Hannah Knowles

Lots of scoopy bits in my latest IG story w/ @FedGirlWaPo, incl a power shift at the IGs council, a deletion of info in an SSA IG report and memorial t-shirts for a censored report. Don't subscribe to @washingtonpost? You can still read this story for $2: washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

How muted has the pushback been to anti-Muslim comments in the GOP? Asked Ted Cruz, who is vocal about antisemitism, if leaders should also speak up against comments like “Muslims don’t belong" in the U.S. -- “We need to be vigilant stopping radical Islamic terrorism," he said

Scoop: Joe Kent and Tulsi Gabbard met with Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Monday, per sources. During the meeting, Kent presented his resignation letter to the vice president

A year ago, young Trump supporters arrived in DC as heralds of a new vibe — more fun than the young fogies of the old right and the uptight killjoys of the modern left. Now? What once felt based now seems more cringe, according to some MAGA cool kids: washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

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New: Janet Mills is releasing her first negative ad against Graham Platner in Maine Dem primary washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

Trump defends and praises Mark Levin, saying he’s “somewhat under siege” by people who “ARE NOT MAGA” Comes after Megyn Kelly earlier today called Mark Levin “Micropenis Mark”…. Tucker Carlson has, of course, been highly critical of Levin, too, including on Kelly’s show.

The president calls Klomp his “favorite Mormon,” or even “the killer Mormon,” according to three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the president’s personal nicknames, via @ddiamond

Rep. Kat Cammack (R) on redistricting in FL: “One thing that needs to be made clear: We are not picking up five seats.” “On our best day,” she said, the state could see three new GOP seats — but two is more realistic. w/ @kadiagoba washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

EXCLUSIVE: (gift link) The Iranian school building where scores of children were killed when it was struck by a Tomahawk missile had been identified as a factory and had been an approved U.S. strike target. wapo.st/4llWy0R

Clay Fuller, Trump’s pick to replace MTG, advances easily washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

White House tells House GOP to avoid mass deportation talk ahead of midterms via @natalie_allison @kadia washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

Exclusive: Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job, via @MerylKornfield @lizzadwoskin and Lisa Rein washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

In Trump’s Washington, Congress has little power left, from the great @lizcgoodwin wapo.st/3Pa6QFm

Cruz to an older crowd at antisemitism conference: "The fact that this room is persuaded does not mean that the college campus is It does not mean that the Capitol Hill interns are. It does not mean that the interns at Heritage and CPI.. that they're persuaded"

Cruz singled out Tucker Carlson -- "the single most dangerous demagogue in this country" -- and says he's worried about young people: "We’re winning with folks in this room with some gray or salt and pepper in their hair. But in a college classroom I’m a lot less certain."

Sen. Ted Cruz got an especially warm welcome, and a standing ovation, as he walked up to speak at today's RJC/National Review conference on antisemitism. "I want us to be winning," Cruz started off. "But I'm not sure it is accurate..."

Gas prices were Exhibit A for Republicans touting their progress on the economy. Then the U.S. went to war. One consultant for a GOP candidate recounted having to rewrite a fundraising pitch that cited gas prices from before the conflict. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…