Sign of where things are going on the left: @workingfamilies.org today is unveiling a policy platform for 2026 that includes a federal jobs program designed in part to combat any AI-related job losses
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Trump on dropping the DOJ probe: “We have to find out” why the Fed spent so much money on the building renovation.

Kernen tried (repeatedly) to give him a way to say he’d drop the probe to get Warsh in and Trump is talking about how maybe “Too Late” [Powell] is stealing money.

The Trump Administration’s DACA Renewal Delays Are Pushing People Out of Work “My family keeps telling me to stay positive, but there’s nothing to be positive about right now,” said one DACA recipient whose lapse in status led to financial stress.

I spoke with four DACA recipients who say they've lost their jobs because USCIS hasn't renewed their status and work permits. Read my latest:

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ChatGPT and Claude Will Be a Force in Elections. Nobody Knows What to Do About It. Chatbots have already changed how voters get information. Political operatives just don’t know what they can do to change what the chatbots say.

LLMs like Claude and ChatGPT are going to be major sources of information for voters in the '26 midterms.

Most Republicans and Democrats have no idea what to do about that

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Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales Leave Congress Flush With Campaign Funds Both of the former lawmakers’ campaigns have excess cash in the six figures.

Both Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell’s campaigns have excess cash in the six figures.
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Democrats Are Dominating the Fundraising Race in Critical Congressional Contests Liberal money is pouring into races in Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, where Democrats must win to win back the House or Senate.

Peltola/Cooper/Brown/Ossoff/Talarico have a combined ~$80m on hand.

They’ll need all of it given the GOO’s fundraising advantages elsewhere

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MAHA’s Anti-Vaccine Agenda Is Struggling to Stick in West Virginia Deep-red West Virginia has some of the strictest vaccine requirements in the nation, despite recent efforts to target them.

West Virginia has some of the strongest vaccine laws in the country. Can MAHA change that?

New from me on @notus.com, in partnership with the JAWS Health Journalism Fellowship:

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Mills allies continue to wonder why the governor hasn't received any outside help in her primary against Graham Platner. Some worry the governor's campaign and her potential 3rd party allies spent months this year waiting for the other to make a move

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Inside the ‘Crisis of Confidence’ at the Investment Company Institute CEO Eric Pan has created a “toxic” work environment, according to letters sent to the board of directors. The powerful trade association denies the accusations.

NEW: Inside the "Crisis of Confidence" at the Investment Company Institute

CEO Eric Pan has created "toxic" work environment, according to anonymous letters to the ICI board & interviews w/ five sources.

ICI called the allegations "patently false."
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U.S. Cadets Were Stuck in the Persian Gulf After Trump Bombed Iran The Trump administration failed to warn vessels with close ties to the U.S. military ahead of the strikes, leaving them trapped in the region.

SCOOP: The Pentagon failed to warn ships carrying supplies for the US military before starting the war in Iran.

The ships got stuck in the Persian Gulf.

They’re still stuck. And for a month, they were stuck w/ a group of college students — merchant marine cadets.

‘He’s Making It Worse’: Ahead of the Midterms, Democrats Are Targeting Trump’s Tariffs On the anniversary of Trump’s “Liberation Day,” the DCCC says tariffs are now Republicans’ biggest 2026 liability.

President Trump’s sweeping tariffs last April put Democrats in an awkward position, caught between their fervent opposition to the president and their traditional support for protectionist trade policies.

One year later, they appear to have moved past that dilemma.

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The Republican Fundraising Advantage ‘Keeping Democrats Up at Night’ Midterms are often unkind to the party in power, but an unprecedented war chest amassed by President Donald Trump and his allies has Democrats on the back foot.

Top Democrats hoping a favorable political climate swoops them back into power this year are increasingly rattled about something: a growing — and unprecedented — Republican cash advantage.

Via @alexroarty.bsky.social and @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com:

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The Republican Fundraising Advantage ‘Keeping Democrats Up at Night’ Midterms are often unkind to the party in power, but an unprecedented war chest amassed by President Donald Trump and his allies has Democrats on the back foot.

Democrats are increasingly rattled about the GOP's financial edge ahead of the '26 midterms. -- their deficit might be as much as a half-billion dollars

On the fly in the ointment for Ds in an election they otherwise are feeling good about. w/@taylorgiorno.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...

To Sue or to Woo? The Medical Establishment Is Divided on MAHA Major medical societies are trying to figure out how to respond to Trump’s health agenda promoting healthy living alongside vaccine misinformation.

“On the vaccine issue, I know we see things differently. I’m totally fine with putting that on the shelf and working on this together.’”

New from me on how medical societies are collaborating (or not) with MAHA: www.notus.org/health-scien...

Iowa Republicans Might Have a Favorite in the State’s Democratic Senate Primary Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson and her allies are boosting Zach Wahls. “I’ve talked to several people close to Hinson, and their preference would be to run against Zach Wahls,” one Iowa operative told ...

Republicans say that officially, they don’t know which of the two Dem candidates running for Senate in Iowa they prefer to face in a general.

Their actions suggest otherwise.

