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Zohran Mamdani’s win in NYC reinvigorated a wave of young, online-savvy candidates looking to be the next generation of Democrats. Now, they're figuring out how exactly to replicate his success. w/ @OrianaBeLike for @NOTUSreports: notus.org/democrats/youn…

Florida quietly hid contracts detailing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ $225 million spending spree to detain migrants bit.ly/40sAb0I

nobody wants the Santos saga to end more than the staffers who are owed money from his campaign, some of whom are quoted here

Former Rep. George Santos beings his prison sentence next week. FEC filings show he’s leaving behind a campaign committee that’s out of compliance with the FEC and thousands in debt to former staff and others. @NOTUSreports notus.org/congress/georg…

Oh so it’s *bad* bad.

I asked OMB Director Russ Vought if he was ready to give Dem senators assurances that what they agree to in the next spending agreement won’t be altered later using rescissions. “No, I’m not,” he said. @NOTUSreports notus.org/trump-white-ho…

President Donald Trump tells @JasJWright and reporters that Pam Bondi can release “credible” Epstein files. But Trump is ready to move on, and maintains that it’s a hoax: “He’s dead, he’s gone.” @NOTUSreports notus.org/trump-white-ho…

Love this piece in @Poynter on the @NOTUSreports fellowship program. “I think a year ago, the most significant interview I had done was interviewing a university president, and now I regularly cover the actual president.” - @JiraViolet poynter.org/reporting-edit…

Skiing! Wine! Concert tickets! Airplanes! A "naturally based wellness provider!" Inside the Kyrsten Sinema post-Senate spending spree experience, fueled by campaign contributions. New in @NOTUSreports: notus.org/money/kyrsten-…

SCOOP: Rep. Cory Mills is being evicted for failure to pay months of rent at his D.C. penthouse. Owner claims Mills owes $85,000. He was served with notice for failure to pay in January. Ledger shows he paid late nearly every month since moving in, missing several months entirely

Norman, Oklahoma was ready to build the same kind of flood warning system that could have saved lives in Texas — until Trump took away the funding I found a long list of places with similar stories👇 notus.org/climate-enviro…

It’s accurate that Dan Bongino has told people he’s considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and DOJ over the fallout from the Epstein memo. (It remains to be seen if he actually does.) But hard to overstate the infighting happening over this the last few days as…

Big Tech is hiring fewer recent grads than before. Now, California lawmakers worry that Congress won't be ready for a world where most coders are replaced by AI. “We’re deeply unprepared to respond to this issue,” Rep. Sam Liccardo told @NOTUSreports. notus.org/technology/law…

My unemployed neighbor with an unlimited firework budget would like to wish everyone a happy 9th of July 

Some Senate Republicans told me they think Elon Musk’s America Party could pose a real threat. “I think it’s legit, it’s real. It just depends on what issues he chooses to emphasize,” Sen. Lummis said. @NOTUSreports notus.org/republicans/el…

Dem Senator @RonWyden says he knows for a fact that the DOJ is “sitting on an Epstein file” that contains “new actionable information.” Read about the Epstein MAGA infighting and more in the @NOTUSreports newsletter. notus.org/newsletters/ho…

When Trump declared a federal disaster for Texas, he left pending a key part of the funding: The part used to prevent future disasters. He's been doing this routinely since April, breaking precedent with past presidents, including himself notus.org/climate-enviro…

The clearest thing on trade so far: Nothing is clear via @JasJWright & @JiraViolet bit.ly/3TXETzJ

Exclusive: Internal White House emails I obtained detail the Trump administration’s scramble to strip millions from the University of Pennsylvania after a senior official told staff that “POTUS wants to see more action against universities.” notus.org/trump-white-ho…

we’re in a terrible situation.