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Casey Murray

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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 27/06/2025
Fewer Democrats Are Taking the Bait on Republican Immigration Votes via @caseyrmurray.bsky.social www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Fewer Democrats Are Taking the Bait on Republican Immigration Votes
A GOP resolution condemning Los Angeles protests against ICE raids got some Democratic support — just not a lot.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Trump admin is ending TPS for Afghans, saying the country is safe to return to under the Taliban. Some TPS recipients worked with U.S. forces and could face dire consequences. “There needs to be exceptions made,” one GOP veteran said. www.notus.org/immigration/...
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‘It’s Disgusting’: Veterans in Congress Are Questioning the End of TPS for Afghans
The Trump administration is ending temporary protected status for Afghanistan, meaning some people could be at risk for deportation.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Abrego Garcia's case has gotten national attention after the Trump admin wrongly deported him, and Republicans are being asked about it at their town halls, or attracting protestors forcing the issue. www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Republicans Are Facing Constituents Angry About Abrego Garcia's Case
Back home over recess, lawmakers are being confronted by the White House's actions around the man wrongly deported to El Salvador's mega prison.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Dems want to check on Abrego Garcia, but haven't been allowed inside the Salvadoran prison. “If they can open up the prison for right-wing photo ops, certainly they can open it up for visitors to check on the status of an innocent man,” Raskin said www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Democrats Want Access to El Salvador's Mega Prison Holding Abrego Garcia
Several Republicans and Trump officials have visited for what Rep. Jamie Raskin called “right-wing photo ops.”
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Federal workers got an email from OPM over the weekend asking them to send in 5 things they did last week, to justify their jobs. I spent yesterday asking members of Congress to do the same. They had some really interesting responses. www.notus.org/congress/elo...
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
NEW: Last time there were reconciliation discussions under a GOP trifecta, the GOP fought to strip federal funds from Planned Parenthood But now, it's not a priority as Republicans examine budget cuts "It actually doesn’t save money," one House Republican told me www.notus.org/policy/repub...
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The Mission to Defund Planned Parenthood Likely Won’t Make It Into Reconciliation
Why? “It actually doesn’t save money,” said the chair of the Freedom Caucus.
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Claire Heddles @claireheddles.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
At least three of the projects the White House has pointed to as part of its justification for dismantling USAID weren’t even funded by USAID. w/ @katherineswartz.bsky.social @notusreports.bsky.social www.notus.org/foreign-poli...
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The White House Keeps Pointing Out ‘Insane’ USAID Spending That Isn’t USAID
Some of the White House’s most derided examples of wasteful spending from USAID aren’t connected to the agency at all.
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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yesterday, I spoke with one of the agency leaders that Trump fired — Interior’s inspector general. He warned that the agency has already been struggling to handle its billions in new funds. Now, with the independent IG gone… what happens to oversight of those taxpayer $$$?
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Trump Appointee Turned Trump Firee: Ex-IG Says There’s a Leadership Vacuum in Government
Mark Greenblatt, the Interior Department’s recently fired inspector general, is worried there may be an institutional brain drain — especially when it comes to oversight.
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Claire Heddles @claireheddles.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed in new campaign filings she hasn’t refunded business donations she wasn’t supposed to accept during her failed 2022 congressional campaign. The FEC has questioned the campaign at least 8 times about illegal donations. www.notus.org/whitehouse/w...
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White House Press Secretary’s Campaign Took Illegal Donations From Businesses — And Hasn’t Returned the Money
“This stuff is campaign finance 101. You don’t take freebies,” one campaign finance expert told NOTUS.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Dr. Phil joined Tom Homan this weekend to film migrants being apprehended. Advocates say it’s all about winning the PR war. “They have somewhat succeeded in defining who immigrants are.” www.notus.org/immigration/...
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How Donald Trump Is Turning Deportation Into Reality TV
“They are trying to win the PR fight,” one immigration advocate said.
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Claire Heddles @claireheddles.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 2022 congressional campaign failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of illicit campaign contributions. To this day, she hasn’t paid back the money. www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...
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Trump's White House Press Secretary Reveals Her Failed Campaign Spent $200K in Illicit Contributions
On Thursday, Karoline Leavitt’s failed congressional campaign amended every FEC filing it had ever made to reveal that she failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in excessive contribution...
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Local officials aren’t intimidated by the Trump admin’s latest attempt to make them cooperate with deportations. “We will not be bullied into doing ICE’s job for them.” www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Local Officials Say They Won’t Be Intimidated by Trump’s Immigration Threats
Officials from cities with so-called “sanctuary” policies could face prosecution under President Donald Trump, but they say they’ll stand by their laws.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Trump's EOs end basically every way migrants facing persecution can be legally admitted to the country. Advocates say that's what it was always about. "They’ve completely moved on from the idea that ending illegal immigration is the top goal." www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Donald Trump Is Already Going After Legal Immigration
The president’s executive actions are keeping refugees and other people seeking relief out of the country, even if they’ve gone through legal channels.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump's first EOs do A LOT on immigration. But highlights include ending birthright citizenship, indefinite suspension of refugee applications, and reinstating remain in Mexico. Read a longer summary here: www.notus.org/whitehouse/d...
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Trump’s Immigration Orders Seek to Redefine Citizenship
In a slate of executive orders signed on Monday, President Donald Trump is tempting the courts and punishing immigrants.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Advocates have been prepping for Trump for months — but after feeling abandoned by Dems, they hope the public will start to resist. “We’re certainly on our own, politically speaking,” one lawyer said. But regular people? “That is what’s going to really stop Trump.” www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Trump Is Preparing for an Immigration Executive Order Blitz. So Are His Opponents.
