Matt Berman

A whole lot more coming soon, but thrilled to show the beginnings of what we've been working on the last few months: notus.org So lucky and amped to be working with this team, and I hope you like/comment/subscribe, reporting coming soon.

It’s my last day @NOTUSreports as an AJI fellow! I've spent the last 18 months studying from, and working alongside, D.C.'s most talented journalists - helping to build our breaking news desk from the ground up 🧵400+ bylines later, let's take a trip through my favs:

BREAKING: The God Squad voted unanimously to give the oil industry a pass from protecting the approximately 50 remaining critically endangered Rice's whales in the Gulf of Mexico. Pete Hegseth even cited the Iran war as part of the justification. notus.org/climate-enviro…

Feels like the right moment to re-introduce myself: I cover how the Trump admin is reshaping government, and our world, for @NOTUSreports. If you're excited about our ambitious, optimistic vision for the future of journalism: My signal is annakramer.54, plz send tips, say hello!

NEW: TMZ has decided to up their presence in the political space — they’ve even added a Hill team. “Our DC presence will be sometimes fun, sometimes intensely serious,” Harvey Levin told @NOTUSreports Comes as TMZ blasts lawmakers for leaving D.C. notus.org/congress/tmz-c…

🚨 I'm heading to @NOTUSreports! It's an honor to be joining a growing, hard-hitting team. Aggressively covering DC, its players & its impact feels more urgent than ever, and I'm eager to see what we can do together I'll continue covering US foreign policy (keep up the tips!)..

“On the vaccine issue, I know we see things differently. I’m totally fine with putting that on the shelf and working on this together.’” New from me on how medical societies are collaborating (or not) with MAHA: notus.org/health-science…

very, very amped for this

Some of you may have heard...but @NOTUSreports is hiring. So excited to have these job postings up for reporters to cover climate and energy, health, econ and DHS. Plus some editor gigs in there too. Come work with me!!! notus.org/about-us/jobs

🚨 @NOTUSreports just posted 8 new editing and reporting jobs for our expanding newsroom. • Deputy Congress editor • Evening news editor • Copy editor • Econ reporter • Climate/energy reporter • DHS reporter • Health reporter • Digital producer notus.org/about-us/jobs

.@NOTUSreports still has a bunch of job openings 👀 - deputy congress editor - climate and energy reporter - DHS reporter - copy editor - more more more come work with me! it'll be a good time! notus.org/about-us/jobs

NEWS: Pete Hegseth is invoking "national security" to exempt the oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico from having to follow endangered species laws. FYI there are only ~50 Rice's whales left in the Gulf. They are at risk of extinction. notus.org/climate-enviro…

Despite filing House campaign paperwork, Mary Peltola made little effort in 2025 to recapture her former House seat while eyeing a Senate run. But @NOTUSreports’ review of @FEC docs indicate her old House committee kept spending on hotels, planes & food notus.org/2026-election/…

New York has the lowest home ownership rate in the United States, at just over 50%. But at least 24 of the state’s 28 members of Congress own or have owned their personal residences — and some are landlords too. More at @NOTUSreports: notus.org/capitol-gains/…

scoop: The Trump administration gave ICE $465 million to buy ten planes for its deportation flights, including two gulfstream G650s more commonly used as private jets notus.org/immigration/ic…

NEWS: In a meeting with CDC staff, Jay Bhattacharya said he and RFK Jr. have disagreed on "scientific matters" and that the new CDC director nominee will be announced tomorrow: notus.org/health-science…

House Democrats say that FEMA Associate Administrator Gregg Phillips, who claimed he was teleported to a Waffle House, isn’t qualified for the job. Phillips was set to testify on Wednesday, but was replaced with another FEMA employee. notus.org/trump-white-ho… @NOTUSreports

details on what happens to kids detained when they aren't with their parents and how the Office of Refugee Resettlement handling their cases from @LlanosJackie

Republicans say that officially, they don’t know which of the two Democratic candidates running for Senate in Iowa they prefer to face in a general election. Their actions suggest otherwise. My story on the not-so-subtle GOP effort to elevate Zach Wahls in the Iowa Dem primary notus.org/2026-election/…

SCOOP: AIPAC is quietly searching for a new general counsel and director of political operations, according to private communications reviewed by @NOTUSreports. Philip Friedman, who's had the role for 30+ years, is retiring. notus.org/2026-election/…

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is quietly searching for a new general counsel and director of political operations, according to private communications reviewed by ⁦@NOTUSreports⁩. Via ⁦@taylorgiorno_⁩ : notus.org/2026-election/…