Alexei Koseff

Congress accountability and enterprise reporter for @washingtonpost. Reach me at [email protected] or on Signal at akoseff.01

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell told the Chronicle she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. https://t.co/Xx6zg3lxBM

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

You can follow tonight's Senate debates in Maine and Georgia live with @washingtonpost: https://t.co/n8Hrdzzt80

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

Nonprofit law and government ethics experts told The Post there’s nothing wrong with the purpose of Onward Christian Education Services but raised concerns about how Kelly Johnson’s close connection to the speaker’s office could benefit the nonprofit. https://t.co/lNDmQpLtjF

[Annah Aschbrenner @AnnahBackstrom]

"The nonprofit ... has become part of the rising presence in official Washington of evangelical Christianity as its devotees ... seek to inject a biblical worldview into American politics and government." via @akoseff https://t.co/xTqxvCejBE

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received campaign contributions from the staff or political arms of five organizations with interests in legal matters on which his office weighed in, @matthewichoi reports https://t.co/ZvUGd30uwt

[Fenit Nirappil @FenitN]

.@akoseff investigated the faith-based nonprofit ministry run by Mike Johnson’s wife.

What he found raises ethics questions and revealed discrepancies.

Read for free: https://t.co/4apWmQfiOC

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

“I’m a missionary here.”

After her husband became speaker three years ago, Kelly Johnson reoriented a religious nonprofit she was running in Louisiana into a ministry focused on “the hundreds of unreached young women” working around Capitol Hill.

https://t.co/SaSqRhRuet

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

In at least nine separate interviews and speeches since the beginning of September, Trump has painted a visceral scene in which James Talarico throws up after eating barbecue, @emilyykennard reports https://t.co/dPN844rsOI

[Fenit Nirappil @FenitN]

NEW: We polled the Maine Senate race.

Troy Jackson is ahead, but deeper in the findings are bright spots for Collins https://t.co/wUCEN2TVd9

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

A yearslong effort to bring a Christopher Columbus statue to the White House culminates this week, @ddiamond and @oliviacgeorge report. Trump is using it as midterms messaging aimed at Italian Americans.
https://t.co/qtUOjjP2Ar

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

“I like Susan Collins," one Maine voter told @merica. "But God could be running as a Republican and I would vote against him or her because I think this country will be destroyed if Trump has another two years unfettered.”
https://t.co/WE9sN6JwNb

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

A flood of GOP money since Labor Day has not reordered the midterm map, @iarnsdorf reports. Republicans struggled to point to a race where the recent influx had fundamentally changed the dynamic. https://t.co/nNtykYxy4Q

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

"Clint Curtis thinks something doesn’t smell right in Shasta County. Literally."

@patrickdmarley on the election denier in charge of elections in one Northern California county: https://t.co/lUTFGljOqn

[Mariana Alfaro @marianaa_alfaro]

Deb Haaland, Mary Peltola and Peggy Flanagan are part of a historically large class of at least 355 Native American and Indigenous candidates who ran or are running in local, state and federal primary and general elections this year.

https://t.co/d5UZUNKKoX

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

Just got a breaking news push notification from the New York Times about “Digger” flopping. Hilariously petty!

[FOIA Nate📄 @FOIANate]

Kicker of the week by @akoseff and @SidhomLydia .

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

As some Democrats running in conservative areas toughen their language on transgender issues, including referring to transgender women as men, it has created tension with LGBTQ activists and liberal voters, @benbinday reports: https://t.co/vvZU9Jlspg

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

House lawmakers spent $6.7 million of taxpayer money on meals and lodging last year — a 21 percent increase over 2024 — under a reimbursement program that doesn’t require them to provide receipts, a Washington Post analysis found.

https://t.co/mWPuORPPtb

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

@ddiamond I am impressed with your dedication! To where did you ultimately travel to see this? And which island from the movie would you compare it to?

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

Great minds! Tal also has a story this morning examining how the House reimbursement program supplements a salary that Congress refuses to increase.

[Tal Kopan @TalKopan]

House lawmakers need a raise, but know it would look bad. But a recent expense program is giving most members an average of a 10% bump.

https://t.co/JNQw63D9FD

[Alexei Koseff @akoseff]

In the third year of a House program that reimburses members for meals and lodging in Washington without requiring receipts, expenses surged by 21%. Most of the top spenders won’t discuss it: https://t.co/mWPuORQniJ