Trump officials caught off guard by the magnitude of the oil crisis spurred by war with Iran raced this weekend to draw up a wider array of options for alleviating market fears. But none is seen as a cure-all for higher prices as long as the war rages on: www.cnn.com/2026/03/09/p...

President Donald Trump insists he’s willing to wage war on Iran “forever.” But just days into the fight, many of those around him are already itching to get out—fearful of the political consequences of a prolonged and unpopular conflict with no clear endgame www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/p...

Trump’s SOTU challenge: “If there’s not a sense we’re making people feel better about the economy, making their lives more affordable, we’re not going to win,” a person familiar with the internal discussion leading up to tonight’s address told CNN. www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/p...

A timeline of recent US trade policy -SCOTUS invalidates Trump's sweeping tariffs -Trump says Fri he'll do new 10% tariff -Trump says Sat it’s now 15% -Whoops, already signed the 10% order -CBP imposes 10% -WH says Trump will sign new 15% order, but no set timing yet www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

New: Beset by challenges and poor polling, Trump’s advisers hope he’ll use his SOTU address to lay out an optimistic vision for the country. But as ever, they worry he’ll instead get bogged down instead in his acute brand of score settling and grievance: www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/p...

Trump told Chuck Schumer last month that he was prepared to drop his freeze on billions in funding for New York’s Gateway project. But there was a condition: Schumer had to agree to rename New York Penn Station and Dulles airport after Trump. a @mkraju.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...

“We go from a winning message to a losing message in an hour” Inside the exhausting, chaotic week that forced Trump into (temporary) retreat—and sowed fresh doubts among Republicans about their midterm chances: www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/p...

Trump is headed to Davos after days of lobbing insults at US allies. An urgent diplomatic intervention awaits his arrival. Latest on the crisis over Greenland and European leaders’ collective effort to deescalate tensions over the next 48 hours: www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/p...

White House officials are heaping blame on Jeanine Pirro over her criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, per ppl familiar. Some aides now worry the probe will backfire, creating new obstacles to getting Trump’s new pick to run the Fed confirmed: www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/p...

Ahead of today’s WH meeting, top oil execs discussed telling Trump that they can quickly increase Venezuela’s output by hundreds of thousands of barrels per day — a doable goal they hope will please Trump and pre-empt on-the-spot demands for massive new investment: www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/p...

Scoop: The Trump admin is planning to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, per person familiar. The proposed new schedule would recommend fewer vaccines, bringing it close to or in line with Denmark’s schedule. Comes weeks after Trump demanded an expedited review: www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/h...

New: Alarmed by Trump’s flagging approvals on the economy, WH advisers have urged the president to shift his messaging: Empathy instead of dismissiveness, a focus on Hill Dems rather than blaming Joe Biden. Tonight’s speech will test whether Trump takes that advice: www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/p...

New: Trump's push for a new health care plan is stalled, amid GOP disagreements over extending the ACA subsidies. The setback has raised doubts about whether the WH will have any proposal ready ahead of a Senate vote on the subsidies as soon as next week. www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/p...

The White House planned roll out a health plan it hadn’t previewed to most GOP lawmakers and that extended an ACA provision they deeply oppose… all during the short Thanksgiving week. It didn’t go great. Here where we stand: www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/p...

New: The Trump admin is targeting the parents and potential guardians of migrant kids for deportations, turning the tiny HHS office that cares for those kids into another arm of its enforcement force. The effort has yielded nearly 3,000 arrests so far. www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay. Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy once hoped to ally with RFK Jr to restore trust in public health. But 7 months in, their relationship is at a breaking point over vaccines—and now Cassidy is risking his political future for a hearing that could further damage RFK’s credibility: www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

The White House is already ruling out key Dem demands to reverse health cuts in its OBBB or constrain Trump’s ability to do rescissions in exchange for funding the govt. The hardline stance effectively dares Dems to fold on negotiations or shutter the govt w/in weeks www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/p...

New: Fed Chair Jerome Powell has told allies and associates there’s no chance he bows to Trump’s calls for him to resign, arguing in private conversations that his survival is inextricably linked to the central bank’s ability to maintain its independence. www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/p...

Big shakeup at HHS, our new colleague @adamcancryn.bsky.social reports - RFK Jr fires chief of staff Heather Flick Melanson and deputy chief of staff for policy Hannah Anderson. Melanson had worked in first Trump admin Kennedy "lost confidence in them," sources say www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/h...

Super excited to be joining CNN and its ultra-talented White House team! At a moment where rigorous, fair and ambitious reporting on our politics is more critical than ever, there’s no better place to do it than at CNN. I can’t wait to get started. cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/07/01/a...

Some Friday night news of my own: After 8 years, today was my last day at POLITICO. More soon on what’s next, but! Very grateful to have worked in such a special newsroom, and alongside such talented and generous reporters and editors—especially my incredible WH team colleagues.

