Ben Fox

News editor at POLITICO. previously: California politics editor at POLITICO; AP reporter covering nat-sec, Lat-Am and the Caribbean. DM for Signal.

[Daniel Miller @DanielNMiller]

It's my first day at @politico, where I'm helping launch a new coverage area from L.A. I'll be reporting on the intersection of entertainment, media, sports, tech and politics. Got tips or story ideas? [email protected].

[POLITICO Playbook @playbookdc]

In San Diego, a proposed tax on short-term rental and vacation properties is shaping up to be one of the big political battles of 2026.

The latest in Playbook: https://t.co/4rZSX1lEzW

[Jeremy B. White @JeremyBWhite]

The story making everyone in California politics say “holy shit” today

https://t.co/73MzrNo4TK

[Mia Camille McCarthy @Reporter_Mia]

Scoop: Freshman Democratic Sens. Andy Kim and Lisa Blunt Rochester are planning a meeting with GOP Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Jeff Van Drew tomorrow to discuss a possible bipartisan plan to extend ACA subsidies

w/ @meredithllee @nicholaswu12: https://t.co/cBDImkiddW

[Dustin Gardiner @dustingardiner]

SCOOP: Former San Francisco Mayor London Breed floats run for Nancy Pelosi’s House seat

“It’s important that San Franciscans have options. I want to explore whether I could potentially be one of those options," she told me.

https://t.co/GAnv46XtMq

[luis martinez @LMartinezABC]

BREAKING: Pentagon announces that Guantanamo that three of the five 9/11 defendants, including mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, have reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

[Dave Brown @dave_brown24]

Get excited guys, because we're hiring! Come join our amazing team!

Pentagon reporter: https://t.co/QO2syOqtwM

[POLITICO @politico]

Animal rights comes to ‘America’s Provence’ and farmers are worried https://t.co/FlYO2udhOZ

[Ben Fox @ben_foxed]

Libertarian convention devolves into fighting, obscenities on eve of Trump’s visit https://t.co/PXe41d23hc via @politico

[Mallika Sen @mallikavsen]

CANNES, France (AP) — Messi. That's the alert. https://t.co/DelgHK0PS6

[POLITICO @politico]

Why Kristi Noem’s damage-control tour is probably doomed — and it isn���t her dead dog’s fault. https://t.co/SyEu2vYux3

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

NEW: The judge’s order could force Eastman out of several ongoing cases, including a California lawsuit brought by MTG and Matt Gaetz. It also deprives Eastman of a key income source as he fights criminal cases in two states.

https://t.co/IjchCgHQNh

[Christopher Cadelago @ccadelago]

News: Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is weighing his exit from the Biden administration — likely after the November election — to run for California governor in 2026.

w/ @dustingardiner @adamcancryn

https://t.co/1Ucp8W7o9F

[Ben Fox @ben_foxed]

Prospective jurors for Trump’s upcoming criminal trial in NYC won’t be asked if they are Republican or Democrat, but will be questioned about whether they are a member of the Proud Boys or QAnon. https://t.co/n6i6CC8v5i via @politico

[Dustin Gardiner @dustingardiner]

The amplification of this post by dozens of negative bot counts is weird and makes one thing evident:

Someone is spending a bunch of money on bot farms that use obviously fake accounts to spread disinformation about San Francisco and California. Why?

[Ben Fox @ben_foxed]

@MegKinnardAP @wjlester This is really sad news. Will was a great journalist and great colleague.

[Ben Fox @ben_foxed]

Never mind Republicans, Biden hadn’t sold his own party on border deal https://t.co/Gnkj5mywGE via @politico

[Elex Michaelson @Elex_Michaelson]

Exciting news!

@melmason & I will be co-moderating the first televised debate in the race for U.S. Senate in California

It’ll air live 6p January 22 on @FOXLA @KTVU @KFIAM640 from USC.

Qualifying candidates: @AdamSchiff, @SteveyGarvey6, @katieporteroc, @BarbaraLeeForCA

[Ben Fox @ben_foxed]

@andrewselsky @AP absolutely!