Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume has issued a pointed warning to Republicans before next month’s midterm elections, saying the party could face a sweeping “washout.”

Speaking Wednesday on the network’s Special Report, Hume compared President Donald Trump’s nationwide campaign appearances on behalf of Republican candidates with former President Bill Clinton’s efforts before the 1994 elections, when the GOP seized unified control of Congress.

“I think Republicans have to consider the possibility that this could become something like 1980, when Republicans won a landslide that nobody saw coming and Ronald Reagan became president,” Hume told host Bret Baier.

He then pointed to 1994, recalling how Clinton, a Democrat and then-president, traveled across the country to campaign for his party much as Trump is doing now.

Republicans that year promoted a platform known as the Contract for America, while Clinton branded it the “Contract on America,” Hume said.

“I was covering the White House at the time, and I’ll never forget thinking that maybe he was making progress,” Hume recalled.

Clinton had the enormous platform that comes with the presidency, drew large crowds and campaigned aggressively. Yet Democrats and the president’s party were “absolutely slaughtered” in the election, Hume said, as Republicans won control of the House for the first time in decades.

“Republicans have to worry that something similar could happen in this race,” Hume said. “They may not simply lose the closest contests; they could face a major washout.”

“I’m not saying it will happen,” he added, “but I think it could happen.”

Hume later observed that Trump had placed himself at the heart of the Republican election strategy.

“That’s fine if the goal is simply to maximize Republican turnout,” he said.

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But Hume said recent polling suggested Trump’s support among Republicans had fallen since Election Day. His overall approval rating was also about 36 percent, he noted—meaning a large majority of Americans disapproved of his performance.

“That is really bad at this stage, when he is out there front and center,” Hume said. “It may cause people around him to question whether he should be playing such a prominent role, given where his standing is.”

Hume’s comments came after a new Fox News poll found that a clear majority of Americans viewed Democrats as better equipped than Republicans to address several major issues.

Democrats held leads over Republicans on foreign policy, 54 percent to 45 percent; gas prices, 55 percent to 43 percent; and inflation, 57 percent to 41 percent, according to the survey.

A separate Reuters/Ipsos poll found that roughly 78 percent of Americans blamed Trump’s policies—including import tariffs and the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran—for higher prices that have been rising faster than wages.

In an effort to boost voter participation, Trump on Tuesday reiterated his promise to provide $5,000 to every adult American.

During his Tuesday night speech, Trump said he is ‘going to give all adult citizens in the United States $5,000’ if the Republicans hold both chambers of Congress in November.

‘You gotta spend it in the United States of America,’ the president added. ‘I don’t want you going to China.’

The president made the same promise at previous events like the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas in early September, calling it the ‘Trump Dividend.’

President Trump delivered a forceful message to Arizona voters Wednesday, warning that Democrats would “destroy our country” while criticizing their conduct during the State of the Union and urging Republicans to turn the state red from top to bottom.

With Election Day fewer than three weeks away, Trump rallied in Bullhead City for Rep. Andy Biggs, the Republican nominee for governor, and other GOP candidates. He attacked Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and called for a Republican victory in tribute to Charlie Kirk.

“On election night, Arizona is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it,” Trump told the crowd. “America belongs to those who love, love, love, love — love it.”

Biggs appeared alongside Trump and revisited the president’s February State of the Union address, accusing Democrats of refusing to stand when Trump questioned their commitment to the American people.

“Vote Republican top to bottom,” Biggs said. “Let’s turn Arizona red.”

Trump echoed Biggs’ criticism and focused on lawmakers’ reactions to veterans honored during the address.

“Not one Democrat smiled or clapped,” Trump said. “And that’s when I looked at them, and I said, ‘You people are crazy.’”

“But that’s what we have,” he added. “They’ll destroy our country.”

Trump’s account blended two separate moments from the Feb. 24 speech. During the address, he presented the Medal of Honor to retired Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams, who was 100 years old at the time, as Trump noted Wednesday.

He also honored World War II veteran George “Buddy” Taggart.

The partisan dispute over who stood occurred when Trump asked lawmakers to affirm that the government’s foremost responsibility was protecting American citizens rather than illegal immigrants.

Republicans stood as many Democrats remained seated. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania later said he had risen to honor distinguished guests, including veterans.

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Trump repeatedly directed personal attacks at Hobbs, whom Biggs is challenging, describing the governor as a “low IQ individual.”

He also endorsed Biggs’ running mate, former state Sen. Sine Kerr, who is running to become Arizona’s first lieutenant governor.

Biggs chose Kerr for the newly established position in July.

Trump urged voters to support Republican secretary of state candidate Alex Kolodin, calling him “a warrior for election integrity” while criticizing Democratic incumbent Adrian Fontes.

“You look good. Central casting, actually,” Trump told Kolodin before joking that he appeared “a little bit nerdy.”

