Lindsay Wise
@lindsaywise
Covering Congress for @WSJ. Formerly @KCStar, @HoustonChron. Send tips via email, DM or Signal. #IAPEstrong
ICE detained a pastor in Easton, Md., who has been in the U.S. for 24 years and has no criminal record, the Star Democrat reports. stardem.com/news/local_new…
Hershey is raising prices on its candy, a company official said, in response to continued high cocoa costs on.wsj.com/4f6Cmx1
The annual rent a Midtown co-op must pay for its ground lease looks set to skyrocket from $4.36 million to roughly $24 million. The 600% increase could push many residents to the brink and force the building into default. on.wsj.com/4lKBoci
Zelensky ignored the protests and signed the law. Fateful decision.
Protesters in Kyiv today chant “veto the law,” urging Zelensky not to sign the abruptly passed legislation that dismantles Ukraine’s independent anti-corruption bodies.
Furor over disclosures from the Epstein investigation brought the House to a standstill, prompting GOP leadership to cut short this week’s session as some Republicans demanded votes on more releases related to the disgraced financier and sex offender on.wsj.com/46iQtwT
President Trump lashed out at his perceived political enemies and rivals and called on the Justice Department to investigate former President Barack Obama on.wsj.com/45fSCbE
Gaza cease-fire negotiations are stuck over who distributes humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip once a deal goes into effect on.wsj.com/45f1wGe
The Trump administration announced details on its trade framework with Indonesia, although key specifics about how the U.S. will apply tariffs to goods from that nation remain unclear on.wsj.com/46TyZau
This amendment was adopted by voice vote
House Dems want to keep the Space Shuttle Discovery in the National Air & Space Museum in VA, not transfer it to Texas as mandated under OBBB.
A panel of federal judges in New Jersey Tuesday blocked Alina Habba from staying in the job as the state’s interim USattorney and invoked a rarely used power to select their own candidate to take over as top NJ federal prosecutor nytimes.com/2025/07/22/nyr… via @nytimesworld
Do college sports booster groups count as businesses? More than $1 billion in athlete pay depends on the answer. on.wsj.com/44PKFs8
Breaking: General Motors' profit shrank 35% last quarter after taking a $1.1 billion tariff hit on.wsj.com/4eXz66U
The Justice Department is seeking to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking on.wsj.com/4o1w5qg
Exclusive: Elon Musk is working with a trusted financier to secure up to $12 billion for xAI, pulling every financial lever he can as his startup burns through cash on.wsj.com/3UnDH91
Manufacturing activity in the mid-Atlantic region this month deteriorated unexpectedly, driven by lower readings for shipments and new orders as trade uncertainty persisted on.wsj.com/46WFM3b
President Trump said that the administration is exploring removing capital gains taxes on home sales. Doing so would aim to spur the housing market but would require an act of Congress. on.wsj.com/4ojfDSL
Buried in amendments to the Interior Dept. Gov funding bill, is a stipulation that the Kennedy Center Opera House must be renamed the 'First Lady Melania Trump Opera House' in order to receive federal funds. The Appropriations Committee adopted that amendment by a vote of 33-25.
Interior – Simpson (ID) #2 – Republican En Bloc bit.ly/3IYUEnG
Ukraine lost its independence in the past because of strife and division at home. The sudden law to dismantle independent anti-corruption bodies, if signed by Zelensky, has the potential to spark the country’s first political crisis since the war began — and to prompt some…
Zelensky in 2019, shortly after being elected – and still active on his Facebook page: "We will never overcome corruption if you keep turning a blind eye to it. Are you being asked for a bribe? Being offered a 'kickback'? Please, don't stay silent! Contact the NABU hotline – 0…
Some redistricting news: MISSOURI Republicans are discussing a new 7R-1D map that would crack Dem Rep Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district The WH, which pushed TX to redistrict, is on board, per sources familiar The current map is 6R-2D punchbowl.news/article/campai…
A sky full of buzzing robots has changed everything about how the war in Ukraine is conducted wsj.com/world/ukraine-… via @WSJ