Alex Roarty
@alexroarty.bsky.social
Politics reporter @notus. Not from Pennsylvania. https://www.notus.org/alex-roarty
Erica Schwartz, Trump's third nominee to lead the CDC, told senators this morning that she will "never betray the science." But she also said she didn't think the Trump administration would ever implement unscientific policies. More here: www.notus.org/health-scien...
Senators Look to Trump’s CDC Director Nominee for Assurances on Vaccines
Erica Schwartz is Trump’s third nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Trump won in 2024 by turning out multitudes of people who usually don’t vote, in no small part because his campaign built an entire strategy around aggressively courting them. Now the GOP wants to use same strategy to save its Congressional majorities. www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Inside Republicans’ Plan to Win the Midterms
The party has spent years plotting turning out Trump voters. “There has never been an operation like this before,” said the NRCC’s political director.
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“If we thought 2020 was a clusterfuck, this is going to put that to shame.” On the chaotic 2028 Dem prez primary, a race that could feature - 20+ candidates - No real front-runner (will KH run?) - a DNC unable to manage the process - much, much more www.notus.org/2028-electio...
Democrats Brace For Their Gnarliest Presidential Primary in Decades
The party is on edge ahead of 2028, according to interviews with more than three dozen Democrats.
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After last night's primaries in NY, Democrats are dismissing the rise of the Mamdani wing in the party "All these hyperbolic statements about the party, that this is the new party … no, it’s not, it’s New York City," one House Dem said w/ @kadiagoba.bsky.social www.notus.org/new-york/new...
Washington Democrats Dismiss the Rise of the Mamdani Wing
Some argued the far left's success is just a New York story. Others worry it'll haunt them in the fall.
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SCOOP: Trump admin is now actively considering a plan to fix the Reflecting Pool water pipes. AND the park service updated the reflecting pool water treatment contract to require it be kept in a “clean, clear, and aesthetically acceptable condition.”
The Trump Administration Is Considering Even More Reflecting Pool Upgrades
This time the government is stipulating: Future contractors have to keep the water “clear.”
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Buttigieg on how government service delivery should be a priority for the next Dem administration:
Alex Roarty@alexroarty.bsky.social · last mo.Pete Buttigieg says his time in the Biden White House "radicalized' him. My interview with the potential '28 prez candidate, who laid out a governing vision that would turn the federal government upside down -- which he says is a political and substantive necessity www.notus.org/2028-electio...
Pete Buttigieg says his time in the Biden White House "radicalized' him. My interview with the potential '28 prez candidate, who laid out a governing vision that would turn the federal government upside down -- which he says is a political and substantive necessity www.notus.org/2028-electio...
How the Biden Administration 'Radicalized’ Pete Buttigieg
The former — and potentially future — presidential candidate laid out his vision for a post-Trump Democratic Party in an interview with NOTUS.
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Republican House members seeking higher office are finding out that experience in Congress isn’t necessarily a benefit back home.
House Republicans Keep Losing Outside of Washington. They Blame Washington.
A significant number of House members have been running for statewide office instead of reelection. A lot of them are losing.
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NEW — House Democrats say that Randy Villegas' win over DCCC's Jasmeet Bains in #CA22 and the DCCC's Joe Baldacci's failure to get a majority of votes in #ME02 send a clear message to the DCCC: Stop meddling in Democratic primaries www.notus.org/2028-electio...
DCCC Backed a Losing Candidate — and Some Democrats Are Thrilled
Lawmakers say California race shows risks of wading into House primaries.
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Since the 2024 election, Democrats have lost more than 275,000 registered voters across 28 battleground House districts, a new analysis from the @NRCC finds Since 2020, Democrats have lost 737,000 voters in these districts. w/@christadutton.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Democrats Keep Losing Voters in Swing Districts
An analysis by the NRCC found Republicans gaining an advantage in key districts.
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The amount of money — much it funded anonymously — surging into Democratic primaries continues to be one of the biggest political stories of 2026. Democrats said there’s a perfect storm of reasons for the deluge. www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Mystery Money Is Displacing Actual Campaigns in Democratic Primaries
Races in Montana, Iowa and Michigan are being shaped by outside groups.
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NEWS: America’s 250th birthday is becoming a political, confusing quagmire. Trump has already given ~$80 million in taxpayer funds to the group he created, for events he supports. Meanwhile, Trump admin is withholding millions from the bipartisan 250 group.
America's Bipartisan Birthday Commission Is Losing to Trump
America 250 is facing a $100 million “shortfall.” The Trump-created group Freedom 250 has received $80 million in taxpayer dollars.
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Top lawyer at the Dept. of Health and Human Services bought a bunch of stock in Corning Inc. www.notus.org/money/hhs-of... The rub? Corning is a major contractor for HHS. And ethics officials flagged the trade as not in compliance with the lawyer's ethics agreement. I spoke with said lawyer:
An HHS Official’s Stock Trading Is Raising Flags
“If I see something I like, I buy it,” HHS General Counsel Mike Stuart told NOTUS.