Immigration groups are already talking to potential plaintiffs and prepping legal strategy to fight incoming President Donald Trump’s actions in court.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The Laken Riley Act does a lot more than change detention requirements. Advocates told me they’ve been trying to sound the alarm. “We are hearing a lot of senators aren’t really interested in the details and are sort of going on pure political instincts,” one said. www.notus.org/immigration/...
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The Laken Riley Act Could Reshape Immigration. Advocates Say Democrats Don’t Get It.
Immigration lawyers and advocates say Democrats are ignoring huge implications of the bill.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Today more than 30 senate Dems voted in favor of advancing the Laken Riley Act — but its chances of becoming law are still unclear. www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Senate Democrats Get on Board With a Republican Immigration Bill — For Now
The Laken Riley Act moved forward in the Senate in a 84-9 vote, but some Democrats who voted to proceed want amendments before final passage.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Republicans seem to support “mass deportation,” but once you get into the details, unity starts to fall apart. The disparity between moderates and hardliners could become a tough political battle as Trump seeks to deliver on his promises www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
NEW: USPS says it will continue to mail abortion pills “so long as” DOJ's interpretation of the Comstock Act — which effectively protects abortion providers — stays the same, suggesting the agency is leaving the door open for the guidance to change under Trump www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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The Postal Service Likely Won’t Ask Trump for Updated Guidance Around Mailing Abortion Pills
In a statement to NOTUS, the USPS left the door open for guidance around the Comstock Act to change, but it plans to “continue to act consistent” with a DOJ memo until then.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Age and tenure, Dems told @notusreports.bsky.social, may no longer be a winning argument as the party tries to turn the page on older senior committee members AOC’s race against Gerry Connolly to become the top House Dem on Oversight will test if that’s true www.notus.org/congress/ale...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants to Be the Democratic Party’s Top Attack Dog
“She is strategic, surgical in her approach. She works very well with other members and our staff,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said. “And at a time when people are looking for more diverse representatives a...
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Trump wants to end birthright citizenship, but even Republicans aren’t sure he could get it done. www.notus.org/immigration/...
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Trump’s Call to End Birthright Citizenship Raises a Lot of Legal Questions
Even among Republicans.
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Tara Golshan @taragolshan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
NEW from @caseyrmurray.bsky.social on what Trump's "mass deportation" actually looks like if Republicans don't agree on who should be targeted, have very little to say on how they would fund it, and local law enforcement says it can't do more than it's already doing. www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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One Major Obstacle to Trump’s Mass Deportation Promise: Local Law Enforcement
“I’m not gonna let the government tell me what to do in my job,” one Trump-supporting sheriff told NOTUS.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Trump wants local law enforcement to play a role in making deportations happen. On the Texas border, law enforcement is saying it’s not possible. www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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One Major Obstacle to Trump’s Mass Deportation Promise: Local Law Enforcement
“I’m not gonna let the government tell me what to do in my job,” one Trump-supporting sheriff told NOTUS.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 21/11/2024
Rep.-elect Tom Barrett had one request: Keep it in the family www.notus.org/congress/law...
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Inside One Lawmaker’s Quest to Beat the Freshman Room Lottery
For Rep.-elect Tom Barrett, getting a certain office in the Longworth building took on the significance of family lore.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 21/11/2024
Unreported facts referenced in court depositions make it clear that Gaetz sent thousands of dollars to young women, attended sex parties where a 17-year-old was present and kept tabs on witnesses throughout the DOJ investigation. www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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Matt Gaetz May Have Just Killed the Ethics Report, but Court Filings Paint a Damning Picture
Unreported facts referenced in court depositions make it clear that Gaetz sent thousands of dollars to young women, attended sex parties where a 17-year-old was present and kept tabs on witnesses thro...
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Members of the GOP still don’t really know what a “mass deportation” would look like, or how the military could be involved (as Trump has suggested doing). They’re still on board, though. www.notus.org/trump-transi...
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What Will Trump’s Militarized Mass Deportation Look Like? Republicans Don’t Really Care.
GOP lawmakers broadly expressed confidence that a deportation operation will be fair and won’t target people who don’t deserve to be targeted.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
With talk of recess appointments going around the Senate, some see the more *creative* admin picks as loyalty tests for the GOP, and how far they’ll go to help Trump have his way. www.notus.org/republicans/...
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Matt Gaetz Will Test the Limits of Senate Republicans’ Fealty to Trump
Senators said Trump’s call for recess appointments should be a last resort.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
ICYMI: John Cornyn’s bid for Senate leader also could have helped protect him from a competitive primary challenge. www.notus.org/republicans/...
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John Cornyn Is Fighting to Be GOP Leader. He May Also Be Fighting for His Political Life.
The Texas senator has a rocky relationship with the MAGA right.
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Casey Murray @caseyrmurray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Texas Dems have lost a lot, and now they’re worried about their political future. www.notus.org/texas/texas-...
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Texas Democrats Are Anxious They’ve Lost Too Many Times
Party operatives question whether voters will take Democrats seriously — and whether donors will still open their wallets — after another statewide loss to Ted Cruz.
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Alex Roarty @alexroarty.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
No senator is going to feel more pressure over Trump’s Cabinet picks than Thom Tillis. two challengers in ‘26 are already said to be eying a run at him— Mark Robinson in a primary, and Roy Cooper in the general. His votes on Gaetz and Co. could tip the scales www.notus.org/congress/sen...
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Sen. Thom Tillis Faces an Early Trump Loyalty Test
Already censured by the North Carolina GOP for voting alongside Democrats, Tillis is staring down a politically treacherous last two years of his term.
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