Southern California

California ‘Can’t Bend the Knee’: Democrats Want Their State to Hold the Line on Trans Rights

By Samuel Larreal

A Group of Freshman Democrats Want to Let Citizens Sue Elon Musk Over DOGE Cuts

By Samuel Larreal

Gavin Newsom’s Push to Ban Homeless Encampments Is Making Housing Advocates Uncomfortable

By Amelia Benavides-Colón and Samuel Larreal

‘We Can Fight This’: California Lawmakers Don’t Want the State to Cooperate With Trump’s Education Ultimatum

By Mark Alfred

DOGE’s Multibillion-Dollar Contract Cuts Are Hitting Blue Districts Hardest

By Mark Alfred

DOGE Is Changing California — And Democrats Worry It’s Just the Start

By Mark Alfred

‘Everybody Is Waiting for Kamala’: Katie Porter’s Former House Colleagues Aren’t Racing to Back Her

By Samuel Larreal and Mark Alfred

California Democrats Aren’t On Board With Newsom’s Take on Transgender Athletes

By Mark Alfred and Samuel Larreal

California Democrats Left Trump’s Speech Disgusted as He Doubled Down on Federal Cuts

By Samuel Larreal and Mark Alfred

Wildfires Are Getting Worse. Democrats Are Divided on How to Address Them.

By Samuel Larreal

Trump’s Administration Is Targeting California’s Gas Car Ban. Its Strategy Is Legally Uncertain.

By Anna Kramer

California Republicans Boost Trump’s Tariff Plan, Even If It Makes Wildfire Recovery Efforts More Expensive

By Samuel Larreal

What’s to Blame for California’s Fires? Some Republicans Say DEI.

By Torrence Banks

Republican Hard-Liners Already Have a Problem With the GOP’s Reconciliation Strategy

By Reese Gorman

California Democrats Fume Over Trump Playing Games With Disaster Aid

By Mark Alfred and Samuel Larreal

California’s Disaster Insurance Problems Are a Political Nightmare for Lawmakers

By Claire Heddles, Anna Kramer and Mark Alfred

DOT ‘Accepted Defeat’ in Fight to Tie Funds to Immigration: California AG

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Republicans Don’t Agree on an Affordability Platform — Or on How to Pass One

By Jade Lozada and Violet Jira

Republicans Punt on a DHS Funding Fight with Democrats After Minnesota ICE Shooting

By Avani Kalra and Daniella Diaz

ICE Deportation Flights Increased by 44% Since Trump Returned to Office

By Jackie Llanos

Final Venezuela War Power Votes Could Be in Trouble After Trump Pressure

By Hamed Ahmadi and Torrie Herrington

The Tiny House Majority Giving Mike Johnson Big Headaches

By Daniella Diaz

Contempt for Clinton

By Tim Grieve

U.S.-Backed West African Vaccine Study Draws Scrutiny From WHO, UNICEF

By Margaret Manto

Six DOJ Prosecutors Resign After Being Asked to Probe Renee Good’s Widow

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Neil Gorsuch Is the Wild Card in the Supreme Court’s Trans Athletes Cases

By Oriana González

DOJ Argues Protesters Don’t Have Constitutional Right to Observe Immigration Agents

By Jackie Llanos

Trump Administration Ends Protected Status for Immigrants From Somalia

By Manuela Silva

Judge Considering Lawmakers’ Request to Appoint a ‘Special Master’ to Oversee Release of Epstein Files

By Jose Pagliery

The AI Super PAC Fight That Might Shape the Midterms

By Samuel Larreal

Classified Concerns

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

A Democrat Is Launching a Longshot Bid to Beat Rep. Mike Turner

By Alex Roarty

Republicans Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Venezuela Plans Behind Closed Doors

