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.

President Trump’s sweeping tariffs last April put Democrats in an awkward position, caught between their fervent opposition to the president and their traditional support for protectionist trade policies. One year later, they appear to have moved past that dilemma. www.notus.org/congress/dcc...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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/...

I'm in Miami federal court this morning to hear Marco Rubio testify about a weird scandal that touches on Venezuela, secret lobbying, and his old Cuban American friend. @notus.com: www.notus.org/courts/marco...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren was key to getting a major housing bill — a top priority of the Trump White House — through the Senate earlier this month. But her involvement is threatening to tank the bill in the House. https://www.notus.org/housing/elizabeth-warren-housing-bill-negotiations

Janet Mills is out with a new ad today, again attacking Graham Platner’s online history. It’s further confirmation that her campaign plans to aggressively litigate his past all the way through the June primary www.notus.org/2026-electio...

NEW: Democratic primary turnout continued to surge Tuesday, part of a trend in higher turnout in these races than what the party saw in '22 and '24 The new wave of voters could complicate the party's primaries -- but is also giving some Dems hope for November www.notus.org/2026-electio...

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-...

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...

NEWS: Six months before the Trump admin began bombing Iran, the Department of State fired its oil and gas experts. State’s energy division got completely DOGE’d. And with it went the people who knew how to plan for a global energy crisis.

Janet Mills’ campaign released a new ad Tuesday aimed squarely at Graham Platner’s online history, referencing two disparaging remarks he made in 2013 about victims of rape. Sources close to Millls say the new ad is only start of a more aggressive campaign www.notus.org/2026-electio...

It feels unbelievably good to be in a newsroom that’s growing and ambitious. Very few in DC journalism are lucky enough to say that right now. Especially excited to be working with @jeffstein.bsky.social and @joegould05.bsky.social Signal is annakramer.54 if you want to send tips our way

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...

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

NEW: Trump and Republicans are not in lockstep on what their 2026 midterm messaging should be House Rs want to focus on the economy and lowering costs But Trump is focused on Iran and a voter ID bill w/ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social @emluetkemeyer.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/rep...

New: Verified "news" accounts on X have gained over 10m views with a fake video of Trump with young girls. Turns out they're part of a pro-Iran propaganda network, which is successfully exploiting the Epstein Files to erode public support for the war. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Just before Christmas, a city health inspector visited the Trump International Hotel in Chicago. They didn’t approve of what they saw. NEW on @notus.com: www.notus.org/health-scien...

NEW: Trump is “asking every SINGLE Trump supporter who stands with President Trump and our brave U. S. troops” to signal their support for the Iran war — with a donation to his leadership PAC. www.notus.org/money/donald...

NEW: The NIH says it will no longer recognize a union of early-career researchers because it does not believe they are "employees" who are "employed in an agency." "The NIH/UAW bargaining unit should never have been certified," NIH HR wrote. www.notus.org/health-scien...

Talarico ran a campaign. Jasmine Crockett ran a partial one (at best). Tonight's result might not be much more complicated than that. On how Talarico overcame a 17-point deficit in December and won the Texas Senate Democratic primary, w/ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Angie Farella, a Texas-based pediatrician, has called the RSV vaccine an "utter failure" and said the COVID-19 vaccine is "not safe nor is it effective.” On Friday, RFK Jr. appointed her to the CDC's vaccine recommendation committee. New from me: www.notus.org/health-scien...

NEW: Dems believe Kristi Noem is suddenly releasing huge amounts of disaster funds to pressure Dems into ending the DHS shutdown. The sudden spending will dramatically lower our reserves for a catastrophe. Only way to refill them is to end the shutdown.

say what you will about the problems with contemporary polling, these folks ain't herding

Traveled to Kentucky. Spent time with Massie and his primary opponent, Ed Gallrein. Came away with the impression that rather than helping his campaign, Massie's advocacy over the Epstein files might be *hurting* his reelection bid w/GOP voters www.notus.org/2026-electio...

