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Lower Taxes, Safer Streets, Stronger Border: President Trump’s Texas Record
The following is from the Trump team.
On Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump returns to Texas with a record of results: historic tax relief, the most secure border in a generation, safer streets, and a surge of new private investment creating jobs across the Lone Star State.
Tax Relief for Texas Workers, Families, Seniors
President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts is putting money back in Texans’ pockets.

No Tax on Overtime: Approximately one in four Texas workers no longer pay federal income taxes on qualifying overtime pay.
No Tax on Social Security: About four million Texas seniors benefit from the new senior deduction.
Bigger Refunds: Texas taxpayers saw average refunds of $4,344 — the second-highest in the nation.
Rural Health Investments: Texas secured about $281 million in first-year Rural Health Transformation Program funding.
Protecting Jobs and Wages: The Working Families Tax Cuts safeguarded 547,000 Texas jobs, $107 billion in state GDP, and $51 billion in workers’ wages.

Safer Streets Across Texas
Violent crime is falling across the state as a result of President Trump’s law-and-order agenda.

Violent crime fell 13% last year, including a 13% drop in murder and 11% drop in rape.
The top 25 most populous jurisdictions in Texas all posted lower overall crime rates than the year before.
In the first half of 2026, Arlington homicides fell 60% from the first half of 2025.
America’s Safest Big Cities recently placed Plano, Laredo, and Arlington in the national Top 20 — with Plano and Laredo in the Top 10.

The Most Secure Border in a Generation
President Trump ended the Biden-era border crisis and is reimbursing Texas for the costs it carried.

The U.S. recorded negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in half a century, with more than three million illegal aliens having left the country since President Trump returned to office.
The Trump Administration has not released a single illegal alien from the border into the U.S. interior for 17 straight months.
Southern border apprehensions in August were 94% lower than the monthly average under Biden.
Refugee admissions are down nearly 90% from 2024 levels.
ICE has arrested more than 10,000 gang members during President Trump’s second term.
The Working Families Tax Cuts allocated $46.5 billion to finish the border wall.
Texas will soon receive $7.5 billion from the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund — established in the Working Families Tax Cuts — to recover costs from Biden’s border crisis.

Protecting Texas Communities
President Trump is delivering for Texas farmers, ranchers, and everyday families.

Water for the Valley: In January 2026, USDA and the State Department secured Mexico’s commitment to deliver 350,000 acre-feet per year from the Rio Grande — meeting the 1944 treaty average and repaying prior-cycle debt.
Protecting Ratepayers: After President Trump’s landmark Ratepayer Protection Pledge, the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT have moved to shield Texas families from the cost of data center expansion.
Screwworm Response: The Trump Administration funded additional Texas Animal Health Commission inspectors and a new $750 million sterile-fly facility, which broke ground in April at Moore Air Base in Edinburg.
Support for Farmers: The Trump Administration has delivered $827 million to more than 33,000 Texas farmers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program for the 2024 crop year. Nearly 27,000 Texas producers have also received more than $832 million in Farmer Bridge Assistance payments as part of a $12 billion national bridge program for trade disruptions and higher input costs left by the Biden Administration.

A Private Investment Boom in Texas
President Trump’s agenda of tax cuts, energy dominance, secure borders, and pro-growth policies has drawn major capital to the Lone Star State.

