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Quite a moment here in this good Sabrina Rodríguez piece about Ruben Gallego's success with male Latino voters. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Meet the House Democrats who won in Trump districts, narrowing House Republicans majority. Theodoric Meyer & Leigh Ann Caldwell explain how they did it in todays #EarlyBrief: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The Trump campaign’s political director:

Josh is one of the best reporters of his generation. He’s intimidatingly well-sourced in Trumpworld, but you could put him on any beat and he’d be landing scoops within days if not hours. He’s also been a tremendous friend for more than a decade. Such a loss for the Post.

I’ve spent so many hours working with Leigh Ann over the past two and a half years as we co-authored the Post’s flagship morning newsletter. She’s such a fab colleague: deeply sourced, full of ideas, unflappable and incredibly kind. Such loss for the Post.

New: GOP senators including Lindsey Graham are expressing alarm over the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze & gutting of USAID in letters to Marco Rubio. Graham & Schatz have also asked Rubio to come to the Hill & explain the cuts in a hearing washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Smart Alex Leary Josh Dawsey @maggieseverns story on the Floridification of Washington: wsj.com/politics/polic…

Massive announcement today: Trump announces 10% tariff on ALL imports - regardless of where from - plus massive new tariffs on dozens if not hundreds of additional countries They include: China - 34% European Union 20% Japan - 24% India - 26% Vietnam - 46% "Ohhh CAMBODIA

🚨 SCOOP: Trump Treasury official asked the IRS to review a decision to audit My Pillow guy Mike Lindell -- "a high profile friend of the president" -- per sources and emails I've obtained. Follows admin threat to strip Harvard of tax-exempt status. Link in thread...

News: Brian Schatz formally enters race for Senate Dem whip, the No 2 l'ship post. Schatz, 52, offers generational shift to otherwise static team atop caucus. He enjoys mixing it up on Senate floor, like a love of rebounding in hoops. W/ Theodoric Meyer washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Chuck Schumer tells Theodoric Meyer he's gone on a listening tour of sorts since the shutdown fight that enraged many in the Dem base. But he still thinks he was right. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

The government funding showdown last month divided Senate Democrats. Some of them are already concerned about a repeat in September. Democrats need to make clear that "we’re not going to give our votes away for nothing," Sen. Patty Murray said. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

House and Senate Republicans' multiplying red lines — not cutting Medicaid, raising the state and local tax deduction, no new taxes or fees, etc. — are making it even harder to draft Trump's "big, beautiful bill." With @mariannareports: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

There is some conflicting reporting on whether new Pope Leo XIV is a Cubs or White Sox fan. Well, I just spoke with Augustinian friar Joseph Farrell. Last night, Farrell texted to ask. Pope Leo XIV responded — less than 4 hrs after being elected — with one word: “Sox.”

Trump's political team commissioned a poll that showed Marjorie Taylor Greene losing against Jon Ossoff by double-digits in Georgia, and Trump communicated the results to her in a bid to keep her out of the race. She fires back against Trump's team here. wsj.com/politics/elect…

New — The GOP tax bill takes a major step toward all but eliminating the estate tax, which conservatives call the death tax In the 1990s, 2 percent of estates paid Now, it’s about .08 percent — and headed toward 0 Bill would let $15 million (30M for couples) be tax free

For two decades Congress has whiffed on setting up its war powers. With R and D presidents, R and D majorities on the Hill. Trump stepped into that vacuum in predictable fashion. My column. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…