Trump also praised Republican Reps. Paul Gosar, Abe Hamadeh and Eli Crane, referring to Hamadeh and Crane as “warriors.”

He voiced support for congressional candidate Mark Lamb as well, calling him “a friend of mine” and urging Arizonans to send him to Washington to represent the state’s 5th Congressional District.

The rally also featured a tribute to Kirk, whom Trump remembered on what would have been the conservative activist’s 33rd birthday.

“A great person, a great man, a great friend of mine,” Trump said as the crowd chanted, “Charlie! Charlie!”

Trump offered support to Kirk’s widow, Erika, and their family before turning the remembrance into a call to vote.

“In Charlie’s honor, we want you to go out and vote,” Trump said. “He’d be out there fighting like nobody else. So, let’s have a big victory in honor of Charlie Kirk.”

The U.S. military is sending several hundred Army soldiers to Latin America for training and joint exercises with regional forces as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against drug-trafficking networks, Fox News confirmed.

The force includes soldiers from the Army’s 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. The first contingent from a battalion of roughly 600 troops is expected to deploy to Panama, according to The New York Times, which first reported the move.

A senior U.S. official told Fox News that the soldiers are being positioned forward under U.S. Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, which will decide their final deployment locations.

The troops are expected to begin at a new jungle-training facility in Panama before conducting exercises with local forces in Colombia and Honduras, The Times reported.

The soldiers may also assist U.S. special operations forces advising local militaries as they carry out raids targeting suspected drug traffickers, according to the outlet.

Separately, several hundred additional soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division are expected to help staff a new Western Hemisphere military command headquartered in Miami.

The deployments come as the Pentagon maintains a wider military campaign against suspected drug traffickers operating across Latin America and the Caribbean.

More than a year after the campaign began, U.S. forces have carried out dozens of strikes that have killed more than 235 people.

SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis Donovan has previously said the military was weighing potential operations against trafficking organizations on land.

“Do I see land strikes as options? Yes. We want all options at the table,” Donovan told The Wall Street Journal.

“Those actions might be strikes, arrests, or the takedown of a safe house,” he said. “It could even be something as routine as increasing the use of cargo scanners at border checkpoints.”

Donovan said the broader objective was to impose “total systemic friction” on the cartels.

The Trump administration has also sought agreements with allied governments that could enable expanded U.S. military action against trafficking groups on land in several Latin American countries.

During an August visit to Panama, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to permit joint U.S. military operations against criminal groups inside their borders. Guatemala, however, denied that it had reached such an agreement.

President Donald Trump is weighing the use of America’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb against Iran as pressure intensifies to bring the deeply unpopular six-month war to an end.

The Pentagon has drawn up plans to deploy the 21,600-pound “mother of all bombs” against Iranian nuclear sites and energy infrastructure, an escalation that would mark a dramatic new phase in the conflict.

Officially designated the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB, the weapon can devastate an area roughly equivalent to nine city blocks.

However, military insiders caution that even such a spectacular strike may do little to advance Trump’s broader aim of forcing Tehran to surrender.

The plans were reported by CNN after discussions with multiple US officials. They could be carried out either before or after November’s midterm elections if Trump approves a renewed military campaign.

Trump has publicly promised not to launch new attacks before voters go to the polls, although some of his advisers privately question whether that commitment will stand.

Inside the administration, officials are reportedly searching for a way for Trump to claim victory and pull US forces out of the region without creating the impression that Washington has capitulated.

One source told CNN that the proposals under consideration include strikes against “a lot of energy infrastructure,” along with the possible use of the MOAB.

The proposed operation was reportedly discussed as occurring “prior to US retrograde in CENTCOM AOR (area of responsibility).”

That language indicates the White House could approve a final, overwhelming bombardment before declaring victory and quickly withdrawing American troops from the region.

A separate source said the massive weapon is specifically included in plans targeting Iran’s suspected nuclear facilities, including the heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain complex.

US and Israeli officials believe Tehran has stored elements of its nuclear program at the site, which Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike.

Yet military experts doubt that the MOAB could break through the thick granite layers believed to shield the underground facility, despite its enormous explosive force.

Unlike purpose-built bunker-busting munitions, the MOAB is intended mainly to produce a huge blast over a wide area, not to penetrate far beneath the surface.

“The MOAB is a massive information operation type weapon that is great for huge area clearance but not much else,” a source familiar with Pentagon planning told CNN.

“It is definitely not designed as a deep penetration warhead.”

The weapon could inflict catastrophic damage above ground while leaving deeply buried nuclear installations largely intact.

Its enormous blast radius would also raise serious concerns about civilian casualties, particularly if Iranian energy facilities near populated areas were targeted.

Nevertheless, some officials believe the psychological impact of dropping such a terrifying weapon could demonstrate overwhelming American military strength without restarting a full-scale bombing campaign.

