On the hill for @TheHill, covering nat sec, Justice, and immigration. Peace Corps Volunteer - π΅π¦. Mizzou alum. I put the hungry in young and hungry.
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I spent the last 2.5 months talking to Afghans across the globe about the fallout from the U.S. evacuation, hearing fears about new lives here or their dire circumstances abroad.π§΅
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Scoop: ICE wonβt automatically turn on agentsβ body cameras, declining a recommendation from Congressβ watchdog.
DHS told the GAO it wouldnβt implement a mechanism to start recording if an agent draws their weapon. CBP has this in place.
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Immigrants have increasingly lost asylum claims since Trump returned to office and are more likely to lose if their case is before one of his administrationβs newest immigration judges. Deep dive from @cecelou18 on how new IJs are ruling
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-lawβ¦
New: the FBI apparently deleted a tweet that included a video that experts say violated the Hatch Act.
The bureau did not respond yesterday when I asked for comment for this story.
thehill.com/homenews/adminisβ¦
.@filip_timotija spoke w/ @Southcom's Donovan about the growing number of *US troops on the ground* in South America as Hegseth expands DOD's efforts to expand its drug war in LatAm.
thehill.com/policy/defense/6β¦
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Scoop: Ex-Trump attorney Kendra Wharton adds a Dem operative as a client β saying DOJ is treating him unfairly.
Colin Strother took a plea deal and had cooperated against his ex-boss, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Trump pardoned Cuellar, but not Strother.
thehill.com/regulation/courtβ¦
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Some more news about me: I started a new job this week at @USATODAY, as a senior politics editor focusing on the White House and Congress.
I've spent the past few days getting to know a really talented team and I'm so excited to dig in.
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DHS gave contractors just 14 mins last wk to bid on a project, raising questions about whether officials unfairly stifled competition as they strained to get funding out the door, @KatyStech reports. The Coast Guard pulled the contract after BGOV inquired news.bgov.com/bloomberg-goveβ¦
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π» In This Weekβs Hill Spill Newsletter: An Oversight Democrat's YouTuber Romance, the Wrong Hawks and a Cheesecake Factory Arrest sourcessay.news/p/in-this-weβ¦
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SCOOP: The WH, led by Susies Wiles, has taken a heavy handed approach in directing AG Todd Blanche to slow walk any abortion matters ahead of the midterms - including in pending mifepristone litigation.
Blanche/admin has told pro-life groups to wait until after election
SCOOP: I've obtained the Smith team texts that were the basis for Schmittβs questions.
The texts do not reference either the Hawks or Hawkeyes, raising more Qs about Schmittβs inquiry.
Elsewhere in the docs though, prosecutors do reference Caitlin Clark.
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SCOOP: Judiciary Committee staff warned Sen. Eric Schmitt's office that the Jack Smith texts were "unvetted," per source.
Schmitt used them anyway.
w/ @CarolLeonnig @KDilanianMSNOW @MSNOWNews
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Scoop: Congressional staffers planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France 2 weeks before election
The weeklong bipartisan trip β which included visits to a Ferrari factory, luxury brands in Milan or Florence & day trips to the Champagne wine region β was to be led by a top aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson.
It was canceled TODAY after @NBCNews asked about the itinerary. nbcnews.com/politics/congresβ¦
Settling in for a morning of hearing from former Special Counsel Jack Smith for his second public testimony before Congress.
Schmitt getting blowback in real time over his Hawks/Hawkeyes confusion.
"We were witness to a narrative, a false narrative of accusing you of being at a game that you were nowhere near, and I suppose that was supposed to be in furtherance of some sort of conspiracy" Hirono says
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This was bizarre. I have never seen βevidenceβ introduced so quickly and then hidden.
Senator Eric Schmitt accuses Jack Smith of perjury for denying he went to an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. As it turns out, he went to an Iowa Hawkeyes game (in Maryland).
I've never confused the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes, but I'm absolutely guilty of always initially hearing the Iowa Hot Guys.