ICE is taking over Democratic primaries www.notus.org/2026-electio...

At least 32 kids entered foster care in 2025 after immigration agents detained their parents. That includes four toddlers ages 1-3 in Vermont. Here’s my story on the patchy tracking of family separations through the foster care system. www.notus.org/immigration/...

NEW: Prominent conservative groups created a campaign to overturn Obergefell, the SCOTUS ruling that legalized gay marriage Republicans don’t want anything to do with it “I don’t think it’s a viable effort, legally, politically or otherwise,” one House R said www.notus.org/republicans/...

Crockett’s fundraising surge never came. She has been outspent roughly 19-to-1 on ads. And some Dems talking w/her campaign aren’t sure who exactly is running it. On the congresswoman’s unconventional campaign in Texas, and how it’s making allies anxious x.com/alex_roarty/...

new, with @daniellamicaela.bsky.social! Since winning in 2022, the Crockett has won national acclaim among liberals for her critical commentary of Republicans. But her record, affiliations and campaign contributors tell a different story about her ideological POV www.notus.org/2026-electio...

NEW with @alexroarty.bsky.social: Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s affiliations and campaign contributors tell a unique story about her ideological point of view, one now under scrutiny in her closely watched primary with Texas state Rep. James Talarico. www.notus.org/2026-electio...

NEWS: The WHO and UNICEF are scrutinizing a CDC-backed study on the effects of the hepatitis B vaccine in Africa, researchers running the study told NOTUS. www.notus.org/health-scien...

SCOOP: Trump officials faced pushback from some House Republicans at last week's classified briefing on Venezuela Huizenga said he has "no confidence" in Delcy Rodríguez Baumgartner asked when the U.S. will work with opposition leaders, who Trump has sidelined www.notus.org/republicans/...

I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example. Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)

Maine's ultra-competitive 2nd Congressional District race is about to get a new competitor with a very familiar name — scoop from @alexroarty.bsky.social of @notus.com www.notus.org/2026-electio...

SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans Four Rs — Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans — joined Dems in opposing the bill www.notus.org/congress/mcb...

Former Sportscaster Michele Tafoya Considering Run for Senate in Minnesota www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Vulnerable GOP Rep. Andy Ogles blamed local judges for a rape in Nashville and posted their names and photos online. The courthouse had to increase its security in response given the risk of violent reprisals. The full story at @notus.com.

NEW: White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller scored a big cash bonus from America First Legal before joining the second Trump administration. www.notus.org/money/stephe...

New: Republican Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee House Seat by Slim Margin Bottom line: GOP avoids catastrophe, can be happy about late effort to juice turnout, but still eyeing a ~15-point shift from DT's in '24, which should further concerns about '26 www.notus.org/campaigns/re...

Vaccines.gov, the CDC's vaccination site search engine, got a MAHA makeover in June. Then it stopped working altogether. New from me: www.notus.org/health-scien...

Is 2026 going to be a 2018 redux? There's a raging debate about whether the current Trump midterm is going to be like the last one www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Haley Stevens’ Campaign Is Underwhelming Democrats Democrats say the establishment favorite’s Michigan Senate campaign isn’t ready for primetime — and it could cost the party the general election. w/@daniellamicaela.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

New: The largest union of federal workers says Senate Democrats should support the GOP funding bill to end the shutdown But Democrats say they don't *actually* mean that "I work very closely with them," Sen. Tim Kaine said, "the AFGE would not want us to cut a deal" www.notus.org/democrats/de...

BREAKING: Arizona has officially sued the House of Representatives over Mike Johnson's decision to not swear in Adelita Grijalva, who was elected in a special election one month ago www.notus.org/house/adelit...

57% of the ads from Republicans in the Virginia governor's race have focused on transgender issues. Sign of things to come from the GOP in 2026. W/ @oriana.bsky.social www.notus.org/2025-electio...