Tim Hanrahan
@TimJHanrahan
The Wall Street Journal
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Montgomery Co Fire is apologizing for an incident caught on video shared by Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts baseball players who say a firefighter at a station near Blair High sprayed the field, forcing them to cancel a game after a ball went over the fence & hit a pickup truck
New on WSJ: Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. wsj.com/politics/trump…
Big scoop from @laurenthomas & @BenGlickman:
Exclusive: Union Pacific is in talks to acquire its smaller rival Norfolk Southern in what would be a megamerger in the railroad industry on.wsj.com/3Ukrvpw
Good Senate health news: Sen. Tina Smith is back and voting after being hospitalized and missing some votes yesterday
Some House Republicans are now pushing to protect undocumented immigrants working in agriculture by providing them temporary legal status. Experts estimate that roughly half of the two million people employed on farms are working in the US illegally. wsj.com/politics/polic…
NEW w/ @MHackman: A small but growing group of House Republican lawmakers is encouraging the Trump administration and other factions of their party to pivot toward addressing immigration policy inside the country now that President Trump has brought illegal border crossings to…
Senate Republicans reached an agreement Tuesday w/ the White House on a slimmed-down $9 billion package of spending cuts that preserves funding for PEPFAR @lindsaywise wsj.com/politics/polic…
6:20pm: Large portion of DMV from NW DC to the north and west under Flash Flood Warning (green boxes). Remain at or move to higher ground and stay away from flooded roads. Turn around, don’t drown!
New from me: After two big Republican tax laws, the top capital-gains rate remains exactly where it was on Jan. 1, 2013. But lawmakers have been thinning out the cap gains base, including in the big beautiful bill. Link below
When people ask me about various internet rumormongering, my first instinct is to ignore it in the same way the TV cameras don't show the streaker running on the field at Yankee Stadium. But for people who really do wonder about whether the Fed chair would do the opposite of…
Just want to take a minute to mark a huge moment in DC. The legendary @danbalz is retiring from full-time work at the @washingtonpost after 47 remarkable years. I had the great privilege of sitting next to Dan in the Post newsroom and working with him for years. He is the last of…
Gamblers say the Trump tax law is rigged against them. Say one pro: “More likely than not, I would owe more money in taxes than I actually made in 2026 if I continue betting.” wsj.com/politics/polic…
“Pigs get fat, and hogs get slaughtered.” As lobbying booms in Trump’s DC & there are seemingly few rules, some consultants & lobbyists wonder how much is too much? And what constitutes going too far? Latest w/@rebeccaballhaus & @MaggieSeverns: GIFT LINK: wsj.com/politics/polic…
The idea that they were even contemplating using these youth sports fields as a staging area for **four years** is mindblowing.
Good news: The Fields at RFK are staying open! Thousands of neighbors signed @charlesallen's petition, and the Commanders heard you loud and clear. The Commanders will put it in writing: the fields will stay open during construction, on game days, and for major events. (1/2)
This is the WSJ story that @CNN @jaketapper just referenced in interview with @SenThomTillis. When Trump made his final appeal, Tillis replied, “I can’t f—ing do that." Story by @lindsaywise @jdawsey1 @l_e_whyte wsj.com/politics/polic…
The Justice Department’s criminal healthcare-fraud unit is investigating UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare billing practices wsj.com/business/unite… via @WSJ
RECISSIONS: @lisamurkowski tells me the House passed $9.4 billion spending cuts package doesn’t have her vote. Would need changes to earn that she says
Despite no longer being a government employee, Musk lieutenant Steve Davis continues to give directions to DOGE officials regularly and has privately told some of them that his departure was “fake news.” wsj.com/politics/polic…