that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is a media favorite because she “checks all the boxes,” but is as “shallow as a puddle.”
Said Kennedy: “Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is a creature, or creation of the media. She checks all the boxes. She’s young, she’s liberal, she’s attractive, she’s ethnic. Her problem is that she’s shallow as a puddle. You scratch the surface, and you just get more surface.”
Democrat Wins Special Election in Virginia
James Walkinshaw (D) has won Virginia’s deep-blue 11th congressional district, an expected win for his party that adds another Democrat to the narrowly divided House of Representatives, NBC News reports.
Once sworn in, Walkinshaw will bring the House roster to 432 members. His win means Speaker Mike Johnson can lose only two GOP members on a party-line vote.
For members: Another Test of the Special Election Surge
Senate Democrats Locked in 2026 Proxy War
“The fight for the future of the Democratic Party will take place in nearly every Senate primary this cycle, pitting party leaders against progressive icons,” Axios reports.
“Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and DSCC Chair Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have preferred candidates in Michigan, Maine and Iowa.”
“But Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), still the vanguard of the American left, is having none of it and campaigning for insurgents on a megawatt scale.”
Inflation Erased U.S. Income Gains Last Year
“Inflation ate into Americans’ wage gains last year, leaving household incomes little changed beyond the richest households,“ the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The data also show how average households haven’t gained ground economically since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, underscoring the continued toll of rising prices. Inflation-adjusted median household income last year was at roughly the same level as in 2019, before the pandemic struck, following sharp declines after Covid’s onset and a tepid recovery since then.”
Appropriators Zero In on Funding Deal
Punchbowl News: “House and Senate appropriators say they’re closing in on a deal on a short-term CR with a three-bill minibus.”
“But at the same time, the White House, GOP leaders and top Democrats are on completely different pages about what they want in a stopgap funding bill in order to avoid an Oct. 1 shutdown.”
A White Nationalist Problem for the Right
“Until a month or two ago, Nicholas J. Fuentes was regarded by right-wing influencers as a mosquito-like interloper whose lifeblood was attention. Ignore his openly racist and sexist rants, their thinking went, and Mr. Fuentes would eventually flitter off into oblivion,” the New York Times reports.
“But today an entirely different consensus has emerged on the right. The footprint of the oratorically proficient late-night streaming show host has not dwindled in the least, with his tens if not hundreds of thousands of alienated young male conservatives followers known as Groypers, a nickname derived from an alt-right meme. If anything, his anti-Israel, anti-immigrant, anti-transgender and anti-civil-rights views seem to have gained new currency during the second Trump administration.”
Supreme Court to Expedite Decision on Trump’s Tariffs
“The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will take up whether President Trump can use emergency powers to justify sweeping tariffs on trading partners across the globe, agreeing to the administration’s request to hear its appeal — and fast,” The Hill reports.
“The expedited schedule will have the justices take the bench for oral arguments in the first week of November, a late addition to the calendar.”
Is Susan Collins Toast?
Eli McKown-Dawson: “The more the state aligns with national trends, the more vulnerable she’ll be — to the point where the race is a toss-up, or even leans Democratic, as some early statistical models show. But she’s probably less vulnerable than a naive read of the data would suggest. We sometimes talk about ‘generic’ candidates, but Collins has been about as far from a generic Republican as you can get when it comes to getting reelected in Maine.”
“So we’re in what I’ve taken to calling a Schrödinger’s Collins situation: she’s simultaneously one of the most vulnerable Senate incumbents and as much of a Maine institution as the lobster roll.”
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