ICYMI: A WaPo-KFF vaccine poll asked parents what they think about RFKJr and their pediatricians. Here’s our deep dive into the findings. W Rachel Roubein Scott Clement washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10…

Who will be left covering the U.S. Department of Defense after tomorrow at 5 p.m.? Almost no one. Here's where things stand: washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

Big news in the election media landscape: ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and CNN will no longer get their election results from Edison. They're signing on with the AP, which was already the main source of election results for newspapers, etc.: ap.org/media-center/p…

NEW Washington Post- Schar School poll reveals how text message scandal has affected Virginia races. Story with Post greats Greg Schneider & Erin Cox washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/… Full poll results + methods --> washingtonpost.com/tablet/2025/10…

Some guy named Balz has the co-byline on our latest Post/ABC and apparently he’s a must read. This second paragraph is terrible for Trump and Rs. He’s at post-Jan 6 level of disapproval and basically post-debate-Biden with independents. Dan Balz Scott Clement

3 in 5 Americans disapprove of Trump's job performance, the highest level since after the Jan. 6 attack. Americans disapprove even of his handling of issues historically favorable to him like immigration, crime and the economy. Scott Clement Dan Balz Andrew Ba Tran washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

NEW: A thread on an unprecedented seven-part series in this week's The Washington Post in which I use Jefferson as a lens to examine America's 250th anniversary: "Revolutionary Revelations: Jefferson, the Declaration and an American Paradox." wapo.st/4nLJUrS

But a good night for polls!

The new political map of NYC shows some stark divides: Very wealthy, very white and very Hasidic parts of the city went for Cuomo. Young, Black and Hispanic voters went for Mamdani. But the biggest divide? Transit vs. cars. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

DEM over-performance at the state leg level in VA averages 4 pts. One bit of comfort for R’s who saw Spanberger out-run Harris by 9 points statewide. IOW, R’s sitting in CDs/states where Trump won by anywhere from 4-9 pts should feel anxious right now.

Why are Ds upset that Senate Dems agreed to end the shutdown? Dem expectations in 2025 are VERY different from what they were in 2017. Back then, 59% were willing to make compromises w/ Trump. Now, just 32% with 65% saying “stick to positions”

If you score remap shifts between safe/competitive seats as +/-0.5, here's how the count looks today, to my eye: CA: Dem +4.5 MO: GOP +1 NC: GOP +0.5 OH: GOP +0.5 TX: GOP +4 UT: Dem +1 That leaves Republicans ahead by half a seat, w/ FL, IN & VA the biggest remaining variables.

Appreciate the recognition on our Virginia poll's accuracy! Our registered voter sample was weighted to RV estimates Census/Voter file/State election office; likely voter results used a probabilistic model based on previous turnout-matched polls. More-> washingtonpost.com/documents/d009…

Absolute all-timer of a name/quote pairing here: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

“Bluntly, the taxpayers of D.C. are being screwed by this.” How D.C. developers made big money on a taxpayer-funded housing project - important, in-depth reporting from The Washington Post's Steve Thompson washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/inter…

was just looking this up

Two ways to look at the “could Dems have won TN-07 w/ a better candidate? 1) well-known, moderate candidate, frmr Gov. Bredesen came w/in a point here in ‘18; 2) Even a flawed Dem candidate got w/in single digits in a Trump +22 seat. Bottom line: D’s don’t need to win seats like

solid analysis (honestly)

George Soros has used his billions to change how crime and punishment work in America. But what happens when you don't want his money? Beth Reinhard explains for the latest story in the Post’s Billionaire Nation series: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…