The White House sent us this statement on Trump’s stocks today, after originally referring our questions to the Trump Org.

Read @bueninvierno.bsky.social and my latest on Trump’s stock purchases.

New: As news of the hantavirus outbreak swept social media and cable news, some wondered: Why didn’t the administration publicly say what it was doing in response to hantavirus sooner?

New from me @notus.com: We just revealed the White House has been brainstorming with prosecutors and even *the postmaster general himself* on how to restrict mail-in ballots and enforce federal voter lists. The government hasn't admitted to that in court. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

SCOOP: Leger Fernández and Cammack plan to create a task force to overhaul how the House handles sexual misconduct And they want to change the “laughable” anti-harassment training House members take each year to prevent future incidents w/ @davelevinthal.com www.notus.org/congress/hou...

Thomas Massie’s lead in his primary later this month is slipping and he is in genuine danger of losing, according to interviews with local GOP officials. On the increasingly close race in Kentucky’s 4th District www.notus.org/2026-electio...

NEW: The number of kids placed in foster care because immigration agents detained or deported their parents increased by nearly 49% in the 2025 fiscal year. www.notus.org/immigration/...

SCOOP: Sen. Cory Booker's campaign bank account got hacked. www.notus.org/money/cory-b...

The daughter of the Seafarers International Union president has been accused of embezzling large sums of money from the union’s two PACs. It's the latest in a string of high-profile theft allegations against treasurers of political committees. NEW on @notus.com www.notus.org/money/seafar...

SCOOP: House ethics officials investigated Rep. Jim Costa in 2023 over allegations that he made inappropriate advances to two hill interns The House Ethics Committee dismissed the case, but not before some members expressed concern about Costa's behavior www.notus.org/congress/jim...

EXCLUSIVE: A group of detained immigrants have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration over a catch-22 biometric data policy that they allege has blocked them from obtaining legal status. www.notus.org/immigration/...

NEW: House Dems are planning ethics changes if they win the majority in 2026 Desaulnier and Morelle, from Ethics and Admin, directed their staff to come up with ideas McGovern, from Rules, says ethics reform would be in next Congress' rules package: "We need to do better" notus.org/congress/dem...

Can an Oklahoma businessman swoop in to Congress and push permitting reform over the line? Gov. Kevin Stitt seems to think so. He told me that’s why he appointed Alan Armstrong. But the Senate is a place where new people and ideas usually go to wither…

Some voters hate data centers. Some places want to ban them. And some candidates and lawmakers are funding them. A read out on several politicians with disclosed - or alleged - investment in data centers: www.notus.org/congress/dat...

LLMs like Claude and ChatGPT are going to be major sources of information for voters in the '26 midterms. Most Republicans and Democrats have no idea what to do about that www.notus.org/2026-electio...

I spoke with four DACA recipients who say they've lost their jobs because USCIS hasn't renewed their status and work permits. Read my latest: www.notus.org/immigration/...

“You suspended this pro-vaccine messaging campaign, but somehow you’re spending taxpayer dollars to drink milk shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock." RFK Jr. is back on the hill -- read our coverage here (and @paigecunningham.bsky.social's first NOTUS byline!!): www.notus.org/health-scien...

NEW: GOP leaders in Congress want a ‘skinny’ reconciliation 2.0 — but anti-abortion leaders want them to add a provision to defund Planned Parenthood Some called Mike Johnson about it, others are activating their grassroots A look into the pressure campaign: www.notus.org/congress/ant...

Peltola/Cooper/Brown/Ossoff/Talarico have a combined ~$80m on hand. They’ll need all of it given the GOO’s fundraising advantages elsewhere www.notus.org/money/democr...

NEW: A makeover for Leonard Leo's "dark money" operation Some scoopy stuff in there: - The Concord Fund dissolved in VA in January - The Lexington Fund gave $1M to RAGA last year - The Yorktown Fund popped up in December www.notus.org/money/leonar...

The Trump administration views DACA recipients as deportable as any undocumented immigrant. For my latest, I talked to immigrants without permanent legal status who entered the country as children and spent months in ICE detention. www.notus.org/immigration/...

NEW: Inside the "Crisis of Confidence" at the Investment Company Institute CEO Eric Pan has created "toxic" work environment, according to anonymous letters to the ICI board & interviews w/ five sources. ICI called the allegations "patently false." www.notus.org/money/invest...

SCOOP: The Pentagon failed to warn ships carrying supplies for the US military before starting the war in Iran. The ships got stuck in the Persian Gulf. They’re still stuck. And for a month, they were stuck w/ a group of college students — merchant marine cadets.

NEWS: A federal judge ordered the FDA to provide concrete details of its review of abortion pills, which the agency has so far kept under wraps The FDA has 6 months to file a status report on its mifepristone review, including how long it'll take www.notus.org/courts/feder...

