Common Ground

President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands
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Today’s notice: The shifting sentiment on Gaza. The petty politics of reserving space on Capitol Hill. A preview of how the trans care debate could play out around CR time. After hot crypto summer comes hot (mulled?) crypto fall.

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Is Washington closer to speaking with one voice on Gaza? The Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023 exposed deep divisions in U.S. politics that have remained front-and-center ever since.

But this weekend, the widely-reported humanitarian disaster underway in Gaza has created a rare rhetorical unanimity in Washington. Reps. Summer Lee and Hakeem Jeffries, along with Democrats in the vast ideological gulf between those two, issued strong statements condemning civilian deaths and demanding action.

America Firster Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted that the current Gaza aid situation is “horrific,” just a few days after strong Israel ally Sen. Lindsey Graham sounded a (slightly) critical note when he told NOTUS’ Haley Byrd Wilt, “I’d like to get some aid in.”