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: The acting FDA chief told pro-life leaders he’d convene a group of scientists to discuss the status of the FDA’s abortion pill review With Kyle Diamantas leading the FDA temporarily, it’s unclear if that outreach to pro-lifers will continue after he’s gone www.notus.org/healthcare/a...

House Republicans’ coalition behind the new housing bill is breaking The White House has “serious policy concerns” House conservatives are privately sharing frustrations And Sen. Tim Scott is shutting down the bill’s chances in the Senate www.notus.org/housing/repu...

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-...

Thomas Massie’s lead in his primary later this month is slipping and he is in genuine danger of losing, according to interviews with local GOP officials. On the increasingly close race in Kentucky’s 4th District www.notus.org/2026-electio...

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

New: RFK Jr. has encouraged the CDC to study whether antidepressants “contribute to mass violence.” At an event hosted by the MAHA Institute, he unveiled a plan to reduce how often they’re prescribed. www.notus.org/health-scien...

NEWS: Chris Larsen, a tech billionaire from California, said he planned to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores in a NY House race that has become one of the year’s biggest proxy fights over the future of AI regulation. From me and Nick Fandos: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...

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Graham Platner Is Already Effectively Declaring Victory in the Maine Senate Primary New memo went out to Platner donors this week: "If this spending is any indication, the general election has effectively begun." W/ @igorbobic.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

A moderate Democratic think tank is proposing that an independent review board — set up by the next Dem administration — investigate CPB + ICE agents for actions taken during Trump years Part of a broader immigration enforcement roadmap from Third Way www.notus.org/congress/thi...

Sign of where things are going on the left: @workingfamilies.org today is unveiling a policy platform for 2026 that includes a federal jobs program designed in part to combat any AI-related job losses www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Trump on dropping the DOJ probe: “We have to find out” why the Fed spent so much money on the building renovation. Kernen tried (repeatedly) to give him a way to say he’d drop the probe to get Warsh in and Trump is talking about how maybe “Too Late” [Powell] is stealing money.

I spoke with four DACA recipients who say they've lost their jobs because USCIS hasn't renewed their status and work permits. Read my latest: www.notus.org/immigration/...

LLMs like Claude and ChatGPT are going to be major sources of information for voters in the '26 midterms. Most Republicans and Democrats have no idea what to do about that www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Both Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell’s campaigns have excess cash in the six figures. https://www.notus.org/money/eric-swalwell-tony-gonzales-campaign-money-surplus

Peltola/Cooper/Brown/Ossoff/Talarico have a combined ~$80m on hand. They’ll need all of it given the GOO’s fundraising advantages elsewhere www.notus.org/money/democr...

West Virginia has some of the strongest vaccine laws in the country. Can MAHA change that? New from me on @notus.com, in partnership with the JAWS Health Journalism Fellowship: www.notus.org/health-scien...

Mills allies continue to wonder why the governor hasn't received any outside help in her primary against Graham Platner. Some worry the governor's campaign and her potential 3rd party allies spent months this year waiting for the other to make a move www.notus.org/2026-electio...

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/...