Colleen Wordock

Washington Bureau Chief, Spectrum News. Formerly with Circa and Bloomberg. NYC born, NC raised, Tar Heel, Mom to 3, Wife to 1. Retweets mean nothing.

[Colleen Wordock @cwordock]

Was that an earthquake in Tampa / St. Pete just now? Our building in Carillon Park was shaking in St. Pete.

[Shannon Ryan @_shanryan]

Scoop: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will appear alongside Congressman Mike Lawler, who is seeking reelection, in the Hudson Valley this Sunday.

The joint EPA event comes roughly two weeks after President Donald Trump campaigned with Lawler in Rockland County.

Lawler’s district is regarded as one of the most competitive swing districts in the country.

Zeldin's appearance with Lawler is part of a several-day trip Zeldin is taking through his home state of New York.

On Friday, Zeldin will make appearances on Long Island. On Monday, he will stop in Binghamton and Syracuse.

[Reena Jade Diamante @reenajade]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is meeting with GOP leaders in DC this week, including the @RNC Chair. I asked @ChairmanGruters how Republicans who backed Sen. John Cornyn in the primary can mend ties with Paxton.

Gruters said, “We're all going to come together."

[Reena Jade Diamante @reenajade]

.@RNC Chairman @JoeGruters tells me he's close to releasing the details of a midterm convention this summer.

"If we're going to defy history, we have to do things that have never been done...I like to call it a Trump-a-palooza."

@TXCapTonight @SpectrumNewsDC

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

SCOOP: The Pentagon has banned journalists from its press office, designating it a classified space. The change creates a new barrier between journalists and the public affairs officers who have traditionally answered their questions.

https://t.co/DYgLYj99sc

[Cassie Semyon @casssemyon]

Secretary Scott Bessent says the Treasury is ready to create a new $250 bill with President Trump's image if Congress gives the go-ahead. The department's speed in developing the note stands in stark contrast with the years it has taken to create a new $20 bill bearing a portrait of abolitionist Harriet Tubman. https://t.co/hZvSXhTplG

[Spectrum News 1 Texas @SpectrumNews1TX]

Supporters inside Ken Paxton's watch party mingle as they await primary runoff election results to come in from across Texas. Paxton is running to secure the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.

[Spectrum News 1 Texas @SpectrumNews1TX]

Sen. John Cornyn is not hosting a watch party for his Texas primary runoff election event but is expected to speak to press later in the night. Cornyn is running to secure the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

[Annemarie Bonner @ABonnerNews]

I asked @RepTroyNehls about this. Rep. Nehls, a Paxton supporter, said, "I don't want to say I'm not concerned. We've got to work hard in November. We're going to have to work really, really hard. But Ken Paxton is going to be absolutely fantastic."

@SpectrumNews1TX

[Reuben Jones @ReubenJones1]

Spectrum News is expanding again!

This time in California.

@lisaling is also joining Spectrum News.

https://t.co/kGlG3ceG10

[Annemarie Bonner @ABonnerNews]

NEW: @JohnCornyn just told reporters that it's going to be harder for Republicans to keep his Senate seat if @KenPaxtonTX wins the runoff.

Sen. Cornyn added he hasn't spoken to @POTUS about his endorsement yesterday.

@SpectrumNews1TX

[Cassie Semyon @casssemyon]

NEW: Just spoke to Gov. @GavinNewsom a short while ago as he was heading into a meeting with California Democrats on Capitol Hill.

On redistricting: Newsom said he's not focused on doing another ballot referendum to try and get even more seats right now. He said the focus is on winning seats across the country. "We want to pick up all five [in California], and then to support the effort to win at least two Democratic seats in Virginia, one in, I think easily one in Florida and many as two in Texas, and that's the focus right now."

On fire aid: Nearly a year and a half after the LA wildfires, Newsom says he feels "hopeful" that supplemental aid could be delivered eventually.

"I think directionally the momentum - at peril of saying this out loud, because Senator Padilla may disagree - members of the administration have played this pretty straight, and are sincerely engaged with the community in LA, and I think want to want to help folks. And that's reflected in the conversations I've had in the last 48 hours, and I just starting to feel more optimistic."

He added: "Despite the rhetoric or lack thereof, in terms of support coming from the president - but at the administrative level and the staff level, I really appreciate what seems to me legitimate progress and consideration, and that's a very hopeful thing."

@SpecNews1SoCal @SpectrumNewsDC @ABonnerNews

[Erin Kelly @ErinKYSpectrum]

In the last three GOP primaries, @RepThomasMassie has won 75-81% of the vote, according to election data.

Now, he is in the most expensive House primary on record, with nearly $33m in ad spending, per tracker, @AdImpact_Pol
@SpectrumNews1KY
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[Spectrum News DC @SpectrumNewsDC]

#Hiring Spectrum News DC is seeking a dedicated, energetic Weekend Reporter to drive our breaking news coverage and local, top-of-mind issues. We need a journalist who digs beyond the surface to deliver the "Why it matters" moment in every DC story.

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[Reuben Jones @ReubenJones1]

Pete Buttigieg is holding a rally for Democrat Jamie Ager next week in Fairview, NC.

Democrats are targeting NC-11, currently represented by (R) Rep. Chuck Edwards, as a seat to flip blue in November.

https://t.co/Jkjnmu4DeE #NC11 #ncpol

[Mario Anderson 📺 @MarioAndersonTV]

#NEW | Max Morley, a Democratic candidate for Kentucky House in Louisville, is seen on a home security camera taking a political advertisement out of a homeowner's mailbox & putting it into his back pocket. Morley confirmed it was him, apologized & has dropped out of his primary race.

[Annemarie Bonner @ABonnerNews]

.@RepMikeLawler told me this afternoon he has NOT heard from @SenRandPaul and has NOT contacted him about this incident.

He also called it "the most shocking thing I've witnessed" in his four years here.

@SpectrumNewsDC has reached out to Sen. Paul's office for comment.

[Colleen Wordock @cwordock]

#Hiring Spectrum News DC is seeking a dedicated, energetic Weekend Reporter to drive our breaking news coverage and local, top-of-mind issues.

We need a journalist who digs beyond the surface to deliver the "Why it matters" moment in every DC story.

https://t.co/JaQQpYy4gi

[Cassie Semyon @casssemyon]

One of the marquee House races of the 2026 midterms is unfolding in Southern California's 40th district.

Republican Reps. Young Kim and Ken Calvert, currently colleagues in the House, are fighting over the same seat in a game of political musical chairs that began when California's congressional districts were redrawn mid-decade.

I spoke with both Kim and Calvert as we head into the thick of the primary race: https://t.co/sUuUzax6Do

[Charlotte Scott @reportsbychar]

.@RepGwenMoore on the Supreme Court striking down Louisiana's congressional map: "Sixty-year history of voting rights for African Americans in particular has really been compromised."