Katherine Long

Scoop: The Donald Trump-backed mid-cycle redistricting effort in Texas is already leaving a sour taste in voters’ mouths, according to a new Democratic polling memo. politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

I spoke with @LauraLoomer on the Epstein files saga. Read the full Q&A in this week’s Women Rule: politico.com/newsletters/wo…

TODAY: PEN Guild heads to arbitration over POLITICO’s contract-breaking use of AI. This fight could set the standard for how AI is used in newsrooms across the country. ✍️ Sign our petition and help us go into arbitration with full support: bit.ly/PENGuild

The UVA president has resigned amid the Justice Department’s probe into the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices. politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Supreme Court clears way for states to kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid ow.ly/YmUW106cYn4

I spoke with @RepSaraJacobs on her reintroduction of the My Body, My Data Act, which aims to increase protections for those who use apps and sites that collect reproductive and sexual health data. Read the full Q&A in this week’s Women Rule: politico.com/newsletters/wo…

law enforcement hurt at least 4 journalists in LA during the protests, @pressfreedom says. cpj.org/2025/06/law-en…

Abortion will be back on the ballot in Missouri, and it will be the first time voters have the choice to repeal a post-Dobbs abortion-rights measure that has already passed. More in today’s Score.

Trump turns the screws on big companies amid tariff fight ow.ly/c0Wx1069Qct

SCOOP: Politico's unionized newsroom will show down with bosses in a first-of-its-kind battle over AI wired.com/story/politico…

Trump can continue with his plan to ban transgender troops from the military, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Now, service members like Emily Shilling, the lead plaintiff suing the administration to overturn the ban, are living with uncertainty. politico.com/news/magazine/…

FedEx board member David Steiner to lead US Postal Service ow.ly/o8en1068rSK

NEW: DC Circuit splits, 2-1, to allow Trump admin to proceed with mass layoffs & funding halts impacting VOA, RFE, RL & others. Katsas (Trump)/Rao (Trump) majority. Pillard (Obama) dissents. Another en banc motion looms? Via @katherinealong @BenJohansen3 politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

Vance defends Trump’s post depicting AI-generated image of himself as pope ow.ly/2Cjj1067Ort

‘Take a taxi or Uber’: Duffy blasts Defense Department after incident in DC airspace ow.ly/Ihwg1067NoB

Embattled Voice of America may resume broadcasting next week ow.ly/XN4h1067MO2

Rubio condemns German intelligence’s decision to classify far-right party AfD as extremist ow.ly/aRBL1067H2a

I spoke with @maryrziegler on her new book “Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction.” Dismantling Roe, Ziegler writes, was merely the first step. Read the full Q&A in this week’s Women Rule: politico.com/newsletters/wo…

GOP representative says ‘Left has to look in the mirror too’ after condemning Shapiro arson attack ow.ly/2aT210669il

Trump is the reigning salesman-in-chief. But some senior administration officials are pitching products too. Meet all the president’s salesmen: politico.com/news/2025/04/0…