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Republicans want to add $1 billion for Trump's ballroom security to ICE funding plan

Republicans in Congress are proposing $1 billion in funding for security for President Trump's White House ballroom as part of their partisan plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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May 6 • 2:16 PM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Milwaukee Congresswoman wants to fund Job Corps

President Donald Trump, in his budget for the next fiscal year, once again proposes eliminating it.

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May 6 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Milwaukee Congresswoman wants to fund Job Corps

President Donald Trump, in his budget for the next fiscal year, once again proposes eliminating it.

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May 6 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
The Price of Partisan Advocacy by Science Institutions

New evidence should have us asking: is it worth it?

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May 6 • 11:47 AM EDT • Science • aei.org
Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison demands investigation into National Academies of Sciences funding

Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison is leading a push to investigate federal funding for one of the nation’s most prominent scientific organizations.

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May 6 • 11:01 AM EDT • Science • ky3.com
RELEASE: “Josh on the Job” — Gottheimer Visits Local Buffalo Wild Wings to Meet with Small Business Owners, Employees, and Customers

Above: Gottheimer working in the kitchen with staff. FAIR LAWN, NJ — Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited Buffalo Wild Wings GO in Fair Lawn to meet with local franchise owners and employees, helping prepare and serve food for Jersey customers as part of his “Josh on the Job” series highlighting small, locally owned businesses across North […]

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May 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • gottheimer.house.gov
Precious Brady-Davis is no stranger to being a first. Could she take that to Congress?

She’s the only Black trans person currently in public office in the country, and her political profile is growing.

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May 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • 19thnews.org
Now in hospice care, Barney Frank urges political left to avoid ‘litmus tests’ in new interview

The last act of the legendary congressman from Massachusetts is to push a pragmatic theory of political change.

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May 6 • 5:47 AM EDT • Politics • wgbh.org
A Look Inside the Case That Enshrined Political Power for Billionaires

After Watergate, Congress tried to curtail the role of money in politics. But a pivotal Supreme Court case nipped it in the bud. Years later, new details are emerging on how wealthy Americans were conferred with a “right to spend” on elections.

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May 6 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Louisiana’s race to redistrict for Congress puts Republicans in uncharted legal waters

The Supreme Court ruling that the state cannot use race as a factor in redistricting raises thorny new questions.

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May 6 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nola.com
Trump gets revenge, and other takeaways from Tuesday’s Indiana and Ohio primaries

President Donald Trump vowed revenge when the Republican supermajority in the Indiana state Senate embarrassed him in December, voting down Trump’s demands to redraw the state’s congressional maps to help the party win two more seats.

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May 5 • 11:18 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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JD Vance makes his Iowa debut as he campaigns for GOP congressman

The state will play a key role if the vice president decides to run for president in 2028, and other potential GOP candidates have visited in recent months.

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May 5 • 8:09 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
May 7 Vacaville/Vallejo Arts-Entertainment Source: Faces and Places

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that Victoria Wang from Sonoma County was chosen as the overall winner for California’s Fourth District 2026 Congressional Art Competition. Lilly Bertlin was named as the Solano County finalist.

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May 5 • 6:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • timesheraldonline.com
U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg Joins NFIB Small Business Roundtable

Owners discussed small business issues with Rep. Walberg.

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May 5 • 4:57 PM EDT • Business • nfib.com
GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards’s office acknowledges Ethics Committee investigation

A spokesman for the North Carolina congressman said he welcomes a chance to refute allegations regarding his conduct toward female staffers.

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May 5 • 2:06 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Will new ‘Trump IRAs’ really help the working class to retire?

Experts say Congressional action is needed

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May 5 • 12:27 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
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Abortion pill rulings bring the issue back to the forefront in a midterm election year

Back-to-back court rulings on abortion pill access are thrusting a contentious political issue back into the spotlight ahead of this year’s midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the second half of President Donald Trump's term.

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May 5 • 11:29 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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US Supreme Court fast tracks Louisiana's congressional redistricting effort

A dissenting justice wrote that the court had “spawned chaos in the State of Louisiana.”

