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Politics reporter @notus. Not from Pennsylvania. www.notus.org/alex-roarty

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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Some Dems are adopting anti-trans rhetoric in their campaigns While Republicans learn they can’t rely on it to win like they did in 2024 Inside how each party is navigating trans issues in 2026 — in ways they never have before w/ @alexroarty.bsky.social www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/re...
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Republicans' Trans Attack Ads Aren’t Hitting the Same Way This Year
A potent 2024 message risks falling flat, with Democrats adjusting and the economy overpowering.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: America’s borrowing costs are surging. Washington is shrugging. The national debt just hit $40 trillion and interest rates are actually rising. Meanwhile debt reduction is not on this White House or Congress's agenda. The GOP trifecta has added red ink, and has plans to add more to the debt.
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America’s borrowing costs are surging. Washington is shrugging.
The national debt now totals $40 trillion, or about 123% of the gross domestic product, as it’s getting costlier to pay down. Few politicians are eager to confront the issue.
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Margaret Manto @margaretmanto.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Erica Schwartz, Trump's third nominee to lead the CDC, told senators this morning that she will "never betray the science." But she also said she didn't think the Trump administration would ever implement unscientific policies. More here: www.notus.org/health-scien...
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Senators Look to Trump’s CDC Director Nominee for Assurances on Vaccines
Erica Schwartz is Trump’s third nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Trump won in 2024 by turning out multitudes of people who usually don’t vote, in no small part because his campaign built an entire strategy around aggressively courting them. Now the GOP wants to use same strategy to save its Congressional majorities. www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Inside Republicans’ Plan to Win the Midterms
The party has spent years plotting turning out Trump voters. “There has never been an operation like this before,” said the NRCC’s political director.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“If we thought 2020 was a clusterfuck, this is going to put that to shame.” On the chaotic 2028 Dem prez primary, a race that could feature - 20+ candidates - No real front-runner (will KH run?) - a DNC unable to manage the process - much, much more www.notus.org/2028-electio...
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Democrats Brace For Their Gnarliest Presidential Primary in Decades
The party is on edge ahead of 2028, according to interviews with more than three dozen Democrats.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
After last night's primaries in NY, Democrats are dismissing the rise of the Mamdani wing in the party "All these hyperbolic statements about the party, that this is the new party … no, it’s not, it’s New York City," one House Dem said w/ @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.notus.org/new-york/new...
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Washington Democrats Dismiss the Rise of the Mamdani Wing
Some argued the far left's success is just a New York story. Others worry it'll haunt them in the fall.
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
SCOOP: Trump admin is now actively considering a plan to fix the Reflecting Pool water pipes. AND the park service updated the reflecting pool water treatment contract to require it be kept in a “clean, clear, and aesthetically acceptable condition.”
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The Trump Administration Is Considering Even More Reflecting Pool Upgrades
This time the government is stipulating: Future contractors have to keep the water “clear.”
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Natalie Alms @almsnatalie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Buttigieg on how government service delivery should be a priority for the next Dem administration:
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Pete Buttigieg says his time in the Biden White House "radicalized' him. My interview with the potential '28 prez candidate, who laid out a governing vision that would turn the federal government upside down -- which he says is a political and substantive necessity www.notus.org/2028-electio...
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How the Biden Administration 'Radicalized’ Pete Buttigieg
The former — and potentially future — presidential candidate laid out his vision for a post-Trump Democratic Party in an interview with NOTUS.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Republican House members seeking higher office are finding out that experience in Congress isn’t necessarily a benefit back home.
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House Republicans Keep Losing Outside of Washington. They Blame Washington.
A significant number of House members have been running for statewide office instead of reelection. A lot of them are losing.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
NEW — House Democrats say that Randy Villegas' win over DCCC's Jasmeet Bains in #CA22 and the DCCC's Joe Baldacci's failure to get a majority of votes in #ME02 send a clear message to the DCCC: Stop meddling in Democratic primaries www.notus.org/2028-electio...
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DCCC Backed a Losing Candidate — and Some Democrats Are Thrilled
Lawmakers say California race shows risks of wading into House primaries.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Platner won. Democrats are scared. w/ @igorbobic.bsky.social and @christadutton.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Platner Won. Democrats Are Scared.
Now the general election in one of the highest-profile Senate races begins.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Since the 2024 election, Democrats have lost more than 275,000 registered voters across 28 battleground House districts, a new analysis from the @NRCC finds Since 2020, Democrats have lost 737,000 voters in these districts. w/@christadutton.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Democrats Keep Losing Voters in Swing Districts
An analysis by the NRCC found Republicans gaining an advantage in key districts.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The amount of money — much it funded anonymously — surging into Democratic primaries continues to be one of the biggest political stories of 2026. Democrats said there’s a perfect storm of reasons for the deluge. www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Mystery Money Is Displacing Actual Campaigns in Democratic Primaries
Races in Montana, Iowa and Michigan are being shaped by outside groups.
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
NEWS: America’s 250th birthday is becoming a political, confusing quagmire. Trump has already given ~$80 million in taxpayer funds to the group he created, for events he supports. Meanwhile, Trump admin is withholding millions from the bipartisan 250 group.
