SCOOP: Rep. LaMonica McIver will visit Delaney Hall today for the 1st time since the Trump admin filed charges against her over a scuffle that broke out there in May Her visit comes after a migrant died at Delaney Hall a day after ICE took him into custody www.notus.org/immigration/...

NEW: Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, is suing to stop its renaming to the "Trump-Kennedy Center" www.axios.com/2025/12/23/t...

EXCLUSIVE: Four House Republicans, including Colorado Rep. Jeff Hurd, joined Democrats to challenge the Trump administration’s dismantling of the nation’s leading weather and climate research institution.

New @c-span.bsky.social data shows House retirements are at an all-time high: 43 announcements so far — and more are expected In comparison, ahead of the 2024 elections, there were 45 *total* retirements www.notus.org/congress/rep...

last tv hit of the year!

ICYMI: When it looked like Democrats in the House were going to vote for Marjorie Taylor Greene's anti-trans bill, she lobbied her Republican colleagues. In the end, four Republicans voted against the bill. www.notus.org/congress/mcb...

Democrats feared that a handful of their members would vote for anti-trans legislation. So Sarah McBride spoke with some of the Republicans who ultimately voted ‘no." via @oriana.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/mcb...

Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill, @oriana.bsky.social reports www.notus.org/congress/mcb...

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...

News: The Trump admin proposed rules to ban Medicaid from being used on gender-affirming care for trans youth Over 185K trans people are on Medicaid This comes a day after the House passed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care w/ @margaretmanto.bsky.social www.notus.org/healthcare/h...

NEW: We asked 128 House Rs about 2026 and several didn’t commit to running Balderson said he hasn’t decided Hageman said she’ll say soon if she’s running for gov or House “A lot of them bailing,” one R said w/ @riley-rogerson.bsky.social @emluetkemeyer.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/rep...

NEW: Jeffries' ACA strategy was mind-bogglingly simple — don't give GOP centrists an inch. It worked. "Our team should've put in the compromise. Now we're voting for the worse one," GOP Rep. Don Bacon fumed to @axios.com. "It's just sort of dumb." www.axios.com/2025/12/18/h...

NEWS: NIH will pause new funding for grants that include "misaligned" terms like "health equity" and "structural racism." Agency staff are required to use a "computational text analysis tool" to identify grants that include the unsanctioned terms. www.notus.org/health-scien...

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It’s Monday with @waytooearly.bsky.social: ☀️ @rohded.bsky.social 🥶 Moses Small ☕️ Oriana González 🌅 @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social If you’re up, share WHY with us and we may read it on the show— email [email protected]. #waytooearly

The House today repealed a Trump executive order for the 1st time, passing a bill restoring federal workers’ bargaining rights 20 Republicans joined Dems to do so The vote was a rare rebuke of Trump’s policies, as GOP lawmakers have repeatedly capitulated to Trump www.notus.org/congress/hou...

Rep. Haley Stevens told @Axios.com she “worked closely” w/ the Energy and Commerce Committee on her RFK Jr. impeachment articles. There’s just one problem: Top E&C Dem Frank Pallone says she “approached us about joining her, and then in the end we declined." www.axios.com/2025/12/11/i...

EXCLUSIVE look into ICE’s secretive plans for a 200-person detention center on the coast of Oregon. Contractors told @notus.com they worry the facility is too small to meet detention standards. www.notus.org/immigration/...

New: Some Senate Rs lamented the removal of the pro-IVF provision from the NDAA “It’s not the way that I would do it,” Sen. Mike Rounds said, adding he “personally” wanted it in the bill Meanwhile, pro-lifers praised Speaker Mike Johnson for removing the clause www.notus.org/healthcare/a...

Alina Habba is no longer New Jersey's U.S. attorney. (And she legally hasn't been for months.) But now she's headed to the DOJ as a senior advisor. So she isn't gone quite yet. @notus.com: www.notus.org/courts/alina...

The NDAA doesn't include a provision for IVF coverage for servicemembers that passed in both the House and the Senate. @oriana.bsky.social reported on Duckworth trying to get Trump to stop Johnson from stripping the provisions. www.notus.org/congress/tam...

👀 The just-released NDAA text does not contain a provision that would have guaranteed IVF coverage for service members (TRICARE does not currently cover IVF) Last week, Tammy Duckworth urged Donald Trump to stop Mike Johnson from removing the pro-IVF provision www.notus.org/congress/tam...

From EDM to Taylor Swift to “The Little Mermaid,” lawmakers’ Spotify Wrapped results know no bounds, NOTUS’ @oriana.bsky.social determined after investigative efforts on Capitol Hill.

EXCLUSIVE: Tammy Duckworth is urging Donald Trump to stop Mike Johnson from blocking an IVF coverage mandate from the NDAA “WARNING: Speaker Johnson wants you to become the DEADBEAT DAD OF IVF,” Duckworth wrote in a note to Trump www.notus.org/congress/tam...

NEW: As Republicans finish 2025 with a fair share of wins, there’s one small problem: They can’t stand each other - Fights in closed-door meetings - Public social media spats - Accusing members of being celebrities instead of politicians Let’s break down the dynamics: www.notus.org/congress/rep...