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May 5 • 11:15 AM EDT • Politics • nola.com
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Trump's influence tested in Indiana primaries after failed redistricting push

Indiana's primary will test President Donald Trump's enduring power over the Republican Party as he tries to dislodge state senators who refused to go along with his call to redraw the state's congressional map.

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May 5 • 10:09 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Politics & Power: Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act, reshaping redistricting battles ahead of midterms

A 60-year-old civil rights law, effectively gutted. Now, Republicans across the South are racing to redraw congressional maps — and Florida just became the first state to act, passing new lines that could flip four seats. Democrats are promising to fight back. Sean Freeder, a political scientist and analyst, joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton to discuss the pushback and the legal fights ahead.

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May 5 • 9:42 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
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Live Results: Indiana state primaries

Seven GOP state senators who blocked President Donald Trump's push to redraw the state’s congressional districts now face primary challengers endorsed by him.

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May 5 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Physicians in Congress propose fix for troubled Merit-based Incentive Payment System

Representatives recently introduced the Medicare Physician Data-Driven Performance Payment System Act, drawing praise from the House of Medicine.

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May 5 • 2:27 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Vance gets a chance to woo Iowa GOP voters ahead of 2028 in a campaign stop with congressman

Vice President JD Vance will visit Iowa.

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May 5 • 12:06 AM EDT • Politics • ksat.com
‘Absolutely’: Congressman whose district is at risk from redistricting says Trump is trying to rig the midterm vote
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May 4 • 11:59 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Supreme Court justices spar over Louisiana’s effort to speed up elimination of majority-Black congressional district

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for Louisiana to redraw a hotly contested congressional map that the court ruled days earlier was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, a highly technical decision that sparked a bitter back-and-forth between three conservatives and a member of the court’s liberal wing.

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May 4 • 7:36 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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What the battle for Congress looks like six months before Election Day
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May 4 • 1:32 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Ron DeSantis signs Florida's new congressional map

The fresh cartography could net Republicans as many as 4 U.S. House seats.

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May 4 • 12:46 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Despite pressure, Gov. Henry McMaster won’t call special session to redraw SC’s congressional map

SC Gov. Henry McMaster won’t call a special session to redraw the state’s congressional districts, even as national Republicans push for mid-decade redistricting following a Supreme Court ruling.

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May 4 • 12:25 PM EDT • Politics • postandcourier.com
Mali: Authorities must immediately clarify the fate and whereabouts of lawyer and pro-democracy politician Mountaga Tall

On 3 May 2026, leader of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative Mountaga Tall was abducted by armed and hooded men.

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May 4 • 11:47 AM EDT • Politics • amnesty.org
Warned off vaccine actions, Kennedy seeks quick health wins ahead of midterms

The stakes are high for Trump’s Republican party, which risks losing control of both chambers of Congress, polls show.

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May 4 • 7:30 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
Warned off vaccine actions, Kennedy seeks quick health wins ahead of midterms

The stakes are high for Trump’s Republican party, which risks losing control of both chambers of Congress, polls show.

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May 4 • 7:30 AM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan's special election for control of the state Senate

Voters in a competitive Central Michigan district will decide control of the state Senate on Tuesday in a special election to fill the seat last held by Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet, who's now a congresswoman.

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May 4 • 7:24 AM EDT • Politics • ksat.com
Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso join Nigeria Democratic Congress in major political shake-up

Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, who came third and fourth respectively in the last elections, switch parties.

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May 4 • 6:34 AM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Christian Menefee and Al Green, rivals in TX-18, align on aim of strengthening voting rights

The two congressmen, in a Democratic primary runoff election for the same Houston-based seat, both came out strongly for the need to pass new legislation to counteract the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that crippled enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.

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May 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
MinnPost analysis: How Minnesota’s remarkable response to Operation Metro Surge changed politics

The pushback to Operation Metro Surge impacted policy and congressional politics, it’s also redefined how Americans relate to immigrants.

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May 4 • 5:59 AM EDT • Politics • minnpost.com
Democrats Add 8 Candidates to House Battlefield Program for Midterms

The party’s congressional campaign arm is promoting more contenders to take down at-risk Republicans — and is taking sides in some competitive primaries.

