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6 days ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Samuel Larreal
Today’s notice: A pope who could post online about whether New York or Chicago’s pizza is best. Lawmakers gearing up to ban their own stock trading. An Appropriations Chair navigating Trump 2.0. Republicans navigating reconciliation. Judge Pirro’s shoes to fill. American Man Elected, Other Elected Americans Excited Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has a degree from Villanova. Also, 20 years in Peru plus joint citizenship there.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Samuel Larreal
Today’s notice: The White House is done worrying about the markets. Mistakes will be made. And they can have unintended consequences. Crypt-no currency. And, someone get the president a NOTUS accountHas the GOP Populist Moment Finally Arrived? Donald Trump’s reelection was supposed to put an end to the GOP debate over embracing populism vs. traditional small-c conservative economic policy. And yet in Congress, the populists are not the ones driving the public debate over the reconciliation bill.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Samuel Larreal
Republicans on Capitol Hill are locked in an uncomfortable fight over cutting Medicaid and other services people like. Donald Trump’s tariffs are kicking in for real now, and his approval numbers remain among the lowest of his political career. Should be a good week to be a Democrat, in theory. In practice it seems to be quite challenging, as Semafor detailed in a recent piece about Dem poll numbers, which remain persistently low despite the public souring on MAGA.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Samuel Larreal
Today’s notice: Destiny is calling, will Dems accept the charges? Saying no to a great job. And, people who said yes: Meet the new class of AJI fellows!Trump Is Giving Democrats Opportunities. Can They Capitalize? Republicans on Capitol Hill are locked in an uncomfortable fight over cutting Medicaid and other services people like. Donald Trump’s tariffs are kicking in for real now, and his approval numbers remain among the lowest of his political career.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Samuel Larreal |Helen Huiskes
Today’s notice: Murkowski persists. The next House Dem Oversight fight won’t look like the last one. Fallout for Fetterman. Deportation by the numbers. But first: Talking about other things. Can The White House Flood The Economy Zone, Too? Reopening Alcatraz. “They don’t need to have 250 pencils.” $1,000 bucks to leave the country. A tariff on foreign movies.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Helen Huiskes
Today’s notice: A deep dive on Cory Mills’ Bronze Star. Nonprofits try to band together to face Trump. New food on the Hill and possibly new food staff, too. Exclusive: Cory Mills and the Bronze StarRep. Cory Mills has made his combat record a central part of his narrative since he first won his House seat in 2022, flipping a Florida district for Republicans. The story of that combat record is now in dispute.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Helen Huiskes
Today’s notice: Just when he thought he was out, they pulled him back in, sorta. A day in South Carolina with the vice president. Congress after DOGE. Colleges in chaos. And, not running for Senate. Different, but the SameIs the Trump White House reverting back to its old ways? In the first Trump administration, people often got fired and no one knew what was going on. In the second Trump administration, people rarely get fired and often no one seems to know what’s going on.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Helen Huiskes
Today’s notice:Between the Rock…How do Republicans make the kinds of federal spending cuts the party has promised for decades while keeping those cuts from spelling electoral oblivion? That’s the question Republican lawmakers are trying to answer this week as they hash out the details of the budget bill. We don’t often get to see members really sweating policy like this; it’s usually more fun to talk about than to do.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Helen Huiskes
Today’s notice: 101 days of lessons, for Republicans and Democrats. Politicizing science? Cutting money for some schools. And maybe giving a lot of it to others. Operating ChaoticallyLetting Donald Trump be Trump has been the key to GOP relevance for so long now that it can be easy to forget how hard a thing to do that can actually be for the politicians, operators, conservative activists and partisan allies who have to each and every day.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Helen Huiskes |Emily Kennard
Today’s notice: 100 takes for 100 days — well, not really, but interesting people talking about what comes next. Also: What Tim Burchett is making for Tulsi Gabbard in his spare time. Why This First 100 Days Is DifferentIn most recent presidencies, the 100-day mark is essentially meaningless, a rhetorical flourish to declare the end of the beginning of a term. But this First 100 Days is worth paying close attention to.
