Trump criticizes Pam Bondi for not charging his adversaries quickly enough, in a Truth Social post that looks a lot like a DM. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Speaker Johnson responds to Rep. Massie calling this latest Epstein resolution “meaningless.” “I would describe virtually everything Thomas Massie says with related to this issue as meaningless.”

A teary-eyed Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) just exited the room where members are meeting with Epstein survivors.

NEW: House Oversight Chairman James Comer to meet with Jeffrey Epstein survivors next Tuesday, per two sources familiar with planning. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW via @washingtonpost.com @rbeggin.bsky.social, @jacobbogage.bsky.social & @kadiagoba.bsky.social: "#IRS Commissioner #BillyLong will leave his post atop the agency after just two months." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Japan's Asahi newspaper reports citing Japanese govt sources, that the automobile tariff will be lowered from the current 25% to 12.5%. Combined with the existing basic tariff of 2.5% on automobiles, a total tariff of 15% will be imposed on Japanese cars going forward.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had cinched a trade deal with Japan, reducing the tax he had planned to levy on imports from a major trading partner as the deadline he has imposed for negotiations over tariffs nears. Our developing story: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Massie has a binder of his Epstein bill. “We’re going to do this.”

ICYMI: Zohran Mamdani impressed national Dems this week but he’s yet to sway most of the NYC delegation. Just 4 of the 12 have endorsed him. “Quite honestly, many of us don’t know him,” Rep. Meeks, told me. (They represent the same borough: Queens) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEWsy: @aoc.bsky.social is hosting a members-only breakfast w/ @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the Democratic candidate for mayor in New York City. Mamdani has secured endorsements from AOC, Velázquez, Nadler and most recently the @HispanicCaucus Chair Espaillat

ICYMI: SCOOP: Someone pretending to be the House Intelligence Committee chairman, Rick Crawford, sent messages about a project related to Melania Trump. Among those targeted: Rep. Eric Burlison & ex-congressman George Santos t.co/R2ZTwK0vVB

If you don't follow @kadiagoba.bsky.social, now is the time. She's @washingtonpost.com's newest congressional correspondent, and one of the best-sourced reporters in Washington. And she's super cool. Give her a follow and say hi.

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Reality continuing to disintegrate around the edges per @daveweigel.bsky.social @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/05/2...

This hearing has surpassed 18 hours. Dems are still testifying and offering amendments. A bit ago, Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) offered an amendment to strike an insane work req provision apparently in the bill: it lowers the age of a "dependent child" from 18 to 7 years old. ??

NEWS: @markzaidesq.bsky.social has filed a lawsuit in federal court in D.C. over Trump's revocation of his security clearance. Represented by Abbe Lowell, Norm Eisen, and others, he is seeking, in part, that the revocation to be rescinded: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: After being tapped to serve as the highest-ranking Black aide at the White House, Lynne Patton started and then had to stop working to finish out a 4-yr. suspension related to the Hatch Act. www.semafor.com/article/05/0...

@kadiagoba.bsky.social talks about the negotiations in Congress over taxes (inc. SALT) and the budget: www.wnyc.org/story/friday...

Today: - @kadiagoba.bsky.social with Friday Morning Politics, - Dep'y Mayor Randy Mastro on Mayor Adams' $115 budget proposal, - NYPL's Louisa Tatum on career services at the library, - @wsj.com tech reporter @samschechner.com on tech-induced laziness Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm — the first of several such orders — is unconstitutional and, accordingly, "null and void." Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...

Senate Republicans were preparing to confirm Stefanik as soon as next week. She'd been on ice for 2 months after clearing committee Then Risch told reporters the WH was pulling her nomination this pm. www.semafor.com/article/03/2... @eleanormueller.bsky.social @kadiagoba.bsky.social

My look inside the BIG push from tea party stalwarts to make trillions in spending cuts in reconciliation as Republican leaders try to call a vote as soon as next week on the budget Sen. Lummis: “I can’t support the House level. There needs to be more cuts than that" www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

Statement from @beyer.house.gov on RFK Jr.'s mass firings of health workers beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring

1/2 AOC to reporters: "There are members of Congress who have won Trump held districts in some of the most difficult territories in the United States; who walked the plank and took innumerable risks in order to defend the American people…

Mike Lawler, eyeing a New York gubernatorial run, is deep in a critical calculation: Exactly how close to Donald Trump can he afford to get? @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, is expected to slow-walk the special election to replace Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik per @kadiagoba.bsky.social She was nominated to be US ambassador to UN in November (!) www.semafor.com/article/03/1...

