Kenneth P. Vogel

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[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

@kitschburgh The headline is 7 words.

"Balkan" is one of them.

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

SCOOP: Susie Wiles' daughter @KatieWiles0303 traveled to Srpska in August with a Texas energy entrepreneur to explore a gas pipeline deal with the pro-Russian gov't.

The entrepreneur has ties to Trump's orbit & counts @DonaldJTrumpJr as an investor. https://t.co/kxxuE6WOG0

[Sludge @Sludge]

The FEC opinion letting super PACs coordinate canvassing with candidates that Wiener is using came from a 2024 request by Elias Law Group. The firm's leader, Marc Elias, also requested the 2010 opinion that created super PACs.

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

@igorbobic *I did not report that the nationalist party won in Srpska because of the work of Blair & LaCivita.

**I did report that Trump-allied consultants & lobbyists had been paid handsomely by the pro-Russian Srpska government before Blair & LaCivita were engaged there.

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

SCOOP: While Trump was doing midterm rallies last week, two of his top political advisers were in Republika Srpska helping its pro-Russian government.

@JamesBlairUSA & @ChrisLaCivita were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each for election advice. https://t.co/8mMeH0wuDr

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

@triplecrowned69 @KVanValkenburg Also, it could have delved a bit more into his cutting by Chip Kelly, who actually did do @DeSeanJackson10 dirty.

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

@triplecrowned69 @KVanValkenburg Agree. It stood out both because it felt raw & unfiltered, and because it bucked the trend flagged by the OP.

[David Wickert @dwickert]

Lobbyist spending helped pay for elected officials’ getaways to Florida beaches, Chicago and other destinations.
https://t.co/9LAQSgTol3

[Jacob Wendler @jacob_wendler]

Revolving door watch: Chris Wright's chief of staff Carl Coe, who left DOE in July, is joining Checkmate Government Relations — the lobby shop run by Ches McDowell, a close friend of Donald Trump Jr.'s. Also joining is Jill Buria, who's married to Hegseth's chief of staff.

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

Not everyone in the Trump administration is shutting out Politico, CNN & MS NOW.

Reporters from those outlets were welcomed at a @StateDept UNGA kickoff reception at a midtown hotel last night where @marcorubio delivered off-the-cuff remarks & mingled, per @playbookdc.

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

Scoop: David Milstein, a top Jerusalem embassy aide who holds a top-secret security clearance, sent a wedding invitation soliciting “monetary wedding gift[s]” in either “U.S. dollars or Israeli shekels” & a QR code.

After @playbookdc asked Milstein whether he had State and WH approval, Milstein sent out a new note to invitees saying he could not accept gifts of any kind.

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

A custom “WH Rolex” — available only to bona fide (& rich) MAGA insiders & featuring the gold seal of the president on the dial, a star at the 45- & 47-second markers & an engraving of the WH on the back — is one of many markers of status in Trump’s DC. https://t.co/sJ1Z1xBHDk

[Brandon Van Grack @BVanGrack]

DOJ just issued a statement reinforcing its commitment to enforce the Foreign Agents Registration Act (#FARA). Unclear what prompted the press release, but suspect its trying to correct the notion that FARA is dead—w/ specific investigations in mind.

https://t.co/Tk43XKRpUM

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

While @SenKatieBritt was publicly defending Trump's tariffs, she was privately seeking exemptions for 4 companies operating in Alabama that could be hurt by tariffs, according to emails between her staff & @USTradeRep, obtained via FOIA by @WSJopinion. https://t.co/yQiETCUVAg

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

NEW @POLITICO POLL: 63% of Americans believe AI could destroy humanity one day.

Nearly half favor pausing development of more advanced AI models — 48% — compared with 31% who favor continued development. https://t.co/ZdYiEE1M9U

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

Despite Democratic claims to the contrary, “this is not a MAGA court,” said Donald B. Verrilli Jr., an Obama solicitor general.

Justices have rejected Trump initiatives on tariffs, citizenship, the National Guard & now the coming election. https://t.co/8GwVLwTL5z

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

Brett Tolman has ties in Trump’s orbit.

He was overheard by @cbsnews telling a pardon seeker that he (@tolmanbrett) expects to work on "40 or 50" clemency cases in Trump's 2nd term & expects to be successful in more than 2/3 of them. https://t.co/NH90cOF7oM

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

It’s hard to imagine any other beat in any other American city being covered as obsessively as the Philly sports media covers the Eagles.

But is that coverage actually good?

And is it good for Philadelphia & its residents?

@tmcgrathphilly isn’t so sure. https://t.co/WIQzAVVYad

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

The Putin-allied oligarch who helped pay for @DonaldJTrumpJr's wedding is heavily involved in a group that is under Ukrainian sanctions for its alleged role in a program that abducts Ukrainian children from occupied territories. https://t.co/aKE0tbAtwh

[Dustin Volz @dnvolz]

A year and a day ago, I had surgery to remove a strange mass following a severe bout of sepsis and months of chronic anemia. I didn't know if I would ever run again.

Today I ran a 10-mile race and hugged my daughter at the finish line. It was a glorious feeling.