Bristol Myers Squibb announced a $2.3 billion investment to build a new multi-modal manufacturing campus in Houston.
Toyo Co. announced a $357 million investment to build a solar cell manufacturing facility near Houston, creating 400 American jobs.
Toyota announced a $3.6 billion investment at its San Antonio campus to build the new Tacoma in the United States instead of Mexico, creating 2,000 American jobs.
Saronic announced it will build a new $3.2 billion shipyard in Brownsville.
Micron announced $500 million in strategic financing to advance development and manufacturing at its Sherman facility.
FormFactor announced a $140 million investment for a new probe card manufacturing facility in Farmers Branch, creating more than 600 American jobs.
In July, ZERLUMA broke ground on a $50 million aluminum recycling and advanced manufacturing facility in Mission.
SpaceX announced a $16.8 billion investment for the first phase of its new semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County.
USG Corporation announced a $1.18 billion investment to build a new production facility in Orange, creating 200 American jobs.
Grupo Bimbo announced a $1 billion investment affirming its commitment to the U.S. market.
XPEL announced a $60 million investment to expand manufacturing and operations in San Antonio.
Tesla announced a $3 billion investment in a research chip facility at its Giga Texas campus.
Avant Technology announced a $20 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Pharr, creating 250 American jobs.
America First Refining and Reliance announced a multi-billion-dollar energy partnership to open the first new U.S. oil refinery in nearly half a century in Brownsville.
MP Materials announced a more than $1.25 billion investment in a new large-scale rare-earth magnet manufacturing campus in Northlake, creating more than 1,500 direct manufacturing and engineering jobs.
Arm Inc. announced a $71 million investment to expand its Austin campus with a new semiconductor lab, creating more than 320 American jobs.
Vantage Data Centers announced a $25 billion investment to build a 1,200-acre data center campus in Shackelford County.
Inventec announced an $85 million investment to build a manufacturing base in Texas to support AI server shipments.
Wistron announced a $500 million investment to acquire land and facilities in Dallas for high-performance computing devices.
LGM Pharma announced a $6 million investment to expand its Rosenberg manufacturing facility.
Paris Baguette announced a $160 million investment to build the company’s first North American production site, creating 450 American jobs.

President Trump and Republicans are proving once again that America First means Texas First — lower taxes, a sealed border, safer communities, and jobs that stay in the United States. Texans have a choice: continue that progress, or let Democrats tear it all down.

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U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.
U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a far-left Democrat from Michigan, threatened young people across America with investigations and possible prosecutions if they chose to work for the administration of President Donald Trump.
She tried walking it back but already was facing an ethics complaint from a watchdog, the Center to Advance Security in America.
Now a Chicago student who first reported on the threats has followed up with his own complaint to the Senate.
A Fox News report reveals Michael Bicksel, attending the University of Chicago, first had reported her threats, and his complaint now is pending before the Senate Select Committee on Ethics.
He charges she wants to use congressional investigations and possible prosecutions to frighten young people away from serving in a Republican administration.
Her words were, “I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.’ I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’ I want that deterrence message sent.”
WorldNetDaily had reported earlier on the complaint from the Center, which asked Senate Ethics Committee Chairman James Lankford, R-Okla., and Vice Chairman Chris Coons, D-Del., to investigate.

ON UCHICAGO CAMPUS: U.S. Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin hopes planned political prosecutions of republican leaders will scare young conservatives from getting involved in politics. @ElissaSlotkin https://t.co/p7NBJpDcQW
— The Chicago Thinker (@ThinkerChicago) October 17, 2026

Sen. Slotkin urges Dems to use prosecution to make young people afraid to serve in Trump admin https://t.co/tWo4ZWktcr https://t.co/EjrKsKT9Jk
— New York Post (@nypost) October 18, 2026

She wasn’t long in trying to walk it back, claiming later that it was all just an encouragement for people not to choose to do things they know are illegal:

PANTS ON FIRE: Democrat Elissa Slotkin says @BasedMikeLee is engaged in “his specialty” of “manufactured outrage,” arguing she has not and will never call for mass prosecutions of Trump or MAGA staffers in the federal government, but they would be WISE to disobey what the President asks them to do…. “Well, look, that’s manufactured outrage. That’s his specialty. I think the — the thing that I’ve heard from my own Republican colleagues and peers, including like interns and folks who work around the Hill who come to our events, they’ll tell you, like I, you know, I was worried. My parents were worried. You know, it’s really messy. I’m not sure what to get involved in. Politics in general has become messy. But, you know, when you’re being forced by this administration, for instance, to sign a contract that is given over to a company that Trump Jr. is on the board of, and you know that that’s a problem. Like, my point is, do not get yourself involved in illegal activity. It’s the same thing I was talking about a year ago. Whether you’re the uniformed military or a civilian in government, if you’re being asked to do something by the President or his team that’s illegal, you have a responsibility to reject that. That is my point, and that was the point I was trying to make.”
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 19, 2026

