Alan He

CBS Newser on Capitol Hill

[Jordain Carney @jordainc]

While Platner is doing an MSNow interview to respond to NYTimes story, Thune is currently congratulating Susan Collins on the floor for taking her 10K vote

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Dem Sen. Whitehouse says he’s “not impressed” by the allegations against Graham Platner in the latest NYT report.

“Seems like a lot of nothing. I mean, the only one who had anything to say that seemed ‘unsettling’ was a woman who works for right-wing political operations.”

[Alan He @alanhe]

Lujan on Platner: He needs to face the voters. Voters are going to decide who's going to represent them in ME. I think it's going to be important that he face voters.

Q. Do you think the accusers seem credible?

People need to believe accusers, no matter where they are…

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Asked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, DSCC chairwoman, if she stilll backs Graham Platner after the NYT report: “We are still doing Maine,” she told me as she walked into the Senate chamber

[Eleanor Watson @ellee_watson]

The House Armed Services Committee passed a provision today that would give Secretary Hegseth and other Pentagon officials five days to produce a report on why senior military officials were dismissed or fired. https://t.co/yiHBlMMSVu

[Katie Glueck @katieglueck]

New: Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior

w/ @llerer https://t.co/dCbdgmDEEF

[Sarah Ferris @sarahnferris]

After many hours, Cassidy has voted against Democratic effort here to kill DOJ fund.

This allowed the other two holdouts to- Sullivan/Husted in battleground races - to vote yes.

Collins, Sullivan and Husted all voted with Dems

[Robert Costa @costareports]

Our conversation with Senator Leahy: https://t.co/h8fo8XZpKN

[Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns]

Sen. Welch tells me of his meeting with Graham Platner this week: “My point to Platner was that he has the obligation as a candidate to address legitimate questions Mainers have”

[Kaia Hubbard @kaia_hubbard]

THUNE on the president praising the DOJ fund that the acting AG said is not moving forward:

"That to me is a definitive statement," he said. "I know that the president has mixed views about this, but the person who would set that up would be the attorney general."

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

New - Sen. John Cornyn told me he’s undecided on Blanche as AG. “Being Attorney General is probably one of the hardest jobs in the Cabinet, because you’re working for the President, but you're also supposed to be able to tell the President ‘no.’ … So we need to talk about that.”

[Kelly Phares @kellyfphares]

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walking into a meeting w/ Sen Sanders says he thinks the WH EO on AI is a “great start”

On data centers says “I don't think data centers should push up ratepayers electricity, and I don't think they should be in a place that people don't want them...

[Alan He @alanhe]

Sam Altman is in Schumer’s office now

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey, who has missed more than 100 votes since early March, says he will return to work in person "within a matter of weeks.”

When pressed by CBS News’ @CHueyBurns how it was acceptable for a member of Congress to be absent for months without giving further explanation, House Speaker Mike Johnson said "it's not a scandalous thing at all” and that “people are entitled to get sick.”

Johnson added that he spoke with Kean late last week and he was in "good spirits" and is "anxious to come back in person." https://t.co/AMHOZk1sK5

[Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns]

My question to Speaker Johnson today on the whereabouts of Rep. Tom Kean

[Kaia Hubbard @kaia_hubbard]

THUNE says "most of our members feel pretty satisfied" after acting AG Blanche's comments yesterday on the DOJ fund.

"Whether they are enough for some of our members, we'll find out," he added.

GOP leaders are hoping to move forward on reconciliation later today.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Sen. Bernie Sanders says he'll meet with Sam Altman tomorrow and that Altman requested the meeting.

[Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns]

Confirming reporting by @igorbobic. Platner is leaving DC, canceling NY events, and heading back to Maine after NY Post showed up at his mom’s restaurant and at his mother in law’s house, per a source familiar.

[Caitlin Huey-Burns @CHueyBurns]

Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of meeting with Graham Platner: “What are the billionaires worried about? Why are they spending so much money trying to defeat this guy? The answer is, he’s going to stand up to the oligarchs.”

[Arden Farhi @ArdenFarhi]

Pilot of fighter jet downed over Iran was previously shot down in Kuwaiti friendly fire incident, sources say via @ellee_watson and @JimLaPorta https://t.co/NjkLtazm1V