By Oriana González

Pro-Trump Super PAC Paid U.S. Army Musicians $950 Each for Event Entertainment

By Taylor Giorno

Republicans Keep Their Options Open on Iran While Waiting for Trump to Weigh In

By Hamed Ahmadi and Helen Huiskes

Republican Senators Balk at Criminal Charges Against Powell

By Ursula Perano and Daniella Diaz

DOJ Fires High-Ranking Prosecutor Who Refused to Take Comey Case

By Adora Brown

Final NOTUS Newsletter

Rep. Bennie Thompson Said the Fire at a Local Synagogue May Have Been Politically Motivated

By Torrence Banks

Democrats Return to Court to Challenge Noem’s New ICE Oversight Restrictions

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

The President Is Calling

By Tim Grieve

Minnesota and Illinois Sue DHS Over ‘Federal Invasion’ of Immigration Agents

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

A Little-Noticed Postal Service Change Could Upend the 2026 Midterms

By Manuela Silva

Mark Kelly Sues Pete Hegseth Over His ‘Unconstitutional Crusade’

By Adora Brown

Federal Judge Rules Trump’s Energy Project Cuts Are Unlawful

By Shifra Dayak

Editor’s Note: Introducing “Final NOTUS”

By Tim Grieve

Warren Knocks Fellow Democrats for ‘Nibble-Around-the-Edges Approach’

By Torrie Herrington

Joe Baldacci Launches Bid for Maine Congressional Seat

By Torrie Herrington

Mary Peltola Launches Alaska Senate Bid, Marking Major Recruiting Coup for Democrats

By Riley Rogerson

The Neo-Neoconservative Era

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

Pete Aguilar Says New Democratic Leaders Need to ‘Chart a Path’ to Push Back on Trump

By Nora Toscano

The Neocons Are Excited. But They Also Know Trump.

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Alex Roarty and Emily Kennard

The Trump Administration Has Left Consumer Protection Cases in Limbo

By Jade Lozada

Fed Chair Says DOJ Opened Criminal Probe to Pressure Him on Interest Rates

By Jose Pagliery

Democrats Welcome Trump’s Push to Limit Corporate Ownership of Single-Family Homes

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Noem Issues New Order Restricting Lawmakers’ Oversight of ICE Facilities

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Trump’s Says the U.S. Is Devising a ‘Formula’ for Venezuelan Oil Revenue

By Anna Kramer and Jasmine Wright

Key Oil Executives Hesitate to Commit to Trump’s Major Investment Promises

By Anna Kramer

Rep. Byron Donalds Pressed the IRS for Favorable Crypto Rules. His Wife Bought Bitcoin the Same Day.

By Dave Levinthal

Trump’s War on Labor Data Didn’t Change the Economic Outlook

By Jade Lozada

Democratic Attorneys General Say Trump Is ‘Punishing’ States by Freezing Welfare Funds

By Adora Brown

Blake Moore’s Job as Co-Chair of a Denmark Caucus Just Got Harder

By Helen Huiskes

New Federal Workforce Database Contradicts Noem’s Claim of 12,000 New ICE Agents

By Jackie Llanos

Local Democratic Officials Escalate Their Calls for ICE to ‘Get Out’

By Christa Dutton

Democratic Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to Unfreeze $10 Billion in Social Welfare Funding for Blue States

By Raymond Fernández

Many Questions, Few Answers

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

The Case Against Nicolás Maduro Will Rely on a Myriad of Corrupt, Jailed Venezuelan Officials

By Jose Pagliery

The Trump Election-Reform Agenda Is Taking Shape State by State

By Violet Jira

‘Disgusted': National Symphony Orchestra Members Fear Trump’s Kennedy Center Name Change Could Ruin Them

By Torrence Banks

Democratic Leaders Hesitant to Wage Shutdown Over Disagreements With Trump Administration

By Ursula Perano and Daniella Diaz

Will history vindicate or condemn the capture of Maduro?

