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I broke 4 stories this week for @notusreports.bsky.social on how the Trump admin is causing tumult and chaos in food safety, nuclear waste, volcano observatories, etc. My Signal is annakramer.54 if you want to share for more reporting like this. I will keep you anonymous.

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President Trump is undermining his own fight against Mexican drug cartels, Chinese financiers, and fentanyl. Story @notusreports.bsky.social: www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...

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Some workplace rights settlements in Congressional offices are never publicly reported, not even in the aggregate, leaving the public in the dark on how much taxpayer money is being used to pay out claims. w/ @@emilykennard.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/con...

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After #MeToo-era policy changes, fewer settlements are reported by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. That’s not the whole picture. www.notus.org/congress/con...

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How do you write a spending bill when spending is getting slashed every day? Hardly anyone has an answer. www.notus.org/congress/con...

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Scoop: Volcano observatories in Alaska + Hawaii are facing office closures. These buildings house staff + equipment that monitor volcanoes for possible eruption and ash spewing The GSA staff who could help relocate the offices are also getting fired

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California Democrats on Thursday distanced themselves from Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's recent comments on transgender athletes, saying they are committed to protecting equality. ✍️ @markalfred.bsky.social & @bueninvierno.bsky.social, @notusreports.bsky.social

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California Democrats distanced themselves from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent comments on transgender athletes. www.notus.org/california/g...

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NEW: Trump admin has reversed course and will no longer be closing the office that oversees one of the country's most important nuclear waste sites, the world's only deep geologic repository. I reviewed the letter revoking the termination 👇

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“For a guy who’s about to be censured, I’m doing alright,” Rep. Al Green told NOTUS. www.notus.org/house/al-gre...

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Lawmakers want to avoid a shutdown. Will Elon Musk let them? www.notus.org/donald-trump...

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Brian Kemp is Republicans’ best hope for ousting Jon Ossoff. www.notus.org/georgia/bria...

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DOGE-funded stimulus checks? House Republicans say that’s not their priority. www.notus.org/congress/dog...

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The mayors of New York, Chicago, Boston and Denver said their immigration policies don’t protect criminals — they keep residents safe. www.notus.org/immigration/...

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As DOGE steamrolls its way through federal agencies, potential allies who agreed with reform feel disenfranchised and worse off. www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...

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NIH nominee Jay Bhattacharya appears before a senate committee this morning. He's walking a thin line between his scientific background and the MAHA movement that got him nominated. Here's how senators are responding: www.notus.org/health-scien...

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Tune into this great panel at @notusreports.bsky.social about what it's like to cover Trump 2.0 www.notus.org/events/media...

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Trump declared his mandate, pushing Republicans to pass his legislative agenda and prodding Democrats to bend to his will. www.notus.org/donald-trump...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered the Sergeant at Arms to remove Rep. Al Green from the House chamber less than five minutes into Donald Trump’s joint address. Updating as events unfold for @notusreports.bsky.social: www.notus.org/congress/rep...

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Speaker Mike Johnson ordered the Sergeant at Arms to remove Rep. Al Green from the House chamber less than five minutes into Donald Trump’s joint address. www.notus.org/congress/rep...

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After negotiations between Pres. Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy blew up last week, senators are looking for Trump to lay out concrete steps on where talks can go from here during his joint address. www.notus.org/foreign-poli...

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SCOOP: GOP Rep. Zach Nunn and Dem Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz plan to introduce a bipartisan bill to require some private health insurers to cover IVF Nunn's office is in talks with the White House to get Trump, who vowed to cover costs, to back the bill www.notus.org/policy/ivf-h...

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Head of House GOP’s Political Arm to Republicans: Quit Doing In-Person Townhalls www.notus.org/congress/ric...

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I wrote about how DOGE is “terminating” the office that oversees the country’s transuranic nuclear waste. If you’re in govt and you want to share what else DOGE is doing for more stories like this, I’m on Signal at annakramer.54 and will keep writing about this for @notusreports.bsky.social

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After failing to hand deliver a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner today, Democrats delivered a rallying cry against Elon Musk. HUD employees could be seen watching from the agency's windows, listening to housing advocates chant "Evict Elon" www.notus.org/policy/housi...

