Anthony Adragna
@AnthonyAdragna
Congressional reporter for @POLITICO. Former climate + energy reporter. Standard warnings. Header by Francis Chung. Signal in bio. [email protected]
Republicans want to rename Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania Trump politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico
Sen. Mike Lee tweeted (and appears to have deleted) what he appears to believe is a resignation letter (??) from Powell
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne dead at 76 goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/…
Last votes of the week in the House will now be *Wednesday* and then they'll break for a months-long recesss.
👀 group of supporters.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is handing these cards out to members to get more co-sponsors of his legislation to release the Epstein Files.
House is about to vote on creating a whole bunch of new zip codes. docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
WHCA President @weijia responds to the White House removing the @WSJ from POTUS upcoming trip to Scotland over Epstein story. “This attempt by the White House to punish a media outlet whose coverage it does not like is deeply troubling, and it defies the First Amendment."
.@RepStenyHoyer: "Frankly, I'm not sure what the purpose of the Appropriations Committee is if the administration is just going to impound, withhold and redirect funding illegally, as it sees fit."
ONE YEAR AGO
Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC.
'I thought they were awful': Utah governor denounces Sen. Mike Lee's posts about political violence. sltrib.com/news/politics/…
We have been in touch with Andry Hernández Romero’s legal team and they have confirmed he is out of CECOT and back in Venezuela. We are grateful he is alive and are engaged with both the State Department and his team.
I wrote about what it was like growing up as a child in the Bosnian civil war, where food was extremely scarce. I didn't have much, but at least UNICEF was there to help keep me alive. Congress just defunded it, putting lives at risk around the world. huffpost.com/entry/trump-cu…
House China Committee chair @RepMoolenaar demands briefing from @howardlutnick on decision to allow Nvidia to resume sales of advanced chips to China. Decision came after Nvidia's CEO met with Trump. selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/sites/evo-subs…
Senate attendance has waned precipitously throughout the afternoon.
Invoked, 46-36: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #114 John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes.
👀 “The appropriations process has to be less bipartisan,” Vought told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Thursday. @ktullymcmanus politico.com/live-updates/2…
Watch an extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill caught on camera. WI Congressmen @RepVanOrden and @RepMarkPocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person with both sides hurling insults. Full story: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/n… @SpectrumNews1WI @SpectrumNewsDC
While the U.S. Senate is voting to defund public broadcasting ... my colleagues at rural Alaska public radio stations are scrambling to help coastal residents understand the tsunami danger from a 6.6 mag earthquake that struck minutes ago in Sand Point/Aleutians East.
This amendment failed 47-52. @lisamurkowski was the only GOP senator to support it.
The Senate will shortly be voting on this amendment from @SenatorBaldwin that would strike cuts from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A whole bunch of Democratic co-sponsors.
Current Senate amendment vote has been open 50 minutes and 14 senators have not yet voted....