Donald Trump’s Favorite PAC for Legal Bills Is in Debt — And Owes Many Law Firms Money The Save America PAC is nearly $500,000 in the red, according to a new federal disclosure.

Trump’s Save America PAC is nearly $500,000 in the red, according to FEC data published Wednesday.
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Josh Hawley Is Trying to Sell Unions to Republicans. It’s Not Working. The senator is offering “pro-worker” policies based on Democratic legislation. He’s finding few takers.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is offering “pro-worker” policies based on Democratic legislation. He’s finding few takers.
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Anti-Abortion Leaders Are Pressuring Republicans to Defund Planned Parenthood in Reconciliation Republicans want to keep their party-line package funding DHS narrowly focused, but anti-abortion advocates see the package as their last chance to extend restrictions.

NEW: GOP leaders in Congress want a ‘skinny’ reconciliation 2.0 — but anti-abortion leaders want them to add a provision to defund Planned Parenthood

Some called Mike Johnson about it, others are activating their grassroots

A look into the pressure campaign:
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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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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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Sherrod Brown Grows His Fundraising Advantage The Senate race in Ohio is one of the most closely watched and expensive this election cycle.

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown extended a fundraising advantage over Republican incumbent Sen. Jon Husted. The Senate race in Ohio is one of the most closely watched and expensive this election cycle.
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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.

Democrats are dominating the fundraising race in critical congressional contests with liberal money pouring into candidates in Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia.
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Anti-Abortion Leaders Are Pressuring Republicans to Defund Planned Parenthood in Reconciliation Republicans want to keep their party-line package funding DHS narrowly focused, but anti-abortion advocates see the package as their last chance to extend restrictions.

Anti-abortion leaders see Republicans’ second reconciliation process as an opportunity to pressure the GOP to effectively defund Planned Parenthood.
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Republicans Plead With Trump to Drop Powell Probe Senate Republicans are facing a daunting month as they push Trump to back off the investigation into the Fed chairman, whom they hope to replace with Kevin Warsh by May 15.

Senate Republicans face a daunting month as they push Trump to back off the investigation into the Federal Reserve’s chair, Jerome Powell.

“I just want there to be peace in the valley,” Sen. John Kennedy said.
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Wisconsin Democrat Rebecca Cooke Reports $2.4 Million First-Quarter Haul in Bid to Oust Rep. Derrick Van Orden Cooke is again facing Van Orden in one of the country's hottest House races.

Rebecca Cooke, the Democrat challenging Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden, raised more than $2.4 million in the first quarter of 2026.
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Federal Shutdowns Are Steering Workers Away From Government Careers “Every red light is blinking,” says the head of the Partnership for Public Service as government jobs fall out of favor.

“Every red light is blinking on the dashboard,” said the head of the Partnership for Public Service, adding that there has been “a layer cake of horror” in the federal workforce since the Trump administration’s mass layoffs last year.
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Army Shuts Down Social Media Accounts After They Praised Tammy Duckworth’s Service Dan Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, shut down all “Soldier for Life” social media accounts after a post about the senator from Illinois.

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll ordered the deletion of several U.S.-military-associated social media accounts this week after a post celebrating Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth drew negative reactions online.
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Campaigns of Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Cory Mills Are Broke The two embattled House members are facing pressure to resign amid scandals, and their re-election committees are awash in red ink.

Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Cory Mills, two of Florida’s lawmakers who are facing calls to resign, are both in considerable campaign debt as they attempt to salvage their political careers.
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Kristi Noem Has Nearly $1.1 Million Left in an Old Political Committee — And She Can Use It With legal challenges looming, Noem could potentially tap into this money to pay bills.

Former DHS secretary Kristi Noem holds nearly $1.1 million in her old leadership PAC. With legal challenges looming, Noem could potentially tap into this money to pay bills.
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Democrats Promise Payback As Republicans Sidestep the Appropriations Process Lawmakers from both parties concede that using a party-line process to fund key priorities sidesteps the established process. Democrats say they could do the same if they win back control of Congress.

“We’ve warned them about that,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told NOTUS.

“They should be on notice. That is opening the door big-time to doing that.”
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Democrats Grill Chris Wright on the Affordability Crisis Around the Iran War Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to defend a White House budget proposal that would cut billions of dollars in renewable energy funding.

Democrats grilled Energy Secretary Chris Wright over rising energy costs associated with President Trump’s war with Iran.
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Chuck Schumer: ‘We’re Going to Take Back the Senate’ In an exclusive interview with NOTUS, the Senate minority leader defended the primary candidates he’s endorsed and argued that as many as eight seats are in play in 2026.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told NOTUS that Democratic campaigns for the Senate have an advantage over Republican ones going into midterms.