CASA chief James Fitzpatrck said, “Senator Slotkin’s recent statement that young professionals should be deterred from joining the Trump administration is extremely troubling and a potential violation of Senate Ethics rules. U.S. Senators must conduct themselves with proper ethics and morality at all times.”
Fox reported Slotkin’s comments were characterized by many as a “threat.”
Bicksel followed up with, “Recently at an event at my college, the University of Chicago, Senator Slotkin laid out a legislative-oversight agenda that involved using the legal process to terrorize members of the Trump administration in order to ‘deter’ young people from going to work for it.”
He seeks a ruling on whether Slotkin’s comments were “improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate.”
“As a college student and a conservative, this was a shocking thing to hear,” Bicksel’s complaint reads. “A prominent U.S. Senator came to my college and laid out a goal that I and my peers should be afraid to serve our country in the executive branch. This is well below the standard of conduct expected of a U.S. Senator and deserves investigation by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics and appropriate subsequent disciplinary action.”
Slotkin, of course, was one of a handful of Democrats in Congress who earlier released of video directed to the U.S. military that appeared to undermine the chain of command, where Trump sits at the top as commander-in-chief.
The video exhorted the service members not to follow “illegal orders” from the Trump administration, while failing to identify any so-called “illegal orders.”
Several of the Democrats who used the military for their political agenda refused to cooperate with any investigation.
Trump said the six Democrats were participating in “seditious” behavior for telling service members: “Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders,” without identifying any.

I just filed a formal ethics complaint against @SenatorSlotkin https://t.co/9bFV6O1SOk
— Michael Bicksel (@MichaelBicksel) October 22, 2026

WATCH: Elissa Slotkin suddenly facing ethics complaint for threatening young people looking to work for Trump

Trump Hints Trilateral Ukraine Peace Talks May Not Happen In Person

More disappointment: President Trump has hinted that any near-future trilateral talks involving the US, Russia, and Ukraine to end the war might not actually take place in person.Trump told reporters that a meeting is set to happen soon. “I would say it would be a meeting. They’d like to have a meeting, so we’ll see. We’ll probably make it. It could be done not necessarily through a meeting otherwise too, but I would say it’ll happen over the next not too long,” the president described. And yet the whole touted ‘breakthrough’ aspect of it (touted widely in headlines earlier this month) hinges precisely on a trilateral meeting happening in person, involving Putin, Zelensky, and Trump mediating. Trump while on the prior campaign trail promised to resolve the conflict by ‘day one’ in office. There are still hopes he cold do it, but the stalemated conflict appears intractable at this late point.

via AFP

But Russian state media is interestingly enough presenting the comments as an indicator that an in person summit is unlikely to happen: Trump Says Talks With Putin, Zelensky May Not Be in Person.Trump has of late been piling the pressure on Zelensky, saying he’s not willing to make peace and even suggesting he should be removed and new elections should take place.As for peace remaining elusive, the two warring sides can’t even hold to an energy ceasefire, despite some recent attempts by Washington to impose one.Over in Moscow, President Putin has long insisted that his ‘special military operation’ will continue until Russia’s goals are complete, with or without a peace settlement. This insistence has featured that the annexed territories be politically recognized as Russia’s on a permanent basis. However, Russia may see in this ‘demilitarized’ Donbass clause a way forward towards future political recognition. A recently reported new Trump peace plan is said to include:Demilitarized zone in DonbasUkraine abandons NATOInvestment package & EU membership for UkraineRussian business deals with US companies, lifting sanctions & normalization of political relationsResumptions of Russian gas supplies to Europe & Nord StreamReportedly only a draft outline has been circulating this month, coming at a time Zelensky is under immense pressure and criticism from the Trump White House.NEW: We got the list of “Business Deals” the US and Russia are discussing. They include a potential return by US companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Putin’s war, including JVs in Sakhalin and restoring the Druzhba pipeline:https://t.co/SAQATGQdQ0— max seddon (@maxseddon) October 27, 2026
Moscow has lately reacted positively reports that the US has throttled intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, and also as the White House has been demanding that Kiev halt all attacks on Russian oil refineries. The Kremlin is seizing the moment to improve bilateral relations, including talking up future joint US oil deals.
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Wed, 10/28/2026 – 10:00

