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Monday, October 19, 2026
The midterms are 15 days away, and President Donald Trump’s closing message is to help Vladimir Putin by lifting sanctions against Russia? Or is it his decision to remake Washington, D.C.'s historic East Potomac Golf Links into a world-class golf course that he promoted on Truth Social over the weekend? Both are, at best, curious approaches, but the first openly flouts Republican members of Congress who named the Russian sanctions after recently departed Lindsey Graham in a principled way to honor his legacy. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed and his family's alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood are getting a raft of bipartisan and national examination. A political rally confrontation between El-Sayed and a kid named Tommy went viral over the weekend, leading a CBS News reporter to delete a praiseworthy tweet and apologize, and becoming the latest political Rorschach test. Trump will travel to a number of red states this week to help GOP candidates in tight races, though it’s not clear his campaigning is a help or hindrance.
