AXIOS (Mike Zapler) - Creeping screwworm: Trump's new political pest
The screwworm has arrived in the United States, and it's creeping up on President Trump as a political pest. Why it matters: Trump and the Republican Party are already reeling from soaring beef prices and accelerating inflation. - A screwworm outbreak could exacerbate the GOP's biggest vulnerability just as the midterm elections are heating up. State of play: The Department of Agriculture is gearing up for a $1 billion+ fight against the screwworm, AP reports . - It'll cost about $750 million to set up a plant to produce and release 300 million sterile male screwworms every week. This technique — in which the males mate with wild females, preventing reproduction — has long been the gold standard for eradicating the pest. Threat…