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Things could change quick, but the reconciliation bill is a mess right now. One problem? Trump truly doesn't seem to know what the bill does. He told a group of House Republicans today that Congress shouldn't touch Medicaid. notus.org/congress/recon…

Exclusive: The White House pulled federal funds from San Jose State University in March over its trans student-athlete policies. DOGE staff across agencies helped carried out the cuts. But administration officials ultimately backed off plans to publicize the punishment. (1/🧵)

New: Donald Trump directly asked Bill Huizenga not to run for Senate in a recent meeting, pushed him to run for re-election For months,WH had been using intermediaries and aides to try to get the message across.But when that didn't work, Trump stepped in notus.org/congress/direc…

Lots of governors have 1-2 of these scandals, likely due to the sheer number of board appointments they make. But the breadth of this analysis into Glenn Youngkin’s appointments really is something.

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser left town for Martha's Vineyard amid President Trump's takeover of the police department. “The Mayor has a family commitment and had to pick up her daughter. She will return to the District tomorrow,” her office told NOTUS. notus.org/us-news/mayor-…

Things are about to get Real Interesting in D.C.

👀 "A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday." thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/win…

“We are seven months into the new administration, and no CDC subject matter expert from my Center has ever briefed the Secretary. I am not sure who the Secretary is listening to, but it is quite certainly not to us.”

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scoop: FEMA just let the funds expire for the group that manages inter-state coordination during disasters. When resources come from other states after a hurricane, fire, or terror attack, that's because of the group that FEMA just stopped paying for. notus.org/climate-enviro…

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The CEO of IKEA was just elected Prime Minister in Sweden. He should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.

Public institutions are firing employees over online comments about Charlie Kirk's death. Free-speech experts are concerned. “The number of firings and suspensions all at one time is chilling everybody’s speech,” one First Amendment expert told me. More: notus.org/trump-white-ho…

I resigned from Trump's DOJ in Feb when I was pressured to drop NYC Mayor Adams' case. NOTUS reports that since Trump took office, my section, Public Integrity, went from 36 people investigating public corruption to TWO. Who benefits? Corrupt politicians.

This is very troubling. The 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices in the U.S. can't continue to build cases against officials who need to be investigated, let alone prosecute new cases on their own. But Trump doesn't care; the DOJ is now his personal law firm. notus.org/courts/doj-pub…

SCOOP: Oklahoma’s MAGA-Loving School Superintendent Ryan Walters Is Considering Resigning via Reese Gorman & Em Luetkemeyer notus.org/oklahoma/ryan-…

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