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3 days ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Jasmine Wright
Shocker in NYC: Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani stunned former governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday by jumping out to a lead so large that Cuomo conceded the city’s Democratic mayoral primary before the night was done. The next big question for New York is whether Cuomo chooses to mount a campaign in the general election anyway after such a clean defeat. The City, NOTUS’ partner in New York, unpacks how Mamdani came out on top. The other big question?
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4 days ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Jasmine Wright
Trump Riding High: Donald Trump is scheduled to land in Europe today for the NATO Summit, hours after announcing on Truth Social a planned ceasefire between Israel and Iran. “He’s just happy he was able to get it done,” an administration official told NOTUS. “He feels like this is the most logical conclusion.”The White House’s timeline: Things moved so quickly Monday that Trump’s 6:02 p.m. ceasefire post caught some White House aides by surprise.
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3 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Kate Nocera
The NOTUS Interview, Steve Scalise Edition: While attention turns to the Senate’s reconciliation bill work this week,House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says House Republicans still have plenty more on their summer to-do list. Namely, rescissions and (optimistically) appropriations bills. Here’s what he told NOTUS’ Reese Gorman and Daniella Diaz:The rescission package from the White House would lock in some DOGE cuts, including to NPR, PBS and USAID.
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4 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Kate Nocera
‘Formatting Issues’: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the fake studies NOTUS discovered in the “Make America Healthy Again” report were just “formatting mistakes” that would be fixed in an updated version. But how did they get there in the first place? There’s rampant speculation that AI was used, but Leavitt deferred that question to Health and Human Services, which hasn’t given an answer yet.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: Many new pardons. Fishy citations in the MAHA Commission report. Parliamentarian gonna parliament. But first: Elon vs. Washington. Elon’s CloutElon Musk used to kill Republican-backed spending bills at whim. Now he’s saying farewell to the White House and sounds like just another guy with opinions and an account on X.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: The Trump admin vs. universities, again. The surprising things MAHA is involved in. “Florida Democrat” is becoming passé. Plus: Life for the Capitol Police, now. Harvard’s Going to Need a New Fight SongOn Tuesday morning, Marco Rubio’s State Department issued an order pausing all student visa applications, a move seen by many as part of Donald Trump’s ongoing war with Harvard.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice:It’s pronounced nu-cu-lar. Senators making plans. Trump posting through it. Letting Them CookSpeaker Mike Johnson has been warning the Senate against making major changes to the reconciliation bill, telling CNN on Sunday that it’s “best not to meddle with it too much.” But Senate Republicans have their own plans, and those plans definitely do not include caring what the House has to say. Sen. Ted Cruz said he expects “considerable changes in the Senate” to the bill. Sen.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: World’s Greatest Deliberative Body time. The MAHA moment. “Stupid” is as stupid does. Fans of green energy are bummed. Is the Senate Going to Be Different? The Senate reconciliation fight is another chance for Republicans to argue over priorities they want to, well, prioritize. The party’s prioritizer in chief, Donald Trump, is ready to engage the chamber but may need a different set of skills if he wants to be The Closer again. Trump’s reliable threat of a primary?
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: Legislation slog sees an end (at least in the House). Trump’s IVF options. An Oval Office fight. And: what the MAGA faithful want. Johnson 1, Sleep 0 It was a lot of drama to get here, but in the end, House Republicans passed their One Big, Beautiful Bill with minimal conservative defections this morning. OnlyReps. Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson joined Democrats in voting against the bill (House Freedom Ccaucus Chair Andy Harris voted present).
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Margaret Manto
Today’s notice: Everyone heard what they wanted to hear from the president. The Rules Committee has a late night. Lucrative investments. RFK Jr. is still trying to defend HHS cuts. An exclusive from House Judiciary Dems. Stumbling Toward a Finish Line Crucially, the main piece of text containing all the changes House Speaker Mike Johnson has promised to factions of his conference in an effort to get holdouts on board was still not available because it was being negotiated.