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NEW: The acting FDA chief told pro-life leaders he’d convene a group of scientists to discuss the status of the FDA’s abortion pill review With Kyle Diamantas leading the FDA temporarily, it’s unclear if that outreach to pro-lifers will continue after he’s gone www.notus.org/healthcare/a...
The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Skeptical of Trump’s New FDA Head
Interim FDA chief Kyle Diamantas is trying to win over anti-abortion activists.
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House Republicans’ coalition behind the new housing bill is breaking The White House has “serious policy concerns” House conservatives are privately sharing frustrations And Sen. Tim Scott is shutting down the bill’s chances in the Senate www.notus.org/housing/repu...
The Fragile Coalition Behind House Republicans’ Housing Bill Is Breaking
Conference members are peeling off, and the White House and Senate are balking at it.
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New from me @notus.com: We just revealed the White House has been brainstorming with prosecutors and even *the postmaster general himself* on how to restrict mail-in ballots and enforce federal voter lists. The government hasn't admitted to that in court. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
The White House Is Meeting With DOJ, DHS and USPS About Creating Voter Lists
The timing of these discussions has the potential to affect two ongoing lawsuits brought by elections-rights advocates.
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Thomas Massie’s lead in his primary later this month is slipping and he is in genuine danger of losing, according to interviews with local GOP officials. On the increasingly close race in Kentucky’s 4th District www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Thomas Massie Is Really In Danger of Losing His Seat
Allies of the occasional Trump adversary acknowledge his race is tightening, just as Trump’s intraparty dominance reemerges.
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SCOOP: Sen. Cory Booker's campaign bank account got hacked. www.notus.org/money/cory-b...
A Hacker Stole Thousands From Cory Booker’s Senate Campaign
The committee has yet to get the funds back, according to an FEC document.
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New: RFK Jr. has encouraged the CDC to study whether antidepressants “contribute to mass violence.” At an event hosted by the MAHA Institute, he unveiled a plan to reduce how often they’re prescribed. www.notus.org/health-scien...
RFK Jr. Unveils His Plan to Reduce Americans’ Reliance on Antidepressants
The department is encouraging clinicians to “de-prescribe” Medicare patients.
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NEWS: Chris Larsen, a tech billionaire from California, said he planned to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores in a NY House race that has become one of the year’s biggest proxy fights over the future of AI regulation. From me and Nick Fandos: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
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Graham Platner Is Already Effectively Declaring Victory in the Maine Senate Primary New memo went out to Platner donors this week: "If this spending is any indication, the general election has effectively begun." W/ @igorbobic.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Graham Platner Is Already Effectively Declaring Victory in the Maine Senate Primary
The Democratic candidate says he is ostensibly moving on to the general election, with Janet Mills’ absent from the airwaves.
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A moderate Democratic think tank is proposing that an independent review board — set up by the next Dem administration — investigate CPB + ICE agents for actions taken during Trump years Part of a broader immigration enforcement roadmap from Third Way www.notus.org/congress/thi...
Moderate Think Tank Offers a New Path for Democrats on Immigration Enforcement
The Third Way suggests striking a balance between hard-line deportations and lax enforcement.
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Sign of where things are going on the left: @workingfamilies.org today is unveiling a policy platform for 2026 that includes a federal jobs program designed in part to combat any AI-related job losses www.notus.org/2026-electio...
Trump on dropping the DOJ probe: “We have to find out” why the Fed spent so much money on the building renovation. Kernen tried (repeatedly) to give him a way to say he’d drop the probe to get Warsh in and Trump is talking about how maybe “Too Late” [Powell] is stealing money.
I spoke with four DACA recipients who say they've lost their jobs because USCIS hasn't renewed their status and work permits. Read my latest: www.notus.org/immigration/...
The Trump Administration’s DACA Renewal Delays Are Pushing People Out of Work
“My family keeps telling me to stay positive, but there’s nothing to be positive about right now,” said one DACA recipient whose lapse in status led to financial stress.
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LLMs like Claude and ChatGPT are going to be major sources of information for voters in the '26 midterms. Most Republicans and Democrats have no idea what to do about that www.notus.org/2026-electio...
ChatGPT and Claude Will Be a Force in Elections. Nobody Knows What to Do About It.
Chatbots have already changed how voters get information. Political operatives just don’t know what they can do to change what the chatbots say.
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Both Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell’s campaigns have excess cash in the six figures. https://www.notus.org/money/eric-swalwell-tony-gonzales-campaign-money-surplus
Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales Leave Congress Flush With Campaign Funds
Both of the former lawmakers’ campaigns have excess cash in the six figures.
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Peltola/Cooper/Brown/Ossoff/Talarico have a combined ~$80m on hand. They’ll need all of it given the GOO’s fundraising advantages elsewhere www.notus.org/money/democr...
Democrats Are Dominating the Fundraising Race in Critical Congressional Contests
Liberal money is pouring into races in Ohio, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, where Democrats must win to win back the House or Senate.
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