"He can still quietly fund stuff and support stuff he believes in, causes he believes in, but does not create unnecessary noise. These midterms will be about message discipline and a focus on the economy, not fights on X." nbcnews.com/politics/elect… w/Allan Smith Steve Kopack

That reporter has a real job as a hard working steel man Reese Gorman

Gaetz is still thinking about running for governor in Florida, Matt Dixon reports. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…

All told, Trump has improved every election in 1,433 of the nation's 3,100+ counties — even as he lost in 2020. Democrats have expanded their vote share continuously in only 57 counties. But the demographics are even more revealing... Gift link: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Very good look at the state of play in #OHGov’s GOP primary, which is shaping up to not be much of primary after Ramaswamy swarmed the Lincoln Day circuit and consolidated support. Tressel is known for fourth quarter comebacks, but he’s not even on the field yet.

Obama world loses its shine in a changing, hurting Democratic Party nbcnews.com/politics/elect… by Natasha Korecki Jonathan Allen Allan Smith

Vance touts digital currency as Democrats criticize Trump’s crypto push nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v… via @nbcnews

On how the Trump administration is going to bat for Germany’s AfD: nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

U.S. will 'aggressively' revoke Chinese students' visas, Marco Rubio says nbcnews.com/world/asia/us-…

“Keyes is listed in the MAHA report as the first author of a study on anxiety in adolescents. When NOTUS reached out … she was surprised to hear of the citation. She does study mental health and substance use, she said. But she didn’t write the paper.” notus.org/health-science…

Members of the DeVos family — among the top political donors in Michigan — announced Thursday they're backing a new organization aimed at promoting Republican candidates and policies called the Michigan Forward Network. Story with Chad Livengood: detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Oren Cass telling the hard truths on Cincinnati's signature spaghetti and shredded cheese dish.

Five years have passed since this Frank Jackson all-timer.

Elon preparing to go “nuclear” in the midterms, including potentially helping fund Democrats Hard to overstate how heated this is getting w/Jonathan Allen Kristen Welker nbcnews.com/politics/trump…