When the Surge is all you got, as John McCain does, you stretch its time frame a bit to include as much good news as possible. (Next up: without the Surge, there would have been no polio vaccine!) That and the day’s other political news in the TPM Election Central Morning Roundup.
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Where Things Stand
Florida GOP Rep Up for Reelection Says Voters ‘Feel Betrayed’ By Trump’s Immigration Assault
09.17.26 | 5:01 pm
The Franchise
Whistleblower Claims Fed Agents ‘Likely’ Broke State Laws in Pursuit of Trump’s Conspiracy Theories
09.17.26 | 2:00 pm
News
We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
09.17.26 | 12:58 pm
Morning Memo
Fugitive ICE Agent Arrested in Minnesota
09.17.26 | 11:52 am