SCOOP from @bueninvierno.bsky.social: Rep. Eric Swalwell repeatedly peddled the services of his politics-focused startup company, Findraiser, to House Democrats — potentially violating House Ethics rules "He’s peddling the shit out of that thing," one source said www.notus.org/democrats/de...

Spotted in the front row of the hearing room for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s trial: Elijah Manley, who is primarying the congresswoman in Florida’s 20th district Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of fraudulently funneling $5 million in FEMA funds to her campaign

NEW: GOP Rep. Nancy Mace tells me she will "most likely" vote for the Iran war powers resolution next time it comes up for a vote. With most Dems who opposed the measure last time poised to flip, that puts it within range of passing the House. @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/03/26/n...

Josh Hawley's bill to ban mifepristone put the spotlight back on an issue Republicans try to avoid on an election year: abortion Lawler said he won't support the bill Evans said he's "cautious of issues like that" Valadao said Republicans should focus on the economy www.notus.org/republicans/...

NOTUS’ @oriana.bsky.social joins @cspanwj.bsky.social to break down the ongoing negotiations to end the DHS partial shutdown.

SCOOP: AIPAC is quietly searching for a new general counsel and director of political operations, according to private communications reviewed by @notus.com. Philip Friedman, who's had the role for 30+ years, is retiring. www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Elizabeth Warren shepherded a major housing bill through the Senate despite being in the minority. She did it with Republican support. There’s just one problem: House Republicans hate it and House Democrats accuse her of shutting them out of the process. www.notus.org/housing/eliz...

SCOOP: Sen. Elizabeth Warren shepherded a major housing bill through the Senate — it’s now at risk of tanking in the House Sources say she has boxed House Democrats out of negotiations, which is imperiling its support in the lower chamber www.notus.org/housing/eliz...

NEW: Progressive groups and members of Congress are planning to exert more pressure in Dem primaries to get the left to consolidate behind one viable candidate, lawmakers tell @axios.com It’s their way of adapting after a bruising primary night in Illinois: www.axios.com/2026/03/19/d...

Elizabeth Warren goes against Mills/Schumer in Maine. "Graham Platner is going to flip Maine and then actually deliver change for working people in the Senate."

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.

Our latest investigative project: Capitol Gains NOTUS looked into the wealth of the lawmakers in Congress — and we found that 73 of the 100 sitting senators have a median net worth of more than *$1 million* This essentially means that millionaires are overrepresented in the Senate 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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...

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As we first reported in last night's @semafor.com media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to "launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name" and double staff from 50 to 100.

NEW: Jeffries may face a fight to become speaker in '27 even if Dems take the House More Dem candidates tell @axios.com their vote is not a given. "He's been failing to meet the moment," one told me Said another: "I cannot support this kind of leadership" www.axios.com/2026/03/16/h...

Some personal news: This is my last week at The Washington Post. I’ve loved so much of the last 9 years here, but my faith in the paper’s current leadership is broken beyond repair. Incredibly excited to get to work w/ the newsroom below (I start in June) Get in touch on Signal : 9178872891

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...

NEW: Check out this new ad hitting progressive #IL08 candidate Junaid Ahmed from the left. Notice anything weird? It's from Chicago Progressive Partnership ... an AIPAC affiliate. They've run similar ads against Kat Abughazaleh in #IL09 On this peculiar strategy: www.axios.com/2026/03/13/a...

NEW: Censure efforts percolating for both Randy Fine and Andy Ogles over their posts about Muslims. Shri Thanedar introduced an Ogles censure that would kick him off Homeland. Dem leadership coordinating w/ members on a Fine censure, I'm told. @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/03/13/c...

UPDATE: Rep. French Hill and Sen. Tim Scott will be speaking as soon as tonight, a source told me

SCOOP: House Republicans are mad they haven't been included in the negotiations on Congress' housing package Sen. Tim Scott, who is leading the Senate version of the bill, has not been returning his counterpart Rep. French Hill's calls www.notus.org/housing/hous...

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...

“The childhood vaccination schedule needs to be eliminated." “The flu shot has given 1,900,000 Americans Alzheimer’s." “Vaccines are causing autism." Inside an afternoon with the MAHA Institute:

NEW: DC has narrowly avoided a national security crisis 3 times in 6 years. The Pentagon, the White House, the Capitol building: They’re all screwed if something happens to Potomac. It’s an obvious vulnerability. With no plan to fix it.

