AXIOS (Stef W. Kight) - Trump's summer of sabotage
Congressional Republicans are preparing to share the stage with a president who has spent the August recess complicating their efforts to run their races on their own terms. Why it matters: Republican lawmakers fled Washington for the latter part of the summer, eager to localize their races. - But President Trump keeps nationalizing the election. - In the process, he's staking out positions that run counter to GOP orthodoxy on issues including beef imports and child care subsidies . Driving the news: The Trump administration's plan to extend federal child care subsidies to families with a stay-at-home parent is the latest policy flashpoint. - His call to rename New Mexico is his most recent cultural one. - The child care proposal…