Former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn is attempting a political comeback — this time in an open House seat in Florida — but he shouldn’t expect any help from those in President Donald Trump’s orbit.
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Former national security officials and constitutional law experts warn that President Donald Trump’s directive on “domestic terrorism and organized political violence” could lead to government surveillance of people who simply disagree with him
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To town hall or not at all is the question for Republicans this recess. As strategists urge caution, some are going ahead.

Rep. Rich McCormick told me that since his earlier this year "got ambushed," his future ones will have "strict rules" and ID checks.
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The 2 reporters did a short Q&A on their RFK/MAHA story, and it’s great!

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Some Republican lawmakers don't agree with Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s calls for states to stop fluoridating water.

I talked to GOP former medical professionals in Congress — including four dentists, all of whom are House Republicans — about fluoride.

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CDC officials “have been told very clearly to curtail some of their communications,” one state epidemiologist told me. “But in the meantime, us states aren’t going to just sit back and be at the mercy of this. We’re going to take it into our own hands.”
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GOP leadership has repeatedly shot down proposals to let new parents in Congress vote remotely, but multiple House Republicans told us they see lawmakers vote on one another's behalf — which is, according to the House rules, still proxy voting
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Republican lawmakers are excited about Trump's prospects in his war against the "deep state," and they told me he's already making significant headway by firing career public servants. www.notus.org/house/house-...

WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed in new campaign filings she hasn’t refunded business donations she wasn’t supposed to accept during her failed 2022 congressional campaign.

The FEC has questioned the campaign at least 8 times about illegal donations.

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The Trump administration's OMB just said never mind about that Monday night memo, which could have frozen an unclear amount of federal fund disbursements and was temporarily blocked by a federal judge just minutes before taking effect Tuesday. www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...

As the White House spent Tuesday trying to walk back the scope of its memo freezing federal aid, many Republican senators said the panic was overblown — even ones representing states with budgets heavily reliant on federal funds. www.notus.org/policy/repub...

Yes, headlights are brighter. No, Congress isn’t doing anything about it. www.notus.org/congress/hea...

NEW: Trump says he doesn’t want to sign a national abortion ban into law, but his cabinet picks are expected to get rid of several federal policies aimed at protecting abortion rights.

Here is how the Trump administration will be restricting access:
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NEW: Republicans say they found their winning electoral issue: Anti-trans attacks.

And the attacks have left Democrats flat-footed.

“It just simply could be the case that it’s a losing issue for Democrats,” one House Democrat said.

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What might hold back USPS privatization? Some Republicans’ rural constituencies, which rely on the Postal Service.
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Exclusive: Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee are seeking information from the Department of the Health and Human Services about its efforts to engage agricultural workers in containing and monitoring the bird flu outbreak.
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Some Democratic strategists "grumble that the party has only recruited candidates who neatly align with the views of the party’s socially liberal college-educated voter bloc."

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“If we can’t protect those people, we’re all fucked,” Elizabeth Strater, a United Farm Workers spokesperson, said about dairy workers. “If they get tested, they are gambling. And because they are afraid to get tested, the rest of us are gambling right now.” www.notus.org/policy/trump...

NEW from @caseyrmurray.bsky.social on what Trump's "mass deportation" actually looks like if Republicans don't agree on who should be targeted, have very little to say on how they would fund it, and local law enforcement says it can't do more than it's already doing.

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“We have a lot of constitutional responsibilities. This is one of them. And we need to take it seriously,” Rep. Andrew Clyde told NOTUS.

House Republicans might try to strip power from D.C.’s government.
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I asked 19 lawmakers about the nation's worst-ever bird flu outbreak. Few said they've been keeping up with it.
But increasing human cases and egg shortages might bring it to Congress' attention soon:
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