Alex Thompson
@AlexThomp
national political correspondent for @Axios. @CNN contributor. co-author of #1 NYT bestseller “Original Sin.”
Thanks to everyone for reading the book and putting up with my shameless promotion. Original Sin by me and @jaketapper is an NYT bestseller: #1
Former immigration judges are speaking out after sudden firings by the Trump administration, alleging political pressure and threats to due process in an already overwhelmed court system. CBS News’ @MauriceDuboisTV sat down with three judges who were terminated in July by email.
Secretary of State Rubio & the foreign ministers of France, Germany & UK agreed in a phone call on Monday to set the end of August as the deadline for reaching a nuclear deal with Iran. With no deal - UN sanctions will be reimposed. My story on @axios axios.com/2025/07/15/ira…
Rep. Buddy Carter is staying in the race. From his campaign: “Politicians don’t elect our Senators — the people of Georgia do. There’s only one candidate in this race who is a MAGA Warrior and only one who will take the fight to radical liberal Jon Ossoff and his socialist…
Breaking: Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King dropped out of the U.S. Senate race Thursday after a private meeting with Gov. Brian Kemp, ending his bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff about two months after launching his campaign. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2025/…
On @Morning_Joe Monday, I said Trump believes Hamas isnt negotiating “in good faith” — & it’s a big reason he wasn’t splitting from Netanyahu despite some misgivings as of late Here, @SteveWitkoff Witkoff states exactly what I said about Hamas 1/4
The US is pulling out of talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, claiming Hamas doesn’t want to end fighting. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
Here is Ron Klain leaving after just over five hours with House Oversight Committee staff for Comer’s Biden probr Klain was NOT subpoenaed, he was here for a voluntary transcribed interview
Buttigieg appears on Breakfast Club w/ @cthagod youtu.be/hMBLcb71nDU?si…
Newsom’s latest stop on the podcast circuit.
Today’s guest believes he could be the next US president. Gavin Newsom, welcome to The Diary Of A CEO.
per @brianstelter, PA Gov. Josh Shapiro, and potential 2028 candidate, will be on Colbert tonight.
🚨🚨Macron announces that France will recognize the State of Palestine during the UN General Assembly in NY in September
Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…
.@Olivia_Reingold read all of Mamdani's tweets. thefp.com/p/capitalism-i…
Exicted to join @Ike_Saul, @Kmele, and @AlexThomp on stage for the @TangleNews event in Irvine, CA, on Oct. 24! Would love to see you there — tickets here: thebarclay.org/Online/Article…
"In a June 9 memo, ICE ordered staff to place ankle monitors on all people enrolled in the agency’s Alternatives to Detention program “whenever possible.” About 183,000 adult migrants are enrolled in ATD" washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…
"Donations from individuals—as opposed to those from political-action committees—made up 99% of Ocasio-Cortez’s fundraising this year. That is the highest proportion of any House incumbent running in 2026." @McCormickJohn @anthonydb report wsj.com/politics/elect…
I’m gonna need an oral history of Caputo as a substitute public school teacher.
Obviously I’m a public school partisan because my wife is a public school teacher (and I briefly was a substitute teacher eons ago) What I can definitely say is that so much education —and miseducation— takes place at home
I spoke with @biannagolodryga on @cnni about the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and the efforts to reach a ceasefire deal. Watch here:
Shaheen cuts foreign aid deal to support Waltz nomination Via @HansNichols axios.com/2025/07/24/sha…
Also means that Klain did not follow the path of other aides and plead the fifth for the entire interview.
Ro Khanna and Andy Biggs spoke to reporters after briefly sitting in on former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain's closed-door interview with House Oversight Both also called him "credible" "I think he is telling what he knows accurately," Biggs told me Khanna said to press: "He…
Ro Khanna and Andy Biggs spoke to reporters after briefly sitting in on former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain's closed-door interview with House Oversight Both also called him "credible" "I think he is telling what he knows accurately," Biggs told me Khanna said to press: "He…