Trump’s Ballroom Money and Party Chaos Create Democratic Openings
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Trump’s grip on the GOP is uneven: endorsements like Ken Paxton’s upset and pressure on Republicans to fund a White House ballroom are stirring GOP unease, while Democrats gain openings as intra-party feuding surfaces over their own post-2024 autopsy and Colorado backlash; in parallel the administration arranged a $1.776 billion “weaponization” fund to compensate those investigated in Trump-era matters, prompting questions about who will actually benefit, all against a backdrop of ongoing foreign-policy bravado and other distractions as the 2026 midterms loom.
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- A Republican Bloodbath in the Texas Senate Primary Is Giving Democrats Hope The New Yorker
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