White House says Brian Quintenz is still nominee to lead the CFTC. Hasn’t said why it requested that Senate Ag delay their planned vote on his confirmation earlier today. H/t Josh Wingrove & Yash Roy

NEW: Democrats are making fundraising calls to secure money needed to flee Texas in an effort to delay the redistricting plans. They’re confident they have the funds. Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2025/07/29/tex…

UNIVERSITY | Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner ’03, among the four victims of the Monday evening shooting in Midtown Manhattan, is remembered at Yale for her contributions to campus life, University fundraising and Jewish institutions. yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/07/2…

Liam Elkind and Luke Bronin, the two insurgents who launched campaigns against Northeastern House Democrats in their late 70s this morning, both went to Yale and were Rhodes Scholars. (Albeit in very different generations. Elkind is 26 and Bronin is 46)

Former Speaker Pelosi on the PELOSI Act stock ban: "If legislation is advanced to help restore trust in government and ensure that those in power are held to the highest ethical standards, then I am proud to support it — no matter what they decide to name it."

NEWS: Kamala Harris says she's not running for California governor next year. More here from AlexGangitano --> thehill.com/homenews/admin…

🚨WE HAVE A DEAL🚨 Last night, journalists The Hill voted overwhelmingly to ratify our first collective bargaining agreement with Nexstar Media Group, Inc., securing increases in pay, vacation time, family leave and more. newsguild.org/journalists-at…

A speed limit for e-bikes sounded like a step toward restoring order. Except…e-bikes usually don’t have speedometers, they don’t have vehicle registrations, and no one in the city government seemed to know the policy was coming. First A-Hed in The Wall Street Journal ! wsj.com/lifestyle/new-…

A major battle between crypto firms and traditional lenders over what counts as interest and bank charter applications is brewing after stablecoin legislation passed, with Trump-era regulators set to decide rules that may remake the traditional banking world.

Newsy -- The nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause told me last month it was against blue states doing mid-decade redistricting in response to Texas. Now, it's signaling openness to the tactic, laying out a set of criteria it'll use to access House maps thehill.com/homenews/campa…

It's been four days since Trump took over MPD and deployed the National Guard, but I wanna give a high-five to the city's small-but-mighty corps of reporters and citizen journalists. It's easy to be down on the state of journalism, but local reporters still rise to the challenge.

Genuinely will never understand why national outlets can’t bother to cite and link back to local journalists, whose work they rely on every single day. It’s not that hard.

ICYMI: doj lawyers spoke to me & Zoe Tillman about the pressure they’re under as the trump admin faces an unprecedented number of lawsuits — and as lawyers leave the department in droves amid an increasingly hostile work culture. for Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

🇵🇦 NEW: In Panama, Trump's fight with China is expanding beyond the canal. Can its shaken leaders hang on? I traced Panama's quieter moves away from China — as leaders try to please Trump without provoking a restive public. My dispatch for POLITICO Magazine 👇🏻politico.com/news/magazine/…

My latest piece for the NH Bulletin || bsky @nhbulletinnews.bsky.social: "Gov. Ayotte Cannot Abandon Claremont's Students" newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/04/gov…

I asked Lummis whether this upcoming draft would have support from any Senate Democrats, and she said "yes."