“Data center alley” — the cluster of 300+ data centers in Northern Virginia — didn’t always look like this. @notus.com on how NoVa became “data center capital of the world,” and how long it’ll keep that title. w @taylorgiorno.bsky.social & @samuellarreal.bsky.social www.notus.org/metro/northe...

NEW: Redistricting has not only reshaped the House map for the 2026 midterms, it has also impacted Democrats' fundraising ability Fewer House Dem incumbents are paying dues to the DCCC — and some are worried it could cause a cash crunch w/ @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.notus.org/campaigns/ho...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's old congressional campaign still owns a bunch of creditors a ton of money, reports @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com www.notus.org/campaigns/ka...

"The battle line has been drawn" on Virginia's data centers, which are doing damage control after state lawmakers passed a new energy consumption tax. Gov. Abigail Spanberger said it's "only the beginning.” NEW w/ @zaraleinorman.bsky.social & @bueninvierno.bsky.social www.notus.org/metro/northe...

For decades, the world’s densest cluster of data centers has grown in Northern Virginia with little scrutiny and generous incentives. That changed this spring. w @taylorgiorno.bsky.social & @samuellarreal.bsky.social in @notus.com: www.notus.org/metro/northe...

NEW: Trump took small town America’s 250th birthday money. Across Ohio, West Virginia, Alabama, Washington… “These are taxpayer dollars that are intended to go to local communities. They’re being held back and funneled to projects in Washington, D.C.”

BREAKING: The Supreme Court Just Upended Campaign Finance Law www.notus.org/money/suprem...

SCOOP: Sen. Ruben Gallego's campaign lawyer quietly set up a nonprofit that can raise unlimited funds Concerns the nonprofit might run afoul of campaign finance rules have been raised with Gallego, per a person who advised the senator and his staff www.notus.org/campaigns/ru...

NOTUS investigation 🚨: 911 calls at ICE detention centers take rural first responders out of commission for hours. Emergency responders at 6 detention centers took between 58 mins to 2.5 hours to tend to 911 calls, according to records NOTUS obtained. More findings below 👇🏻

NEW: Planned Parenthood is set to regain access to federal funding in July, one year after Republicans ‘defunded’ the organization for the 1st time Republicans say they can’t defund it again “At this point, it’d be unlikely,” Sen. Steve Daines told me www.notus.org/us-news/repu...

📰 I continue to be committed to updating the public about all work continuing at the Federal Election Commission while we lack a quorum. As of March 2026, there were 195 pending enforcement matters. Now, there are 253. I will continue to share updates in the spirit of our mission to be transparent.

Starting at 10am EST, I’ll be live on @npr.org’s 1A discussing the G7, US-Iran developments and Trump’s foreign policy broadly — including its ongoing toll in Gaza, Ukraine & beyond. Tune in if you can 🙏🏽🧿

Jonas Murphy, the former lobbyist who pleaded guilty to embezzling — & paid back — $1M from a venture capital trade assn PAC, avoids prison. “The Court is of the opinion that incarceration would serve no justice at all,” Judge Emmet Sullivan said during sentencing. www.notus.org/courts/forme...

Love, addition, debt... individuals who embezzle from the political campaigns and committees they're trusted to manage are rarely motivated by pure greed, fraud experts told me and @davelevinthal.com www.notus.org/campaigns/tr...

Some do it for love. Others for addictions. Others to live a lifestyle they can’t otherwise achieve. Inside the epidemic of embezzlement rocking federal political campaign committees. — w/ @taylorgiorno.bsky.social in @notus.com www.notus.org/campaigns/tr...

Trump's Hudson Valley golf club restaurant got dinged in April for having "spoiled, adulterated" food. It's one of several Trump properties hit with health code violations in the past year. NEW w/ @davelevinthal.com www.notus.org/donald-trump...

One of the more wild stories you'll read this week, from @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com. www.notus.org/money/politi...

Two Friends Formed a PAC. Now One Has Accused the Other of Theft. NEW on @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/politi...

“He’s taken first personal responsibility for his actions ... He’s not an American spy." — Thomas Pauken to @taylorgiorno.bsky.social/ @notus.com, on son Thomas Pauken II, who pleaded guilty today to charges of acting as a Chinese gov't agent www.notus.org/courts/thoma...

