Myah Ward

The toughest job in Washington? Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is helping the Trump administration square its hard-line immigration stance with a basic American need for farm labor. politico.com/news/2025/07/1… @politico @jake__traylor @MyahWard

A federal judge in Florida rejected DOJ’s request to unseal the Epstein case grand jury transcripts. Two other requests are still pending in New York. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

NEWS - Roy Cooper expected to launch bid for Senate as early as MONDAY, per two sources with direct knowledge. @stephen_neukam had the scoop.

Scoop: A WSJ reporter was slated to be part of the travel pool this weekend when Trump travels to Scotland. After the paper's Epstein story last week, the WH booted them from the pool. w/ @iriesentner politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

Trump's recently passed megabill is expected to increase the federal deficit by $3.4 trillion and cause 10 million people to lose health insurance, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts. ow.ly/2HBT50WsS8c

JUST IN: Trump’s lawsuit against Murdoch and the WSJ goes to Judge Darrin Gayles, an appointee of Barack Obama.

JUST IN: The Justice Department's bid to relesae Epstein grand jury info comes with a huge caveat that it will seek to redact not just victim info but other "personal identifying information." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

NEW: ‘This is a much better place’: WSJ bombshell unites a frayed MAGA “There’s nothing Donald Trump does better than being on offense,” said a White House official. “It has helped rally the troops because people see this as more bullshit.” @MyahWard @DashaBurns @politico…

NEW: “Thank God for Dem and media overreach on this — it saves us every time,” a person close to the admin tells me. WH and MAGA base are getting back on the same page in the wake of WSJ report. W/ @MyahWard @jake__traylor politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

A prisoner swap will bring home 10 Americans detained in Venezuela, and Venezuelans deported from the US to El Salvador will return to Venezuela. politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

Did not expect this one to be read aloud by lawmakers at Senate Appropriations, House Appropriations AND House Rules today. Thanks for reading, folks. politico.com/live-updates/2…

Scoop: Several outside lawyers recently warned President Trump that a new strategy to remove Fed Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project is on shaky legal ground, people familiar told me. w/ @vtg2 @jake__traylor politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

NEW: Maurene Comey, who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and is the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was fired today from her job at the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office, per two people familiar with the matter politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

Trump says he will set tariffs for 150 small countries in one swoop ow.ly/pg8G106fZsg

President Trump officially gave his blessing to AG Pam Bondi to release more Epstein documents if they’re “credible,” after I asked him in the Oval if he would do so, to put the controversy to bed. notus.org/trump-white-ho…

New: President Trump is likely to move to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, a White House official tells me. The situation remains fluid and the move is not imminent. He discussed it last night with House lawmakers, who expressed support (confirming CBS). bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

If you haven’t read this stunning account of the Guadalupe flood from our TM colleague Aaron Parsley yet, please make some time to today. It’s the most powerful thing you’ll read this year. 🩶 texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

NEW: Mike Lee’s online persona — spreading conspiracy theories, mocking assassination victims — is causing worry in Salt Lake City. On Lee, his church, and the difficulties of “peacemaking” in our current political era:

This close-up on Brooke Rollins is an essential look at how power works now in the Trump admin and the GOP of 2025 "there’s no answer that won’t leave a key part of the MAGA constituency infuriated" From @jake__traylor @MyahWard @sambbenson 👇 politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

NEW: Tom Homan tells our @DashaBurns the Trump administration is seeking more international deals like the one that sent eight deported men to South Sudan. He also says the U.S. isn’t tracking the status/welfare of those eight men. w/ @MyahWard politico.com/news/2025/07/1…