Natalie Andrews

They want to see a de-escalation in force instead of doing checks on people, feeling like they can ask people if they're citizens or not.

They'd like to see something that's more targeted.

Republicans would say, you know, Democrats shouldn't hold this bill up because ICE is already funded and the DHS bill funds the Coast Guard and FEMA and several swaths of the country are currently burying in ice and snow and may need FEMA funding.

So it does give a tension point.

It gives a place where you can negotiate and you can say, hey, we need this to be effective immediately.

And we need these restrictions on Immigrations and Customs Enforcement before they can spend their money.

The White House folks around Donald Trump, they feel like they've had a great year.

So they're coming off of the first year and then looking forward to concerns that voters are having about affordability and how they confront that.

Yeah, the party that is in power, voters tend to blame them for anything they feel is wrong.

And so as costs rise, the Democrats will ramp up the noise on pointing to Donald Trump's policies and saying, hey, he imposed tariffs that resulted in prices going up.

Or they'll point to health care costs that may go up.

You don't always deserve the credit you get for your wins and your losses, but Democrats are definitely going to make a lot of noise about it this year.

This is a place where the Trump administration feels as though they've had a lot of success, right, in intervening in corporate deals and in talking to corporations and getting them to move manufacturing back to the U.S.

The Trump Rx program is supposed to start in 2026, and they want to see more drug companies moving

sell drugs direct to consumers through this government website.

Probably we'll see more if Donald Trump sees a deal.

It goes to like his inner psyche to want to involve himself on that.

I am watching how much he weighs in on various midterm elections.

Does he make the Trump endorsement?

Does he start leaning toward J.D.