Colleen Wordock
@cwordock
Washington Bureau Chief, Spectrum News. Formerly with Circa and Bloomberg. NYC born, NC raised, Tar Heel, Mom to 3, Wife to 1. Retweets mean nothing.
Fmr NY Congressman George Santos is now in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in Fairton, NJ, per the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Santos was sentenced to 7+ years in prison. FCI Fairton is described as a "medium security" facility.
Texas GOP eyes rare, controversial mid-decade redistricting. President Trump says Texas could send another 5 Republicans to the U.S. House if they redraw the congressional maps now. The first hearing begins today. My report for more background: spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news…
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in a new ad responding to attack ads: "I'm leading the charge to force a vote to release the complete Epstein files ... I'm not folding. I'm fighting, and I'm just getting started." @SpectrumNewsDC @RepThomasMassie youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8_Er…
When Trump returned to office, @RepJeffries pledged that he would not "swing at every pitch," anticipating 4 yrs of turbulent news cycles. But, as the Jeffrey Epstein saga has dominated headlines, Jeffries has not shied away from swinging — again & again. ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…
U.S. House caucus holds third annual 'Sneaker Day on the Hill' Rep. Jared Moskowitz is a self-described sneaker head. “I have a lot of pairs… it goes back to being a kid in the 90s..." @CorinaCappTV reports from Capitol Hill baynews9.com/fl/tampa/polit…
And just like that, the U.S. House begins its summer recess early. Among other things, it means votes on government funding and the Epstein files won’t take place until September.
The Clerk announced the Speaker's designation of July 23 to Sept 1 as a district work period.
KET says it is "extremely disappointed" that it will not cover this year's Fancy Farm, KY political picnic due to "the expected passage of the Rescissions Act that eliminates federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting" ket.org/pressroom/rele…
"Nothing unites us like sports..." Despite the rain, the Congressional Women's Softball Game returned to DC, pitting lawmakers from both parties against the Washington Press Corp. The bipartisan event raises money for those battling breast cancer. @SpectrumNewsDC
Watch an extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill caught on camera. WI Congressmen @RepVanOrden and @RepMarkPocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person with both sides hurling insults. Full story: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/n… @SpectrumNews1WI @SpectrumNewsDC
Watch an extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill caught on camera. WI Congressmen @RepVanOrden and @RepMarkPocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person with both sides hurling insults. Full story: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/n… @SpectrumNews1WI @SpectrumNewsDC
.@AOC: "Something that I feel like I share with @ZohranKMamdani is that the way people are painted in media doesn't always align with who we really are as individuals ... when people get to know us as real people, what they find kind of surprises them, I think, in a positive way"
Watch an extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill caught on camera. WI Congressmen @RepVanOrden and @RepMarkPocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person with both sides hurling insults. Full story: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/n… @SpectrumNews1WI @SpectrumNewsDC
Congressional Women’s Softball Game is tonight. They take on the "Bad News Babes" journalists including @casssemyon with @SpectrumNewsDC 🥎🥎🥎 Here are the rosters: congwomensoftball.org/rosters
The 17th Annual #CWSG at Audi Field is here! That’s right, it’s GAME DAY! 🥎🤩 Gates open at 5:30! Bring a friend and come ready to #playball and #BeatCancer! 🩷 We play rain or shine! ☀️ 🌧️ Tix still available here 👉🏻 tinyurl.com/3bx896wn
Join us tonight at 7p for @errollouis' interview with @andrewcuomo
For those who have been following this story, @CAgovernor Newsom sent a request back in February to Congressional leaders asking for $40 billion in disaster assistance following the wildfires.
Reporter: Will you commit to including California in any disaster aid package? Johnson: We have not seen the formal request yet. Reporter: The formal request was sent to your office in February.
Navy Federal Credit Union will no longer have to refund $80 million to servicemen and women for illegally charging them overdraft fees on their accounts, after the President Donald Trump-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moved to dismiss the case. apnews.com/article/navy-f…
NEW: According to new figures provided to Spectrum News by trade association @SpiritsCanada, from early March to the end of April, sales of American liquor in Canada fell by over 65%, and total liquor sales in Canada declined by over 12%. @SpectrumNewsDC specne.ws/353k2c
Thom Tillis is out. There are major implications in the North Carolina Senate race. Let's talk about it means... WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=VR4di4… #ncpol #ncsen @SpecNews1RDU
When your hubby likes to be super early to the game. @JohnWordock @Nationals need to stop the sweep @RedSox #gonats
Both the House GOP Conference and Dem Caucus held media rows today. I spoke to 15 CA Democrats. 0 CA Republicans showed up to the media row or made themselves available to speak with me today on camera. Here's a thread of what CA Dems had to say about the tax and spending bill:
WATCH: The rise of Rep. Jasmine Crockett U.S. @RepJasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) is carving out a path for herself in Congress. @reenajade reports for Capital Tonight Texas youtu.be/NDj1rFTqC-8?si…
