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Senior Trump DOJ official expected to depart, run for Texas AG

Aaron Reitz currently serves as the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy.
The Department of Justice building.Alexander Drago/Reuters

Democratic congressman steps up his work to pull Musk toward his party for the midterms

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., has known the former Donald Trump ally for more than a decade.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.Jewish Democratic Council of America/Creative Commons

What Washington can learn from a legendary London meltdown

Dominic Cummings’ ties to Johnson share plenty of parallels with Musk’s closeness to Trump.
Musk and TrumpNathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters

No call between Trump and Elon planned, White House sources say

The US President said that Elon Musk had ‘lost his mind’ and that he is ‘not particularly’ interested in speaking with him.
Musk and TrumpNathan Howard/File Photo/Reuters

Trump ties his legacy to steamrolling Musk on his megabill

After a shock-and-awe run of asserting executive power, he’s now digging in at the Capitol, and failure isn’t an option for Republicans.
President Donald TrumpKent Nishimura/Reuters

‘Clash of the Titans’: Inside the Trump-Musk implosion

The very public feud between the president and his onetime friend carries real risks for the GOP.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office.Nathan Howard/Reuters

‘He’s gotta go’: The MAGA right cheers Musk-Trump rift

The MAGA right declares victory over a South African-born mogul they never trusted.

Politics, when nothing’s behind the scenes

The most plugged-in people in Washington are reading the same tweets you are.

‘Destroy the Ring’: Trump’s Palantir deal alarms Hill Republicans

Data-privacy advocates in the president’s party are warning that his administration’s deal with the tech giant is ripe for abuse.

Wes Moore: ‘I don’t need studies. Just do the work.’

The Maryland Governor spoke to Semafor about deportations, reparations, and his “trans refuge” state.

Trump and Xi speak on phone, trade talks to start soon

The call comes a day after the US president called the Chinese leader ‘extremely hard to make a deal with’ in a social media post.

How Dems will run on GOP’s tax-and-spending bill

Messages focusing on GOP efforts to cut Medicaid and Medicare were the most effective, the survey found.

Bipartisan House group urges Fed, OCC to revamp leverage rules

It’d be a big win for Wall Street.

Senate Republican pushes to add crypto to tax-and-spending bill

Sen. Cynthia Lummis is pushing to add language to her party’s tax-and-spending bill that would revamp how the US taxes cryptocurrency.

Centrist Democrats want a fight with the left

To speakers in the basement of the Hamilton Hotel on Wednesday, the message of the 2024 election was clear: Voters are sick of left-wing ideas.

White House pushes past irritation with Musk amid ‘big, beautiful’ spat

The former Trump adviser isn’t letting up in his broadsides against the president’s bill, challenging the administration to stay focused.

Republican senators face Wall Street worries over megabill’s retaliatory tax

Some are eyeing changes to the House-passed plan to impose new taxes on foreign investors from countries with “discriminatory” taxes of their own.

Graham offers Europe-friendly carveout to Russia sanctions bill

The South Carolina Republican spoke to President Donald Trump about his effort on Tuesday night.