‘POTUS has unfortunately put himself in a situation where he is almost compelled to do something and, without the ammunition designed to penetrate that level … you have to look at psychological effects for which the MOAB is well-equipped,’ the source added.

The dilemma comes as Trump confronts growing frustration over a war that has dragged on for more than six months without a negotiated settlement.

Republicans are increasingly anxious that the conflict could damage their electoral prospects in the approaching midterms, while the president remains reluctant to withdraw without securing a clear victory.

Although some administration officials have suggested the United States has effectively won, Trump has stopped short of declaring the conflict over.

He has also reportedly resisted suggestions from outside allies that he should simply bring American forces home, arguing that such a withdrawal would be perceived as defeat.

Instead, senior advisers have spent weeks searching for a military or diplomatic breakthrough that would allow the administration to claim a decisive success.

A Florida ICU nurse allegedly removed fentanyl from a critically ill patient’s IV line and later returned to the room in what police say appeared to be an attempt to take more.

Leslie Ann Pope, 54, was arrested Oct. 8, months after a patient’s family member reportedly watched her use a syringe to draw liquid from a fentanyl infusion at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital in Port St. Lucie, CBS 12 reported, citing the Port St. Lucie Police Department.

Investigators said Pope placed the syringe in her pocket before leaving the room.

The alleged theft occurred June 24, according to a subsequent report from the station.

Police said Pope came back to the patient’s room the following night and moved toward the IV equipment. A family member stopped her before she could proceed, authorities said.

Detectives who reviewed surveillance footage reportedly saw Pope handling protective caps connected to the IV system, CBS 12 reported.

Authorities have not been able to establish whether she took any additional medication during that second encounter.

Police also said Pope was not assigned to care for the patient from whose fentanyl infusion she allegedly withdrew medication.

According to Brittany McNally, a Port St. Lucie police public information officer, Pope told investigators she had responded to an “upstream occlusion” alarm involving the IV.

The patient’s significant other, who had professional experience in a medical setting, questioned that explanation.

McNally told CBS 12 that Pope had no initial reason to be in the room because she was not part of the patient’s assigned care team.

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The family member’s medical background prompted them to question what they had witnessed and report the matter through the hospital’s chain of command, McNally said.

The hospital launched an internal investigation and alerted the Florida Department of Health, which then contacted law enforcement, according to McNally.

Police opened their investigation in August. Pope was taken into custody Oct. 8 with help from the Palm Beach Marshals Task Force.

She faces multiple felony charges, including grand theft of a controlled substance, possessing a controlled substance without a prescription and fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance.

Investigators have not said what Pope allegedly planned to do with the fentanyl, and she has denied the accusations.

“We don’t want to speculate what she could be using it for, whether it’s personal or, you know, selling it,” McNally said.

“We don’t have that information at this point.”

McNally said Pope had been employed by the hospital for approximately six months.

“We take these allegations very seriously. The individual no longer works with us, and we are fully cooperating with law enforcement,” Cleveland Clinic said in a statement to CBS12 News.

“Because this is an active investigation, we are unable to comment further at this time.”

The hospital did not provide details as to when Pope’s employment ended or if she was fired, according to the outlet. 

The Post reached out to Port St. Lucie Police Department and Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital for more information.

President Donald Trump wished Pope Leo XIV a swift recovery Wednesday after the pontiff was diagnosed with lung cancer, adding that he knows the pope’s brother and describing him as a strong supporter of the MAGA movement.

Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight from Arizona to Montana, Trump expressed hope that the 71-year-old pope would recover well after undergoing surgery to remove part of his right lung.

“I want to see Pope Leo get well. I hear the prognosis for that type of a problem. It’s a cancer. It’s big stuff. Anytime you have cancer,” the president said. “But the prognosis seems to be good, I’ve watched. And we just want to wish him our love and our best wishes.”

Trump also spoke about his relationship with the pope’s brother and sister-in-law, saying the couple are enthusiastic supporters of the president.

“His brother is a friend of mine, who’s a great — he’s a fantastic guy — and his wife. You know, they’re big Trump supporters. They have MAGA all over their house,” he said. “And I can say that his brother loves him a lot. Loves the pope a lot, and that’s good, but I just want to wish him well. Get better fast.”

Trump’s comments came a day after the Vatican announced that Pope Leo had been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer, following surgery at Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome.

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The Holy See Press Office said surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung during an operation that lasted about 90 minutes. Doctors reported no complications.

The Vatican said tests on tissue collected during the operation confirmed the cancer diagnosis and matched the results of examinations conducted before surgery.

Leo had earlier said doctors found a small lump in his lung at an early stage and advised him to undergo surgery. After the procedure, the pope awoke normally and returned to his hospital room following a short period of observation, according to the Vatican.