Speaker Mike Johnson refused to take questions at his press conference on Day 40 of the shutdown as the Senate moves toward a deal Reporters shouted about whether the House would hold a vote on the health care bill that's part of the Senate compromise as he walked away

Emboldened Democratic leaders Jeffries and Schumer, fresh off a good night for their party, demand a meeting with Trump to address the shutdown and health care. "Thank you for your attention to this matter." Letter: www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

BREAKING: Virginia flips blue with Abigail Spanberger elected governor She's making history as the first woman elected governor of the state. Democrats are also currently leading in the AG and Lt. Gov races More: www.thedailybeast.com/trump-suffer...

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Rep. Jeffries throwing in some Jay-Z lyrics on the U.S. Capitol steps: "This year they've done nothing! Zip, zero, stingy with dinero. Nothing to lower the high cost of living."

Polling Roundup! Who to blame for the gov't shutdown? Washington Post 23% Both 30% Democrats 47% Trump/Republicans NPR/PBS 31% Both 27% Democrats 38% Republicans NYT/Siena 33% Both 19% Democrats 26% Trump/Republicans Morning Consult 32% Democrats 45% Republicans

A bipartisan group of senators huddled on the Senate floor discussing possible path. According to Rounds who was in talks, a 45-day extension is on the table to let them work on issue they’re divided on (health care). Asked if a shorter CR was too, he said it’s up to leadership

BREAKING: The U.S. government is headed toward a shutdown after both votes in the Senate failed tonight: www.thedailybeast.com/votes-to-avo...

Trump Stuns World Leaders With Bizarre Lecture on Climate Change ‘Con Job’ www.thedailybeast.com//trump-stuns...

Top Dems Target Border Czar Homan Over Bribery Probe www.thedailybeast.com//top-dems-ta...

Trump Accuses Dems of Blackmail in Wild Government Shutdown Tirade www.thedailybeast.com//trumps-wild...

Insiders Spill Embarrassing Truth About Trump’s UN Pratfalls www.thedailybeast.com//white-house...

BREAKING: Per Disney: Jimmy Kimmel will be back on the air on Tuesday (tomorrow)

Trump: "We could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct or wokey." He said since WWII they would fight to tie. "We never wanted to win wars. Every one of them we could have won easily with just a couple of little changes."

Not only did the U.S. add only 22,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate tick up to 4.3%. BUT the revisions show the economy LOST jobs in June. It was revised down to -13,000 even after Trump blamed and fired the BLS commissioner...

But but but I thought we were trying to end wars…

Kennedy contradicts fired CDC director on why she was ousted with bizarre explanation www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-calls...

RFK Jr. Says Trump Deserves Nobel Prize While Slamming COVID Response www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-says-...

Press conference with @rokhanna.bsky.social and Rep. Massie standing with Epstein victims is one of if not the largest I’ve attended on the hill

The U.S. military will be conducting a flyover over the White House on Wednesday at 11am ET

"There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention," @govpritzker.illinois.gov blasts Trump. "There is no insurrection. Like every major American city in both blue and red states, we deal with crime in Chicago. Indeed the violent crime rate is worse in red states."

Trump to meet with Putin face-to-face in Alaska in one week as president says they're getting close to a peace deal. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-u...

The current White House is 55,000 sq ft (+ the West Wing is 40,000 sq ft). Adding a 90,000 sq ft ballroom will basically dwarf the actual White House. When Trump vowed to build a ballroom in February - he said $100M, but today's announcement said $200M

White House announces plans for a $200 million ballroom where the East Wing sits: www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kicks-...

Chair Jerome Powell fact-checked President Trump to his face about the Fed renovations during bizarre building tour. Trump called it a "good" meeting after and denied there was tension after constant attacks on Powell. www.thedailybeast.com/fed-chair-fa...

Republicans in Congress spent weeks to claw back about half a day (12 hours) of government spending with the rescissions package. “This is trying to buy a House by collecting pennies.” www.thedailybeast.com//trumps-firs...

Trump gives Putin a new deadline to reach a deal in Ukraine. www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Sen Tillis on Pete Hegseth to CNN: “With the passing of time, I think it’s clear he’s out of his depth as a manager of a large, complex organization.” “Now, I have the information of him being a manager and I don’t think his probationary period has been very positive.”

Trump just announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel on Truth Social. What has not been provided so far is full damage assessment regarding the strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities or evidence of what remains of Iran’s nuclear program

🚨From a Senior WH official this hour: The White House and the Department of Defense are aware of, and closely monitoring, potential threats to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

“Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director of general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he believed Tehran’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade nuclear material had been moved before the strikes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

IF the U.S. does take action in Iran, how likely are we to learn about it from: a. reporter accidentally being added on Signal b. President posting play-by-play on Truth Social "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

A Pentagon official revealed today that the troop deployment to Los Angeles will cost $134 million. www.thedailybeast.com/hegseth-slap...

Sen. Ernst told constituents "we are all going to die" in response to concern over the impact of Medicaid and other benefit cuts www.thedailybeast.com/gop-senator-...

Feuding Republicans Torpedo Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill Looks like it will be a busy weekend for everyone... www.thedailybeast.com/feuding-repu...

Trump's Cabinet says goodbye to Elon Musk as he flees Washington despite being short of DOGE's $2 trillion goal www.thedailybeast.com/trump-sends-...

Kamala Harris is set to step off the sidelines and go after Donald Trump on Wednesday in her first major address since leaving office. She also has a DNC fundraiser next week. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harri...

Personal News: I've joined @thedailybeast as a political reporter based out of Washington, DC! Looking forward to reconnecting and getting back on all those political press lists, but feel free to send me pitches and scoops: [email protected]

“The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed almost 1,000 points on Monday and is headed for its worst April performance since 1932, according to Dow Jones Market Data.” (Mind you - that includes when U.S. was in the height of covid in April 2020) www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

What if I told you (now just hear me out)… the FOMC determines interest rates. Chair Jerome Powell does not have the power to just set them on his own

Senator Hassan: if the president would reverse course if the tariffs led to 10% inflation? Greer: "The president is fixed in his purpose. This trade deficit and the offshore and the loss of manufacturing jobs is something that’s persisted for too long and, it’s dangerous."

U.S. Trade Rep Greer to Sen. Lankford at hearing on tariffs: "The president has been clear with me and with others that he does not intend to have exclusions and exemptions especially given the nature of the action."

News: Liberal candidate Susan Crawford won the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest against conservative Elon Musk backed candidate Brad Schimel

BREAKING: @booker.senate.gov now holds the record for longest U.S. Senate speech in history. The NJ senator’s speech surpassed the previous record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957 when he spoke 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act

Here is the description of one of the transgender plaintiffs who would be forced out of the military under the Hegseth policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...