Amy Grant is opening up about her relationship with her husband, Vince Gill, after over 20 years of marriage, saying he will always stand up for her.During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 65-year-old singer touched on her marriage with Gill, noting that while he is “kind, kind, kind,” he will do anything to protect her.”He does have a toggle switch, and if somebody does something to throw that switch, he can respond so quickly,” she said. “And so he can see the field, and he’s got a quick mind. And he is not afraid to put somebody in their place or be protective. And so, yeah, I mean, I feel so loved by him.” In March, Gill told the story of the time he confronted radio host Don Imus while on his radio show, and called him out for talking negatively about him and Grant.AMY GRANT’S EMOTIONAL ACCOUNT OF DOCTORS AND NURSES SINGING OUTSIDE DOLLY PARTON’S HOSPITAL ROOMHe told the “Naked Lunch” podcast that Imus started out as a fan of his, but after he married Grant the radio host changed his tune and would say things such as, “Vince Gill, lost the Baby Jesus, married that Christian girl.” While on his radio show, Gill waited until Grant’s name came up and then took his chance to stand up for his wife.”I said, ‘Well, if you ever met her, you’d never say an unkind word about her,’” Gill said. “‘I’m going to shoot you straight.’ I said, ‘I really only came on this show for one reason.’ I said, ‘We’re either going to talk this out, straighten this out,’ I said, ‘or I’m going to crawl across this desk, and I’m going to kick your a–.'”Gill noted that on his way home from the interview, he caught Imus on the air and heard him say, “I don’t know why I was giving that guy so much crap. I love that guy,” adding that the two of them stayed friends until Imus’ death in December 2019.When speaking with Fox News Digital, Grant described all the ways Gill has shown up for her throughout their marriage, including when she had unexpected open-heart surgery in 2020, and when she had a bike accident in 2022 which affected her short-term memory.GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE”My short-term memory was shot. There’s so much I couldn’t remember,” she recalled. “I was processing so slow and I just remember saying to him, ‘What if this is all I ever had? What, if this is as good as it gets?’ And he said, ‘Amy, anything could happen to any of us. An accomplished musician could have a stroke and never use their left hand again.’ And he said, ‘We’re just going to take each day and it’s enough.'”She explained that his message of staying together no matter what, is something he has always conveyed, “whether spoken or not.”LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSGrant shared that when she told Gill she felt so understood by him, he responded by saying that he doesn’t always understand her, but noted, “I welcome you Amy, whatever you bring, I welcome you.””I was trying to be like, ‘You know me, you get it.’ He was just going, ‘I don’t know if I can say that, but I’m here and my arms are wide open,’ and that’s how he’s always done,” she said. “We’ve just discovered each other day by day over 26 years and I love him more now. The more I know him, the more I love him. And everybody’s life partner is just their life partner. And so you just get to know each other at every new chapter and life brings a lot to everybody.”Gill and Grant got married in March 2000 and welcomed their daughter, Corrina, in March 2001, after first meeting in 1993 while both married to other people. They confirmed they were dating in October 1999, after Gill and his first wife divorced in 1997, Grant and her first husband separated in 1998.Grant also spoke to Fox News Digital about her recent tribute to Dolly Parton at the Dove Awards, which she did alongside Christian singer, Natalie Grant.When it came time to sing one of Parton’s songs, Amy said she was nervous and didn’t think she “could pull off any of her songs,” noting “her stuff is tough,” and just “fit” Parton’s voice.PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE”All I’m saying is we all bring our unique gifts to the table, but I would not have had the opportunity to honor Dolly and song had Natalie not not asked me. And, afterwards, she and I just had a big hug and said, ‘What a one time to sing. What a chance to share that we’re honoring this icon.’ So, it was so meaningful to both of us.”

