So, Roll Call has posted another job. This one is kind of important. It's the Capitol campus reporter. The role's also going to be the primary voice of Heard on the Hill. If you've worked on the hill, you know how important it is. Please, ask questions. jobs.lever.co/fiscalnote/cab…

The next roll call vote will occur at 5:30pm on Tuesday, September 2nd, on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2296, FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act.

Senate 2025 summer recess now begins. Next Senate vote is scheduled for September 2nd at 5:30pm. Pro forma sessions will be held every 3 days beginning August 5th, which will block President Trump from making recess appointments.

Remember, officially it is state work period. rollcall.com/2025/08/02/sen…

Don't need the pinned post again until September 2!

Scoop: Longtime Trump insider May Davis Mailman has departed the White House, per sources, making her the highest-ranking official to leave so far during the 2nd term without being pushed out. Mailman's last day as deputy assistant to the president/senior policy strategist was

This isn't an exact science, but one might argue the House avoiding the Epstein votes took recess appointments off the table because they would not have wanted to stick around long enough to wait for the Senate to consider an adjournment resolution.

Texas Democrats leave the state ... rollcall.com/2025/08/04/tex…

"For the most part, the tariff uncertainty period is behind us," NEC Director Kevin Hassett says on CNBC. "We're more or less not done, because the president's always open for business, but I think that we found a sweet spot."

Good scoop from the Punchbowl team here about another Senate Dem leadership contest that seems to have resolved itself way early.

But press folks, when other outlets get scoop statements that publish at this hour, I will somewhat harangue you about them at this hour. I try not to actually call too early, though.

Saw this on LinkedIn weeks ago but it's had me thinking about the future of AI campaign ads too. My guess is folks are not prepared. My old friend Ryan Serhant posted this ad for his (VERY well known) brokerage and studio made completely with AI. youtube.com/watch?v=R1i9Mg…

Sometimes I feel like "unfortunate" is one of those Senate words.

Late night news from the White House.

I share these every so often for people outside of the DC bubble. This is the sort of promoted content I get on LinkedIn.

Just going to throw this out there: the collection of people turning 40 this month. Quite a crowd.

Since I was born in Rhode Island, it's time for me to once again offer a reminder that they celebrate VJ Day on Monday.

President Trump will hold a press conference at 10AM ET tomorrow in the Briefing Room. Tune in!