Hailey Fuchs

Some personal news: Beyond excited to join Politico’s Congress team. I’ll be covering the oversight, judiciary, and ethics committees. Please send tips my way!

First floor vote for Emil Bove scheduled for tomorrow afternoon:

NEW — Senate Dems protest committee vote to advance Trump's judicial pick Emil Bove politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

NEW — Jordan talking to White House on reviving partisan immigration bill politico.com/live-updates/2…

SINGULARITY ACHIEVED: The Justice Dept lawyer who filed the key court declarations to keep the Epstein files from release under #FOIA was...wait for it...Maurene Comey, SDNY AUSA & daughter of ex-FBI Dir James. Links here w/@kyledcheney @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

NEW: Pam Bondi has had a MAGA problem for awhile. But the eruption over the Epstein files has created an acute crisis for the AG among the very-online MAGA faithful. The WH hopes and expects it will go away soon. w/ @joshgerstein @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

NEWS - Speaker Mike Johnson just huddled with Congress’ GOP crypto leads in his office after Freedom Caucus members tanked a procedural vote for 3 crypto bills and more key GOP items In the room — 4 GOP Chairs: GT Thompson - House Ag, French Hill - Fin Services, Tim Scott -…

Senate confirms first new judge of Trump's second term politico.com/live-updates/2…

In a written questionnaire, Emil Bove tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that he cannot recall where he was on Jan. 6, 2021. Says the events of Jan. 6 are a "matter of significant political debate" & subject to litigation that he may need to address if confirmed.

NEW — Trump’s U-turn on White House secrecy could reshape how future presidents get advice W/ @kyledcheney politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

NEW: Donald Trump once said Joe Biden's decision help the Jan. 6 committee pierce Trump's inner circle would unleash a cycle of retribution that would damage the presidency. Now he's waiving Biden's executive privilege too. w/ @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

NEW: Joe Biden's former WH doctor pleaded the 5th today to decline questions from the House Oversight Committee. It's a strategy that Trump allies used 30+ times during the Jan. 6 probe and was effective in ending lines of questioning w/ @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/live-updates/2…

NEW — Biden's physician declines to cooperate in GOP probe of former president's mental fitness politico.com/live-updates/2…

NEW: Senate Judiciary eyeing July 17 vote on Emil Bove and Jeanine Piro @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/live-updates/2…

Latest megabill text from Senate Judiciary omits proposal to limit judicial powers. Has immigration fees and funding to study injunctions @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/live-updates/2…

Senate Parliamentarian deals a blow to GOP's proposed $1,000 fee for asylum seekers politico.com/live-updates/2…

NEW — The Trump judge wars are back w/ @eorden politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Trump said the Federalist Society gave him “bad advice” on judicial nominations. But Senators are set to vote Thursday on a slate of 5 Trump judicial nominees — all of whom are @FedSoc members. @politico on the continued grip of a conservative powerhouse politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

NEW — The Federalist Society isn’t going anywhere. Even as Donald Trump has fumed at the conservative legal group, it remains the most influential player in Republican judicial nominations. W/ @dnlbrns politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Donald Trump said the Federalist Society gave him “bad advice” on judicial nominations. He’s still appointing their members to the federal bench anyway. politico.com/news/2025/06/2… via @Hailey_Fuchs @dnlbrns

NEW: On eve of Senate confirmation hearing for top DOJ official/ex-Trump defense lawyer Emil Bove to 3rd Circuit, ex-colleague drops bombshell saying Bove vulgarly suggested defying court orders to execute Trump deportations. w/@kyledcheney @Hailey_Fuchs politico.com/news/2025/06/2…