EXCLUSIVE — Republican Rep. Mike Collins offered a behind-the-scenes look at his latest conversation with President Donald Trump and detailed his role in preparing Georgia’s infrastructure for a multibillion-dollar manufacturing investment during an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, exactly one week before voters decide one of the nation’s closely watched Senate contests.Collins, a trucking company owner challenging Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff, said he spoke privately with Trump following Saturday’s rally in Perry, Georgia, where the president announced a $4.2 billion investment by German automaker Audi.The Georgia congressman described a president eager to hear feedback from those around him and said he personally relayed what he had observed while meeting rallygoers.TRUMP SUPPORTERS CONFRONT IRAN, AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS WITH A MESSAGE FOR CRITICS: ‘GIVE HIM TIME'”He always wants to know what you think. He wants to know what everybody thinks,” Collins told Fox News Digital. “And I think that’s just part of his personality.”Collins said he made a point of asking attendees whether they had ever been to a Trump rally before.”Well over half of the people that were at that event, it was their first time ever attending a Trump rally,” Collins said, describing his own conversations with supporters.The Republican also revealed that Trump helped amplify a new digital advertisement from his Senate campaign focused on the Laken Riley Act, legislation Collins championed in Congress.TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATE SURVIVES GRUELING RUNOFF, ADVANCES TO HIGH-STAKES SENATE RACE”When he saw the ad, he retweeted it out there and of course, it has exploded with over 7 million views,” Collins said.The president’s involvement comes as Collins seeks to unseat Ossoff in the final days before the Nov. 3 election.Collins also elaborated on his involvement in improvements to the Port of Brunswick, which he credits with helping position Georgia to attract Audi’s newly announced manufacturing investment.Trump announced Saturday that Audi would invest $4.2 billion in a new facility in the Macon area, with plans to manufacture approximately 200,000 vehicles annually.Collins said that after becoming chairman of the House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee in 2025, he made the Port of Brunswick one of his first priorities.”Got down there and, lo and behold, that thing has not been fully dredged in over 10 years,” Collins said. “Took me about 3 months, got the money, got it dredged. Now it is fully dredged.”According to Collins, insufficient channel depth had previously limited the amount of cargo vessels could transport through the port. He argued that improving the port’s capacity helped make Georgia more attractive to automakers looking to manufacture and export vehicles.”One of the reasons that they picked Georgia was because that port is ready to go down there,” Collins said.‘MISLEADING VOTERS’: OSSOFF WARNS DONORS HE’S FALLING BEHIND DESPITE LEADING SENATE FUNDRAISINGThe Audi announcement has become a point of contention in the Senate campaign. Ossoff has called for more details about the project, while Collins has pointed to his work on port infrastructure as evidence of his economic development record.The interview also turned personal when Collins was asked about reports concerning Ossoff’s campaign spending on a Hollywood makeup artist.The Washington Times reported Sept. 26 that Ossoff’s campaign had spent nearly $3,000 on hair and makeup during the election cycle, more than any other Senate candidate at the time. The outlet cited Federal Election Commission records showing payments to Georgia makeup artist Stephanie Ponder.Asked whether he personally wears makeup on the campaign trail, Collins responded with a joke.”The answer is no, I don’t use makeup,” Collins said. “Some people might want to suggest I put a bag over my head.”Collins then said political advisers had deliberately changed how Ossoff looks and speaks.”I can’t help it that they hired Pee-wee Herman’s makeup artist,” Collins said.The comments followed Trump’s own references to the fictional character while criticizing Ossoff at Saturday’s rally.Collins also claimed that Ossoff is positioning himself for a potential 2028 presidential campaign, an allegation he framed as his own interpretation of the senator’s voting record, endorsements and fundraising.Ossoff has campaigned on his work in