A major wind project is suing the Trump administration over its stop-work order bit.ly/46lgmLT
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A major wind project is suing the Trump administration over its stop-work order bit.ly/46lgmLT
@notus.org fought for these records. Also, here's some new info from me: two high ranking DOJ officials have recused themselves from the investigation. (They were Trump White House lawyers who had history with Bolton's book.) www.notus.org/courts/john-...
NEW: FBI seized John Bolton’s binder on “allied strikes” and “Trump” folders www.notus.org/courts/john-...
Cassidy grills RFK Jr. on vaccine policy 'I believe that President Trump deserved a Nobel Prize for Operation Warp Speed,' Cassidy told Kennedy, praising the development of COVID-19 vaccines.
Republican Senators cornered RFK Jr. this morning on his support for Operation Warp Speed, the first Trump administration's COVID-19 vaccine development project. www.notus.org/health-scien...
Sen. Bill Cassidy tried to box RFK Jr. in on vaccines
UPDATE in @notus.org: A $10,000 check stolen from KPMG's political action committee was en route to the National Republican Congressional Committee, per a D.C. Police report. www.notus.org/money/kpmg-p...
Thomas Massie says he’s optimistic about forcing a vote on the Epstein files
When members of Congress die, they sometimes leave large amounts of campaign cash behind. And when they do, it is sometimes spent in most curious ways. By @ameliacolon.bsky.social and @violetjira.bsky.social of @notus.org: www.notus.org/congress/dea...
Mayor Eric Adams’s campaign on Wednesday denied reports he would take a job in President Donald Trump’s administration as a way of dropping out of his re-election bid, which is facing tepid poll numbers. www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/03/a...
How dead lawmakers are spending campaign cash from beyond the grave
After going through campaign finance records for more than a dozen dead members of Congress, @violetjira.bsky.social and I found some irregularities. From funeral and medical expenses to payments to family, experts said these expenses are possible misuses of funds. www.notus.org/congress/dea...
The government woke up little kids in the middle of the night to try and deport them. One little girl vomited from the stress. Another broke down crying. DOJ lawyers then claimed — in court — that parents actually wanted the kids returned to Guatemala. @notus.org: www.notus.org/immigration/...
Jerry Nadler is clearing a path for a new generation. Other Democrats aren’t following it. bit.ly/3VyjHRC
Eric Adams campaign denies reports he’d take a job with Trump, drop out of mayoral race bit.ly/3UZsTOL via @thecity.nyc
📈 STOCK-BAN DEVELOPMENT: A wild bipartisan coalition in the U.S. House unveils latest bill for forcing lawmakers to stop trading individual stocks and corporate bonds. Follows movement in Senate. Reporter @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.org has all the details: www.notus.org/congress/con...
House Democrats say restoring health care cuts a non-negotiable on government funding bit.ly/47JuEHF
DONUT WORRY: FBI Director Kash Patel says there's no conflict between his new Krispy Kreme investment and government work. But a Krispy Kreme data breach situation looms. New in @notus.org: www.notus.org/policy/kash-...
Kash Patel says his Krispy Kreme investment isn’t a conflict, despite FBI data-breach probe bit.ly/4mFON5T
West Coast states will issue their own vaccine schedule, breaking with CDC bit.ly/3K4hTNJ
White House tells Republicans to focus midterm message on tax cuts, not Medicaid cuts bit.ly/45PsXXO
Democrats are cooperating on the defense bill despite Trump’s use of troops for law enforcement www.notus.org/senate/democ...
By the end of Tuesday, more Republicans seemed to be on the same page when it came to Massie's discharge petition to force a vote on Epstein files. with @rileyrogerson.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/jef...
Even some of the House’s most fervent Republican advocates for transparency sounded reluctantly satisfied by Tuesday’s disclosure.
Democrats are under pressure to hold the line on government funding
The House Oversight Committee has released more than 30,000 pages of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The Department of Defense has approved a plan to detail hundreds of military lawyers to the Department of Justice to serve as temporary immigration judges. At the request of DOJ, the move would last at least 179 days and have the option to be renewed. www.notus.org/immigration/...
NEW: Congress watchdog says cuts to FEMA may jeopardize the nation's readiness for natural disasters this fall And it also looks like the EPA may have sacrificed future response capability to speed up the LA wildfire recovery, bc Trump wanted it to happen unusually fast
"Should the U.S. experience a similarly catastrophic peak hurricane season in September and October 2025, as it did in 2024, meeting response needs could be a major challenge." — the topline from the GAO's report on FEMA cutting staff, out today.
President Trump told reporters that he’d made up his mind about sending federal officers into Chicago to assist local police in dealing with crime, but declined to say when those forces would arrive. “I didn’t say when, but we’re going in,” Trump said. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
The Department of Defense has approved a plan to detail hundreds of military lawyers to the Department of Justice to serve as temporary immigration judges — a move that would come close to doubling their total number.