NEW: Ammar Campa-Najjar has lost every election he's run in In 2026, he’s the top Democrat in the #CA48 race, yet one congressman unendorsed him and CA delegates stopped him from getting the Democratic Party endorsement An inside look at his 4th run for office: www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Some corporate donors didn’t actually donate. Others did, but didn’t disclose as lobbying law required. The law, one government watchdog said, is “inadequate to the task.” @notus.com cracks open the black boxes that are presidential libraries: www.notus.org/money/presid...

NEW: Progressive groups readying to primary Dems who break ranks on the Iran war powers vote. "If the filing deadline has passed, they'll do it in '28," one House Dem told @axios.com. Justice Dems, MoveOn & OurRevolution all firing shots across the bow. www.axios.com/2026/03/04/d...

NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East — but the State Dept is not helping them do it. We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."

NEW: @axios.com crunched the numbers. 30 (!) House Dems are facing at least one primary challenger who raised $100,000+ last yr. Roughly a dozen have been out-raised. In all, these races have a price tag of $64 million. House Dems are not happy about it: www.axios.com/2026/03/03/d...

👀 Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman tells me he will not support Khanna's war powers resolution, explaining that it "would require us to completely abandon our allies. It calls for the immediate removal of defensive weapons in the region."

Tension in Congress has been building over the Trump administration's failure to keep Congress informed over its interventions abroad The administration did brief the Gang of 8 ahead of the Iran strikes, but some lawmakers say that's not enough www.notus.org/congress/law...

NEW: When a group of trans people went to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's office to lobby for trans rights, an aide told them she's from a moderate district and has to carefully navigate the issue Dozens of trans people lobbied in Congress this month — here's what happened: www.notus.org/congress/dem...

“I can get the politics of it, I just think it’s B.S. You’re there to represent your constituents and not to get reelected,” the mom of a 9-year-old trans girl told NOTUS. https://www.notus.org/congress/democrats-lgbtq-issues-transgender-rights-advocacy

NEW: When a group of trans people went to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's office to lobby for trans rights, an aide told them she's from a moderate district and has to carefully navigate the issue Dozens of trans people lobbied in Congress this month — here's what happened: www.notus.org/congress/dem...

👀 The six leading candidates in #IL09 were asked in a candidate forum if they "support Hakeem Jeffries' continued leadership of the House Democrats?" Abughazaleh immediately answered "nope," followed by Amiwala Biss & Andrews indicated maybe/undecided Fine & Simmons said yes

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NEW: Jeffries told his members not to disrupt Trump's State of the Union, but some still plan to protest from inside the chamber. Rep. Thanedar told @axios.com he would "love to show some resistance to what is going on." Others plan to walk out mid-speech. www.axios.com/2026/02/12/t...

NEWS: At least 3 Trump appointees at DOE used their personal emails to discuss government business. Here's one quote from those personal emails: "Please keep in mind that my DOE emails (and your replies) will be easily discoverable by outside parties.”

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/...

HHS keeps citing an unreviewed paper that proposes some... interesting ways to re-test vaccines. We asked scientists to review it: www.notus.org/health-scien...

We found so many examples of missing federal government data that we couldn’t put them all in this story. “The status quo was, the federal government is going to collect and disseminate data. That is no longer a reasonable assumption.”

NEW: Trump's immigration agenda is under scrutiny — and so is Stephen Miller "I have no confidence in Mr. Miller," Sen. Thom Tillis said Other Senate Republicans demurred when I asked them about him Meanwhile, a WH official said Miller won't be fired www.notus.org/immigration/...

NEW: Jeffries' office has advised House Democrats NOT to fly to Minnesota, per an email obtained by @axios.com "Visiting the state right now, although well intentioned, puts a burden on local resources." Several Dem politicians have already made the trek. www.axios.com/2026/01/29/m...

This is what FEMA’s hazard mitigation spending looks like for the last two years. That sudden drop into the red is when Noem’s personal review process began.

If you’ve got tips about Noem, Corey Lewandowski, DHS, and FEMA, my Signal is annakramer.54 Hearing many rumors about what happens when people try to get money released from DHS. I would love to know if there’s any truth to them

MORE DHS NEWS: Kristi Noem is holding up over *$1 BILLION* in disaster prevention funding This means that hundreds of projects designed to reduce death and destruction caused by natural disasters are not getting completed Great reporting by @annackramer.bsky.social and Torrence Banks