News: Tressel a big underdog against Ramaswamy, per poll reviewed by Semafor Vivek 46 Tressel 19 Yost 13 Lots of skepticism he'll run for Ohio guv Moreno: "his wife is very happy with him being retired" Tuberville: “He’s not gonna do that" @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/03/1...

🟡 SCOOP: Trump is set to name his daughter’s father-in-law as his special envoy for the Great Lakes region in East Africa. It comes as DR Congo looks to strike a critical minerals deal with Washington.

Today: - @sbg1.bsky.social on Trump's speech & Dems' response, - @elizabethkim.bsky.social on Mayor Adams and City Hall, - Newsquiz: true, or false? - @kadiagoba.bsky.social on covering Trump's address to Congress, - @thepointsguy.com on travel & health Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org

ICYMI, @kadiagoba.bsky.social on Michigan Democrat Sen. Slotkin's response to Pres. Trump's address to Congress: www.wnyc.org/story/on-the...

We made it to Friday! @waytooearly.bsky.social rounds out your week: ☀️ @alexward.bsky.social ☕️ @daveweigel.bsky.social 🌞 Ofirah Yheskel 🌅 @kadiagoba.bsky.social Why are you awake? Email [email protected] or reply here and I may mention it on the show. #waytooearly

Really nasty Ky. primary shaping up -Barr under attack from C4G, criticizing Cameron for Beshear loss -Cameron up in polls, allies dinging Barr -Morris running as anti-McConnell; 1 R says his record is “dumpster just waiting to be ignited" @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

NEW: For Republican lawmakers, Trump’s accessibility creates opportunities — and headaches “Heck, I get him quicker on the phone sometimes than I get some of the people that are on his staff,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., tells me.

A growing crop of Nigeria-born startups are offering US-based bank accounts to freelance workers and businesses in a move to capitalize on Africa’s booming gig economy.

NEW: What keeps the House Republican campaign chief up at night? Retirements www.semafor.com/article/01/2...

Bannon idea of raising taxes on wealthy? Not a lot of love in GOP Congress per @kadiagoba.bsky.social @shelbytalcott.bsky.social Sen. Hawley: “What I’m more interested in is getting very significant tax relief for working people and working families" www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

“We’re looking at the one bill vs. two bills,” Trump says of GOP agenda

NEW: What’s on the agenda at President-elect’s blue-state meeting and who might not show www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

The pool report from that day President Jimmy Carter and Muhammad Ali visited my elementary school in Brooklyn www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/sites/defaul...

Leaving nothing to chance, or problems ahead? Mike Johnson’s currently calling members asking for their vote for speaker on Jan 3.

Will Gaetz take part in speaker race? Here's what he told @kadiagoba.bsky.social “As America’s greatest president says, ‘We’ll see,’” www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

On today's show: - @davidfbrand.bsky.social on security deposits - @kadiagoba.bsky.social on potential shutdown - Call your Senator @sengillibrand.bsky.social - Advice to challenge health insurance claim denials - Your personal tributes to lost loved ones Tune in, 93.9FM, AM820 and wnyc.org/radio

The federal government is headed for a shutdown after President-elect Trump and Elon Musk appear to have scuttled a funding deal. @kadiagoba.bsky.social shared her reporting live from the capital. www.wnyc.org/story/a-pote...

BIG @mariannasotomayor.bsky.social, @kadiagoba.bsky.social and @daniellamicaela.bsky.social spotting. Women run the Capitol Press Corps.

“House Republicans have unilaterally decided to break an agreement that would provide support for everyday Americans, keep the government open & avoid a government shutdown,” Dem Leader Jeffries tells reporters. “If you break an agreement, you own the consequences visited upon the Americans.”

INBOX: Pelosi injured and hospitalized while on a CODEL in Luxembourg

New Dems are backing Rep. Connelly in the fight for Oversight chair against Rep. Ocasio-Cortez x.com/newdemcoalit...