Exclusive. Talking hasn't worked. New Mexico is headed back to court for in a 5-year old battle over whether the state, which has EPA's okay to administer a federal waste law, can tell the Air Force to cleanup #PFAS local residents say is harming them. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Exclusive: Among those expected to be sanctioned are Foreign Affairs Min. Yván Gil; Miranda Gob. Héctor Rodríguez; TSJ Head Caryslia Rodríguez. The list would also include military officials behind the persecution, arrest and torture of dissenters: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: Raising revenue for the dwindling Highway Trust Fund may help Congress solve another pressing issue: finding revenue raisers for the 2025 tax cliff. From me and Lillianna Byington: news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…

A judge's order freezing the Keeping Families Together program was improper because GOP states don't have standing to challenge the parole process, the Biden administration argued in a new motion news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

What is the citizenship-proof-for-voters bill (SAVE Act) that House Republicans are pushing & what does it mean for government funding negotiations? A quick breakdown here, w/ Maeve Sheehey news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

News of the NDAA kind: The US Senate likely won’t vote on its own annual defense authorization measure when lawmakers return to Washington next week. Instead, the Senate and the House are headed toward informal negotiations. More deets here: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

That was fast -- a district court judge shot down the Biden administration's motion to remove an administrative stay on it's parole program for immigrant family members of US citizens news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Look who’s back! Not really, but I did write a story for Bloomberg Government I looked into whether a Harris administration could keep Cohen as Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH without having to go through Senate confirmation— a new requirement that kicks in Jan. 20 news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Heritage Action praises the GOP's CR+SAVE Act strategy, but says House Republicans can still win the day by passing a CR without the bill "if Democrats refuse to consider the SAVE Act in the Senate and send a 'clean' CR back to the House." This would avoid a Christmas omnibus.

A new coalition will target moderate Democrats in defending a key tax break for pass-through business income. bgovgo.com/1o7psf4

Control-of-Congress math is new this fall after five states revised House district lines, either because a court said they must or judges said they could. bgovgo.com/XLN6QId

NEW: Late Saturday, the world learned that Nicolás Maduro's opponent in #Venezuela's July 28 election, who the US says WON, has fled to Spain to avoid arrest. Like 7 million countrymen before him, Edmundo Gonzalez became a refugee of Maduro's oppression. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

MON| Ellen Gilmer (Ellen M. Gilmer) Senior Reporter for Bloomberg Government, discusses investigations into the Secret Service and the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Watch live at 9:15am ET!

Before they can overturn a Biden program offering immigration relief to spouses of US citizens, GOP states will have to show whether they have grounds to challenge the Keeping Families Together program. blawgo.com/2aHbsv5

Senior Reporter for Bloomberg Government Ellen Gilmer (Ellen M. Gilmer) discusses investigations into the Secret Service and the assassination attempt on former President Trump Watch here: tinyurl.com/s7amxp4w

As Congress returns, House lawmakers investigating the attempted assassination of Trump have a lot on their plate. I talked to members about their upcoming first hearing, their plans to recommend security fixes & how they're navigating conspiracy theories news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

DHS General Counsel Jonathan Meyer left the agency last week & will head to the private sector, he announced today. Meyer had led DHS legal work since October 2021

today's my first day with Bloomberg Government covering appropriations. it's been fun rotmaxxing for the past few weeks but i'm excited to get started right as we get into a spending fight. add me to your press lists and send whatever you want to [email protected]

Takeaways from Cornyn's latest letter in bid for GOP leader: • Keep the filibuster, a possible Trump clash • Wants to pass budget resolution “early next year” to cut spending, renew Trump-era tax law • REINS “deserves further debate & consideration" news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…

Limited resources weren’t to blame for security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of Trump, but the Secret Service nevertheless needs more $$$ to meet its protective mission, acting director Ronald Rowe told Senate appropriators: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…