“They’re squirming,” Schumer said. “We’re not.”
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Senate Rejects Fourth Attempt to Rein In Trump on Iran While some Republicans are pressing for more details about an exit strategy and timetable, almost all are sticking with the president’s strategy for now.

The Senate once again rejected a Democratic measure aimed at reining in President Trump’s authority to continue military actions against Iran.
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Democrats Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth Rep. Yassamin Ansari introduced the articles, accusing the secretary of committing war crimes, obstructing congressional oversight, and mishandling the Department of Defense.

Democrat Rep. Yassamin Ansari filed six articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of committing war crimes, obstructing congressional oversight and mishandling the Department of Defense.
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The Trump Administration Is Failing to Tell Congress About the Status of Energy Projects The Interior Department missed a required deadline to submit two reports on how energy projects are progressing on federal lands.

The Interior Department failed to submit two required reports to Congress on its reviews and approvals for energy projects, according to a letter from Senate Democrats sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and shared exclusively with NOTUS.
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Treasury's Deal to Take on Student Debt Collection Has the Education World Confused Education experts are concerned about what a new interagency agreement that would give Treasury some of the Department of Education’s responsibilities would mean for borrowers.

Education experts are concerned about what a new interagency agreement that would give Treasury some of the Department of Education’s responsibilities would mean for borrowers.
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With Trump’s New NLRB Nomination, Republicans Eye Overturning Biden-Era Worker Protections One of Republicans’ top targets is a 2022 decision that requires employers to pay workers for indirect costs incurred after unfair labor practices.

President Trump has teed up a Republican majority for the National Labor Relations Board, which, if confirmed, would allow the board to overturn Biden-era expansions of worker protections.
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What, Me Worry?

In the newsletter:
- A scoopy follow-up to one of our fundraising scoops from last year
- A look at how the mass-deportation agenda has changed federal departments
- A bumpy ride for Iran-focused legislation in Congress
- And: Making Tax Day Great Again
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Trump Threatens to Fire Powell If He Doesn't Step Down Soon The comments are the latest in a monthslong pressure campaign against the chair of the Federal Reserve.

President Trump threatens to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he doesn’t step down soon.
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Republican Committees Split on Whether to Dump Convicted Political Fundraising Fraudster The National Republican Senatorial Committee continues using services from Jack Daly’s Better Mousetrap Digital. Others have ditched the firm.

Big GOP committees — incl. those of Trump, RNC, Rep. Jeff Crank — have stopped paying a fundraising firm led by a man @notus.com revealed is a convicted fraudster.

But the NRSC and committees for Reps. Rob Bresnahan and Brandon Gill, among others, others keep paying. www.notus.org/money/republ...

How the Trump Administration Diverted Resources to Support Mass Deportations From prison guard training to FEMA staff, internal memos and budget footnotes reveal the extent to which the Trump administration shifted programs and personnel toward immigration enforcement.

My latest deep dive: The Trump admin diverted resources and taxpayer dollars intended for national security, natural disasters, and diplomacy, repurposing them for the deportation agenda.

It’s happening across government, from FEMA to State to DOJ.

Republican Committees Split on Whether to Dump Convicted Political Fundraising Fraudster The National Republican Senatorial Committee continues using services from Jack Daly’s Better Mousetrap Digital. Others have ditched the firm.

The NRSC continues using services from Jack Daly’s Better Mousetrap Digital. Others have ditched the firm.
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Republicans Are Working Overtime to Keep Their Conference Together as Iran War Drags On Congress faces a pivotal moment with Trump pushing for more funding and authorization for the war effort.

Congress faces a pivotal moment with President Trump pushing for more funding and authorization for the war effort.
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Utah’s Congressional Delegation is Financially Split in Two The state’s six-member delegation includes members of great personal wealth — and some without that much.

Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation represents a tale of two states: Three of Utah’s six federal lawmakers have a negative median net worth, while the other three have a median net worth of at least $1 million, according to a NOTUS analysis.
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How the Trump Administration Diverted Resources to Support Mass Deportations From prison guard training to FEMA staff, internal memos and budget footnotes reveal the extent to which the Trump administration shifted programs and personnel toward immigration enforcement.

From prison guard training to FEMA staff, internal memos and budget footnotes reveal the extent to which the Trump administration shifted programs and personnel toward immigration enforcement.
www.notus.org/immigration/trump-admini...