Garrett Downs

Smart look by @_garrettdowns at what the White House's move to increase weedkiller glysophate production may mean for support from MAHA Moms: cnbc.com/2026/02/27/tru…

A new blueprint from center-left Democrats, shared exclusively with @CNBC, lays out a road map for addressing affordability without splashy populist promises. Picking a winning strategy on affordability could be the difference in the 2026 midterms. cnbc.com/2026/02/11/ele…

@_garrettdowns gets the first look at the New Dems' blueprint for 2026: cnbc.com/2026/02/11/ele…

“When you talk about limiting businesses buying houses, limiting the salaries of corporate heads, I mean, that’s much more like a Democrat messaging to me.”

WH response: “President Trump was given a resounding mandate by the American people to smash Washington, D.C.’s obsession with consensus orthodoxy that has let Americans down,” said White House spokesperson Kush Desai.

“Self-control, clear messaging, clear priorities would be helpful,” said Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican who will retire at the end of this term, in an interview with CNBC. “He actually sounds more and more like a Democrat, if you think about it.”

New from me: Down in the polls, Trump yanks Republicans toward economic populism. It may not save them cnbc.com/2026/01/14/tru…

First vetoes of Trump’s term survive override vote in Congress: cnbc.com/2026/01/08/hou… (via @_garrettdowns)

NEW: Rep. Ro Khanna speaks to @CNBC about his plans to launch an investigation into state-level fraud after his endorsement of a wealth tax caused a firestorm among tech leaders in his district (via @_garrettdowns) cnbc.com/2025/12/30/ro-…

The crypto industry is loosing a heavy weight on the Hill as Sen. Lummis will retire at the end of next year. @_garrettdowns with the industry's reaction to the news - cnbc.com/2025/12/22/cry…

House passes bill to ease permits for building out AI infrastructure cnbc.com/2025/12/18/hou…

RT @mcwellons: Big Tech is pushing for Congress to advance permitting reform that would speed up projects for AI infrastructure. Key proced…

Also bittersweet to have left POLITICO and E&E News after more than three and a half years. It’s a special place with many of the best reporters in the business who I will dearly miss working with.

Very excited to have joined @CNBC last week as a politics reporter. Going to be covering issues new and old, so be sure to reach out at Garrett.Downs@versantmedia.com

RT @CNBC: Indiana Senate rejects redistricting bill that Trump demanded cnbc.com/2025/12/11/ind…

RT @YarrowGrace: Scoop: White House is quadrupling its beef imports from Argentina even after backlash from GOP and industry Admin is also…

RT @andpicon: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) uses her first campaign post in five years to express support for the Red Sox ahead of the wildc…

in case you missed it - a great story on the public lands fight here from @_garrettdowns & @ameliadavidson_ “He’s not wrong about the concept, he was just not wise in the approach he used,” Republican Thom Tillis said of the Senate Energy chair. eenews.net/articles/how-m…

House Republican appropriators vote to rename the Kennedy Center opera house the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House”

“There was virtually nobody else who supported it,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who said his office’s phone lines were ringing off the hook over the idea, despite North Carolina not being impacted.