.𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚌𝚑 With the best tidbit of the day (so far - more day still TK): A small tweak to an email encouraging federal employees to take a buyout indicates the Justice Department wouldn’t vouch for the legality of the program as other agencies have: thehill.com/homenews/admin…

In the hours after the Gaza announcement, senior admin officials were notably short on substantive answers. The reason for their evasiveness soon became clear: No actual details existed -- via The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/…

Via The Washington Post The push by Trump has turbocharged a reckoning over Jordan’s reliance on US aid and revived existential questions about the country’s identity and political future, at a time of simmering popular dissatisfaction with the king washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/…

.Cate Martel with this key takeaway: Regardless of how you feel about Trump, no one can keep up. Trump has flooded the zone, making monumental changes left and right, each of which would normally prompt days or weeks of reaction and analysis.  thehill.com/newsletters/12…

Jordan's King Abdullah sought to temper expectations around Trump’s Gaza proposal, saying Egypt/Arab nations expect to present a proposal to the US but not just yet in an attempt to slow Trump’s roll on the idea - via Brett Samuels: thehill.com/homenews/51387…

Trump, Vance go off on Zelensky during Oval Office spat: “You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people, you’re gambling with World War III" -- an excellent hustle on WH coverage here from AlexGangitano + Brett Samuels thehill.com/homenews/admin…

Roundup of the stunning confrontational displays at President Trump's speech to joint session of Congress: ▪️Rep. Stansbury (D-N.M.) holds up handwritten "This is NOT Normal" sign as Trump walks in, Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) rips it away ▪️Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) immediately

If you're feeling whiplash on just where things stand on tariffs AlexGangitano + Sylvan Lane have it covered: thehill.com/homenews/admin…

.𝚁𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚌𝚑 does the very important work of digging into Abrego Garcia's legal documents to get to the bottom of the wildly differing accounts surrounding him. Guess what, it's complicated. Here's what she found: thehill.com/homenews/admin…

TODAY: Two major law firms, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, asked judges for decisive relief from Trump’s EOs targeting them for their ties to his political adversaries. They’re among a small handful of Big Law firms fighting back: thehill.com/regulation/cou…

WHCD 2025 The Hill I’m very proud everyday to lead the team of AlexGangitano Brett Samuels Julia Mueller who tirelessly cover every twist and turn out of the White House no matter who is president. And to Niall Stanage memos that always captivate. Thank you for what you do.

Trump is changing his tune on the economy as he suggests American buy less, pay more and bear the brunt of economic uncertainty on the heels of his tariff policy - via AlexGangitano thehill.com/homenews/admin…

Forget 911. When the Trump administration has an emergency, it just calls nine — justices, that is. Ella Lee + Zach Schonfeld with this weeks courts newsletter, The Gavel on The Hill thehill.com/newsletters/th…

The limits of Trump’s ability to control foreign events are being tested. Cases in point: Israel and Iran. Russia and Ukraine. And no conflict has an end in sight -- A piece I wrote today on The Hill thehill.com/homenews/admin…

.John T. Bennett brings a first hand account of lawmakers and Trump milling about the WH picnic as Israel unleashed strikes on Iran. He also wins for headline of the day

Iran is facing a difficult end game as attacking Fordow and employing US bunker busters become increasingly part of the public discord today -- by AlexGangitano + Brett Samuels on The Hill thehill.com/homenews/admin…

.Brett Samuels breaks down the MAGA divide over Iran -- a rarity over the course of Trump's decade-old political career thehill.com/homenews/admin…

A key assessment here from ⁦Niall Stanage⁩ - Even though many Iranians are unhappy with the leadership of the mullahs, that does not mean they would welcome Washington toppling them, especially at the behest of the hated Israel. thehill.com/homenews/admin…

In his sharpest rebuke yet, Trump unleashed on both Israel and Iran this morning as his ceasefire plans failed to take hold overnight: “They don’t know what the f— they’re doing." w/ AlexGangitano thehill.com/homenews/53657…

Trump today offered a window into his handling Israel, Iran: as he fumed at both: “All I do is play both sides.” Will it work? via AlexGangitano Brett Samuels thehill.com/homenews/admin…