Jeanine Pirro says a case to recoup funds for Trump allies who fell for a crypto scam was temporarily hidden from the public because of a “clerical error.” She told NOTUS her office was trying to shield the identity of a company, not the entire case. notus.org/money/jeanine-…

Mahmoud Khalil met w/ lawmakers today, a month after his release from ICE detention. In an interview w/ NOTUS, Khalil called the meetings a “step forward” but said the outcomes were “not entirely the way that I wanted them to be.” For NOTUS: notus.org/congress/mahmo…

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…

Trump just said he’s getting rid of woke AI. He also pushed back against state-level AI regulation and called the AI industry “a beautiful baby that’s born.” notus.org/technology/tru…

The House skipped town today for six weeks without acting on Jeffrey Epstein. Republican leaders are clearly betting this issue will get better over August. Having seen how that worked out for John Boehner and the motion to vacate, I'm not so sure. notus.org/congress/repub…

National park funding efforts are often bipartisan in Congress. But a Senate bill codifying an executive order that will charge higher fees for foreign tourists at national parks isn't one of them. Towns that depend on those parks are worried too. notus.org/congress/trump…

The alleged Turkish bribery case was dismissed and now Mayor Adams is comfortable enough to joke about it in campaign videos!

Sources tell me a top White House aide is “pissed” at Hegseth. The White House says Trump "is extremely pleased" with his work. notus.org/defense/pete-h…

Interesting take on the role of Congress: “I do think it’s challenging for one branch to tell another branch that we are going to hold them accountable,” Sen. Mike Rounds said. notus.org/newsletters/he…

New: John Cornyn gets his first endorsement from the Texas delegation: Jake Ellzey “I am a huge fan of supporting the incumbent, and John Cornyn is a personal friend of mine, so I like John.” When asked if that means he’s supporting Cornyn: “Oh yeah.” notus.org/2026-election/…

One longtime Department of Agriculture leader complained that cutting millions worth of federal awards “actually requires opening up every single grant” and asked to use AI. The 25-year-old DOGE staffer she reported to said he planned to make it happen. notus.org/trump-white-ho…

Senate Dems had three major recruitment targets when the cycle started. One of them, Roy Cooper, just announced he’s running. But in a year with a very tough map for Dems, even getting their best recruits is no guarantee of success notus.org/north-carolina…

In case Republicans and Democrats aren’t fighting about enough, there’s another issue they’re quietly bickering over: room reservations. Many Dems told me booking rooms on the Hill is “more difficult than ever.” Rs say they have nothing to do with it. tinyurl.com/22c8w4ma

New: Inside the ‘Proxy War’ Between Brian Kemp and Donald Trump. It was made clear to Kemp: Don’t get involved without all of us. Now he’s pushing Derek Dooley “You think in Georgia they would’ve learned their lesson with someone tied to football.” notus.org/2026-election/…

New: Mark Green sat down with me to talk about his plans after Congress. And it does have something to do with Guyana, as well as other foreign countries. Said he made the decision about three months ago and started talking with potential clients. notus.org/congress/mark-…

“I love and loved my job, we did good work with some of the smartest people, and they’re being routinely disrespected and lied to." Inside the FDA's AI push, w/ Taylor Giorno notus.org/health-science…

With EPA killing the endangerment finding today, DOE’s companion report challenging the consensus on climate change has flown under the radar I immediately recognized two of the five authors from a Heritage Foundation event I attended in the spring 👉notus.org/climate-enviro…

NEW with Riley Rogerson: Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar has won his south Texas congressional seat 11 times. But after national Republicans largely sat out many of those campaigns — and Cuellar was charged last year with bribery and acting as a foreign agent — Republicans are

🚨 At least 10 scientists, all cited in the Trump admin's new climate change report, told me that the report completely mischaracterizes their research. I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation notus.org/climate-enviro…

the longest running story in journalism: Alan Dershowitz complaining to press every summer about people being mean to him in Martha's Vineyard.