Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley lost reelection in 1994 and died in 2013. Despite this, the “Committee to Reelect Tom Foley” is active and trading shares of companies like Meta. My deep dive into politicians who play the markets with campaign cash: www.notus.org/money/stock-...

How Politicians Living and Dead Play the Stock Market With Campaign Cash

Opaque investments boost lawmakers’ campaign coffers with little public oversight.

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New: The EPA must administer the Biden-era Environmental and Climate Justice Grants it illegally canceled last year, a federal judge ordered today. The district judge said the agency “is defying” his previous order voiding the cuts. www.notus.org/climate-envi...

EPA Must Fund Environmental Grants It Illegally Canceled, Judge Rules

A federal judge said the agency “is defying” his previous order voiding the cuts.

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New: Devin Nunes has a staggering $14.5 million stockpiled in his old campaign account. His lawyer says it’s “for a potential future election.” Comes after federal regulators asked Nunes’ mom (his campaign treasurer) about the campaign cash. www.notus.org/money/devin-...

Ex-Rep. Devin Nunes and the Mystery of His $14.5 Million War Chest

The former Trump Media CEO hasn't run for anything since 2020, so regulators looked into why he still has a cash stockpile.

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New: Political groups are still forfeiting money donated by Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX executives years after the crypto exchange’s collapse. Democrats’ Senate Majority PAC alone is expected to return another $1 million in tainted funds. www.notus.org/money/sam-ba...

Political Committees Are Still Forfeiting Crypto Kingpins’ Tainted Contributions

Democratic and Republican committees continue reeling from FTX’s legal meltdown — and it’s affecting their bottom lines in 2026.

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Sam Bankman-Fried has been in the news a bit this week as he seeks a Trump pardon, but as @markalfred.bsky.social of @notus.com writes, a bunch of political committees continue to feel the pain from Bankman-Fried’s crimes here in the 2026 midterms. www.notus.org/money/sam-ba...

Political Committees Are Still Forfeiting Crypto Kingpins’ Tainted Contributions

Democratic and Republican committees continue reeling from FTX’s legal meltdown — and it’s affecting their bottom lines in 2026.

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Earlier this year, I spent some time talking to rich Americans trying their luck running for Congress. Such campaigns typically fail! Still, several self-funders I talked to insisted they could pull it off. Now it’s time to track their progress, starting with… (1/🧵) www.notus.org/2026-electio...

They Can Buy a Superyacht. Can They Afford a Seat in Congress?

Some rich Americans spend millions trying to get themselves elected. Most of them fail.

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Every election cycle, dozens of rich Americans spend millions trying to get themselves elected. They have an abysmal track record — but the candidates I spoke to insist it’s worth it to try. “This is God testing me, saying, ‘Put your money where your mouth is.’” www.notus.org/2026-electio...

They Can Buy a Superyacht. Can They Afford a Seat in Congress?

Some rich Americans spend millions trying to get themselves elected. Most of them fail.

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Scoop: The Treasury Department official leading the agency’s terrorist financing prevention efforts invested in oil & gas, nuclear energy and cybersecurity funds in the week preceding the Iran war www.notus.org/money/treasu...

High-Ranking Treasury Official Personally Invested in Oil, Nuclear Funds Days Before Iran War Began

Assistant Secretary Jonathan Burke selected the funds on Feb. 20 after he was required to offload his existing investments.

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FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford agreed to sell of his millions of dollars in airline stock within 90 days of his confirmation to government service. As @markalfred.bsky.social of @notus.com reports, Bedford was quite tardy. www.notus.org/money/bryan-...

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford held onto millions worth of stock in an airline company his agency regulates for his first seven months in the top job. Before starting, he’d signed an ethics agreement promising to fully divest from the company within 90 days www.notus.org/money/bryan-...

FAA Chief Dumps Millions in Airline Stock Months After His Ethics Agreement Deadline

Bryan Bedford held a multimillion-dollar stake in an airline company his agency oversees.

