I think the rule we are learning of breakups among Certain Writers/Artists is to be Lily Allen. Just say the thing without 700 overwrought metaphors about bamboo and wildfires

On Day 15 of the government shutdown, a U.S. senator held a well-attended birthday party for his bulldog and President Donald Trump gathered some of the richest people in the country for dinner. Meanwhile, thousands of federal workers are not getting paid. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

The New York Times (having apparently never been online??) posted a list of great wedding-guest dresses that includes these two that absolutely read WHITE?? I feel insane? www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

The NYT Cooking newsletter this morning: "Sit down, kids. I have something to tell you. Daddy’s gone..." Me: "Oh ha ha. What a silly opening. Anyway." @nytcook.bsky.social : "...Sam Sifton has a fancy new job as the host of The Morning." Me: "!! Daddy! No!"

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who is pushing for a stock trading ban in Congress, has invested $250,001 to $500,000 in a private equity firm focused on oil and energy. Her office says it's not a "stock." But it illustrates the limitations of a stock trading ban: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

BREAKING: Washington, D.C. sues the Trump administration over its deployment of the National Guard in the nation's capital.

12(!) federal judges gave rare interviews to @lawrencehurley.bsky.social about the Supreme Court increasingly overturning the lower courts in favor of the Trump admin. 10/12 were highly critical of the Court Really impressive and important reporting here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

This is incredible work. In a just world it would win some major reporting awards. I’m saying that now bc I don’t think it will. There’s a particular kind of scoop you only get by being a really effing good beat reporter for a long time who sources trust. Investigative reporting doesn’t prize that.

Washingtonian: The 12 Best Subs to Throw at Federal Agents Eater DC: Jose Andres Offers Lunch Special on Federalist Pig Sandos The 51st: Your Rights After You've Sandwiched a Fed, Explained WCP: Darrow's Page 4 Sandwich Shots Axios: EXCLUSIVE: Fed Saddened by Sandwich

All of TikTok right now

"On July 28, Netanyahu and [Trump] had a private phone conversation that devolved into shouting," @nbcnews.com reports. Sequence: Trump saw images of children in Gaza and said it's "real starvation." Netanyahu demanded a call with Trump, told him it's fake. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Thinking of this guy today

Trump signs NIL overhaul order to curb big money influence in college sports www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Republicans plan to use the threat of impeachment as a key midterm issue — even as Democrats say they're not at all focused on it www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

GOP calls to strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship have immigration advocates worried about Trump weaponizing the denaturalization process. Fantastic explainer from @lawrencehurley.bsky.social on what's possible and what past admins have done: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

My newest obsession: "Surveillance pricing" whereby companies can charge use your search history and other personal data you (yes, you!) more for a product than they charge other people. Rep. Greg Casar has a new bill to ban it www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Ah, it's good to be back: House cancels votes its last day of votes before summer break as Epstein consumes Capitol Hill nbcnews.com/politics/con... via @nbcnews.com

OPINION | I simply cannot figure out why Hunter Biden thinks that the Democratic party—or the world—is in need of his opinions about politics, writes Chris Cillizza.