Annie Grayer
@AnnieGrayerCNN
Senior Reporter covering Congress @CNN [email protected]
New: House Freedom Caucus members say their strategy works But many in the GOP now view them as likely to put on a show over red lines – then cave: “I don’t think anybody takes them seriously. They don’t know how to negotiate” W/@KristenhCNN cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…
218-214: House Republicans pass President Trump’s massive package of tax and federal spending cuts after a fierce arm-twisting campaign by GOP leaders to unite a deeply divided party behind Trump’s sweeping domestic agenda.
New: I spoke with another whistleblower who made claims to the DOJ watchdog about Emil Bove “I think it would be incredibly dangerous for someone like that to have a lifetime appointment as a federal appellate judge” the whistleblower said cnn.com/2025/07/27/pol…
“In early June, Loudermilk said, the president summoned him to the White House to understand why Republicans had not stood up a new investigation,” @AnnieGrayerCNN reports. cnn.com/2025/07/25/pol…
As Trump Admin struggles to confirm it’s US Attorney picks, Alina Habba tries a novel legal maneuver to remain as US Atty in New Jersey: cnn.com/2025/07/24/pol… @AnnieGrayerCNN @caseyagannon
New: Launching another GOP-led Jan 6 committee had been stalled for months Then in June, Trump got involved and broke the stalemate Now, Loudermilk (who leads probe) has subpoena power and a broad mandate to investigate essentially whatever he wants cnn.com/2025/07/25/pol…
New: a novel legal maneuver and an offer to compromise from Senate Republicans How Trump’s fraught effort to install political appointees in permanent roles as US attorneys across the country gained momentum this week W/@PaulaReidCNN cnn.com/2025/07/24/pol…
New: House Oversight Chair James Comer warned Speaker Johnson last week that tensions could escalate over Epstein with subpoenas Johnson is now stuck in a crisis of Trump’s own making w/@sarahnferris @FoxReports @mkraju cnn.com/2025/07/24/pol…
New: Johnson needed to quell GOP furor over Epstein Instead he and Trump got the outcome they'd tried to avoid: A GOP subpoena for the files. And still more drama to come. How things went sideways for Johnson w/ @AnnieGrayerCNN @FoxReports @mkraju cnn.com/2025/07/24/pol…
New: The House Oversight Committee is expected to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell “as expeditiously as possible” after GOP Rep. Tim Burchett forced a vote on the issue that passed, source tells CNN
NEW from me - inside what Mamdani told House Democrats yesterday, and what Bernie Sanders told him—including what not to accept about people holding off on endorsements and how he needs to rethink his rhetoric on Israel + antisemitism cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…
Among the people fired from the State Department: the entire staff of the office assisting families of employees who die overseas, sources told CNN More on the cuts & reorganization- and its impact - from me, @kylieatwood & @AnnieGrayerCNN cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…
New: the renewables industry thought they had an ironclad argument to present to pro-business Republicans about protecting energy tax credits in the Big Beautiful Bill Their big problem? Underestimating President Trump “They shouldn’t have” cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…
NEW: the impact & chaos of the State Dept RIFs “The loss of so much experience will make it harder for the United States to stop terrorists from successfully launching a major terrorist attack on American soil” W/@jmhansler @kylieatwood cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…
New: Suspected Chinese hackers have broken into the email accounts of attorneys and advisers at a powerful DC law firm in an apparent intelligence-gathering operation, the firm, Wiley Rein, told clients in a memo reviewed by CNN. W/@snlyngaas cnn.com/2025/07/11/pol…
New: Durbin has obtained docs backing up a former federal prosecutor’s claim that Emil Bove – a top Justice Department official – crudely told others to ignore court orders before a controversial immigration enforcement situation in March W/@kpolantz cnn.com/2025/07/10/pol…
Biden’s physician plead the 5th and left his deposition with House Oversight today plus a status update on the GOP probe of the former president’s mental fitness cnn.com/2025/07/09/pol…
Trump's closing message to House GOP, as one lawmaker put it: “Guys, we can’t fail here. It would be a disaster.”
Don Bacon, who recently announced he will not seek re-election, said he will vote to support the Senate’s version of Trump’s domestic policy bill because of tax cuts & defense $ even though he conceded Medicaid cuts could hurt GOP in midterms “No bill is going to be perfect”
Graham’s message to Murkowski during Senate’s process on Trump’s bill: “Are you good? If you’re not good, tell me why and see if we can fix it.” Inside the pressure campaign to get Murkowski to yes w/@ericbradner @sarahnferris @FoxReports cnn.com/2025/07/01/pol…
