@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Congress wants to know about Trump’s Iran deal, which could be signed Friday - Push to quickly confirm Jay Clayton as DNI faces skeptical Dems & new Trump trouble - Will the real Dan Sullivan please stand up punchbowl.news/archive/6152...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Thune: ‘My hopes often get dashed.’ Senate GOP leader faces a frustrated Trump doing his own thing - Inside the DWS drama in South Florida - Tech: Senate Banking eyes chips markup - Dems seek inroads in deep red Iowa punchbowl.news/archive/6122...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - ISA fizzles as Trump demands Pentagon boost. Trump’s call for $500B in new DOD funding is a problem for Rs - Schumer backs Stevens, sees ‘multiple paths’ to majority - GOP moderates fine with another go at H.R. 2 - And there’s more punchbowl.news/archive/6112...

🏀 The New York Knicks staged the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history as they erased a 29-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 and now need one more win to seal the title. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sz4t

UK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is racist thuggery reut.rs/4olccex

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Trump & Thune’s rough summer. Trump looks to Johnson - not Thune - for help, leaving Thune on sidelines - Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon dream unravels - House members stumble statewide - Vault: Crypto ethics talks wobble punchbowl.news/archive/6102...

The Supreme Court is heading into its crunch time, the part of the year when the justices are racing to finish decisions and dissents in the cases that remain undecided. Here's what's left. n.pr/4uYBZLV

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Senate Republicans look to Trump to clean up FISA mess - Inside Blanche’s AG confirmation timeline - Skepticism on Obernolte-Trahan AI effort - The Senate Appropriations Committee is unraveling - And there’s more punchbowl.news/archive/6926...

The U.S. military attacks a boat it said was smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Trump to nominate Blanche as AG - A rough day ahead for Senate on reconciliation, FISA - Mamdani infuriates Hispanic Caucus over Espaillat - No topline deal near for Senate appropriators - DCCC adds 4 new Dems to Red to Blue punchbowl.news/archive/6426...

Some of Russia’s best-known hawks have become more open in expressing a belief that Moscow simply doesn’t have the capacity to achieve an outright victory against Ukraine.

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - AI has a Democrat problem. As OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits Hill, AI titans face trouble on the left - Dems threaten FISA over Pulte - Turek wins Iowa Senate Dem nod, Feenstra loses - Vault: Bessent to Hill as economy struggles punchbowl.news/archive/6326...

Iran drone and missile attack hits Kuwait airport, state news agency says reut.rs/4fjJ6d7

Kuwait’s army said a passenger terminal at the country’s main international airport was damaged by Iranian drones early Wednesday. The attack came after a new round of strikes between the U.S. and Iran. Get the latest updates.

Florida is now OpenAI's biggest problem in red America

We live in an immensely stupid country

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Trump suddenly handed losses by his friends & allies - Democrats have too many targets as Rubio heads to Hill - Inside a big primary day - Platner’s supporters unmoved by sexting revelations - What we’re watching punchbowl.news/archive/6226...

A new investigation by Bellingcat has identified 115 villages in Rakhine State as partially or completely destroyed. Some of the villages that appear damaged or destroyed on satellite imagery are also missing on the latest maps. www.youtube.com/shorts/BAB73...

The EEOC is seeking to overturn rules created decades ago to tackle discrimination in employment. The Trump administration says those rules have led to more discrimination —against white people. n.pr/4xj3rG7

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Congress is back! Sorta - Reconciliation in trouble as Trump “weaponization fund” imperils bill - FISA’s outlook brightens - Turek surges as Wahls bemoans spending gap in Iowa Senate Dem primary - Highway bill’s next hurdles punchbowl.news/archive/6126...

Sky exits UAE news venture after genocide denial accusations

My latest @npr.org story: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined to temporarily block President Trump’s executive order that calls for restricting mail-in voting. Another judge may rule on the order soon www.npr.org/2026/05/28/n...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Trump’s ‘I don’t care about the midterms’ comment roils Hill Republicans - The One Big Beautiful Bill at heart of Iowa 1st District fight - Next stop for war powers: SCOTUS? - Vault: The Finance Committee is in for an overhaul punchbowl.news/archive/5282...

“America’s effort to maintain its global economic dominance has backfired, leaving it more isolated and in control of a shrinking share of the global economy—reliant on undependable policy tools to preserve its edge.” —Quinn Slobodian

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Paxton crushes Cornyn. What’s next in key Senate race - Two House Dem incumbents lose in Texas runoff - What the NDAA says about defense hawks - Iowa’s GOP congressional hopefuls stick with Trump - Trump to hold Cabinet mtg punchbowl.news/archive/5272...