My story on the not-so-subtle GOP effort to elevate Zach Wahls in the Iowa Dem primary

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Immigrant Kids Face Longer Periods in HHS Custody During Trump’s Second Term A group of children are suing the Trump administration over changes keeping them from their families.

More than 2,000 immigrant children are in the Office of Refugee Resettlement custody, spending nearly 200 days in shelters or foster care on average.
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A Very Important Trial ‘About Nothing’ That Demands Marco Rubio’s Presence Thanks to an unlikely witness, a criminal case involving Latin American petro politics, shell companies and shadowy meetings has all the makings of an international spectacle.

I'm in Miami federal court this morning to hear Marco Rubio testify about a weird scandal that touches on Venezuela, secret lobbying, and his old Cuban American friend.

@notus.com:

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Elizabeth Warren Led a Key Housing Bill. She Might Lead to Its Downfall. Stakeholders and a range of lawmakers are unhappy with the result of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's work with the White House to draft a major housing bill passed by the Senate.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren was key to getting a major housing bill — a top priority of the Trump White House — through the Senate earlier this month.

But her involvement is threatening to tank the bill in the House.
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Janet Mills Unveils a Second Ad Targeting Graham Platner’s Words The Maine governor is locked in a tough fight against Platner in the state’s Democratic Senate primary.

Janet Mills is out with a new ad today, again attacking Graham Platner’s online history. It’s further confirmation that her campaign plans to aggressively litigate his past all the way through the June primary

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Democratic turnout in Senate primaries increased by 420,000 votes in Illinois, 72,000 votes in Mississippi, 208,000 votes in North Carolina, and 1.3 million in Texas

NEW: Democratic primary turnout continued to surge Tuesday, part of a trend in higher turnout in these races than what the party saw in '22 and '24

The new wave of voters could complicate the party's primaries -- but is also giving some Dems hope for November

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Markwayne Mullin Pledges to Sell His Massive Stock Holdings if Confirmed Mullin, one of the nation’s wealthiest senators, signed an ethics agreement indicating he’ll divest from dozens of investments within 90 days of becoming homeland security secretary.

NEW: Markwayne Mullin promised to sell of his stocks if he's confirmed as homeland security secretary

His stock portfolio — and the wealth it's generated for him — sparked conflict-of-interest concerns in the leadup to his confirmation hearing Wednesday www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Millionaires Are Overrepresented in the U.S. Senate — By a Lot It raises questions around how a group of mostly multimillionaires makes policy that affects millions — and how expensive it is to run for Senate in the first place.

The Senate is a millionaires club 💰 73% of senators have a median net worth of more than $1 million, compared to just 7% of the U.S. population!

That's one of the many findings from Capitol Gains, a @notus.com project all about wealth in Congress 🧵 www.notus.org/capitol-gain...

Trump’s DOGE Cuts Slashed Staff That Handled Middle Eastern Oil and Gas Crises Six months before going to war in Iran, the U.S. government cut staff that would have been central to the current situation.

NEWS: Six months before the Trump admin began bombing Iran, the Department of State fired its oil and gas experts.

State’s energy division got completely DOGE’d. And with it went the people who knew how to plan for a global energy crisis.

Janet Mills Is Targeting Graham Platner’s Reddit History, as Maine’s Senate Primary Heats Up “The majority of voters don’t live on Twitter or digest every piece of news, and Platner hasn’t been the subject of a negative ad campaign,” a source close to the Mills campaign said.

Janet Mills’ campaign released a new ad Tuesday aimed squarely at Graham Platner’s online history, referencing two disparaging remarks he made in 2013 about victims of rape.

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Outside Group Spending Is Overwhelming Democratic Primaries Spending from groups affiliated with the AI industry and the Israel lobby in Chicago-area races has some Democrats panicked about the future.

A political ad bonanza funded by some of America’s wealthiest and most controversial special interest groups has swamped four Democratic House primaries in the Chicago area -->

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Looking for immigration attorneys who have had clients detained at the Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana.

Republicans Try to Craft Their Midterm Pitch Despite Conflicting Iran War Messages House Republicans want to tout tax cuts, but the president’s most recent speech focused on the war in Iran and a voter ID bill.

NEW: Trump and Republicans are not in lockstep on what their 2026 midterm messaging should be

House Rs want to focus on the economy and lowering costs

But Trump is focused on Iran and a voter ID bill

w/ @daniellamicaela.bsky.social @emluetkemeyer.bsky.social
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That video of Epstein and Trump? It might be pro-Iran disinformation. Accounts are drawing millions of views for pro-Tehran posts by tapping into the conspiracy theory that the president attacked Iran to distract the public from the Epstein files.

New: Verified "news" accounts on X have gained over 10m views with a fake video of Trump with young girls. Turns out they're part of a pro-Iran propaganda network, which is successfully exploiting the Epstein Files to erode public support for the war. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

‘Affected By Pests’: Trump’s Chicago Hotel Restaurants Failed Health Inspections In December, city officials flagged flies, faulty dishwashers and wastewater-flooded floors.

Just before Christmas, a city health inspector visited the Trump International Hotel in Chicago.

They didn’t approve of what they saw.

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