Alex Ruoff

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[Jessica Nix @jessicanix_]

NEW from @rachelcohrs : White House has pulled the nomination for Casey Means for Surgeon General. More updates to come! @business https://t.co/iSYytmElsY

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

Lori Chavez-DeRemer was angling to be JD Vance's running mate in 2028. And then it all came crashing down.

Our deep dive into the ballooning scandal that brought down Trump's Labor Secretary. w/@parker_purifoy https://t.co/Ta8W1rYX47

[Bloomberg @business]

President Donald Trump will ask Congress to enact a massive increase in defense spending in a discretionary budget proposal Friday, while also renewing his push for steep cuts to domestic programs https://t.co/YQs5Wv4h99

[Bloomberg Government @BGOV]

Social media influencer Laura Loomer, who is close to President Donald Trump, is floating an alternate name for surgeon general nominee as the current one’s prospects seem to be dimming in the Senate. https://t.co/HSBl1CdGoc

[Chris Cioffi @ReporterCioffi]

Mere weeks into the appropriations beat, @Zachary_Cohen is already seeing his @BGOV stories read on the floor by Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

[Erik Wasson @elwasson]

TRUMP FIRES NOEM and replaces with Sen Mullin

[Anthony Capaccio @ACapaccio]

Scoop from BGOV on budget: Defense Industry Expects $50 Billion Package to Boost Munitions
Summary by Bloomberg AI
US defense industry officials are expecting the Pentagon to request supplemental funding to shore up expensive munitions stockpiles following US strikes on Iran.
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[Billy House @HouseInSession]

D'Esposito plans to resign his Labor Dept. post as early as tomorrow. The race for the NY CD-4 seat -- seen by some a pivotal to the battle for party control of the House -- had been listed as a toss-up, but recently downgraded by The Cook Political Report as "leaning Democrat."

[Erik Wasson @elwasson]

MUST READ: Why voters are angry about the economy (with charts!) https://t.co/SCtSnFPBrS

[Angélica Franganillo Diaz @angelicafdiaz]

NEWS: @TriciaOhio is stepping down from the Department of Homeland Security, according to an administration source.

[Ian Lopez @IanMichaelLopez]

State battles over reproductive rights are turning toward environmental law as legislatures and advocates grapple over whether abortions pose a threat to community water supplies.

https://t.co/Q4PuSJoyoe

[Ben Penn @benjaminpenn]

NEWS: The DOJ lawyer who tried--and failed--to indict 6 Dem lawmakers over military video runs an active dance photography studio & worked for US Atty Pirro decades ago. Both prosecutors on case had no prior federal backgrounds as experts were walled off. https://t.co/OjeNxQxPdr

[Liam Quinn @liampatquinn]

News: @RepStenyHoyer told @kentran_ during a @BGOV roundtable this morning he expects Dem appropriators will "in the next few days" propose a DHS fix that withholds ICE funding. And he expects Senate Dems to get on board with it: https://t.co/iQzjg99uZS

[Alex Ruoff @Alexruoff]

The new Schedule F (Schedule Policy/Career) would put certain federal workers into a new category that has fewer job protections.

Of the 40,000 comments on the rule, OPM says, "7 were not posted because they contained threats to the President..."

https://t.co/CuZX3SPzOQ

[Alex Ruoff @Alexruoff]

Trump's Schedule Policy/Career, formerly Schedule F, has left OIRA's website.

We should soon see the final rule that will reclassify thousands of federal workers so they're easier to fire, @JournoChrisATL writes.

https://t.co/7rICUN3ws0

[Jonathan Tamari @JonathanTamari]

Brian Fitzpatrick has **$7.3m** on hand per my colleague @greggiroux - by far the most of any swing district House member.

That's close to Senate money. And it's one factor why he continues to be a tough out, despite his district being so competitive
https://t.co/GmaFBcYR2F

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

*BLS WILL DELAY RELEASE OF JAN. JOBS REPORT DUE TO GOVT SHUTDOWN

[Bloomberg Government @BGOV]

The US federal government is poised for a short shutdown with Congress unlikely to meet a midnight Friday deadline to clear a spending package through both legislative chambers. https://t.co/ZN70RaZVzu

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

Scoop: A bodyguard for Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer was placed on leave as officials investigate an alleged romantic relationship between the two. https://t.co/aDxKIdkW8P

[Jonathan Tamari @JonathanTamari]

“The first thing to understand is how angry people are ... They want somebody who’s going to go kick in the door and flip over tables”

Even in competitive districts and states, Democrats are increasingly embracing their own version of populism:
https://t.co/kcBdTCp9xU