President Trump said recently he “doesn’t care about the midterms.”

The remarkable thing is that he’s governing as if he really means it.

The best way to understand politics in this era may still be Will Rogers’ famous line: “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.”

As David Weigel points out, the 2026 primaries in Texas and California show why.

The conventional wisdom about Democrats in the Trump era is that the party has lurched hard to the left — and, in the process, pushed away the more moderate voters it needs to win.

But the data doesn’t really support that story.

Donald Trump’s biggest problem right now may not be Democrats.

It may be Senate Republicans.

The leaked DNC autopsy report includes plenty of brutal findings about why Democrats lost the 2024 election.

But the most devastating conclusion is also the simplest: Republicans are just better at politics.

Two things are true at the same time.

Donald Trump can end a Republican political career with a simple Truth Social post.

If Democrats win the House in the midterms, finding grounds to impeach Donald Trump won’t be difficult.

The harder task may be deciding where to stop.

Five states hold primaries today, with several races worth watching.

The marquee contest is in Kentucky’s 4th congressional district, where Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is trying to survive a Trump-backed challenge from retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.

A new New York Times/Siena College poll finds President Trump’s approval rating has fallen to just 37%.

But that may not be the most important number in the survey.

Today’s New York Times/Siena College poll underscores the problem Donald Trump poses for Republicans heading into November.

His overall approval rating is just 37% — right in line with other recent surveys showing a president badly underwater.

Robert Kagan has written one of the most bracing assessments yet of the Iran War, arguing that the United States has already “suffered a total defeat.”

His argues the predicament facing Washington has no real precedent in American history and can “neither be repaired nor ignored.”