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May 4 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Ailing? Joining a rebellion? Congress can keep your seat warm

While an absent Kean looks forward to recovery and return, a glance back at how some incapacitated lawmakers managed to stay in office

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May 4 • 12:08 AM EDT • Politics • njspotlightnews.org
Alabama and Tennessee move to draw new congressional districts in wake of Supreme Court ruling

Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have called lawmakers into special sessions seeking new congressional districts.

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May 4 • 12:04 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
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Barney Frank, in hospice, says he remains hopeful but warns Democrats on ‘litmus test’ politics

Speaking from his home in Ogunquit, Maine, the 86-year-old former congressman told CNN that his own experience gives him reason to believe the political landscape can improve.

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May 3 • 11:29 PM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
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Cleo Fields, other House candidates ask to join to lawsuit over Louisiana suspending election

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields has asked a judge to join a lawsuit challenging Gov. Jeff Landry’s suspension of congressional primaries in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling declaring Louisiana’s U.S. House map unconstitutional.

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May 3 • 7:25 PM EDT • Politics • nola.com
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Golf Business Live: U.S. Representative Richard Hudson

U.S. Congressman joins NGCOA CEO and Golf Business Live host Jay Karen to discuss a wide range of issues impacting golf owners and operators on the eve of National Golf Day.

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May 3 • 5:31 PM EDT • Business • firstcallgolf.com
Colorado Democrats scramble to fund health care subsidies after loss of federal benefits

Colorado Democrats are struggling to devise a long-term plan to respond to higher health insurance costs after Republicans in Congress allowed federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Individuals and families who...

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May 3 • 5:25 PM EDT • Health • vaildaily.com
Colorado Democrats scramble to fund health care subsidies after loss of federal benefits

Colorado Democrats are struggling to devise a long-term plan to respond to higher health insurance costs after Republicans in Congress allowed federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Individuals and families who...

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May 3 • 5:25 PM EDT • Health • summitdaily.com
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Check in with your representatives in Washington: Supreme Court decision, maternal health bill and more

In Congress, Athens-Clarke County is represented by Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock and Republican Rep. Mike Collins. Here is the latest from Washington, D.C.

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May 3 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • redandblack.com
Former Congressman Barney Frank reflects on his life, entering hospice, and the future of the Democratic Party
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May 3 • 12:09 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Austin Democrats brace for more redistricting efforts next year

Recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court could spur a third effort to redraw Texas' congressional maps since the 2020 census.

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May 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • kut.org
Curing U.S. Health Care, Part II

On March 23, 2010 President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — usually referred to either as the Affordable Care Act or as Obamacare — into law. Joe Biden, then the vice president, could be overheard whispering “This is a big fucking deal.” And it was. The ACA, which went into full effect in 2014, created a system of subsidies and regulations designed to make health insurance available to many Americans who had previously been left out. It worked: In 2010 there were 47 million uninsured people in America, but by 2016 this number had dropped to 27 million. This still fell short of the universal health insurance that every other advanced nation has, but it was real progress. In 2017, during his first term, Donald Trump tried to destroy the ACA, replacing it with the American Health Care Act — legislation that would have eliminated most of the provisions that expanded health insurance under Obama. At the time the Congressional Budget Office projected that the G.O.P.’s replacement bill would nearly double the number of Americans without health insurance, increasing the total uninsured population by 23 million and undoing all of the progress achieved under the ACA. However, the attack on Obamacare failed by one vote in the Senate, and the ensuing public backlash against the G.O.P. delivered a large victory in the 2018 midterms to the Democrats. After these developments many observers assumed that the ACA had become a more or less permanent feature of American life. Such assessments, however, failed to take into account the deep hostility of the U.S. right toward policies that expand access to healthcare. As we’ll see, this hostility goes back generations. And the second Trump administration has taken actions that the CBO projects will add 16 million people to the rolls of the uninsured by 2034. How did we get here? And now what? Today’s primer will analyze the political economy of U.S. healthcare since the 1940s and the combination of danger and opportunity created by the current crisis. Beyond the paywall I will discuss the following: US health care on the eve of Trump II 80 years of US health politics The Obamacare story The new assault on healthcare

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May 3 • 6:31 AM EDT • Health • paulkrugman.substack.com
Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics

There's fallout galore after Florida lawmakers pushed through a new congressional map just months before the election.

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May 3 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
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Trump disapproval reaches new high, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds

Democrats now hold a five-point advantage in support for Congress, up from two points in February.

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May 3 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Inside Democratic Fundraiser ActBlue’s Big Spending and Internal Drama

The group faces investigations from the Justice Department and congressional Republicans six months before the 2026 midterms.

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May 2 • 9:00 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
State redistricting battles intensify following U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle. Here’s a look at how some states are responding.

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May 2 • 6:43 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Rep. Michael McCaul warns Texas Republicans not to nominate Ken Paxton for Senate

The outgoing Austin congressman believes that Paxton could lose the race to Democrat James Talarico.

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May 2 • 5:15 PM EDT • Politics • kut.org
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FIFA World Congress in Vancouver, B.C., couldn’t shake politics

President Gianni Infantino botched a feel-good moment between Israeli, Palestinian soccer officials

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May 2 • 3:43 PM EDT • Politics • cascadiadaily.com
Kemp won't seek to change Georgia's congressional map this year

There will be no changes to Georgia's congressional map before the 2026 midterm elections are held, Gov. Brian Kemp said on Friday.

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May 2 • 1:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • gwinnettdailypost.com
The politics of Trump's ballroom

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Trump was about a half-hour into his second speech of the day, musing about the danger he faced last week at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “Saturday night, it was good for one thing. People are loving my ballroom now,” Trump told a crowd last night. “That’s the only thing. They love my ballroom.” Ever since he was hustled off stage at the Washington Hilton last week, after an attempted shooter breached the dinner’s security perimeter and sent guests diving to the floor, the president has argued that the incident is proof for why his White House ballroom is needed. Only his planned $400 million, 90,000-square-foot project, Trump has reasoned, can keep a president truly safe at major events. It’s true that a bunch of GOP lawmakers have jumped on board with new legislation and words of support for Trump’s project. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Sen. Rand Paul and other prominent Republicans went on TV to talk about the need for a ballroom. But as we reported at The Washington Post this week, “people” aren’t really changing their minds on Trump’s ballroom. A new Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that most Americans still oppose the ballroom project: 56 percent against it versus 28 percent in favor. The numbers are the same as a poll from last year, the Post’s polling whiz Scott Clement found. Other new polls have found similar margins, too. “I’m just not a giant fan, especially of extravagance,” one independent voter told me. “I mean, in the era we’re in right now, given how much people are struggling, it just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to spend $400 million on a ballroom.” How we got here The Washington Post has followed Trump’s ballroom project very closely. (My colleague Jonathan Edwards may have written the most total words of any reporter about the project; I may be second.) The project exploded as a national issue after Trump tore down the White House’s East Wing after initially promising not to touch it.1 Historic preservationists sued, and about a month ago, a federal judge ordered a halt to ballroom construction.2 The only way the ballroom could proceed, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled, was if Congress explicitly authorized Trump’s plans. (An appeals court has stayed Leon’s order for now.) The judge’s ruling raised an obvious question: would Congress authorize the project? Keep in mind, “authorization” doesn’t mean that Congress needs to necessarily fund the planned $400 million project; they could just sign off on the private donations that Trump has solicited to pay for the ballroom.3 But GOP lawmakers really didn’t want to talk about the ballroom, we reported at The Post just a few weeks ago. One major reason was the ballroom’s bad polling — not a small detail with many of their own midterm elections looming. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner incident, and Trump’s advocacy, may have changed the political conversation around the ballroom. As this week’s polling shows, it doesn’t seem to have affected the fundamental questions surrounding the project. To put it another way, voters still say that cost-of-living concerns are top-of-mind heading into the midterms. Some Republican and independent voters have told me that they see the ballroom as a vanity project that will help Trump but do nothing for their own lives. It might not help Republicans that Trump has dismissed some of the cost-of-living concerns. He’s described “affordability” as a buzzword manufactured by Democrats whose policies helped cause inflation. “They’ve got one good line of bullshit,” Trump said in his first speech yesterday, delivered at a Florida retirement community known as The Villages. Thanks for reading Dan Diamond's newsletter! Subscribe for free to stay up-to-date on my work. Subscribe Speaking of Trump’s speeches… I’m down in Florida because it’s my “duty week” as a White House reporter — basically, I follow the president wherever he goes. (And then hand the baton off to one of my Washington Post colleagues next week.) As part of my duty week, I’ve spent a few days covering the White House’s reaction to Saturday’s attempted shooting, including officials’ review of the security protocols to protect the president. Trump was restrained in the wake of the incident, addressing the nation from the White House briefing room about the need for peaceful dialogue and trying to lower the temperature. But he’s clearly been itching to get back out of the White House, and I was curious to hear how his Florida speeches would go. And — to my ears — it was an unburdened Trump. Not the one we saw Saturday night in the White House briefing room, but the one we witnessed on the campaign trail in 2024. Loose, dropping profanities, mocking everyone, including members of his team. “We have a man here who knows more about Medicaid, Medicare, medical crap than any human being. Where’s Dr. Oz? Where the hell are you, stand up,” Trump said, referring to Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “It’s the most boring trip I’ve ever made. He’s telling me about Medicare, Medicaid. All I want to do is take care of you, I don’t care. I said, ‘You work out the details.’” I wrote up the speech, as Trump headed to West Palm Beach to deliver more remarks a few hours later. The White House didn’t like my story. Their rapid-response team called it the work of a “total loser”4 and “a miserable TDS-ridden moron.” You can be the judge of whether it’s a fair story or the product of someone afflicted with “TDS.” (The White House’s shorthand for “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”) I’ve pasted the story below with a gift link, meaning that you don’t need to be a Washington Post subscriber to read it. It might prompt you for an email address, though. Meanwhile, I’ll be down in Florida for the rest of the weekend, covering the president. It’s TBD whether those stories will be deemed TDS-afflicted, too. 1 Jonathan details the past six months of ballroom fallout, reactions and the implications for executive authority here. I also had a great time talking about Trump’s ballroom and other projects with Australia’s ABC News Daily on a podcast this week. 2 The judge allowed underground construction and national security-related work to continue. But that hasn’t been enough for Trump, who says the ballroom itself is essential for his protection. 3 The ballroom donors include companies like Palantir, Google and Amazon. For transparency, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post, where I work. No one has ever interfered with our team’s coverage of the ballroom or our mentions of Amazon or Bezos, and if that changed, I’d speak out. 4 To be fair, I’ve spent the morning working on stories and writing this Substack post rather than enjoying the beautiful Florida weather. So they may be onto something about who’s winning and who’s losing.

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May 2 • 10:34 AM EDT • Politics • dandiamond.substack.com
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Ruby Red Iowa Backed Trump by 13 Points in 2024. Now It’s a Battleground.

Iowa has trended red for a decade, but Democrats are showing signs of life, and that could help their party reclaim Congress and maybe even a governorship.

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May 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges "Healthy Skepticism" of Climate Science

As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science.

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May 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • propublica.org
Gov. Jeff Landry’s order halting Louisiana congressional elections faces barrage of lawsuits

But several of those lawsuits already faced rejection from judges.

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May 2 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nola.com
Tennesse to redistrict in effort to flip Memphis congressional seat

At the behest of President Donald Trump, Tennessee’s Republican supermajority is returning to Nashville to redraw the state’s congressional maps.

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May 1 • 5:52 PM EDT • Politics • tennessean.com
Trump Tells Congress Why He Doesn’t Need Its Authorization for the Iran War

In letters to the House and Senate, the president asserted that the hostilities had “terminated,” in an apparent attempt to avoid having to seek congressional approval.

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May 1 • 5:50 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Redistricting shuffle: Darren Soto signals he's staying put in CD 9

He has also dismissed Ron DeSantis' proposed congressional map, which passed in the Legislature, 'illegal.'