the Senate, including health care, affordability and economic issues, while criticizing Collins’ support for Trump’s policies.When asked whether he disagrees with Trump on any issue, Collins pointed to the timing of a potential change involving off-road diesel fuel.”Probably the only thing I would have, I would have jumped on the off-road diesel quicker to run in trucks,” Collins said.The trucking company owner argued that allowing additional diesel supplies into the transportation market sooner could help reduce prices.He also predicted that consumers would see lower fuel prices following the election.”You’re gonna see prices come down. It’s amazing what election day is gonna do,” Collins said.The prediction comes as rising energy costs remain a major issue in the Senate race.Collins defended Trump’s broader economic agenda, arguing that lower taxes, deregulation and domestic manufacturing investment would help households struggling with everyday expenses.Ossoff, meanwhile, has criticized Trump’s tariffs and the economic effects of the war with Iran, arguing that administration policies have contributed to higher costs for Georgia families.Collins ended the exclusive interview with a confident declaration about the approaching election.”I’m gonna win this race next week. I’m gonna be your next U.S. senator from Georgia,” Collins said.He added that he would move his work from the House to the Senate while continuing to focus on affordability and economic development.”We’re gonna just pick up that old desk, move it across the rotunda, and continue to deliver,” Collins said.The election is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, with early voting in Georgia continuing through Friday, Oct. 30.The Ossoff campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Brace yourselves, folks. It’s almost here.We’ve waited all year for it. We suffered through the long, hot summer months. We stayed patient, and focused, and determined. In a few short days, the calendar turns to November, and it’ll be here.The holiday season? Nope! Thanksgiving? Nope again! Not even close. Something even better …CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEThe highly-anticipated John Madden movie, with Nicholas Cage starring as the late Hall of Fame coach/broadcaster, is set to release in theaters on Nov. 11!That’s right.If you’ve ever wondered how John Madden went from football coach, to broadcaster, to creator of the biggest video game series of all time, you’re gonna find out in about two weeks.And for those who can’t wait even that long, here’s a little taste of what to expect:Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa Nellie!Thoughts? First impressions? I’m gonna level with everyone here … that’s just an awful John Madden impression. I’m not sure we can even call it an impression? I think it’s just Nicolas Cage … talking like Nicholas Cage?It’s jarring to watch, really.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE. DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!If you had me close my eyes and gave me a thousand guesses at who that was speaking, I would never land on John Madden. Ever. I’d say it was Nicholas Cage … because it sounds like Nicholas Cage.Hardcore NFL fans, naturally, are burying this movie before it even gets off the ground:This is an embarrassment to his legacy.That seems to be the overriding theme on social media today in response to the above trailer. Folks are not thrilled with what they see — or hear — and they’re worried John Madden’s legacy will be hurt by this.That’s a little dramatic, if you ask me. Let’s not be silly. But, it certainly won’t improve Madden’s legacy with the younger generations that didn’t grow up with him.The question I have is … why? Why didn’t Nicholas Cage even bother trying to sound like Madden? There’s just no effort there at all. I don’t get it?John Madden’s voice is iconic. It’s what my generation grew up with. My dad knows Madden as the coach. I know him as the man in the booth talking turkey and football on Thanksgiving.NFL’S THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY SCHEDULE THAT FEATURES FIVE GAMES IS DEFINITELY NO TURKEYAnd it was the best:You see? THAT’s the John Madden I knew. Man, he was the best. The whole world grew up in the late-90s and early-2000s making Turduckens on Thanksgiving, and it was absolutely because of John Madden.What a wonderful time to be alive. I miss those days so much. We’ll never get them back.Anyway, Madden premieres on Nov. 11.Enjoy!

