At home, Trump is targeting political foes. Abroad, he has a different message: Let bygones be bygones, even with those trying to assassinate him or working with Al Qaeda, in the interests of peace and profit. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social Jonathan Swan Vivian Nereim www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...

The Trump administration has threatened to block Harvard University from enrolling international students unless the school hands over detailed information about the student body, in yet another escalation of the government’s fight against higher education. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...

on Congress by @anniekarni.bsky.social & @lukebroadwater.bsky.social. Luke & Annie did the best job I've seen of really describing the incentive structures that govern our politics & how much the fulcrum of the GOP has moved rightward. Give it a listen and subscribe to get my podcasts in your inbox

Wonderful to discuss tariffs, Tax Day, and our work @budgetlab.bsky.social with @stephruhle.bsky.social on @msnbc.com's 11th Hour last night Also featuring the great @gilliantett.bsky.social, @jonallendc.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social Link here: www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/wa...

“I speak Republican and you speak Democratic, and I need the intermediary,” Netanyahu once told an Israeli diplomat. “Netanyahu always thought of himself as some pedigree neocon that belongs in the right wing of the Republican Party.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

Breaking News: The far-right activist Laura Loomer urged President Trump to fire national security officials during an Oval Office meeting.

“We’re talking about doing something extraordinary here for the government to sentence people to what’s essentially slave labor, torture, prison in El Salvador based on nothing, based on having a flower tattoo.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

Don't miss today's show at noon. The New York Times' @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social discuss their new book, 'Mad House.' It's an account of the chaos and disorder of U.S. Congress, told by two reporters who have covered it closely.

Tomorrow, a peak into the chaos of Congress with @lukebroadwater.bsky.social and @anniekarni.bsky.social. Their new book, 'Mad House,' is a first-hand account of rock bottom in the legislative branch, and the pettiness and egomania that got us there.

Great to see these journalists in Baltimore on the patio at The Ivy Bookshop today @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social to talk about "Madhouse: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress."

If you're in the DC area today, come see the fabulous @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social discuss "Mad House," their rollicking new book about the wildest Congress of our lifetime at 3 pm at the main @politicsprose.bsky.social on Connecticut Avenue. politics-prose.com/karni-broadw...

At @strandbookstore.bsky.social tonight, stories of Boebert, MTG, Mike Johnson, and the rest of the MAD HOUSE that is the GOP House caucus. Great to hear from @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social and Maggie Haberman!

Open government experts have raised another concern as well: the rise in usage of disappearing messaging apps like Signal, which they say could become a way for officials to skirt the requirements of federal laws meant to preserve government records. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

Appeals Court keeps restraining order in place that for now is preventing the Trump admin from carrying out more summary deportations under the Alien Enemies Act www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...

🎧 Listen to the podcast! New York Times reporters @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social spoke with @mina-kim.bsky.social about "Mad House" and how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress. 🔗:

🎙️ ON AIR: We're talking w/ New York Times reporters @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social about "Mad House" and how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress. ❓ What does congressional dysfunction signal to you? 📻 Listen:

Just out: "Mad House," the wild, this-can't-possibly-be-true-and-yet-it-is inside account of an off-its-rocker Congress by two of our absolute best, @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social. You won't want to put it down. politics-prose.com/book/9780593... www.amazon.com/Mad-House-Sa...

Breaking News: The Atlantic published the full exchange of texts about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials. The group chat had inadvertently included an Atlantic journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg. Follow live updates.

TONIGHT: Trump’s top intel officials downplay leak-National Security Advisor Waltz shares his explanation-& Trump's tariff “liberation day” approaches @ayman.msnbc.com @nayyeroar.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @anniekarni.bsky.social @davidjolly.bsky.social @conorlambpa.bsky.social

Wild part of @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social New book Mad House: -Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted Lauren Boebert for going for going to Manhattan to support Trump but not show up for her son Tyler. "I don't respect her enough to fight her or say anything to her."

The pardon erases the conviction and also tens of millions of dollars in forfeitures and restitution that Mr. Archer had been ordered to pay. W/ @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...

WED at 10AM: New York Times reporters @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social join to talk about "Mad House" and how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress. ❓ What does congressional dysfunction signal to you?

Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, urged President Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for discussing sensitive details of a pending strike in Yemen in a high-level group Signal chat that included a journalist.

Looking ahead, we'll likely see more Congressional disfunction, rather than less — especially since "it seems that voters actually like the fisticuffs." @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @anniekarni.bsky.social

ICYMI, @anniekarni.bsky.social & @lukebroadwater.bsky.social talk about Congress, MAGA and their new book, Mad House: www.wnyc.org/story/how-ma...

Today: - Tuesday Morning Politics, with @anniekarni.bsky.social & @lukebroadwater.bsky.social, - @wnyc.org's Jimmy Vielkind on Albany's budget sessions, - @apoorvanyt.bsky.social on Bird Flu - @michaelgerrard.bsky.social on the law & climate activism Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

After two years of work and so many interviews, “Mad House” is finally out Tuesday! See @anniekarni.bsky.social & my first two excerpts here: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u... & here: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u... Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743988... Thank you in advance!