Trump today declassified the Crossfire Hurricane binder -- a reminder of our story from Dec 23 that an unredacted copy of the binder with highly sensitive intel went missing at the end of the first Trump term and does not appear to have been recovered cnn.com/interactive/20…

Sources confirm to me & Natasha Bertrand what appeared to be true: the info disclosed by SecDef Hegseth in the Signal chat was highly classified at the time he wrote it.

Our deep dive into at how Trump is using the power of government to intimidate and neuter potential sources of opposition to him -- lawyers, academia, media, Congress, arts and culture, and more -- and how they are struggling to respond cnn.com/2025/03/30/pol…

Hear from all three retiring Senate Democrats on why they chose to retire, how the Senate is changing and Dems' long road back to returning to the majority

Navarro spent Trump’s first term in a perpetual state of warfare with chiefs of staff, senior advisers, staffers, Hill GOPers and pretty much every mainstream economist entering his field of vision. We explain why he — and his tariff agenda — are still here 8 years later.

.Katie Bo Lillis’ new book Death of a Racehorse asks intensely relevant questions about what we owe animals in the modern era, & what they owe us. It’s also somehow a sprawling western with an actual honest-to-god gunfight in it. PRE ORDER IT, FOLKS a.co/d/ekHYd5d

So excited for this Katie Bo Lillis!!!

More from Jake Tapper 🦅 and Alex Thompson's new book: Some members of former President Biden’s Cabinet did not believe he could be relied upon to perform at 2am during an emergency by the final year of his presidency as their access "dropped off considerably" cnn.com/2025/05/14/pol…

Chip Roy has long been a thorn in Trump's side -- and Trump has repeatedly threatened to primary the Texas Republican. Now Roy could determine the fate of Trump's "big beautiful bill" as House GOP leaders try to get to a vote today

Such sad news. Connolly was always willing to engage and an enjoyable interview. Cancer sucks.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim hailed from different parts of the world, but their paths led them both to pursue careers in diplomacy and to the Israeli embassy – where they found each other and fell in love. W/ Jeremy Herb Oren Liebermann Lauren Kent cnn.com/2025/05/22/us/…

Just my quick letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth after the latest press corps restrictions today. substack.com/@barbarastarrr…

‘The best chance we’ve got’: Can Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent save the world from trade Armageddon? A great read from ⁦Phil Mattingly⁩ & ⁦Jeremy Herb⁩ cnn.com/2025/05/25/pol…

New: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early DIA assessment, sources tell ⁦Natasha Bertrand⁩ ⁦Zachary Cohen⁩ and me. cnn.com/2025/06/24/pol…

So why did that change in gambling loss tax deductions end up in BBB? Because extending the existing 100% deduction risked being struck from the bill by the parliamentarian. They changed it to 90% so it would have a budgetary impact. Read Jeremy Herb: cnn.com/2025/07/09/pol…

As Trump accuses Obama of "treason" for the US intel report that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, here's Katie Bo Lillis and me on why the allegations from DNI Gabbard conflate and misrepresent what the intelligence community actually concluded cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…

The The Seattle Times will once again have a reporter in D.C. Please share our job ad and reach out if you are interested. seattletimes.applytojob.com/apply/oVo010rp…

Doug Wilson, the Idaho pastor who is behind the new DC church, says the church ended up in the space above Capitol Lounge through a friend who connected them to Meadows' Conservative Partnership Institute

Here’s our full digital write on Christ Church Senior Pastor Doug Wilson and his ties to Pete Hegseth w/ Jeremy Herb Shoshana Dubnow amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/07…

Read ⁦Jeremy Herb⁩ on how Bill Pulte positioned himself to lead Trump’s attack on Lisa Cook (and Jay Powell) cnn.com/2025/08/26/pol…