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America's Bipartisan Birthday Commission Is Losing to Trump
America 250 is facing a $100 million “shortfall.” The Trump-created group Freedom 250 has received $80 million in taxpayer dollars.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 28/05/2026
Top lawyer at the Dept. of Health and Human Services bought a bunch of stock in Corning Inc. www.notus.org/money/hhs-of... The rub? Corning is a major contractor for HHS. And ethics officials flagged the trade as not in compliance with the lawyer's ethics agreement. I spoke with said lawyer:
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An HHS Official’s Stock Trading Is Raising Flags
“If I see something I like, I buy it,” HHS General Counsel Mike Stuart told NOTUS.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NEW: The acting FDA chief told pro-life leaders he’d convene a group of scientists to discuss the status of the FDA’s abortion pill review With Kyle Diamantas leading the FDA temporarily, it’s unclear if that outreach to pro-lifers will continue after he’s gone www.notus.org/healthcare/a...
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The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Skeptical of Trump’s New FDA Head
Interim FDA chief Kyle Diamantas is trying to win over anti-abortion activists.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
House Republicans’ coalition behind the new housing bill is breaking The White House has “serious policy concerns” House conservatives are privately sharing frustrations And Sen. Tim Scott is shutting down the bill’s chances in the Senate www.notus.org/housing/repu...
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The Fragile Coalition Behind House Republicans’ Housing Bill Is Breaking
Conference members are peeling off, and the White House and Senate are balking at it.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New from me @notus.com: We just revealed the White House has been brainstorming with prosecutors and even *the postmaster general himself* on how to restrict mail-in ballots and enforce federal voter lists. The government hasn't admitted to that in court. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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The White House Is Meeting With DOJ, DHS and USPS About Creating Voter Lists
The timing of these discussions has the potential to affect two ongoing lawsuits brought by elections-rights advocates.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Thomas Massie’s lead in his primary later this month is slipping and he is in genuine danger of losing, according to interviews with local GOP officials. On the increasingly close race in Kentucky’s 4th District www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Thomas Massie Is Really In Danger of Losing His Seat
Allies of the occasional Trump adversary acknowledge his race is tightening, just as Trump’s intraparty dominance reemerges.
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Jackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
SCOOP: Sen. Cory Booker's campaign bank account got hacked. www.notus.org/money/cory-b...
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A Hacker Stole Thousands From Cory Booker’s Senate Campaign
The committee has yet to get the funds back, according to an FEC document.
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Margaret Manto @margaretmanto.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New: RFK Jr. has encouraged the CDC to study whether antidepressants “contribute to mass violence.” At an event hosted by the MAHA Institute, he unveiled a plan to reduce how often they’re prescribed. www.notus.org/health-scien...
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RFK Jr. Unveils His Plan to Reduce Americans’ Reliance on Antidepressants
The department is encouraging clinicians to “de-prescribe” Medicare patients.
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Shane Goldmacher @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
NEWS: Chris Larsen, a tech billionaire from California, said he planned to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores in a NY House race that has become one of the year’s biggest proxy fights over the future of AI regulation. From me and Nick Fandos: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Wire Mad Men Arrested Development Better Call Saul The Americans 30 Rock Rick & Morty Halt and Catch Fire Andor King of the Hill Simpsons Invincible Sopranos Top Chef Community
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Graham Platner Is Already Effectively Declaring Victory in the Maine Senate Primary New memo went out to Platner donors this week: "If this spending is any indication, the general election has effectively begun." W/ @igorbobic.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Graham Platner Is Already Effectively Declaring Victory in the Maine Senate Primary
The Democratic candidate says he is ostensibly moving on to the general election, with Janet Mills’ absent from the airwaves.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A moderate Democratic think tank is proposing that an independent review board — set up by the next Dem administration — investigate CPB + ICE agents for actions taken during Trump years Part of a broader immigration enforcement roadmap from Third Way www.notus.org/congress/thi...
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Moderate Think Tank Offers a New Path for Democrats on Immigration Enforcement
The Third Way suggests striking a balance between hard-line deportations and lax enforcement.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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 www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Nick Timiraos @nicktimiraos.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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.
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Jackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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: www.notus.org/immigration/...
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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 www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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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.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Both Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell’s campaigns have excess cash in the six figures. www.notus.org/money/eric-swalwell-t…
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Peltola/Cooper/Brown/Ossoff/Talarico have a combined ~$80m on hand. They’ll need all of it given the GOO’s fundraising advantages elsewhere www.notus.org/money/democr...
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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.
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Margaret Manto @margaretmanto.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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: www.notus.org/health-scien...
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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 www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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Taylor Giorno @taylorgiorno.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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." www.notus.org/money/invest...
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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.
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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.
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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. www.notus.org/congress/dcc...
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‘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.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 02/04/2026
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: www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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...
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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.
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Margaret Manto @margaretmanto.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
“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...
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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 www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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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 ...
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Jackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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. www.notus.org/immigration/...
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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.
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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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: www.notus.org/courts/marco...
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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.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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. www.notus.org/housing/elizabeth-war…
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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 www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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 www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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
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Taylor Giorno @taylorgiorno.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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-...
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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.
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Taylor Giorno @taylorgiorno.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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...
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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.
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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.
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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.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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. Sources close to Millls say the new ad is only start of a more aggressive campaign www.notus.org/2026-electio...
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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.
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