News w/Maggie Haberman and Alan Rappeport: Billy Long is out at IRS nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/…

NEW: Texas AG Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked the Texas Supreme Court to expel 13 members of the Texas House who left the state to deny quorum and prevent the passage of a new congressional map. Significant escalation of Greg Abbott’s suit against one member texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/…

NEW: Billy Long is being replaced as IRS Commissioner… FLASHBACK: 9-5-2018: Laura Loomer interrupts House hearing with then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Then-Rep. Billy Long (R-LA), a certified auctioneer, begins auctioneering to drown her out.

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rosa delauro’s birthday party

Breaking: The US military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., two US officials told Reuters reut.rs/411Rgil

Israel has assassinated Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and four other staff in a targeted attack on a tent in Gaza City, taking the total number of journalists killed since October 7, 2023 to 269. — in pictures aje.io/s31lyo

If Republican lawmakers were trying to run away from the Jeffrey Epstein saga by leaving Washington, they may be disappointed. By returning to their districts, they very well may have run toward it. notus.org/congress/gop-l…

Ahead of the president’s Monday morning press conference, White House aides pass out printed materials with Trump’s truth social and a graph to reporters

In response filed over the weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to remove Dems, despite a 2021 ruling saying the TX constitution “enables” quorum-breaking Abbott argues a highway “enables” speeding, but you still might lose your license search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.as…

Trump notified House Oversight Committee that he’s taking over DC police for longer than 48 hours, per spox Home Rule Act gives POTUS ability to federalize DC police up to 30 days with notification to relevant congressional committees Any longer than that must be approved via

New: The DC Police Union is reacting to Trump's federal takeover. The union says it "acknowledges and supports the President’s announcement this morning to assume temporary control of the MPD in response to the escalating crime crisis in Washington, DC." Union Chairman Gregg

NEW: Rep. Jamie Raskin tells @Axios he will introduce a measure later this week to end the emergency Trump has declared under the Home Rule Act in order to federalize the D.C. Metropolitan Police. Has to wait until a 48-hour window is up. axios.com/2025/08/11/tru…

i need people to understand how hard it is to be a reporter in DC and a swiftie today

Federal law allows Trump to control D.C. police only for 48 hours To extend that to 30 days, he'd need to notify House Oversight and Senate HSGAC Anything longer that that would need to be authorized by Congress — and Democrats would likely block it notus.org/trump-white-ho…

NEW: White House says Trump's DC police takeover is "expected to last 30 days" Trump *must* notify House Oversight's James Comer and Robert Garcia and Senate HSGAC's Rand Paul and Gary Peters to control DC police for that long — not all have been notified notus.org/trump-white-ho…

UPDATE: House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia has been notified about Trump's D.C. police takeover In a letter to Garcia, Trump said the takeover will continue "until I have determined ... that the emergency has ended or for the maximum period permitted," which is 30 days

Taylor's about to do a f*cking podcast! NEW EPISODE WEDS 7PM ET

dude the high i’m gonna get from this will last months

Posted at 12:12 on the 12th. ❤️‍🔥 Tay’s 12th album is called………… pre pre-order now at taylor.lnk.to/TSTheLifeofaSh…