Kate Nocera
@KateNocera
Managing editor at @notusreports / @aji_fellowships . Formers: @axios @buzzfeednews @politico
And in other news, I had a baby on Wednesday! He’s very cool and cute and we are all just obsessed with him, his older sister especially. See you all in the fall!
Republican lawmakers are stepping in to personally protect some people who are facing deportation — despite saying they support Trump’s immigration crackdown notus.org/immigration/re…
The DOJ’s Case to Recoup Money for Trump Allies Is Now Secret w/ @Jose_Pagliery notus.org/money/crypto-s…
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…
NEW: Dems and Republicans will play *together* in tonight’s Congressional Women’s Softball Game — which they say keeps the little bipartisanship left in Congress alive “We all have to do hard things,” one lawmaker said, “we can’t keep hating each other” notus.org/congress/congr…
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-…
Donald Trump ending the war in Ukraine on "Day One" was one of his most consistent promises of the 2024 cycle. On day 175, he's giving Putin 50 more days to end it... notus.org/defense/trump-…
Dems AND Republicans are sounding the alarm about flood prevention funding that has been cut by the Trump admin. "We have to do something" -- Rep. Bresnahan via @anna_c_kramer notus.org/climate-enviro…
bruh
New with @UrsulaPerano: The Texas Senate race is turning into the wildest mess of the midterms — and it’s just getting messier. notus.org/2026-election/…
SCOOP: Someone pretending to be the House Intelligence Committee chairman, Rick Crawford, sent messages about a project related to Melania Trump. Among those targeted: Rep. Eric Burlison & ex-congressman George Santos washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
NEW: The DOJ seemingly outed top crypto executives at MoonPay as falling for a Nigerian crypto scam notus.org/money/crypto-s…
Phishing calls are becoming common on Capitol Hill, and an AI impostor of Marco Rubio contacting officials has the Senate on high alert. “I talk to him frequently,” Sen. James Risch said. “And I always say, ‘Is this really you, Marco?’” notus.org/senate/ai-impo…
Apparently there's a real uptick in AI phishing calls targeting lawmakers @em_luetkemeyer reports notus.org/senate/ai-impo…
Ron Johnson and his fellow fiscal hawk holdouts are now justifying their flip-flops on the reconcilation bill to the public and, in some cases, themselves. “I’m still not comfortable that I voted for it,” Cynthia Lummis told me. notus.org/congress/senat…
I talked to Republican lawmakers about deaths since USAID’s withdrawal from the world. Most brushed off the reports, and some insisted that people couldn’t be dying as a result. “I don’t believe that. No.” Read more: notus.org/foreign-policy…
Republicans want another reconciliation bill. Their timeline is murky Some say by fall, others by Christmas, and many note they have other things [**gestures extremely broadly**] to deal with first W @helen_huiskes @riley_rogerson @DaniellaMicaela notus.org/congress/repub…
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…
NEW: HHS quietly announced its intention to fund the development of vaccines against two viruses it considers “material threats to national health security.” notus.org/health-science…
Trump Wanted ‘More Action Against Universities.’ His Staff Scrambled to Punish Penn. full story for @NOTUSreports: notus.org/trump-white-ho…
That letter from 16 vulnerable House Republicans — about how they won't vote for the Senate's Medicaid cuts — is a pretty crazy read today. Everyone on this letter voted for the bill. notus.org/congress/the-s…
“I just want to have a normal, boring Congress, but no one knows what that looks like anymore,” Johnson told @em_luetkemeyer when asked about the longest vote. “I’m tired of making history.” notus.org/congress/mike-…
