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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Shifra Dayak
Today’s notice: Institutional independence is in question. The extent of DOGE savings, also in question. One thing nobody questions: the bliss of retirement. Independence Tests Trumpian unpredictability has reached the Federal Reserve. “That’s a case that people are talking about a lot,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said yesterday of a pending decision from the Supreme Court on how much sway President Donald Trump can hold over the independent National Labor Relations Board.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Shifra Dayak
Today’s notice:Who’s in the Bernie-AOC Crowds? On Tuesday, yet another venue filled with a crowd eager to see Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Fighting Oligarchy tour.At this stop in Bakersfield, California, some people were even left waiting outside — a reminder that they’re among the politicians drawing the biggest crowds, even in red parts of America.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Shifra Dayak
Today’s notice: A dive into the midterm Senate map. A former Senate candidate’s run-in with the FEC. Abortion provider shield laws get tested. But first: an increasingly big question mark. Courts vs. PoliticsA popular word in political writing these days is “remarkable.” Every story’s gotta have one. Is it always necessary? Remarkably, we say no. Then there are days like Monday, where two presidents of two different nations essentially say they have no power to fix the problem.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Shifra Dayak |Evan McMorris-Santoro
Today’s notice: The courts vs. Trump on deportations. Democrats vs. Jeffries on how to fight back. Lobbyists vs. everyone on carried interest. A New Court Test President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is set to visit the White House today amid a convoluted legal landscape on deportations that’s careening toward a crisis.
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1 week ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Shifra Dayak
Today’s notice: Being Mike Johnson. The trade war with China. Not traveling to Europe. One Man’s Congress…The holdouts folded fairly quickly on Thursday and the House passed a Senate budget framework, setting the stage for Donald Trump’s reconciliation bill.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Shifra Dayak
Today’s notice: Who needs a Bloomberg Terminal when there’s Truth Social? The Freedom Caucus strikes again. And Dems running against Schumer is the new Dems running against Pelosi.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Shifra Dayak
Today’s notice: What Mike Johnnson reads. Amba$$adors. Talking out the budget. FEMA gets a break. Fundraising in a Trade WarAt a fundraiser for the NRCC last night, Donald Trump wisecracked about House Republicans feeling angsty about his tariff plans. “I just saw it today, a couple of your congressmen, sir, ‘I think we should get involved in the negotiation of the tariffs,’” he said, pointing at Speaker Mike Johnson, who was sitting at a table near the stage.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Shifra Dayak
Today’s notice: Selling tariffs. Finding votes. The Republicans the DCCC thinks it can beat. Shadowboxing. SCOTUS and immigration. And: We know who your Venmo friends are. What Would You Tell a Republican Candidate Right Now? The week started off full of market fluctuations and Donald Trump’s Wall Street supporters asking for respite. With economic indicators as they are — read: bad — there are fears of inflation and a recession. For Republicans, there are also fears of electoral blowback.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Jasmine Wright |Evan McMorris-Santoro
Publicly, President Donald Trump says everything is going to plan; it’s just the “Panicans” causing a ruckus online. “Twitter is not real life,” one Trump official told NOTUS, dismissing the administration’s critics, even as the stock market fluctuated wildly Monday at the insinuation that the tariff regime would end. Privately, though, the White House is well aware of the tumult the trade agenda has caused.
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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Evan McMorris-Santoro |Violet Jira
Today’s notice: A Ric Grenell phone call. More on Laura Loomer’s day at the White House. One Republican’s “moral obligation” to a detainee. But first: Everyone is trying to figure out what the heck is going to happen with Trump’s tariffs. The Day Two ScramblePeople are really running around trying to figure out what these tariffs all mean, including, apparently, the White House.