It’s Tuesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ @adamcancryn.bsky.social ☕️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social 🌞 @errinhaines.bsky.social 🌅 @andrewdesiderio.bsky.social Slept in yesterday & getting back into the groove today? I get it. Email why you’re up early to [email protected]. #waytooearly

News: Trump is planning to revive his “most favored nation” plan to slash Medicare drug prices, signing an EO next week ordering another attempt at tying payments for some medicines to cheaper prices abroad. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

We made it to another Friday with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ @adamcancryn.bsky.social ☕️ @daveweigel.bsky.social 🌞 Matt Gorman 🫖 @mondairejones.bsky.social 🌅 Sarah Fitzpatrick Are you awake with this crew? Tell us why! Email [email protected] #waytooearly

New: Trump’s trade war is tanking his polling and alarming allies who worry he’s squandering the mandate handed to him just 100 days ago. Once fueled by voter nostalgia for his first-term economy, most now say his economic agenda is going to”too far.” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

RFK Jr. is wading into policy well beyond the traditional purview of his department. The White House is thrilled about it. “Midterm success, in a large way, depends on MAHA success,” said one Trump adviser. w/ @adamcancryn.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

News: RFK Jr. is weighing pulling the Covid vaccine from the CDC's list of recommended immunizations for children, per two ppl familiar. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Happy Monday— kick off the week with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ @adamcancryn.bsky.social ☕️ @mpolymer1.bsky.social 🌞 @lawofruby.bsky.social 🌅 Cheyanne Daniels Starting your week up early? Tell us why, here or email [email protected]. #waytooearly

New: The FDA is asking fired workers to temporarily return to the office responsible for penalizing stores for selling tobacco to minors, after RFK Jr.'s mass firings gutted it and crippled the agency's ability to enforce the law. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

NEW: Everyone knew RFK Jr. wanted to upend the health care system. They didn’t think he’d go this far, this fast. Now HHS employees, industry execs, public health officials and Trump aides are grappling with the repercussions. A 360 view of the fallout: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

News: HHS has no plans to rehire 20 percent of the employees it fired earlier this week, despite RFK Jr.'s assertion yesterday that doing so was "always the plan." "No such plan is in the works," a person familiar w/ the department's planning tells me. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Welcome to Tuesday, with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ @adamcancryn.bsky.social ☕️ Mica Soellner 🌞 @nathanbomey.bsky.social 🌅 @sykescharlie.bsky.social If you’re up — like Sen. @CoryBooker still is, speaking on the Senate floor — tell us why, on here or email [email protected]. #WayTooEarly

New FDA Commissioner Marty Makary signed off on ousting top vaccine official Peter Marks soon after being secretly sworn in as agency head. Makary and RFK Jr. jointly agreed to push him out — and more leadership changes are likely on deck. w/ @davidlim.bsky.social: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

And we’re back to Monday with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social ☕️ Kevin Frey 🌞 Ben Kamisar 🌅 @adamcancryn.bsky.social Starting your week up early? Tell us why, here or email [email protected]. #waytooearly

The Trump admin is ousting NIH chief of staff John Burklow, a nearly 40-year agency vet. Seana Cranston, a former top aide to Rep. Thomas Massie, is likely to replace him—departing from the tradition of having careers fill the role. W/ @erinlschumaker.bsky.social: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

RFK Jr. will meet Monday with top execs of several major food brands—his first sitdown with companies he’s accused of contributing to the “poisoning” of Americans. Details on the high-stakes summit w/ @marciabrown.bsky.social: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

HHS Sec RFK Jr.’s first major health crisis? A measles outbreak. But while his aides worked to track and contain the outbreak this weekend, Kennedy was hiking in CA. Inside the frustration at HHS and beyond w/ @adamcancryn.bsky.social & Sophie Gardner www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

New: As HHS officials worked overtime to aid Texas’ measles response on Sunday, RFK Jr. was in Coachella, Instagramming his hike. It was the latest messaging mishap to fuel dismay in HHS and growing scrutiny of RFK’s handling of his first major health crisis. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

UPDATE: Corry resigned after clashing with RFK Jr. and his close aides over their management of HHS amid the growing measles outbreak, two people familiar with the matter tell me. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

News: RFK Jr’s top spokesperson at HHS just abruptly quit, after only two weeks on the job www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Mass firings, abrupt policy shifts and simmering tensions: Inside RFK Jr’s health department hostile takeover, w @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social @ruthreader.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

NEW: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is preparing to remove members of key outside committees that advise the government on vaccine approvals and recommendations. w/ @adamcancryn.bsky.social + @gardnerlm19.bsky.social: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Good morning, it’s Tuesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ @mpolymer1.bsky.social ☕️ @barbmcquade.bsky.social 🌞 @adamcancryn.bsky.social 🌅 @jonallendc.bsky.social If you’re up, we want to know why— and it might end up on the show. Email [email protected]. #waytooearly

And here's a non-paywalled link: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

A callout on RFK Jr’s confirmation day: I’ll be spending the coming months (years?) writing about how Trump and RFK transform health care — and the health workforce — in DC and across the nation. If you work for, with, or against RFK, I want to hear from you. Reach out confidentially:

NIH put its name on an abrupt decision to cut support for biomedical research—but it was Elon Musk’s DOGE team that ordered the new policy: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

The two “senior agency veterans” tasked with monitoring DOGE at the agency that manages Medicare and Medicaid are Trump political appointees Kim Brandt and John Brooks, rather than career CMS officials, per internal emails www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

The @waytooearly.bsky.social lineup to end your week: Aaron Gilchrist is live from DCA with the latest on the tragic crash, plus @adamcancryn.bsky.social, Sabrina Singh, Carlos Curbelo, Greg Feith, & Kevin Frey.

New: The head of the antivaxx group that RFK Jr. founded told me she sees vindication in his Health Secretary nomination—and hopes he makes all vaccines optional, including for measles, mumps and rubella www.politico.com/news/2025/01...