By Jorge Castañeda, Ivo Daalder, Francisco Rodríguez, Emily Mendrala, Kori Schake, Alejandro Velasco and Juan Gonzalez

Border Patrol Agents Shoot and Injure Two People in Portland, Authorities Say

By Emily Kennard

Republicans Say Trump’s Coalition in Congress Is ‘Fraying but Not Broken’

By Riley Rogerson, Reese Gorman and Jasmine Wright

The House Has Voted to Revive the ACA Tax Credits

By Avani Kalra and Em Luetkemeyer

Josh Shapiro Officially Launches Reelection Campaign as 2028 Speculation Swirls

By Adora Brown

Dozens Of House Republicans Break With Trump, But Fail to Override Two Vetoes

By Em Luetkemeyer

Top Aide to Rep. Mike Collins Was Reimbursed for More Than $170,000 in Office Expenses

By Reese Gorman

Vance Says Woman’s Fatal Shooting by an ICE Agent Was a ‘Tragedy of Her Own Making’

By Violet Jira and Manuela Silva

Trump Says Republicans Who Voted for War Powers Resolution Should ‘Never Be Elected’ Again

By Tyler Spence

Minnesota Law Enforcement Says the Trump Administration Is Cutting Them Out of Shooting Investigation

By Jose Pagliery

Deirdre Walsh

Senate Votes to Move Ahead With War Powers Resolution in Rebuke of Trump

By Hamed Ahmadi and Tyler Spence

Trump Says ‘Only Time Will Tell’ How Long U.S. Will Oversee Venezuela

By Adora Brown

All Eyes on Minneapolis

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

This Democratic Candidate Is Trying to Leverage Data Center Backlash

By Samuel Larreal

The U.S. Still Needs Sensitive Intelligence About Venezuela. Can It Get It?

By Helen Huiskes

Senate Health Care Talks Inch Forward as Key Negotiators Say They’re Near a Deal

By Avani Kalra and Ursula Perano

Republicans Insist Affordability Campaign Won’t Be Overshadowed by Trump’s Venezuela Push

By Riley Rogerson and Oriana González

Rep. Steny Hoyer Set to Announce His Retirement From Congress

By Daniella Diaz and Brett Bachman

Democratic Congresswoman Announces Impeachment Effort Against Kristi Noem

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Tim Walz Isn’t Running for Reelection. That Complicates Republicans’ Plans.

By Christa Dutton

Trump Pulls U.S. From Dozens of International Organizations

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Ex-Reality TV Star Announces Bid for Los Angeles Mayor

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

White House Says It Has a Plan for Venezuela. Senators Are Skeptical.

By Hamed Ahmadi

Trump Announces New Slate of Rules for Defense Contractors

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Walz Puts Minnesota National Guard on Standby After ICE Shooting

By Jackie Llanos

Wind Developers Allege the Trump Administration Never Gave Them Warnings of ‘National Security’ Concerns

By Shifra Dayak

Trump Announces Plan to Bar Large Firms From Buying Single-Family Homes

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

The Government’s Annual Student Loan Report Required by Law Never Came Out

By Jade Lozada

DHS Says ICE Officer Shot and Killed Woman in Minnesota

By Adora Brown, Jackie Llanos and Emily Kennard

Trump Administration Endorses ‘Real Food’ — And Saturated Fats — In New Dietary Guidelines

By Anna Kramer

The U.S. Will ‘Indefinitely’ Take Over Venezuelan Oil Sales and Revenue

By Anna Kramer

Who’s Afraid of Regime Change?

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

Jeanine Pirro Is Investing In an E-Commerce Company Facing Legal Scrutiny

By Dave Levinthal

Trump Moved Aggressively to Fulfill Some Campaign Promises. Others Are Still Waiting.

By Violet Jira

‘This Isn’t Rocket Science’: Republican Lawmakers Say ‘Running’ Venezuela Will Work Out Fine

By Emily Kennard

Senators Look to Closed-Door Briefing for Answers on Venezuela’s Future

By Hamed Ahmadi

Grammy-Winning Bluegrass Musician Cancels Kennedy Center Show

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Republican Senators Don’t Believe Trump Would Use Military Force to Take Greenland

By Em Luetkemeyer

Wyoming Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Abortion Ban Laws

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Longtime Staffer Is Launching a Bid to Replace 88-Year-Old Eleanor Holmes Norton

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Trump’s Pledging Big Investment in Venezuelan Oil. The U.S. Oil Industry Has Been Silent.