The D.C. delegate race is the most expensive on record — and we haven't even made it to the June 16 primary 💸 Dive into the candidates' new campaign finance reports on @notus.com www.notus.org/2026-electio...

SCOOP: The Trump administration is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf. The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service funds. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects.

Top lawyer at the Dept. of Health and Human Services bought a bunch of stock in Corning Inc. www.notus.org/money/hhs-of... The rub? Corning is a major contractor for HHS. And ethics officials flagged the trade as not in compliance with the lawyer's ethics agreement. I spoke with said lawyer:

NEW: For 9 months, Trump has claimed a "license to kill" that experts in the law of war + human rights describe as even scarier than his escalations with Iran Now his boat strikes - which have killed >190 - face a moment of truth that could spur a bigger reckoning over Trump's use of military force

New from me @notus.com: The Trump admin gave Phil Alito, Sam Alito's son, a political appointee job as a Treasury Dept lawyer in 2025. The judge never disclosed it during the tariff case. Now the fight over the Treasury's J6 slush fund could reach the high court too. www.notus.org/us-news/samu...

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-...

NEW: Jeanine Pirro has recommended no more than 24 months in prison for a lobbyist who admitted to embezzling more than $1 million from his employer’s PAC. The now-former lobbyist, Jonas Murphy, said a “romantic relationship” prompted his crime. www.notus.org/money/jeanin...

Rep. French Hill's political committees got $54,250 from the Mortgage Bankers Association PAC in just two and a half weeks after the Senate passed a competing version of the French-led housing bill that included a provision it opposes. NEW on @notus.com www.notus.org/republicans-...

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

Absolutely wild exclusive from @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com about an alleged embezzlement that’s turned a prominent union inside out but hasn’t been known until now. www.notus.org/money/seafar...

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...

Defense industry executives and PACs pumped millions into the campaigns of lawmakers in key regulatory positions (and competitive races) amid the U.S. war with Iran NEW from @bueninvierno.bsky.social www.notus.org/defense/mili...

On May 1, 2025, the Federal Election Commission entered what agency brass expected to be a relatively short work stoppage. One year later, the agency still doesn't have enough commissioners to conduct high-level business. w/ @davelevinthal.com on @notus.com www.notus.org/campaigns/tr...

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...

NEW 🚗: General Motors reported spending more money on federal lobbying during Q1 2026 than during any single quarter ever — by a lot, according to new federal lobbying disclosures reviewed by @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com www.notus.org/money/genera...

NEW: General Motors reported spending nearly $11.4 million on federal lobbying expenses during Q1 🚗 It was one of just four entities to spend more than $10 million on federal lobbying last quarter (the others were the Chamber of Commerce, NAR & PhRMA) www.notus.org/money/genera...

The person from Chemours is toxicologist Shawn Gannon. @taylorgiorno.bsky.social previously reported that Chemours used Gannon's research on PFOA to push against EPA's "forever chemicals" regulations.

Who's funding the AI industry's Public First super PAC? New FEC docs don't give many clues. The super PAC reported raising $1.5 million. Michael Cohen of the University of California gave $500K The rest came from Public First Action, a 501(c)(4) #darkmoney group that doesn't disclose its donors

Somewhere at OpenAI or Google is a documented record of AI image prompts from the White House. And if you have access to those, boy do I want to hear from you. Signal: JosePagliery.46

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...

A top trade assn CEO is creating “toxic” workplace, according to anonymous letters to the board and sources interviewed by @notus.com. The Investment Company Institute called the allegations "patently false." Inside the "crisis of confidence" at ICI www.notus.org/money/invest...

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/...

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.

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...

🚨 Bombshell report w/ tons of exclusive details about the state of affairs inside the Investment Company Institute, the powerful trade association repping the trillion-dollar asset management industry’s interest in Washington. From @taylorgiorno.bsky.social @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/invest...

Last summer, @oriana.bsky.social and I wrote about the dark money network fueling the post-Roe fight to restrict access to abortion pills. Check it out on @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/dark-m...

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...

NEW: Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-Minn.) is the latest member of Congress to violate the STOCK Act, as she was months late disclosing eight personal financial trades together worth seven figures. In @notus.com: www.notus.org/congress/kel...

Top Democrats hoping a favorable political climate swoops them back into power this year are increasingly rattled about something: a growing — and unprecedented — Republican cash advantage. Via @alexroarty.bsky.social and @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com: www.notus.org/2026-electio...