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May 1 • 5:28 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Trump says Iran conflict is ‘terminated’ as he hits congressional deadline

Trump’s statement came as the United States continues to enforce a naval blockade of Iran and as he declined to rule out additional strikes on the country.

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May 1 • 5:12 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
The White House tries to sidestep Congress on Iran as political pressures mount: From the Politics Desk

Plus, a trio of redistricting developments post-Supreme Court ruling.

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May 1 • 5:01 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Trump says deadline for Congress to approve Iran war doesn't apply, claiming hostilities have 'terminated'

Yet President Donald Trump also made it clear in a letter to Congress that the war may be far from over.

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May 1 • 3:45 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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As Iran War Reaches 60-Day Mark, Republicans in Congress Grow Impatient With Trump

Months into the operation and with midterms looming, some lawmakers are calling for Congress to restrain the president’s war power or set terms for bringing the conflict to a close.

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May 1 • 1:48 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
House passes Farm Bill, yanks pro-pesticide provision

On Thursday the House passed a new farm bill

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May 1 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Former congressman David Rivera convicted in case on secret Venezuela lobbying

Jurors found Rivera and an associate guilty on all counts, including failing to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of their work for former President Nicolás Maduro's government.

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May 1 • 12:12 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Science groups, former astronauts urge Congress to reject cuts to NASA

The White House’s budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal year would cut NASA’s budget by 23% and force the cancellation of dozens of missions.

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May 1 • 11:51 AM EDT • Science • nbcnews.com
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Who’s running for Congress in California? These races could determine the majority

Ballots are in the mail for California’s primary election. These are the congressional races CalMatters is watching closely — and the candidates fighting for their political lives.

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May 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • calmatters.org
Trump administration rejects need for Iran war Congressional approval despite deadline

Pete Hegseth argued that a ceasefire agreement with Iran more than three weeks ago ‘means the 60 day clock pauses, or stops’

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May 1 • 6:57 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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A deadline for the Iran war is here. What does the War Powers Act say?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted an ongoing ceasefire “pauses” the clock on the 60-day deadline to end hostilities in Iran or seek congressional approval.

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May 1 • 6:56 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
U.S. Debt Smashes Through Unthinkable Milestone. Can It Be Stopped? | WSJ Politics Newsletter for May 1

Plus, Trump is poised to defy Congress over authorization for the Iran war

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May 1 • 6:48 AM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise

Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits.

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May 1 • 5:02 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Republicans Want Tennessee’s Last Democratic House District

Republicans sliced Nashville into three G.O.P.-leaning congressional districts in 2022. After the Supreme Court decision on voting rights, Memphis could be next.

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May 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump is supposed to get Congress’ approval when the Iran war hits 60 days. Lawmakers can’t agree when that is.

A Vietnam-era law says Congress must sign off on the Iran war after the conflict hits the 60-day mark. The only problem: Lawmakers can’t agree when that deadline actually hits. And now they’ve left town.

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Florida Republicans slice and dice congressional districts: How a new map could cost Democrats seats

The redrawn congressional district lines that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign into law are intended to help Republicans pick up as many as four U.S. House seats in November — a scenario that would cost some Democrats their seats

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May 1 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
GOP Sen: Trump doesn’t need Congress for war powers
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Apr 30 • 10:23 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Senate bans members and staff from betting in prediction markets

Prediction markets, including the betting platform Polymarket and its chief rival Kalshi, have come under scrutiny as the business has expanded.

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Apr 30 • 6:18 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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House Ethics Committee investigating allegations of sexual harassment against GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards

The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations of sexual harassment against GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

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Apr 30 • 6:04 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Horsford Works Alongside North Las Vegas Small Business Owner Impacted by Republican Healthcare Cuts

NORTH LAS VEGAS – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) continued his “Congressman on the Job” series, a district-wide initiative where he steps directly into Nevada workplaces to experience firsthand the challenges facing workers, small businesses, and families across the Fourth District.

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Apr 30 • 5:20 PM EDT • Business • horsford.house.gov
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Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Ruling Could Fuel New Gerrymandering Era

The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics.