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., called Ohio “ground zero” for Senate control during a campaign event with Republican Senate nominee Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, in Lima, Ohio on Tuesday night.Following remarks from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Thune praised Oz’s work in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse while insisting that Republicans must hold a Senate majority to allow Oz to continue his work.”That only happens if Jon Husted gets elected next Tuesday. This is ground zero. It seems like it is a lot of election years we come to Ohio, but this literally is ground zero. This is the firewall in the United States Senate. It’s the difference between the next two years, President Trump having to deal with Democrats in Congress, House and Senate, where all you’ll be doing is investigations,” Thune told the crowd.SENATE CONTROL IS A COIN FLIP — AND DEMOCRATS’ PATH RUNS THROUGH TRUMP COUNTRYTop Democrats including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., have already signaled an intention to use subpoena power to investigate President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet.”When people ask what will we do, my answer is simple. We’ll use those tools. We’ll act like the Congress,” Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Associated Press in September.HOUSE DEMS PLOT TRUMP INVESTIGATION BLITZ IF THEY SEIZE MAJORITY”I tell people that the first thing the House will do, Democrats, if the House flips, is they’ll impeach the president,” Thune continued Tuesday.”Well, that will that will require a trial, some sort of a trial in the United States Senate. And the only difference between a 24-hour impeachment trial in the Senate and a 24-month impeachment trial is a Republican majority,” he said.DEM MAKING SENATE COMEBACK BID SAYS HE WOULDN’T SUPPORT A TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PUSHThune then slammed Husted’s Democratic opponent, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who served as a U.S. Senator in Ohio from 2007 until 2025, when he ceded his seat to Republican Bernie Moreno after losing in the 2024 election.”He proved that to us for 30 years when he was in the Senate, he was a rubber stamp for Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. We got to keep Jon Husted in the United States Senate, folks. It is absolutely, absolutely critical,” Thune said.SHERROD BROWN’S 1971 LETTER ARGUED AGAINST RELEASING VIETNAM WAR POWS, PODCAST HOSTS REVEALThune continued to sing Husted’s praises.”Jon Husted is as good as they come. He is just a solid, solid human being who is principled, hardworking, smart and solution-oriented. He’s getting up every day thinking of things he can do to make Ohio better. He did that when he was here in the state legislature and as lieutenant governor for the state of Ohio. He cut taxes here. Came to Washington, cut taxes there. Allowed you to keep more money in your pocket. Secured the border. We haven’t had a person released into the country illegally in 17 months. Think about that, folks,” Thune continued.TRUMP ADMIN MARKS 15 STRAIGHT MONTHS WITH ZERO BORDER RELEASES AS APPREHENSIONS PLUNGE 94%He closed his remarks by hammering home how crucial it is for Ohioans to get out and vote.”This is a knife fight, folks. This is a bare knuckles brawl, and all you have to do is turn on your television and see that. But the stakes couldn’t be higher, consequences couldn’t be greater. It’s just so important that we get this done,” he concluded.MAPPED: THE STATES TRUMP AND TOP DEMOCRATS ARE TARGETING BEFORE ELECTION DAYHusted, for his part, reiterated the tight nature of his race, also challenging Republican voters to get to the polls.”We got work to do because this is going to be a close race. This is going to be a close race,” Husted told the crowd. “This is like the fourth quarter of a football game. I can tell you that the other side wants to intimidate us. The other side wants to make you think that we’re not going to win. The other side is going to try to make you believe that what you do doesn’t matter. What you do does matter. You get into the fourth quarter of a football game, and this is what people try to do. They try to intimidate you the whole game. Everybody has a game plan, but they keep punching you. They keep knocking you down. They want to make you quit. Are they going to make you quit?”FOX NEWS POLL: ECONOMIC ANXIETY AND CANDIDATE CONCERNS DEFINE OHIO SENATE RACEA recent Fox News survey of likely Ohio voters showed Brown with a slight lead over Husted, with 52% of respondents saying they’d vote for Brown compared to 47% for Husted.Leader Jeffries and Rep. Meeks, the Brown campaign, Leader Thune and Sen. Husted did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for further comment.