Em Luetkemeyer
@em_luetkemeyer
Reporter for @notusreports and @oklahomawatch. Covering U.S. Congress, Oklahoma, tribal affairs. From rural Missouri, living in DC. Past @comissourian.
Keith Self called it “broken.” Chip Roy called it “a travesty.” Ralph Norman said it was “mortgaging our future.” They all voted for it. notus.org/donald-trump/r…
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…
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…
New with @samuellarreal_ and @em_luetkemeyer: President Donald Trump wants to move on from the recent controversy surrounding the Department of Justice and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Most Republicans in Congress seem eager to stay out of…
Texas Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey just introduced a resolution that calls for the immediate release of all unclassified files on Jeffrey Epstein -- not privileged. He's the first Dem to do so as there's a growing call from MAGA Republicans for the administration to do something…
Sec. Rubio’s AI impersonator is raising national security concerns on Capitol Hill. 📺: @em_luetkemeyer joins @AndrewCraft to discuss: livenowfox.com/video/1673315
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…
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…
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, 82, is one of the most prominent Democrats online. “Yo, this is the Ranking Rizzler," she opened in a recent video. bit.ly/44PVPOR
Apparently there's a real uptick in AI phishing calls targeting lawmakers @em_luetkemeyer reports notus.org/senate/ai-impo…
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…
Neighborhoods in Thomasville, GA have dealt with hazardous waste and air pollution for years. Sewage would back up in sinks and bathtubs. Biden awarded the city $20 mil for fixes. DOGE axed the funds and now touts that grant on its “GREATEST HITS” page. notus.org/trump-white-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…
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…
Exclusive: The White House pulled federal funds from San Jose State University in March over its trans student-athlete policies. DOGE staff across agencies helped carried out the cuts. But administration officials ultimately backed off plans to publicize the punishment. (1/🧵)
NEW: Dems have been struggling to figure out how to message on trans issues — but they quietly killed the GOP's Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care in reconciliation Here's an inside look into how Dems, led by Sarah McBride and Tammy Baldwin, did it notus.org/congress/democ…
Got a fair amount of sausage-making analogies while reporting this one. Sadly, none made the story. Here's my fav: "You got to start making sausage, you don’t really want to see the process, until you get to the final product," Rep. Carlos Giménez said. notus.org/congress/mike-…
“I’m tired of making history," Speaker Mike Johnson said when I asked him about holding open a record-long vote. Here's a look inside his strategy to get members on board and pass the reconciliation bill: notus.org/congress/mike-…
Speaker Mike Johnson told me he's been up since 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. “I hit my quota on coffee, and I was doing Celsius,” he said. “It’s not good for us.” "I'm gonna give a floor speech and a press conference and have no idea what I'm gonna say," he laughed. @NOTUSreports