
Eric Cortellessa
National Political Correspondent at TIME
National Political Correspondent @TIME. Former @monthly. #BillsMafia for life.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Eric Cortellessa
Credit - Al Drago—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWhen Donald Trump took office in January, he was armed with a weapon none of his predecessors had enjoyed: a shadow government in waiting, ready to turn his ideas into policy. The man who built much of that infrastructure is Russell Vought, an architect of Trump’s shock-and-awe second-term agenda.
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yahoo.com | Eric Cortellessa
Credit - Win McNamee—Getty ImagesA year ago, Howard Lutnick was a Wall Street power player. Running the financial-services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, he amassed an estimated net worth of more than $2 billion. Now he’s at the center of Donald Trump’s Washington. As the transition co-chair, he helped to shape the Administration, vetting staffers and filling the Cabinet with billionaires like himself.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Eric Cortellessa
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, right, introduces former President Donald Trump at a roundtable discussion in Auburn Hills, Mich., on October 18, 2024. Trump has endorsed Donalds for Florida Governor. Credit - Win McNamee—Getty ImagesRepublican Rep. Byron Donalds had just strode into a waterfront yacht club in Naples, Florida, last month when his phone wouldn’t stop vibrating. As the host of a fundraiser for Rep.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Eric Cortellessa
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC May 17, 2023. Credit - Drew Angerer—Getty ImagesLouis DeJoy has resigned from his role as Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service, according to a source familiar with the matter. On Monday, he told the USPS Board of Governors that it would be his last day on the job. He named Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino to take over until the Board names a permanent replacement.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Eric Cortellessa
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is stepping down from his job effective immediately — days after asking DOGE for help cutting costs. Why it …
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Scoop: Louis DeJoy resigns as Postmaster General https://t.co/NJzmfD80A3

Scoop: Last week, Rand Paul gave a presentation to Senate Republicans at a private luncheon pitching them to come out against Trump’s tariffs. He was then the only R senator to vote against the Trump-backed CR. Paul has emerged as a chief GOP heretic. https://t.co/Mo0Cmy6zmg

"Kevin’s success was also a kind of victory of democracy over snobbery. It proved that you can write incisively about national affairs without being in Washington, New York, or San Francisco." @glastris on the legendary, groundbreaking blogger Kevin Drum: https://t.co/76UFnZ2Xma