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SCOOP: The Pentagon failed to warn ships carrying supplies for the US military before starting the war in Iran. The ships got stuck in the Persian Gulf. They’re still stuck. And for a month, they were stuck w/ a group of college students — merchant marine cadets.

U.S. Cadets Were Stuck in the Persian Gulf After Trump Bombed Iran

The Trump administration failed to warn vessels with close ties to the U.S. military ahead of the strikes, leaving them trapped in the region.

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NEW: The White House plans to finance Trump’s proposed arch with $15 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The spending plan confirms for the first time that taxpayer dollars will be used for the project. www.notus.org/donald-trump...

Trump Will Fund New Archway With $15 Million From the National Endowment for the Humanities

A spending plan confirms taxpayer dollars will be used for the project.

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Scoop: Some Republican lawmakers say they’re working to fund tribal and rural radio stations after the GOP cut public broadcasting funds last year. If lawmakers don’t secure continued funding, many Native American public radio stations say they'll close. www.notus.org/congress/som...

Some Republicans Want to Reverse the GOP Cuts to Rural and Tribal Radio Stations

After the GOP-controlled Congress slashed public broadcasting funds, some Republican lawmakers say they’re working to secure money to keep vital tribal and rural stations on the air.

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Trump Says He Doesn’t Know Whether the Iran War Is Winding Down or Heating Up “I don’t know. I can’t tell. It depends what they do.” www.notus.org/donald-trump...

Trump Says He Doesn't Know Whether the Iran War Is Winding Down or Heating Up

The president intends to dramatically escalate combat operations if a peace deal is not reached by 8 p.m. EDT.

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“This is not making America great again, this is evil,” Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote of Trump’s threat to target civilian infrastructure in Iran www.notus.org/defense/trum...

Trump Makes Profanity-Laden Threat to Target Civilian Infrastructure in Iran

Trump said the United States was one day away from securing a peace deal and two days away from potentially “blowing everything up.”

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President Trump is requesting a record breaking $1.5 trillion military budget, and is urging Republicans in Congress to cut Democrats out of the process: www.notus.org/donald-trump...

Trump Asks for Record-Breaking $1.5 Trillion Military Budget

He paired the increase with a 10% reduction in spending that eliminates several programs aimed at assisting minorities, including the Fair Housing Initiatives Program and the Minority Business Develop...

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Shocking news: This year's World Vaccine Congress had a Weird Vibe www.notus.org/health-scien...

The Vaccine Industry Is Troubleshooting Its Future Existence

Pharmaceutical executives are asking each other: How do they survive MAHA?

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NASA’s Space Launch System is set to launch four astronauts into lunar orbit this week. The White House tells me Trump is “excited” about the launch. Less than a year ago he unsuccessfully sought to eliminate SLS and cut millions from the lunar program. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

The Trump Administration Is Championing the Lunar Program Trump Once Sought to Eliminate

Before Jared Isaacman revitalized the Artemis program, Trump pitched gutting it.

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Between his lengthy speech to House Republicans and subsequent news conference yesterday, President Trump didn’t use the word war once. Instead, he referred to the conflict in Iran as “a little excursion.” www.notus.org/defense/trum...

Trump Tries to Rebrand His War With Iran as a ‘Little Excursion’

The president notably omitted the word “war” from his remarks, despite having described the conflict with Iran that way for more than a week.

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Lee Zeldin’s EPA fully embraced DOGE and made serious errors during its race to gut environmental programs. From the EPA “accidentally” axing tens of millions of dollars worth of grants to its chief overstating cuts by millions, the errors kept piling up: www.notus.org/policy/doge-...

Inside DOGE’s EPA Team and Its Multimillion-Dollar Mistakes

Internal emails paint the clearest picture to date of the Environmental Protection Agency’s full-throated embrace of DOGE and its subsequent stumbles.

