Myah Ward

White House reporter @politico. Tar Heel. Email: [email protected]. Send tips: Signal is mward.19

[Myah Ward @MyahWard]

New: After a year of tensions with Noem, Homan wants a reset with Trump’s soon-to-be DHS chief

“I definitely get the sense that Homan is trying to be more involved with Mullin from the get-go,” one person told me.

https://t.co/RcECrWVyep via @politico

[Jordain Carney @jordainc]

Tillis (who has the ability to bottle up any nominee who doesn't get Dem votes in Judiciary) told me the DOJ anti-weaponization fund would "absolutely" be part of his consideration for if he supports an AG nominee

https://t.co/xVz3I4S6Oc

[Myah Ward @MyahWard]

News: Trump is expected to nominate Blanche to be AG, confirming CNN. POTUS mentioned the nom at Rose Garden dinner tonight -- and he's already discussed the nomination with Blanche, per admin officials https://t.co/Y3lcbIKwLF @politico @DashaBurns @aaronpellish @joshgerstein

[Grace Yarrow @YarrowGrace]

New: Parasitic screwworm ‘may’ have been detected in Texas, USDA says

If the pest is confirmed to be in the US, officials will implement quarantine protocols for animals - which will have sweeping impacts on the ag industry
https://t.co/QXre2deoGt

[Myah Ward @MyahWard]

During House Homeland Security hearing, Sec. Mullin says on ICE training that DHS had to "rewrite the curriculum," but starting July 1, training will be "back up to the regular standards." Our story from May:
https://t.co/Mm3D8UKZEq

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

UPDATE: DOJ's nod to Graham's idea seems to be gone https://t.co/pKA8SXTT5F

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin won't commit to abide by court orders. via @JAscholtes https://t.co/Jy1XGdpuqb

[Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee]

🚨Todd Blanche says it out loud —

“We are not moving forward' with Anti-Weaponization Fund

“We’re not moving forward with the fund, period.”

https://t.co/O48D4Eb40S @Hailey_Fuchs @politico

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

JD Vance’s fraud task force wants to preserve the most politically popular elements of DOGE — rooting out waste on behalf of the American taxpayer — but Vance is avoiding fights with cabinet officials and the slipshod practices that defined Musk’s time in DC.

“Because of the way it’s structured, you don’t have a situation where agencies feel like there are staffers layering over them forcing them to do things they don’t want to do.”

w/ @MyahWard

https://t.co/VqvfEmczUQ

[Jordain Carney @jordainc]

Thune asked about the fund in the wake of the DOJ statement: "I think the statement they made effectively shuts it down"

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Folks the court did NOT rule that the fund is dead. She only ruled that for a two-week period the fund would be on pause while the judge could sort through the legal issues. Abiding by the court order does not mean killing the fund.

[Ali Vitali @alivitali]

It’s Monday with @WayTooEarly and we’ve got a lot to get to, with:
☀️ @MyahWard
⛅️ @moses_small
☕️ @gardnerakayla
🌅 @lawofruby

Plus, you know we always ask “why are you awake?” Email [email protected] or reply here. #waytooearly

[Myah Ward @MyahWard]

Another nugget of news in here icymi: border czar Tom Homan headed to NJ this weekend to meet with state and local officials amid protests at Delaney Hall ICE facility

[Oriana Pawlyk @Oriana0214]

Fears of travel chaos flare as Mullin weighs pulling customs officers from Newark airport https://t.co/uYywijdmo6 | @politico

@MyahWard & me

[Oriana Pawlyk @Oriana0214]

Fears of travel chaos flare as Mullin weighs pulling customs officers from Newark airport https://t.co/uYywijdmo6 | @politico

@MyahWard & me

[Ry Rivard @ryrivard]

NJ's Democratic governor is attempting to head off a surge of federal authorities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, that she fears could create the kind of chaos seen earlier this year in Minneapolis. https://t.co/FpJcCJEtBU w/ @danieljhan_ & @MyahWard

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Gov. Sherrill says ICE denied access to Delaney Hall detention facility for New Jersey health inspectors

[Roop Raj @rooprajfox2]

“I will not be one of them in 2028…”
Governor Whitmer on possible presidential run in our one on one from Mackinac.

[Erin Doherty @erinpdoherty]

Republicans worry Texas brawl could take money away from key battlegrounds

One GOP donor compared the late stages of the Texas runoff to a “horror movie.” More w/@AlexGangitano, @jsscppr, @sambbenson:

https://t.co/XGEDTHdLme

[Josh Wingrove @josh_wingrove]

"I believe the prices are transitory," Secretary Bessent says during the cabinet meeting. A familiar phrase in the previous administration.

[Brooke Singman @BrookeSingman]

EXCLUSIVE: @DNIGabbard is resigning from her post to support her husband through his battle with “an extremely rare form of bone cancer.”
@TulsiGabbard calls her husband her “rock.”
“His strength & love have sustained
me through every challenge. I cannot in good conscience ask him to face this fight alone while I continue in this demanding and time-consuming position.”

https://t.co/y3l8LfzmEE

[Hamed Aleaziz @Haleaziz]

This is a big deal.