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Salt caves 2000 feet underground in New Mexico hold the radioactive nuclear waste from US defense projects. It's the world's only deep geologic repository. And DOGE says it has terminated the very large office in Carlsbad that oversees it. Details 👇

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Pres. Trump is shutting down legal ways for persecuted people to come to the U.S. It’s forcing Republicans to consider what America’s role should be in taking in persecuted Christians and religious minorities. www.notus.org/immigration/...

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Renewable energy advocates are still reeling after Pres. Trump signed an executive order to restrict — and in some cases, entirely halt — wind energy development. www.notus.org/policy/offsh...

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NEW: After Trump mastered the ‘new media’ circuit in 2024, Dems are now catching up in embracing podcasts/social media Dem comms aren’t “an email blast from Mailchimp anymore,” one aide said An inside look at Dems’ new media strategy w/ @riley-rogerson.bsky.social www.notus.org/congress/dem...

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News: MAHA Action, a PAC tied to RFK Jr., has hired one of the earliest QAnon influencers to serve as its “editor-in-chief.” www.notus.org/health-scien...

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DOGE has thrown the Pentagon’s strict culture off-kilter. “Chain of command doesn’t think they’ll get a heads up when someone gets fired,” one Department of Defense employee said. www.notus.org/defense/defe...

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Republicans support DOGE’s mission to scale back the federal government. But they’re not necessarily thrilled about how unelected bureaucrats are defying Senate-confirmed cabinet secretaries in the process. www.notus.org/senate/marco...

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Lawmakers who have previously been on the record in support of Dept. of Education reporting requirements are still catching up on what exactly DOGE has slashed. www.notus.org/education/do...

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Democrats are trying to stop a bill that would defund so-called “sanctuary cities.” www.notus.org/congress/dem...

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Politicians charged with crimes under the Biden administration are testing how far Pres. Trump’s “weaponization” argument will go for them. www.notus.org/courts/polit...

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State and local public-health officials say their dealings with the CDC have been business as usual, even though the agency has been quiet nationally on the measles outbreak. www.notus.org/health-scien...

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Republicans in Congress, alongside the Trump EPA, have come up with a plan to break decades of precedent. They want to undo California’s gas car ban, and so they will likely break their own rules to make it happen. And no court should be able to review it.

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Actual cabinet officials took a backseat to Elon Musk during the Trump administration’s first cabinet meeting on Wednesday. www.notus.org/donald-trump...

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Exclusive: Senate Democrats are trying to get HUD Secretary Scott Turner to explain his support for reprivatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – and how such a change would impact homebuyers. www.notus.org/policy/scott...

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On Capitol Hill, the blame game is on. www.notus.org/congress/gov...

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How Mike Johnson Punted on Medicaid Cuts, Appeased Vulnerable Republicans and Adopted a Budget www.notus.org/congress/mik...

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What can the WHCA, which has handled the media’s access to the president for more than a century, do to fight back? www.notus.org/media/white-...

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Big news for @notusreports.bsky.social via @axios.com : NOTUS launches new initiative to provide Washington coverage to local newsrooms www.axios.com/2025/02/25/w...

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Will the Supreme Court let Donald Trump reshape the government? www.notus.org/courts/supre...

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Pres. Trump’s executive orders to end DEI efforts in the military could also hurt sexual assault prevention efforts. www.notus.org/policy/milit...

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Everyone wants answers on whether it’s safe to fly — including senators. www.notus.org/senate/senat...

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Leaders of multiple departments and agencies said staff should not reply yet to the DOGE email — a rare split between DOGE and agency leaders, and one that’s prompted widespread confusion across the federal workforce. www.notus.org/whitehouse/o...

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“As they say, did not see that one coming,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said. Pres. Trump endorses the House GOP’s reconciliation plan after a standoff. @daniellamicaela.bsky.social and @reesegorman.bsky.social report: www.notus.org/congress/tru...

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