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2 weeks ago | 
notus.org | Jasmine Wright |Violet Jira |Em Luetkemeyer |Torrence Banks
President Donald Trump used a set of well-worn tactics to get the House to pass his “big, beautiful bill”: sugar in the form of praise and salt in the form of threats of primary challenges to any Republican holdouts. But the next phase of getting his massive domestic policy bill passed could be harder, simply because Republican senators aren’t quite the same as Republican House members. They don’t have the same blind loyalty to the president.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Torrence Banks |Anna Kramer
FORT DEPOSIT, Ala. — In a visit to her childhood home, Gabrielle McPherson points out its sagging floors and a cracked roof in the laundry room. It is in need of significant repairs, but her family’s biggest concern is the plumbing. This house is one of many in this Lowndes County neighborhood that pumps untreated raw sewage into the environment through a process known as straight piping, which sometimes results in pools of it building up on residents’ lawns.
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1 month ago | 
usnews.com | Torrence Banks |Lamont L. Jones
The game industry is thriving and shows no signs of slowing down. Here's how to game out a plan to get into it.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Torrence Banks |Shifra Dayak
Some Republican members of Congress are warning that the trade war with China could end badly — but they pale in number to their colleagues, who say they envision an outcome where the Trump administration’s tariffs result in lucrative deals for the U.S.On Thursday, the outsize effects that the tariffs on China could have on American consumers were sinking in and sent the stock market dropping.
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1 month ago | 
notus.org | Emily Kennard |Torrence Banks |Helen Huiskes
Republican lawmakers are making the case to constituents that the roller-coaster ride the market has been on as a result of President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy is a sign his negotiating skills can get results. Members of Congress, who are preparing to leave for a two-week recess where they’ll hear from their constituents, are navigating a complicated landscape: On the one hand, they want to support the president’s agenda.
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2 months ago | 
notus.org | Ben T.N. Mause |Torrence Banks
The responsibility of developing the most advanced military aircraft in the world rests on a company that has become, in recent years, synonymous with plane problems: Boeing. Despite recent issues — like crashes, mechanical failures, and door plugs blowing out mid-flight — senators are expressing confidence that Boeing can develop the most advanced aircraft in existence.
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2 months ago | 
notus.org | Oriana González |Torrence Banks |Oriana Gonzalez
President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion and transgender people are upending organizing efforts for WorldPride Washington, D.C. 2025, which the capital is set to host in June. Planning for the weeks-long slate of international events and cultural programming highlighting the LGBTQ+ community has been underway for several years, and more than 3 million people are expected to travel to Washington for the festivities.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
notus.org | Torrence Banks |Helen Huiskes
President Donald Trump’s snap firing of more than a dozen inspectors general without advance notice is testing lawmakers in Congress, who in recent years went out of their way to try to insulate the watchdogs from the whims of the executive branch. The firings, which were effective immediately on Friday, ranged from the Department of Defense to the Environmental Protection Agency to the Small Business Administration. And senators from both parties were clearly taken aback.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
notus.org | Torrence Banks |Helen Huiskes
President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons were so broad and vaguely written that they could open unexpected legal arguments in unexpected cases.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
notus.org | Torrence Banks
Republican lawmakers are buying into the idea that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are inhibiting the response to the California wildfires and other natural disasters. As Elon Musk and other right-leaning influencers have criticized the efforts to contain the wildfires that began last week, there’s been an uptick in using the diversity of first responders to attack Democrats and the way they run areas they govern.
