Julia Marsh
@juliakmarsh
@POLITICO Deputy Executive Editor
NEW: House GOP’s Epstein crisis isn’t going away — it’s getting worse Some Rs are now so terrified of taking Epstein-related votes that leaders have lost full control of the House floor + are scrapping votes on key agenda items Other Rs want action politico.com/live-updates/2…
More Americans get their soccer news from @politico than from any other source
"The problem is his self-confidence: he loves dictators and billionaires. When he sees people with money, he melts," a member of the FIFA council tells @SophiaCai99 and @Tim_Roehn for this @politico @welt collab on soccer king Gianni Infantino politico.com/news/2025/07/2…
The great @JeremyBWhite on why Gavin Newsom is now dismantling a law created by Ronald Reagan
NEW: How the California Environmental Quality Act went from a green landmark to a housing bogeyman, culminating in @GavinNewsom pushing through changes that had eluded governors for decades. CEQA's story is also a story of changing California politics: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
NEW: How the California Environmental Quality Act went from a green landmark to a housing bogeyman, culminating in @GavinNewsom pushing through changes that had eluded governors for decades. CEQA's story is also a story of changing California politics: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
Masterful look at the @SenatorCollins conundrum from @jordainc @JAscholtes @ktullymcmanus: She spent her career climbing the ladder toward the Approps gavel. Now the process is falling apart, possibly permanently. Is she really up for 6 more years of this? politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
“I would call this ‘the Trump summit’.” In an exclusive interview with our @DashaBurns, @marcorubio told us the 2025 #NATOSummit “will strengthen” the U.S.’s relationship with its allies, after they agreed to boost defense spending. #POLITICOnato
The best insights into New York politics rarely come from the wooded mountain passes of Northern California. But that’s where @sissenberg found Jerry Brown, who spoke about the Cuomos, being the son of a legendary pol and returning to local government politico.com/news/2025/06/2…
NEW: Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker is skeptical of the multimillion-dollar Army parade on Trump’s birthday. “I would have recommended against the parade,” he told me. Other GOP senators have cost concerns. w/@reporterjoe @paulmcleary @politico politico.com/live-updates/2…
SCOOP: Donald Trump’s allies are fuming at Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for getting involved in Michigan’s Senate primary, a race that now threatens to divide Republicans.
Senate rules threaten to blow up these pieces of the "big, beautiful" bill: - The $0 cost of extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts - AI and gun deregulation - Defunding of Planned Parenthood
NEW: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tells me Dems have a ripe new target in fight against the “big, beautiful bill” — leveraging GOP infighting over gutting clean-energy credits. The plan: public pressure campaign + vote-a-rama amendments. politico.com/newsletters/in… @politico
NEW: The White House plans to send a small package of DOGE cuts to Congress next week, @meredithllee and @JAscholtes report. Expected to target NPR, PBS and foreign aid agencies.
🚨NEW: I’m launching a Sunday show! But hitting refresh on the old format. My promises as a host: No bias, no bullshit. Impartial, imperative listening for anyone who wants to understand this political moment and where the country is headed. Think of it as the anti-Sunday…
The incomparable @DanCGoldberg has a new role leading our White House coverage. Dan and our uber-talented team of WH reporters will ensure we're the essential destination for readers hungry to understand what Trump is thinking and how he's wielding power. politico.com/blogs/politico…
SCOOP: The Trump admin plans to release the audio of Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. It’s expected to be made to the news site Axios before others were to receive the hours-long recording, the people said. W/ @DashaBurns politico.com/news/2025/05/1…
The one where AOC tells her GOP counterparts: ‘I will not yield to disrespectful men’
The 3 a.m. clash between @AOC and @TXRandy14 politico.com/live-updates/2…
Big things happening @playbookdc: @Jack_Blanchard_ & @DashaBurns launch a new AM pod today (The Playbook Podcast -- check it out!) ... @DashaBurns adds Chief Playbook Correspondent to her responsibilities ... @adamwren helms Friday and Saturday ... Excited for this next chapter!
More NEWS from @meredithllee: House Ag markup delayed as GOP hashes out SNAP cuts. Part of the idea is to "flood the zone" and have Ag/E&C mark up on the same day. Also: WH has green-lit SNAP cost-share. politico.com/live-updates/2…