Scoop: Some Republican lawmakers say they’re working to fund tribal and rural radio stations after the GOP cut public broadcasting funds last year. If lawmakers don’t secure continued funding, many Native American public radio stations say they'll close. www.notus.org/congress/som...

I found the amount of money that the White House gave Department of Homeland Security for "executive travel," including "leasing jets." It's $205 million. Details below, in our new story about Dems probing the Corey Lewandowski pay-to play allegations

Shocking news: This year's World Vaccine Congress had a Weird Vibe www.notus.org/health-scien...

Democrats are increasingly rattled about the GOP's financial edge ahead of the '26 midterms. -- their deficit might be as much as a half-billion dollars On the fly in the ointment for Ds in an election they otherwise are feeling good about. w/@taylorgiorno.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Have you been curious about NOTUS? I'm one of the fellows covering immigration. Would love to connect with more folks in the immigration world and more. My signal is jackiellanos.65. Say hi!

“On the vaccine issue, I know we see things differently. I’m totally fine with putting that on the shelf and working on this together.’” New from me on how medical societies are collaborating (or not) with MAHA: www.notus.org/health-scien...

Josh Hawley's bill to ban mifepristone put the spotlight back on an issue Republicans try to avoid on an election year: abortion Lawler said he won't support the bill Evans said he's "cautious of issues like that" Valadao said Republicans should focus on the economy www.notus.org/republicans/...

scoop: The Trump administration gave ICE $465 million to buy ten planes for its deportation flights, including two gulfstream G650s more commonly used as private jets

NEWS: In a meeting with CDC staff, Jay Bhattacharya said he and RFK Jr. have disagreed on "scientific matters" and that the new CDC director nominee will be announced tomorrow:

Republicans say that officially, they don’t know which of the two Dem candidates running for Senate in Iowa they prefer to face in a general. Their actions suggest otherwise. My story on the not-so-subtle GOP effort to elevate Zach Wahls in the Iowa Dem primary www.notus.org/2026-electio...

SCOOP: AIPAC is quietly searching for a new general counsel and director of political operations, according to private communications reviewed by @notus.com. Philip Friedman, who's had the role for 30+ years, is retiring. www.notus.org/2026-electio...

More than 2,000 immigrant children are in the Office of Refugee Resettlement custody, spending nearly 200 days in shelters or foster care on average. www.notus.org/immigration/...

SCOOP: Sen. Elizabeth Warren shepherded a major housing bill through the Senate — it’s now at risk of tanking in the House Sources say she has boxed House Democrats out of negotiations, which is imperiling its support in the lower chamber www.notus.org/housing/eliz...

NEW: Markwayne Mullin promised to sell of his stocks if he's confirmed as homeland security secretary His stock portfolio — and the wealth it's generated for him — sparked conflict-of-interest concerns in the leadup to his confirmation hearing Wednesday www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is a leading advocate for banning members of Congress from trading stock. She also just violated the existing Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act by improperly disclosing a stock sale in 2023. New in @notus.com: www.notus.org/congress/pra...

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Democrats are pressing the Trump administration over delays in renewing DACA-recipients' status. I found at least four cases of ICE arrests of DACA holders with pending renewals. www.notus.org/immigration/...

Members of Congress are elected to represent their constituents at the highest levels of government — but are they really representative of their constituents? That was our jumping off point for the project that would become Capitol Gains www.notus.org/capitol-gains

The Senate is a millionaires club 💰 73% of senators have a median net worth of more than $1 million, compared to just 7% of the U.S. population! That's one of the many findings from Capitol Gains, a @notus.com project all about wealth in Congress 🧵 www.notus.org/capitol-gain...

A political ad bonanza funded by some of America’s wealthiest and most controversial special interest groups has swamped four Democratic House primaries in the Chicago area --> w/@bueninvierno.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Very curious about the conversations between CoreCivic and the commissioners 👀

More than a dozen Florida law enforcement agencies told me they're still waiting for state reimbursement for their officers' immigration work overtime and bonuses. Read my latest: www.notus.org/immigration/...

A now-former lobbyist for the @nvca embezzled more than $1 million from the trade association's political action committee. He quietly signed a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney for DC just before Christmas. NEW on @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/jonas-...

Looking for immigration attorneys who have had clients detained at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana.

“The childhood vaccination schedule needs to be eliminated." “The flu shot has given 1,900,000 Americans Alzheimer’s." “Vaccines are causing autism." Inside an afternoon with the MAHA Institute:

NEW: DC has narrowly avoided a national security crisis 3 times in 6 years. The Pentagon, the White House, the Capitol building: They’re all screwed if something happens to Potomac. It’s an obvious vulnerability. With no plan to fix it.

NEW: Ammar Campa-Najjar has lost every election he's run in In 2026, he’s the top Democrat in the #CA48 race, yet one congressman unendorsed him and CA delegates stopped him from getting the Democratic Party endorsement An inside look at his 4th run for office: www.notus.org/2026-electio...