More than two dozen congressional Democrats are urging an appeals court to rule that President Trump cannot fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. bit.ly/4mKiSBt
Joni Ernst makes it official: She’s retiring from the Senate. www.notus.org/senate/joni-...
New York Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler will not seek reelection www.notus.org/new-york/jer...
Federal judge rules Trump willfully broke the law with his LA troop deployment bit.ly/4p38kPh
Michael Whatley is throwing out the Tillis playbook in North Carolina bit.ly/4m0LTaP
Lawmakers return with a shutdown looking likelier by the minute bit.ly/4p89zwM
“What [RFK Jr.] has done to the CDC … is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced,” a group of nine former CDC directors write.
“A spokesperson for DoorDash told @notus.org that as of Friday, the company had not sent anything to drivers about the situation in #DC or what to do if they are detained.” — via @taylorgiorno.bsky.social www.notus.org/policy/doord...
Four months ago. (Spoiler: Nothing has changed.) www.notus.org/policy/fec-c...
BREAKING: A federal judge has once again blocked the Trump administration from 'defunding' Planned Parenthood The judge said that doing so was not "in the public interest" because it would disrupt patients' access to health care www.notus.org/courts/rulin...
Rideshare and delivery companies are staying quiet as drivers are detained in D.C.
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst will not run for reelection, sources say www.notus.org/senate/joni-...
Trump’s Interior Department is using Biden-era court cases to advance its anti-wind agenda bit.ly/46ePf5e
Senate Democrats desperately want Mary Peltola to run for Senate. But a gubernatorial bid, according to just about everybody, would offer a much easier pathway back to elected office On the Peltola dilemma, the talk of Alaska politics w/ @riley-rogerson.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...
FEMA’s response to Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago has shown many of Louisiana’s public officials why funding the agency — rather than stripping it down — is so crucial. www.notus.org/louisiana/fe...
Donald Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection
ICYMI: Billionaire Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has received a “limited” conflicts-of-interest waiver from the White House allowing him to temporarily retain massive financial holdings. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Top CDC officials say they’d think twice about trusting public health info from RFK Jr.’s HHS
The White House selected Jim O’Neill, the deputy secretary of HHS, to take over leadership of the CDC, according to multiple reports. It’s the latest move in a tense shakeup of the agency’s top ranks, just a day after Trump fired CDC director Monarez. www.notus.org/health-scien...
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the normally sleepy regulatory board overseeing freight rail, a move that has the potential to break what could be a 2-2 tie as it weighs the largest railroad merger in U.S. history. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Trump fires Democratic railroad regulator as panel weighs largest merger in U.S. history bit.ly/4lNYLRe
Former Major League Baseball All-Star and World Series champion Mark Teixeira announced his candidacy for a congressional seat in Texas on Thursday, hoping to succeed the retiring Republican Rep. Chip Roy. www.notus.org/campaigns/ya...
Oklahoma backs Trump’s call to put disaster response under state control bit.ly/47iudDV
White House says Monarez wasn’t “aligned” with Trump on CDC, issues a warning to others www.notus.org/trump-white-...
“Lacking legitimacy”: Sen. Bill Cassidy breaks with RFK Jr. after CDC leadership exodus www.notus.org/health-scien...
Schumer, Jeffries call for a “Big Four” meeting over government funding
An animated @gavinnewsom.bsky.social on Wednesday shared his pitch for how to turn around the Democrats’ brand and better oppose President Donald Trump's administration. ✍️ @bueninvierno.bsky.social, @notus.org
White House has granted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick a "limited" conflicts-of-interest waiver. New in @notus.org: www.notus.org/trump-white-...
NEW: Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over ‘unprecedented and illegal’ firing
Candidates in both parties say they won’t change their campaign strategies until they know whether voters approve the new map.
Trump is testing the limits of presidential authority at a steady clip. Some of his opponents fear that not even the courts will stop the president from overreach. www.notus.org/courts/donal...
There’s an epidemic of high-profile political committee thefts raging, and the PAC of a major accounting firm is the latest victim. In @notus.org: www.notus.org/money/kpmg-p...
Three CDC officials have resigned since director Susan Monarez’s dismissal, which she is contesting: www.notus.org/health-scien...
CDC Director Susan Monarez is fighting back against her apparent dismissal by the Trump administration. www.notus.org/health-scien...
New: Top CDC Officials Resigned After the Trump Administration Said It Fired Susan Monarez www.notus.org/health-scien...
Sen. Susan Collins made a surprise appearance at an infrastructure project ribbon-cutting event on Tuesday, and was met with a rowdy group of residents shouting, “Shame, shame, shame.” www.notus.org/congress/sus...
