Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.The Washington Roundtable is joined by Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff under Barack Obama, for a discussion about the Democratic Party’s odds heading into the midterm elections. In 2006, as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emanuel helped engineer his party’s sweeping electoral victories against an unpopular Republican President. Two decades later, he anticipates Democratic wins across the board, including in the Texas and Iowa Senate races. Emanuel lays out what he sees as an affirmative agenda for the Party, should they take control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term: ethics reform, a minimum-wage increase, an overhaul of the tax code, and a focus on corruption. “The way I talk about corruption is, He wants his ballroom and you’re getting the bill. He wants his arch, and you can’t afford a meal at the Golden Arches. He gets a $450-million plane from Qatar, and you get $4.50 a gallon of gas,” Emanuel says. “You gotta drive the corruption into the wallet.”This week’s reading:“Trump’s Repudiation Is at Hand, Right?,” by Susan B. Glasser“How ICE Is Targeting the 2026 Midterms,” by Jonathan Blitzer“Can Justin J. Pearson Win in Tennessee?,” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor“How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Gave Florida Democrats a Chance,” by Daniel Castro“How the D.S.A. Learned to Love Elections,” by Benjamin Wallace-WellsTune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts.