Pence rebuffs Trump on tariffs, Russia and January 6 pardons in CNN interview cnn.com/2025/05/05/pol…

New: a deep dive on what DOGE is expected to look like after Elon Musk takes a step back “The chaos will continue” W/⁦Eric Bradner⁩ ⁦Phil Mattingly⁩ ⁦Tami Luhby⁩ cnn.com/2025/05/17/pol…

Good deep dive on the future of DOGE as Musk steps back, from ⁦Eric Bradner⁩ ⁦Annie Grayer⁩ ⁦Phil Mattingly⁩ ⁦Tami Luhby⁩ cnn.com/2025/05/17/pol…

In Iowa, Trump’s agenda collides with 2028 ambitions My story from stops in Cedar Rapids and Davenport, where ambitious Republicans are already flocking — and getting earfuls about their qualms with the “big, beautiful bill.” cnn.com/2025/05/31/pol…

Caught between bosses: New Jersey’s entire Republican congressional delegation didn’t want to talk about Bruce during his spat with Trump. Same with NJ’s leading GOP candidates for governor. For others, The Boss is bigger than politics: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Broader story on Dems walking tightrope on LA riots w/ Eric Bradner + crew Fetterman tells Manu Raju he's “not judging any of my other colleagues in my party,” but warned: “You can’t be quiet on those things. You have to just call it really what it is.”

Scoop: The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will tell hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the United States had been revoked and they should leave the country, according to a copy of the notice. cnn.com/2025/06/12/pol…

Graham’s message to Murkowski during Senate’s process on Trump’s bill: “Are you good? If you’re not good, tell me why and see if we can fix it.” Inside the pressure campaign to get Murkowski to yes w/Eric Bradner Sarah Ferris ⁦Lauren Fox⁩ cnn.com/2025/07/01/pol…

“The behind-the-scenes story of a WNBA controversy: Caitlin Clark, DiJonai Carrington & a journalist’s questions.” Excerpts from ON HER GAME: Carrington’s backstage behavior; DeWanna Bonner’s role; WNBA official’s quote: “Your questions were fine…our players just don’t get it.”

NEW TONIGHT: @IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to a decades-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt nonprofits. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…

Looking forward to this one Christine Brennan

Four reporters in four pockets of the state covering Gavin Newsom's travels through rural South Carolina for the The Post and Courier this week. Pickens seemed lively. But 2028? Irrelevant, he said. “It’s so far down the line,” he said. Read all about it: postandcourier.com/politics/gavin…

“I told the president, I really do believe it could be his Obamacare,” Sen. Thom Tillis tells Jake Tapper 🦅 about the sweeping tax and spending cuts package that President Trump signed into law last week. “I think it’s politically just devastating.” cnn.com/2025/07/09/pol…

“Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.” cnn.com/2025/07/09/pol…

When AG Pam Bondi briefed Trump in May on the findings of DOJ’s review of the documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, she told him that his name appeared in the files, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN, confirming WSJ

These are the estimated tsunami arrival times in the US cnn.com/world/live-new…