Pennsylvania is still working to have a presence at Trump's Great American State Fair, but the holdup is that state officials are struggling to find a Pa. company that wants to participate, @samjanesch and @gill_mcgoldrick report inquirer.com/politics/pennsy…
NEW: The emerging US-Iran deal covers Lebanon, per American Iranian officials
But it's still the biggest vulnerability in the agreement — testing if Trump can restrain Israel, defy backlash from Bibi & co (including domestically) de-escalate regionally
notus.org/foreign-policy/tru…
A D.C.-based attorney spent three years fighting a $100 ticket he got from a speed camera in the city. He eventually won in D.C.'s highest court on a novel legal technicality, and thousands of other drivers could end up benefitting from it: notus.org/metro/dc-lawyer-sp…
New: Devin Nunes has a staggering $14.5 million stockpiled in his old campaign account.
His lawyer says it’s “for a potential future election.”
Comes after federal regulators asked Nunes’ mom (his campaign treasurer) about the campaign cash.
notus.org/money/devin-nunes-…
SCOOP: The Defense Department is again quietly delaying forever chemical cleanup across nearly 200 US sites.
Delays average 10 years and stretch out to 20.
The Pentagon deleted the old timeline and replaced it with a new one, w/out public announcement. notus.org/climate-environmen…
What to do about Trump’s ballroom? Potential 2028 Dems have ideas:
“We’ll sell it piece by piece,” Gallego said
“We turn it into a soup kitchen,” AOC suggested
“Destruction is not strength,” Newsom said. “We have to be builders”
via @DaniellaMicaelanotus.org/2028-election/trum…
Jonas Murphy, the former lobbyist who pleaded guilty to embezzling — & paid back — $1 million from the @nvca PAC, avoids prison.
“The Court is of the opinion that incarceration would serve no justice at all,” Judge Emmet Sullivan said during sentencing. notus.org/courts/former-lobb…
New: Four Republican House members have failed at a run for Governor.
Why?
“Because the service in the House is not a particularly big asset right now,” Dusty Johnson, who lost his gubernatorial bid in SD, said.
W/ @DaniellaMicaelanotus.org/campaigns/house-re…
NEW: The House failed to pass a short-term FISA extension, leaving Congress with no clear plan to keep the surveillance authority from expiring Friday.
The bill failed 198-218, well short of the two-thirds majority it needed.
notus.org/congress/house-fai…
Some do it for love.
Others for addictions.
Others to live a lifestyle they can’t otherwise achieve.
Inside the epidemic of embezzlement rocking federal political campaign committees.
— w/ @taylorgiorno_ in @NOTUSreportsnotus.org/campaigns/treasure…
D.C. is about to have its most unpredictable election in a decade on Tuesday.
Bowser’s out, ranked-choice voting is making its debut — and we won't have complete results for several days. We built a guide to navigating the chaos: notus.org/metro/dc-primary-e…
Trump's Hudson Valley golf club restaurant got dinged in April for having "spoiled, adulterated" food.
It's one of several Trump properties hit with health code violations in the past year.
NEW w/ @davelevinthalnotus.org/donald-trump/presi…
🚨🚨🚨an internal memo obtained by @EricM_Katz shows the IRS has received special permission to expedite hiring 8,000 employees after getting rid of 28,000 last year