Breaking: Brand-New CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez Ousted After Less Than a Month on the Job www.notus.org/health-scien...
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is formally seeking asylum in the United States. www.notus.org/immigration/...
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that Trump’s federal takeover has significantly reduced crime — but has also destroyed community trust in law enforcement. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Two children are dead and 17 others are injured after a shooter opened fire into a Catholic church in Minneapolis. www.notus.org/us-news/shoo...
FEMA has suspended more than a dozen employees who signed a public letter criticizing the inexperience of the agency’s current leadership. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Should mayors leave their cities? New Orleans’ election is testing the question Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who is term limited and was indicted on Aug. 15 for wire fraud, perjury and obstruction of justice, has gotten plenty of backlash for her penchant for travel over the years.
Should mayors leave their cities? New Orleans’ election is testing the question. www.notus.org/louisiana/ma...
Almost 70% of lawmakers in Congress age 75 and older say they're running for reelection next year. “No matter what age you are, if you’re in good shape and you can do what it takes," Rep. Maxine Waters, 87, told me, "then you should do it." www.notus.org/congress/old...
On NOTUS: Why members of Congress refuse to retire. Day 2 of DNC drama. RFK Jr. is keeping his lips zipped about what causes autism. And more ↘️ www.notus.org/newsletters/...
Advocates say their cashless bail systems have been successes — and they’re likely to go to court to protect them. www.notus.org/courts/trump...
Why are so many lawmakers ages 75 and older running for reelection? www.notus.org/congress/old...
The NAACP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law allege Texas’ new maps violate the Voting Rights Act. www.notus.org/texas/naacp-...
2020 Election Denier Given Key DHS Post Overseeing Election Integrity www.notus.org/trump-white-...
A whistleblower has accused DOGE of putting as many as 300 million Social Security numbers at risk. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
President Trump plans to appoint Dan Scavino to lead the Presidential Personnel Office, which controls hiring and firing for White House staff. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
RFK Jr. says he has identified the "interventions" behind rising autism rates and will "address them" next month: www.notus.org/health-scien...
President Trump has called for the death penalty for murders in D.C. www.notus.org/us-news/trum...
RFK Jr. says he’s identified the cause of rising autism rates. He didn’t say what it is. www.notus.org/health-scien...
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook plans to take President Donald Trump to court over her unprecedented firing. www.notus.org/economy/fede...
The Trump administration’s new guidance on tax credits will disproportionately disadvantage mid-sized wind and solar developers. www.notus.org/energy/solar...
JUST IN: A Trump-appointed judge dealt a huge blow to the Trump admin by dismissing its lawsuit against all federal judges in Maryland the judge said the lawsuit was "a concerted effort by the Executive to smear and impugn individual judges who rule against it" www.notus.org/courts/judge...
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A Trump-appointed federal judge said the lawsuit is nothing more than a “concerted effort by the Executive to smear and impugn individual judges who rule against it.” www.notus.org/courts/judge...
Just In: DNC Committee Rejects a Resolution Calling For an Arms Embargo on Israel www.notus.org/dnc-vote-arm...
DOJ is losing lawyers who prosecute spies. Some were fired. Others got pushed out. Many quit. They've gone through 3 chiefs in about 3 weeks. The new chief didn't even have top secret clearance to work inside his team's SCIF, a source said. My @notus.org exclusive: www.notus.org/trump-white-...
This morning in the NOTUS newsletter: - A model for Trump’s potential National Guard expansion - A dispatch from the DNC - The DOJ’s shrinking National Security Division And more ↘️ www.notus.org/newsletters/...
The DOJ’s counterintelligence section, which handles some of the nation’s most sensitive cases, has recently lost most of its top lawyers. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
The shadow of Oklahoma’s MAGA-faithful Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters is pushing education to the forefront in the state’s gubernatorial race. www.notus.org/oklahoma/edu...
The subpoena gave a Sept. 8 deadline for the estate to turn over any relevant documents — including a “client list” and a copy of the “leather-bound book” given to Epstein on his birthday that reportedly includes entries from Donald Trump. www.notus.org/congress/hou...
Gov. JB Pritzker said that President Trump’s threat to authorize a federal deployment in Illinois is “authoritarian creep.” www.notus.org/us-news/prit...
President Trump says he wants to rename the Department of Defense to the “Department of War.” www.notus.org/defense/trum...
Texas AG Ken Paxton directed schools across the state to follow a law mandating them to display the Ten Commandments, despite a federal judge blocking the measure. www.notus.org/texas/ken-pa...
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can’t deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia while his case plays out in court. www.notus.org/courts/kilma...
The House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein for documents and communications. www.notus.org/congress/hou...