Alexis Simendinger

We are announcing today that The American Revolution will stream for free in its entirety on all PBS platforms from May 25th through July 12. Hope you have a chance to watch, ideally with friends and family, as you think about our 250th anniversary this July 4th. pbs.org/kenburns/the-a…

Bulldozers ahead for West Potomac Park in DC, with no debate or approvals? nytimes.com/2026/05/02/us/…

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just told me over the phone he has unilaterally cancelled Witkoff and Kushner’s trip to Pakistan to meet with the Iranians. "I've told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, 'Nope, you're not making an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing'."

@DCDPW Q. If DPW missed leaf collection in a neighborhood with a large accumulation on a public road/steep hill, can DPW still come & collect the leaves now? 311 requests did not result in leaf pickup.

Who lacks authority over the manner of voting set by states, re: EO? President, according to legal experts. npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-…

TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9PM ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran.

The worst imaginable can't-reach-a-human customer service for healthcare billing must be within @NorthwellHealth. After 1 week's efforts to help a relative using phone messages, multiple phone #s & email requests for assistance: Crickets.

Here’s How Much Donald Trump Is Worth via @forbes... $6.5B forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

@alweaver22 @thehill @emilybrooksnews @mychaelschnell @alexanderbolton @Brett_Samuels27 @AlexGangitano @RZilbermints @iswanTheHill @BobCusack Great move, wonderful timing; @NOTUSreports has assembled a really impressive staff! Much applause for you and your scoops in 2026!

A big TY to @thehill, which has been very kind to me over the past 7 (!) years. It's been a pleasure to work with some of the best, including @emilybrooksnews @mychaelschnell @alexanderbolton @Brett_Samuels27 @AlexGangitano @RZilbermints @iswanTheHill @BobCusack @ASimendinger

Some news: I'm joining @NOTUSreports in a few weeks, where I'll continue to cover the Senate. A hearty thank you to @KateNocera @deirdrekwalsh for the opportunity to join their growing/impressive newsroom & the challenge of replacing @UrsulaPerano. I could not be more thrilled.

@DCDPW Any idea on DPW timing to plow UP UP UP 31st Street SE hill and around Westover Drive SE? Please know it's impassable as of mid-Monday & dangerous. (FYI, Plowing tracker is inaccurate about 31st Street SE all the way up the hill & around Westover. Thanks.)

Iraqi oil. Venezuelan oil. U.S. GOP presidents: historical echoes and aspirations.... nytimes.com/2002/10/11/wor…

U.S. motivation behind military raid in Venezuela? Maduro had focused on Trump's interest in petroleum. theguardian.com/world/2025/dec…

63% of voters in Quinnipiac Poll last month said they opposed U.S. military action inside Venezuela. Sharp partisan divide. (Not asked about U.S. running Venezuela & restoring its petroleum infrastructure, as Trump announced today) poll.qu.edu/poll-release?r…

I return to this space today to pay tribute to my sweet, beloved Tatiana, who left this earth today. I return to this space to pay tribute and honor her loving and supportive family, who came together and did everything they possibly could do to help her. I return to this space heartbroken because Tatiana loved life. She loved her life, and she fought like hell to try to save it. I cannot make sense of this. I cannot make any sense of it at all. None. Zero. Tatiana was a great journalist, and she used her words to educate others about the earth and how to save it. She created a beautiful life with her extraordinary husband George, and children Eddie and Josie. She fought like a warrior. She was valiant, strong, courageous. My heart has always been with my cousin Caroline ever since we were little kids. My entire being is with her now. What a rock she has been. What a source of love she has been with Ed, Rose, Rory, Jack, George, Eddie, Josie, and all of Tatiana’s cousins and friends and the amazing doctors who tried so hard. A few weeks ago, Tatiana wrote so beautifully about her diagnosis and her battle with this horrendous disease. If you haven’t read her words, please honor her by doing so (the article is linked below). Her piece is extraordinary. Whatever your faith, please pray for Tatiana and her grieving family. Tatiana was the light, the humor, the joy. She was smart, wicked smart, as they say, and sassy. She was fun, funny loving, caring, a perfect daughter, sister, mother, cousin, niece, friend, all of it… Those of us left behind will make sure Eddie and Josie know what a beautiful, courageous spirit their mother was and will always be. She takes after her extraordinary mother, Caroline. May we all hold Tatiana’s family in our collective embrace not just today, but in the days ahead, and may each of you who read this know how lucky you are to be alive right now. Please pause and honor your life. It truly is such a gift. ♥️

@BobCusack Bravo! So delighted to see this positive news in journalism, and congratulations to Washington Examiner team for a savvy hire! 🙌 @BobCusack @dcexaminer

Extremely excited to start my new adventure.

Is Trump strategically omnipresent or overexposed? @nytimes visually explores @POTUS 2025 communications. H/T research by Prof. Martha Joynt Kumar @mkumar38. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The politics of Trump's "stats address" to the nation are puzzling. Part campaign rally, part defensive weave, part warm-up for SoTU? Dismissing "affordability" as partisan is not what GOP candidates are embracing ahead of 2026.

👉 washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Retro WH tactic on Fri: (NYT '93: "Reporters complained of a lack of access to the President or even to the corridor outside Stephanopoulos's office, which assumed some symbolic importance to reporters when it was closed off... The area ... has since reopened in the Gergen era."

Current situation.