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One longtime Department of Agriculture leader complained that cutting millions worth of federal awards “actually requires opening up every single grant” and asked to use AI. The 25-year-old DOGE staffer she reported to said he planned to make it happen. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

How A 25-Year-Old DOGE Staffer Set Policy at USDA

New court documents show how an effort to slash climate-related funds played out at one agency.

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Exclusive: Internal White House emails I obtained detail the Trump administration’s scramble to strip millions from the University of Pennsylvania after a senior official told staff that “POTUS wants to see more action against universities.” www.notus.org/trump-white-...

Trump Wanted ‘More Action Against Universities.’ His Staff Scrambled to Punish Penn.

Internal White House emails reveal a frenzied campaign to strip federal funds from Penn — and target another university the administration never publicized.

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DOGE Has Cut Tens of Thousands of Awards. Musk’s Companies Haven’t Lost a Dime in Federal Funds. @markalfred.bsky.social reports www.notus.org/trump-white-...

DOGE Has Cut Tens of Thousands of Awards. Musk's Companies Haven’t Lost a Dime in Federal Funds.

Trump threatened to turn DOGE on to Musk’s companies. They’ve been immune to the cost-cutting effort until now.

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New: DOGE has cut tens of thousands of awards. Despite Trump’s threats, Elon Musk’s companies haven’t lost a dime in federal funding yet. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

DOGE Has Cut Tens of Thousands of Awards. Musk's Companies Haven’t Lost a Dime in Federal Funds.

Trump threatened to turn DOGE on to Musk’s companies. They’ve been immune to the cost-cutting effort until now.

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DOGE’s Victory Lap Overstates Its Own Work and Contradicts Its Own Estimates w/ @markalfred.bsky.social www.notus.org/trump-white-...

DOGE’s Victory Lap Overstates Its Own Work and Contradicts Its Own Estimates

A list of more than a hundred “wins” from the White House celebrating Elon Musk’s work includes claims that contradict DOGE’s current estimates.

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DOGE said it saved $660 million from real estate cuts. Then it said $500 million. Then $400 million, then $291 million and so forth.  My look at how DOGE spent two months walking back lofty savings claims, and still takes credit for cuts it didn’t make. www.notus.org/policy/doge-...

DOGE Vastly Overstated Its Real Estate Cuts — Then Spent Two Months Backtracking

DOGE took credit for more than $600 million in real estate savings but has repeatedly cut back its own claims.

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“What’s the benefit for me if I give my favor to you?” A story about the online musings of a self-described “senior advisor” to the health secretary: www.notus.org/health-scien...

‘What’s the Benefit For Me’: A Kennedy Ally Suggests She Can Help Make Connections, For a Return

Angela Stanton King has posted about her ties to RFK Jr., and what that could mean for her consulting clients. “I'm like a child to Bobby. I'll always have access to him,” she told NOTUS.

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DOGE is touting lease cancellations across the country. Several facilities actually began to close under the Biden administration — including the largest building on DOGE’s list. www.notus.org/policy/doge-...

DOGE went weeks without updating its webpage. Then, just after midnight on Tuesday, it removed nearly a billion dollars worth of previously claimed “savings.” www.notus.org/policy/doge-...

Nearly a Billion Dollars in DOGE ‘Savings’ Disappeared Overnight

In a late-night update to its webpage, DOGE removed hundreds of previously claimed cuts and altered scores of others to boost the items’ claimed “savings” values.

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Some Republican lawmakers don't agree with Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s calls for states to stop fluoridating water. I talked to GOP former medical professionals in Congress — including four dentists, all of whom are House Republicans — about fluoride. www.notus.org/congress/con...

Three Out of Four of Congress’ Dentists Agree: Fluoride Should Stay in Drinking Water

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for states to remove fluoride from their water, claiming it’s dangerous despite evidence that it improves oral health outcomes. Some Republican medica...

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