Personal news: I’m leaving Axios at the end of the month… and retiring for now from whatever “beltway journalism” is today.

Soon I’ll be able to say what I am doing next — it is honestly something so very exciting that I dunno how to keep it to myself. But for now I’m 🤫.

Schumer says the Senate will vote on the 'Right to Contraception Act' in June

SHEIN has been hiring lobbyists and sent its chairman and vice chair to meet with lawmakers, where they privately pushed back on claims the company skirts tariffs and forced labor laws.

“We’re just not buying what they’re putting down,” an aide said. notus.org/congress/shein…

SCOOP: Some Arab Americans have given up on Biden, want to vote for Trump and even met with one of his former ambassadors. They left dissatisfied, however.

My midnight offering for NOTUS 😊

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BREAKING: The Louisiana state House passed a bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances, such as Xanax and Valium

It's the 1st state to seek something like this and anti-abortion advocates say they want to see it replicated in other states
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BREAKING: the Louisiana House votes to schedule mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled dangerous substances. If the senate accepts the amendments and the gov signs it, Louisiana will become the first state to do so #lalege #lagov

A looming SCOTUS case fueled by the right could have a strange silver lining for Democrats: curbing Trump's policy options if he won a 2nd term.

“Without a high degree of deference, a lot of the things that are certainly in his campaign plan are absurd.'

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I asked folks who have been attacked as spoilers by one side or the other what they think about the guy who is being attacked as a spoiler by *both sides*.

what I got back was some very existential feelings from third party types.

We're thrilled to introduce our new class of Allbritton Journalism Institute fellows!

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Ted Cruz & Katie Britt intro'd legislation to protect IVF on Monday, despite Senate Republicans twice blocking similar bills from Dems. huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz…

digital footprint is a myth invented to stop you from posting bangers

.@byrontau and I have story out today that digs into fundamental questions about home buying: Why do Americans pay more in commission fees than many developed countries? And where does that money go? (It also features dancing party robots, people on stilts, custom cowboy boots

I spoke to Arab American leaders who met with Blinken last night and they had one thing to say: unless Biden calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, they want nothing to do with him.

My latest for NOTUS

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huge spoiler warning for bridgerton: can’t stop laughing at how the big mid-season finale kiss happened to “give me everything” by pitbull

just realized that i got my first tattoo almost exactly a year ago and, in the span of that year, i got six more because why save money when i can get permanent drawings on my body

Scoop: A senior communications staffer in Speaker Mike Johnson’s office abruptly resigned this week after he was presented with complaints about his behavior. notus.org/congress/senio…

Despite calls to combat antisemitism, House Republicans are purposing cuts for the agency handling discrimination investigations on campuses.

The latest from Oriana González. bit.ly/4dMRgr1

New: Days after Jan. 6, just before Biden's inauguration, and while the Supreme Court was still contending with a 2020 election case, the Alito home flew a 'Stop the Steal' symbol: an upside-down American flag. nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/…