INSIDE D.C. WITH JOHN GIZZI NEWSMAX WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
GOP Senate Jitters • Top offi cials at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Republican National Committee (RNC), and the White House Offi ce of Political Aff airs are increasingly jittery over the prospect they might lose four U.S. Senate seats in November, which would give Democrats control of the chamber. Two recent polls are the
reasons for concern: South Carolina, where an Impact Research poll showed four-term Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham leading physician and certain Democrat nominee Dr. Annie Andrews 47%-42% among likely voters, and Ohio, where a new poll conducted by the GOP fi rm OnMessage Public Strategies showed former Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown leading incumbent Republican Jon Husted 47%-45% among likely voters. Until this poll, Graham
had never been on anyone’s list of endangered GOP senators, and Brown, unseated last year by Republican Bernie Moreno, was considered a long shot. Montana and North Carolina, where Republican Sens. Steve Daines and Thom Tillis are retiring, are also seen as up for grabs.
DOJ Shake-Up • Legal eagles tell Newsmax that with the new attorney general, there will be a major housecleaning at the
Department of Justice by the end of summer. At least two assistant
attorneys general are on the way out — one for dealing harshly with department staff members. The same sources agree
that Trump’s major concern is keeping a handle on the DOJ to avoid the pitfalls that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974, after his attorney general (Eliot Richardson) was not loyal to the president and strengthened the hands of career staff who — then and now — are overwhelmingly hostile to the Republican leader. As one seasoned DOJ
watcher put it, “The most important qualifi cations for the next [assistant] attorneys general are people who have President Trump’s confi dence and believe in his agenda.”
Fetterman Independent? • Following his latest vote that set him apart from his Democrat colleagues — to confi rm Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., as Homeland Security chief — Sen. John Fetterman is now considered likely to seek reelection in 2028 as an independent. The iconic Pennsylvania Democrat, who fl ies the Israeli fl ag outside his home and frequently votes to confi rm Trump appointees, holds a 54%– 33% disapproval rating (Quinnipiac Poll) from
Keystone State Democrats. He is likely to face a
primary challenge from moderate former Rep. Conor Lamb or progressive Rep. Summer Lee. Among Republicans mentioned as Senate hopefuls are Rep. Dan Meuser and state Attorney General Dave Sunday, both considered strong conservatives.
Trump’s Royal Welcome • The tension between President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister
Keir Starmer over the U.S.-Israeli strike in Iran shook the so-called “special relationship” between their countries. But sources in London
think this is only a “bump in the road” and the diff erences will be smoothed over — at least for now — after the visit of the president’s “favorite Englishman,” King Charles III, and his wife, Queen Camilla, to kick off celebrations of America’s independence from one of Charles’ less popular predecessors 250 years ago.
Joe Kent’s Next Move
• A month after Joe Kent abruptly resigned as head of the Counterterrorism Center to protest the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran, observers in Washington have been wondering who brought him into the administration in the fi rst place. Most Trump-watchers believe it was Trump himself, who, by many accounts, “loves” the former Green Beret for deposing Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in Washington state’s 3rd District in 2022. Beutler was one of 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s impeachment over the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol. Kent subsequently lost the fall contest to Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and also lost a rematch with her in ’24. Kent is now expected to launch a website and produce podcasts taking a noninterventionist stance on foreign policy.
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