By Anna Kramer

Trump’s Comments That Republicans Be ‘Flexible on Hyde’ Leaves Senators Baffled

By Oriana González

Democrats Remember Jan. 6 Anniversary While Republicans Spend the Day Cheering on Trump

By Riley Rogerson

Hilton Cuts Ties With Minneapolis-Area Hotel Over Canceled Rooms for Immigration Agents

By Jackie Llanos

Trump Administration to Freeze $10 Billion in Social Welfare Programs to Democratic States

By Adora Brown and Raymond Fernández

Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa Has Died

By Samuel Larreal

The Rubio Doctrine

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

Senate Democrats Say Rubio Has Had a ‘Full MAGA-Lobotomy’

By Daniella Diaz and Ursula Perano

For This House Democrat, the Political Fight Over Affordability Is Also a Legal One

By Shifra Dayak

Is AI good for democracy?

By Andrew Yang, Patrick Utz, Michael Kleinman, Nicol Turner Lee, Clara Langevin, Adam Conner, Farah Pandith and Kay Firth-Butterfield

What Does It Mean to ‘Run’ Venezuela? Some Republicans Have No Idea.

By Riley Rogerson and Oriana González

Senate Republicans Appear Unfazed by Trump’s Moves in Venezuela Ahead of War Powers Vote

By Ursula Perano and Hamed Ahmadi

Bill Cassidy Says Childhood Vaccine Schedule Changes Will ‘Make America Sicker’

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

DHS Deploys Massive Force to Minneapolis in Response to Welfare Fraud Scandal

By Adora Brown

Mark Kelly Vows to Fight Hegseth’s Demotion ‘With Everything I’ve Got’

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Democrats Fume as DOJ Misses Key Epstein Documents Deadline

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Hilton-Branded Hotel Apologizes for Refusing to Book Rooms for DHS Agents

By Jackie Llanos

The CDC Is Cutting the Vaccine Schedule for Kids

By Margaret Manto

Maduro Pleads Not Guilty to Charges Over Narcoterrorism and Drug Trafficking

By Tyler Spence

DHS Acknowledges Venezuelans Who Lost TPS Don’t Qualify for Refugee Status

By Jackie Llanos

Police Arrest Suspect Accused of ‘Property Damage’ at JD Vance’s Ohio Home

By Adora Brown

Pete Hegseth Moves to Cut Mark Kelly’s Military Retirement Pay Over ‘Seditious’ Comments

By Tyler Spence

Tim Walz Will Not Seek Reelection

By Christa Dutton

Americas First

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

‘It’s Going to Change Everything’: A Supreme Court Case Could Rock Campaigns This Year

By Alex Roarty

Will Congress Stand Up for Itself This Year? Some Republicans Hope So.

By Riley Rogerson

Democrats Begin to Call for Trump’s Impeachment Over Venezuela Attack

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Rubio Appears to Backtrack on Trump’s Pledge to Have the U.S. ‘Run’ Venezuela

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Chuck Schumer Says Democrats Want ‘All the Facts Out’ About Venezuela Mission

By Helen Huiskes

Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run’ Venezuela After Capture of Maduro

By Jasmine Wright and Violet Jira

Democrats Demand Answers on Trump’s ‘Brazen,’ ‘Reckless’ Capture of Venezuelan Leader

By Daniella Diaz and Hamed Ahmadi

Trump Says U.S. Has Captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

By Jasmine Wright

These 2026 Primaries Could Define the Democratic and Republican Parties’ Futures

By Alex Roarty

Some Republicans Are Fretting Over Their Party’s Ability to Message

By Em Luetkemeyer

Political Violence Tore Through 2025. Will 2026 Be Any Better?