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Apr 30 • 3:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
FEMA reinstates whistleblowers as Trump administration reverses Noem’s policies

FEMA has reinstated a group of whistleblowers who signed an open letter to Congress last August warning that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency was setting the stage for a disaster-response breakdown on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, according to five FEMA officials with knowledge of the matter.

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Apr 30 • 3:13 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Mark Sanford, former governor, drops out of District 1 race

Former governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford is dropping out of the race for the 1st Congressional District to launch a nonprofit

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Apr 30 • 2:34 PM EDT • Politics • greenvilleonline.com
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Mark Sanford quits House race after one month, says fighting national debt is better done outside politics

Mark Sanford abandons his run to reclaim his old South Carolina congressional seat, announcing plans to launch a nonprofit focused on reducing U.S. debt.

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Apr 30 • 2:12 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Congress votes to reopen key parts of DHS, after House GOP caves on ICE funding
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Apr 30 • 2:08 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
House approves bill to fund Homeland Security and end the record shutdown

After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and sent the bipartisan package to President Donald Trump to sign, ending the longest agency shutdown in history.

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Apr 30 • 1:46 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
As DHS money runs out, Congress could vote today to avoid fresh chaos

After a late-night battle, the House of Representatives greenlit a budget blueprint to give ICE and Border Patrol roughly $70 billion.

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Apr 30 • 12:17 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Louisiana congressional primaries suspended after Supreme Court ruling, state officials say

Early voting had been scheduled to begin Saturday in advance of the May 16 primary.

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Apr 30 • 11:32 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Caine face 2nd day of questioning on defense budget, Iran war
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Apr 30 • 10:47 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps

It was not immediately clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, would postpone the May 16 primary election for House races after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional.

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Apr 30 • 10:44 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
WATCH LIVE: Senate considers FISA extension, latest Iran war powers resolution
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Apr 30 • 10:20 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Louisiana to delay House primaries after Supreme Court redistricting ruling

Primaries under the current congressional map, which the Supreme Court struck down Wednesday, were slated for May 16. It's not clear if the delay will affect the state's Senate race.

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Apr 30 • 9:37 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Louisiana governor expected to delay some May primaries after Supreme Court ruling, sources tell CNN

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to suspend at least some contests in his state’s May 16 primary election following the US Supreme Court’s decision invalidating his state’s congressional map and calling it an unconstitutional gerrymander.

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Apr 30 • 9:10 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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House proposes cuts to NOAA, science in new funding bill

The National Weather Service would get a boost, and it would be required to maintain staffing levels.

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Apr 30 • 6:37 AM EDT • Science • eenews.net
CEO of ECU Health urges House Ways and Means Committee to abandon "one size fits all" healthcare solutions

The leader of eastern North Carolina’s largest health system was in Washington this week, telling federal lawmakers that rural America is being left behind by current healthcare policies.

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Apr 30 • 6:22 AM EDT • Health • wunc.org
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A New Jersey Republican hasn’t voted in weeks, sparking questions over lengthy absence on Capitol Hill

Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey has not voted in Congress in weeks, sparking questions over when he will return to Capitol Hill as he faces a competitive race for reelection back home and Speaker Mike Johnson oversees an extremely narrow House majority in Washington.

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Apr 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Sticker Mule demands Google fix ‘mislabeled’ ads tying company to CEO’s New York political campaign

Sticker Mule demands Google correct what it calls an error that labeled its commercial ads as paid for by the Constantino for Congress campaign.

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Apr 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • foxbusiness.com
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Democrats urge CFTC to rein in prediction markets sports betting, insider trading

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a letter — first reported by CNBC — to the CFTC asking for stricter rules for companies like Kalshi and Polymarket.

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Apr 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • cnbc.com
Congress must hold RFK Jr. accountable after hearings

Michael Burgess and Larry Bucshon, former Republican congressmen and doctors, weigh in on RFK Jr.’s recent congressional hearings.

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Apr 30 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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Inside the GOP’s barely functioning Congress

Republicans will control Washington for at least six more months, but they’ve already lost control of one-half of Congress.

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Apr 30 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com