NEW: Democrats feel confident about their chances in red areas In TN-5, Dem Chaz Molder outraised GOP Rep. Andy Ogles in Q3 $790K vs $61K — and some Republicans are concerned Ogles isn't taking his race seriously "He’s raising like no money," one GOP strategist said www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Republicans want to drastically ramp up the admin's anti-immigration agenda after the D.C. shooting. Said Rep. Mary Miller: "Deport them all. Now." Even GOP centrists aren't fully dismissing Trump's crackdown on Afghan immigration applications. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/27/r...

Donald Trump's revenge indictments are gone. A judge also says Lindsey Halligan isn't really the U.S. attorney of EDVA. And as if that's not enough, the judge says *local judges* will choose her replacement. A stunning rebuke of Trump's vengeance tour. @notus.com: www.notus.org/courts/linds...

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NOTUS is thrilled to announce veteran journalist Deirdre Walsh will serve as a senior editor managing NOTUS’ Capitol Hill team beginning in January 2026. https://www.notus.org/about-us/press-releases/deirdre-walsh-joins-notus-to-lead-congressional-coverage

👀 House Ethics Committee announces it’s investigating Republican Rep. Mike Collins, who is running for Senate, and his chief, Brandon Phillips

Until recently, the EPA had a pretty legendary group of scientists using cutting-edge computer science to speed up chemical toxicity research. This team helped with East Palestine, w/ GenX, etc. I found that at least 16 of them have now left for a single private lab.

New: Trump accused six Democrats of “seditious behavior, punishable by death" In turn, Republicans suggested Trump didn’t *really* mean what he said "You know how President Trump is," Tuberville said "I’m sure the president has his tongue in cheek there," hawley said www.notus.org/congress/tru...

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It’s Thursday with @waytooearly.bsky.social and I’ve got some reporting on a new conflict brewing in Congress— that’s just one of the stories we’ve got, with: ☀️ @davearonberg.bsky.social 🥶 Moses Small ☕️ Oriana González 🌅 Akayla Gardner If you’re up, email [email protected] #waytooearly

Tomorrow is Trans Day of Remembrance. Every year on TDOR, trans people lost to homicide and violence are remembered at memorials around the country and around the world. But the story of Sam Nordquist, a young trans man who was tortured and killed this year, has haunted me like no other.

NEW: More NY House Dem primaries coming - Espaillat challenge "likely," per consultant - Latimer expects a DSA challenger - Nadler on a Lander-Goldman matchup: "Brad Lander will win." (He then walked it back) - Justice Dems: "Expect more news" @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/20/m...

Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, a top appropriator, tried to add guardrails from ‘pocket rescissions’ in an appropriations bill. But then OMB Director Russ Vought talked to him. https://www.notus.org/congress/mario-diaz-balart-trump-rescissions-appropriations

SCOOP: Mario Díaz-Balart, a top House GOP appropriator, tried to add guardrails against pocket rescissions to an appropriations bill — something Democrats have been wanting for months But then Russ Vought intervened, and Díaz-Balart quietly got rid of the provision www.notus.org/congress/mar...

One senior House Republican tried to add guardrails to funding bills to stop the administration from engaging in so-called “pocket rescissions” — only for the White House to intervene and stop him. www.notus.org/congress/mar...

SCOOP: Mario Díaz-Balart, a top House GOP appropriator, tried to add guardrails against pocket rescissions to an appropriations bill — something Democrats have been wanting for months But then Russ Vought intervened, and Díaz-Balart quietly got rid of the provision www.notus.org/congress/mar...

NEW: I asked @aoc.bsky.social about Chi Ossé filing paperwork to run against Hakeem Jeffries. “I certainly don't think a primary challenge to the leader is a good idea right now,” she told @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/18/a...

Kate Barr, a NC Democrat, sees just one way to be elected to Congress: running as a Republican She says her bid is serious — and she wants candidates in other gerrymandered states to adopt her strategy: "That's part of why we're trying it" @christadutton.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

NEWS: Newly released emails show Jeffrey Epstein discussing his relationship with Donald Trump Epstein wrote in 2011 that Trump “spent hours at my house” with a victim of sex trafficking, adding that the president was a “dog that hasn’t barked” www.notus.org/donald-trump...

@alexroarty.bsky.social with the scoop last night: www.notus.org/2026-electio...

Scoop by @alexroarty.bsky.social: Maine Senate candidate Jordan Wood, a fmr Cap Hill aide, is considering dropping out of the Senate race to run in the state's 2nd Congressional District, a seat currently held by retiring Jared Golden, per two sources familiar www.notus.org/2026-electio...

House Dems' caucus call today was full of anger, three sources tell @axios.com Stansbury: "People are f**king pissed." Jayapal said Schumer either "can't control his caucus" or he "gave his blessing to the deal." Susie Lee pushed back. More here: www.axios.com/2025/11/10/d...

Mat Staver, founder and chairman of the Liberty Counsel, the firm that brought the lawsuit seeking to overturn Obergefell, pledges to "continue to work to overturn Obergefell.” "It is not a matter of if, but when the Supreme Court will overturn Obergefell," he continues.

Deputy AG Todd Blanche currently speaking at a Federalist Society convention in DC Months ago, Trump lambasted Leonard Leo, co-chair of Fed Soc’s board of directors, calling him a “sleazebag” But Blanche today praises Fed Soc, saying the org focuses on “getting the right people to the bench”

ICYMI: Today, the Supreme Court is considering in conference whether or not to take up a case that seeks to overturn Obergefell, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide A breakdown of the LGBTQ legal cases the court is evaluating this term: www.notus.org/courts/supre...