Alex Thompson

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WATCH: @JohnBerman reads @hollyotterbein and @AlexThomp's scoop to @CongBoyle on Gov. Shapiro secretly helping a GOP state treasurer’s 2024 reelection bid after the Democrat in the race knocked him as a potential VP pick.

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Shapiro joins other Dems in hitting utility companies. “the 20th century utility model is broken – we can no longer simply prioritize corporate profitability to drive infrastructure development.” whyy.org/articles/penns…

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🇺🇸🇮🇷🚢"He wants action": Trump's frustration with Iran stalemate sparked Hormuz gambit, U.S. officials say. @MarcACaputo and I write for @axios axios.com/2026/05/04/tru…

Biden makes another endorsement in a Dem primary. Second one this past week, both for people who worked in his WH.

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Brooks, a candidate for Congress who's also the president of Pennsylvania's firefighters union, told students at Lehigh University last week that Shapiro had asked his union to back Republican Stacy Garrity over McClelland in the 2024 state treasurer's race. “That was a request, ironically, from Gov. Josh Shapiro because Erin McClelland was running against her,…Josh Shapiro had requested because Stacy, er, Erin McClelland came out hard about something on Josh Shapiro, and really, the Democratic Party as a whole turned on Erin McClelland. And he said, 'I would like you guys to endorse Stacy Garrity.'"

Scoop w/ @hollyotterbein Josh Shapiro secretly helped the Republican state treasurer's 2024 bid after their Dem opponent criticized Shapiro as a potential VP pick, close Shapiro ally Bob Brooks said. Brooks said he misspoke. We have the audio: axios.com/2026/05/03/jos…

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Sullivan and Rhodes were colleagues during the Obama administration, co-founded NSA and remain on the board, but Rhodes said that "I think Jake and I obviously moved in different directions" since founding NSA. "We'll both be involved.… I've obviously moved in a more progressive direction on Israel and other things, and I am not shy about making my views known, and so I want to help facilitate the inclusion of more progressive perspectives and ideas and people."

Scoop: Nat Sec Action—the foreign policy hub for the left co-founded by Jake Sullivan and Ben Rhodes—is rebooting ahead of the 2028 Dem primary with a new director, and more. Nat Sec Action became a key source for staffing the Biden admin. axios.com/2026/05/03/dem…

🚨🚨 Scoop: Shapiro boosted Republican to retaliate against fellow Dem, ally says in recording axios.com/2026/05/03/jos…

Fire story from @hollyotterbein + @AlexThomp Scoop: Shapiro boosted Republican to retaliate against fellow Dem, ally says in recording axios.com/2026/05/03/jos…

“Jewish politicians say they frequently find themselves personally targeted, according to interviews with nearly two dozen elected officials.” Via @jennymedina nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/…

On the left, the revamped White House Rose Garden w/its umbrellas On the right, the Trump National Doral pool area w/its umbrellas

Scoop: Josh Shapiro secretly helped a Republican state treasurer's 2024 reelection bid after the official's Democratic opponent had criticized Shapiro as a potential VP pick, a close Shapiro ally said last week. w/ @AlexThomp axios.com/2026/05/03/jos…

An ex Miami GOP congressman and friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during the first Trump administration. Jurors found David Rivera guilty on all counts. apnews.com/article/venezu…