Jake Traylor
@jake__traylor
White House reporter for @politico
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
JUST IN: President Obama's office responds to Trump's comments.
President Trump is attempting to shift the public’s focus away from the building crisis around the release of sealed documents detailing the Jeffrey Epstein case by urging his Justice Department to go after former President Obama. ow.ly/6Z2J50Wtv7b
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SCOOP: Top White House officials held a private meeting with Iowa Senator Joni Ernst this week encouraging her to run again. The meeting comes as Senate Republicans have braced for Ernst, 55, to retire. @politico politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
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…
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: WH has private discussions about Collins backup in Maine Though there is no discussion of pushing a primary on the 72-year old, Trump would love to see a “better option,” in place of one of his most persistent GOP critics. @politico politico.com/live-updates/2…
Trump tells those focused on Epstein he doesn't want their support Conservative influencers including Megyn Kelly, Steve Bannon, and Trump’s daughter-in-law, Laura Trump, have called for more transparency in the case. @politico politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
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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: As the Trump admin weighs how to square its hard-line immigration stance with a need for farm labor, Ag Sec Brooke Rollins has spent the past several weeks trying to tame political blowback from MAGA world. politi.co/4eLX7hk via @politico w/ @jake__traylor @sambbenson
NEW: Shortly after Trump temporarily paused immigration raids on farms last month, Ag Sec. Rollins’ team asked a well-connected D.C. lobbying firm to help defend her against an onslaught of attacks from MAGA world. w/ @MyahWard @sambbenson @politico politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
NEW: Labor Dept. forms “Office of Immigration Policy” to streamline work visas The labor sec said the creation of the office demonstrates the Trump admin's commitment to cutting red tape, per an internal memo obtained by @politico. w/ @NickNiedz subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
NEW: The WH confirms Trump has agreed to a Wednesday meeting with Zelenskyy. The two last met face-to-face in April during Pope Francis’ funeral. That was their first in-person meeting since their fiery February exchange in the Oval Office. @politico politico.com/news/2025/06/2…
Trump said Tuesday he doesn’t want to see regime change in Iran, two days after he floated the idea on social media. “Regime change takes chaos, and ideally, we don’t want to see so much chaos, so we’ll see how it does.” @politico politico.com/news/2025/06/2…
A visibly frustrated Trump condemned Israel and Iran this morning for violating a ceasefire that he had heralded one day earlier. “We have two countries that have been fighting so long... that they don’t know what the f— they’re doing." @politico politico.com/news/2025/06/2…
NEW: Top agriculture employers are bracing for more ICE raids During today's Agriculture Workforce Coalition member call, anxious ag employers traded stories about the impact raids & fear are already having on food system w/ @jake__traylor @MyahWard subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Trump on strike of Iranian nuclear site: ‘ I may do it. I may not do it.’ The president said he recently spoke with Iranian leaders who floated a visit to the White House amid ongoing conflict. @politico politico.com/news/2025/06/1…
Based on new information, I deleted a previous post. Screenshotting it here for transparency.
