Gah, yes! Thanks, Lindsey.

“If President Trump directed you to do something illegal or unconstitutional, would you refuse to obey?” Senator Tammy Duckworth asked. Pres. Trump's pick for Commerce Dept. Howard Lutnick: “He won’t.” ben hulac NJ Spotlight News njspotlightnews.org/2025/01/billio…

NEWS: One of Republicans' favorite political targets is a 2022 law to combat the climate crisis. Now, two Republicans from New Jersey want to protect parts of that law. njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/jeff-v… NJ Spotlight News

from the new pope --->

NEWS: On Friday, Donald Trump signed a bill into law that ends a regulation to cap most bank overdraft fees at $5. The banking lobbying tried -- and now succeeded -- to kill the regulation. I wrote about it last month NJ Spotlight News. njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/trump-…

NEW: Last year, Tom Kean was pleased to get on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. But now, his seat on that particular committee could come back to haunt him politically. njspotlightnews.org/2025/05/with-m… NJ Spotlight News

Pam Bondi disclosed today she sold off positions in Donald Trump's media company that runs the president's social-media platform Truth Social. Bondi sold between $1.25 million and $5.5 million in Trump Media assets on May 2. extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.n…

Probably the best graphic I'll ever make for CSPAN

The director, Philip Swagel, worked on George W. Bush's re-election campaign and later in the Bush administration.

"Federal threats to foreign aid programs and public news stations grew this week after the House passed legislation to rescind $9.4 billion in funding Congress had already approved." ben hulac NJ Spotlight News njspotlightnews.org/2025/06/house-…

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full email below

Newly proposed sections for the immense tax package pending in Congress would keep the state and local tax deduction, or SALT deduction, capped at $10,000 after Republicans in the House agreed to raise the limit to $40,000. ow.ly/fBKe50WbGVw

His name ends in a vowel—maybe Mamdani's Italian, T.

NEW: Congress sure looks like it's about to blow giant holes in the New Jersey budget. As Andy Kim put it to me this week about New Jersey's finances and federal budget cuts ---> "...we’re just not in a position to offset.” njspotlightnews.org/2025/07/after-… NJ Spotlight News

NEW: You may have read a lot about Medicaid cuts. You may not have read much about how those cuts will affect abortion -- including in states where abortion is legal, like New Jersey. njspotlightnews.org/2025/07/planne… NJ Spotlight News