By Daniella Diaz

Trump’s Affordability Message Is Running Up Against His Energy Agenda

By Anna Kramer

New Democratic Candidate Poised to Enter Maine’s Ultra-Competitive 2nd District Congressional Race

By Alex Roarty

U.S. Cities Are Trying to Provide Affordable Housing Solutions as Washington Stalls

By Raymond Fernández

Senior Lawmakers Are Sprinting From ‘Toxic’ Congress. Why Are Freshmen Sticking Around?

By Riley Rogerson

House Democrats Demand More Support for Latino Candidates in 2026

By Oriana González

‘A Demographic Ticking Time Bomb’: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Comes for Seniors’ Caretakers

By Jackie Llanos

The Year in Truth (Social)

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

‘Don’t Poke the Bear’: How Lobbyists Are Helping Clients Dodge Trump’s Truth Social Wrath

By Taylor Giorno

Trump Keeps Promoting Books on Truth Social — To Authors’ Surprise

By Emily Kennard

DOJ Claims Letter From Epstein That Referenced Trump Is Fake

By Christa Dutton

Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Chicago National Guard Deployment

By Tyler Spence

Latest Epstein Files Release Includes Many Mentions of Trump. The DOJ Called Them ‘Unfounded.’

By Christa Dutton, Emily Kennard and Samuel Larreal

Trump Buys Tens of Millions in Corporate and Government Debt

By Dave Levinthal

Seven Immigrants Die in ICE Custody in December, Marking Deadliest Month This Year

By Jackie Llanos

Democrat Sues to Get Rid of Trump’s Name From Kennedy Center

By Torrence Banks

Small State, Big Debt: Delaware Republicans Face a Cash Crunch

By Violet Jira

What Bernie Moreno’s Up To

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

LaMonica McIver Returns to Delaney Hall for the First Time Since Being Prosecuted

By Oriana González

Bernie Moreno Has Quickly Become One of Senate Republicans’ Most Prolific Fundraisers

By Reese Gorman

They Left Congress. Now They Want Back In.

By Torrie Herrington

Trump Is Naming a New Class of Navy Battleships After Himself

By Hamed Ahmadi

Republicans Have Joined the Effort to Stave Off Trump’s Dismantling of a Key Weather Center

By Anna Kramer

Democrats Demand DOJ Investigate Caribbean Boat Strikes as Crimes

By Jose Pagliery

Republicans Don’t Have a Clear Line for When Trump Needs War Powers Approval on Venezuela

By Hamed Ahmadi

Trump Tormentor George Conway to Run for U.S. House Seat in New York

By Tyler Spence

A Court Filing Revealed Todd Blanche’s Office Closely Oversaw the Prosecution of Abrego Garcia

By Jose Pagliery

Interior Department Pauses Five Major Offshore Wind Projects, Citing National Security

By Shifra Dayak

Cancellations at the Trump-Kennedy Center

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Jasmine Wright and Emily Kennard

Rep. Becca Balint Says She Would ‘Seriously Think’ About Running for Senate if Sen. Bernie Sanders Retires

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

How MAHA Could Grow Its Reach Through Health Savings Accounts

By Margaret Manto and Emily Kennard

Inspectors General Are Seeing More Whistleblower Retaliation Cases Under Trump

By Anna Kramer

Nicki Minaj Makes Surprise Appearance at TPUSA Conference Marred by MAGA Infighting

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

DOJ Unredacts Epstein Document After Massie and Khanna’s Contempt Threats

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Trump Endorses in NY Governor’s Race Just One Day After Stefanik’s Exit

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Trump DOJ’s First Epstein Files Drop Heavily Features Bill Clinton

By Em Luetkemeyer, Riley Rogerson, Daniella Diaz, Samuel Larreal, Emily Kennard and Jose Pagliery

Artists Are Threatening to Cancel Over Trump’s Kennedy Center Renaming

By Torrence Banks

Cynthia Lummis Won’t Seek a Second Term in the Senate

By Helen Huiskes