How Trump's bank regulators are paring back supervision reut.rs/43wdWrE

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Mysterious super PACs jump into Democratic primaries, GOP won’t comment - Cornyn, Paxton brawl reaches finish line in Texas - US forces hit Iran as peace talks continue - DCCC: GOP reconciliation push is ‘political malpractice’ punchbowl.news/archive/5262...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Happy Memorial Day 🙏 - Thune’s next big headache. Senate GOP reconciliation woes worsen - California Dems aren’t stressing about gubernatorial race - Collins’ ugly post shakes his Georgia Senate campaign - Campaign news punchbowl.news/archive/5252...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Senate Republicans’ Trump breaking point. GOP senators rebel over ballroom, weaponization fund - Whatley backs Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund - House GOP staves off Iran defeat - Arrington eyes 3rd reconciliation bill punchbowl.news/archive/5222...

The data from the GA election shows big shift for Democrats among key groups. •72% of Hispanic voters chose a Democratic ballot, compared to 47% in 2022. * Asian voters grew to 63% from 44%. * 25% of white voters got Dem ballot, up from 14% in 2022. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

Ed Orgeron joins Lane Kiffin staff, reunites with LSU reut.rs/4dp4jkx

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Senate Rs are pushing back against Trump even as they pass his big $ immigration package - The House GOP highway bill has a rail problem - What party committees raised in April - The looming defense spending train wreck punchbowl.news/archive/5212...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Trump doesn’t seem to care anymore about the endangered House & Senate GOP majorities - Massie loses, Collins & Dooley advance, plus more primary takeaways - Ballroom’s future looks bleak - What we’re watching - And there’s more punchbowl.news/archive/5202...

The arrest of one of China’s most prominent Christian pastors is about more than one man’s stubborn refusal to surrender his faith.

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - House Dems want generational change - but not in the Capitol - The Platner pivot & Democrats’ future - Senate GOP’s $1 billion ballroom problem - Defense heavyweights aid Calvert in battle with Kim - It’s Primary Day again! punchbowl.news/archive/5192...

By laying out U.S. arms sales to Taiwan as a bargaining chip with China, President Trump has handed a gift to China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in his efforts to undermine the Taiwanese government.

Key evidence found during search of Luigi Mangione's backpack, including alleged murder weapon, can be included in upcoming murder trial, judge rules https://cnn.it/4eTTNCS

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - On the ground in Maine: Collins touts her mastery of the system, while Platner wants to burn it down - Crunch time for GOP’s reconciliation bill - The MAGA South gets MAGAier - Powell’s takeaways from a high-stakes primary win punchbowl.news/archive/5182...

The issue of where U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz should run for reelection — caused by Florida's mid-decade redistricting — threatens a rift between Black and Jewish Democrats in South Florida. #Florida #politics gift link ...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - How crypto conquered Congress. Hint: Thanks to lots of campaign cash! - Welcome to the Byrd Bath. GOP’s ICE-Border Patrol funding bill gets scrubbed - Lawmakers gear up for highway bill - Cassidy on the ropes in the Bayou State punchbowl.news/archive/5152...

President Trump departed China touting business deals that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/42BH6Fq

BREAKING: A Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday.

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - CBC at crossroads. GOP redistricting push threatens Black Democrats - French Hill, Waters reach deal on housing bill - GOP leaders in dark on Kean absence - Congress stares down a defense spending mess - What we’re watching punchbowl.news/archive/5142...

China's yuan hits 3-year high, stocks dip, as investors await details from Trump-Xi summit reut.rs/4udMxGS

Honda posts first annual loss on $9 billion EV writedown, scraps EV sales goals reut.rs/3QZ9HlE

I read this entire article and could not for the life of me figure out why it was news. They picked a speaker, some students wrote a letter saying they don’t like the speaker. This is the sum total of what happened. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

Right-wing & far-right figures on podcasts & social media are spreading "plandemic" conspiracy theories about the hantavirus — & they sound very similar to those from during the COVID pandemic. My latest:

🔊 ‘I think a number of analysts have said that the relative leverage, or the perception of relative leverage, has shifted in China's favor.’ The Reuters World News podcast on President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing reut.rs/4tBd5At

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Is Trump losing sway on the Hill? The unpopular president’s hold on GOP shows cracks - Clyburn: GOP redistricting is ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ - Vault: House grinds on housing, Senate be damned - Neb. House Dem primary too close to call punchbowl.news/archive/5132...

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today - Trump & Hill Republicans pivot to affordability issues, but is it too little, too late? - Pete Hegseth’s Hill gauntlet - It’s Primary Day in Nebraska & W. Va. - Problem Solvers back Dignity Act - What we’re watching punchbowl.news/archive/5122...