Claire Heddles
Congressional Reporter at NOTUS
Fellow at Allbritton Journalism Institute
Politics reporter @NOTUSreports [email protected] or Signal @ claire.904
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2 weeks ago |
notus.org | Claire Heddles |Anna Kramer
Donald Trump is making moves intended to seriously restrict the public’s input on government rules — and give the president more power to erase regulations unilaterally. This push reared its head in an unlikely place this week; Trump issued an executive order Wednesday evening changing the definition of “showerhead” and said that it did not need to go through the typical notice and comment period associated with changing a regulation. His justification: Because he says so.
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2 weeks ago |
notus.org | Claire Heddles
A key player in the conservative legal movement is in unlikely alignment with congressional Democrats over President Donald Trump’s tariffs — highlighting the growing divide between Trump and Republicans who’ve long advocated for free trade and small government.
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2 weeks ago |
notus.org | Claire Heddles
The majority of the more than $16 million raised for two long-shot Florida Democratic House candidates came from passionate, desperate donors across the country, who were hopeful that a miracle could narrow Speaker Mike Johnson’s slim majority and stop Donald Trump. “Two special elections on April 1st could end Trump’s control of Congress,” one $300,000 Facebook ad buy from Democrat Josh Weil’s campaign said. The largest audience for that ad was in California, according to Facebook records.
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3 weeks ago |
notus.org | Claire Heddles
Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson has been fundraising with what appears to be an unauthorized legal expense fund. Under House rules, members of Congress must get approval from the Ethics Committee to open a legal expense trust fund — and make that approval public — before soliciting any donations for the fund.
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3 weeks ago |
notus.org | Claire Heddles |Katherine Swartz
Democrats drew eye-popping fundraising numbers and national attention to two special elections in Florida, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the massive Republican majorities in the bright red House seats. according to election tallies from District 6 and turnout numbers so far in District 1, where polls close an hour later. In Florida’s 6th Congressional District, Republican State Sen.
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Trump signed 3 executive actions this week that cut public comment out of federal rule changes. His legal justification? Because he says so. “Notice and comment is unnecessary because I am ordering the repeal.” w/ @anna_c_kramer https://t.co/lkD0Oc8B9w
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