Katherine Hapgood

financial services, small biz & housing @POLITICO formerly @publicintegrity @cswnews @metrowestdaily @COMatBU & @au_soc alum / Iowan 🌽 [email protected]

[Katherine Hapgood @hapgoodreports]

Now that it’s playbook official: excited to announce that I’m officially joining the financial services team as a regulations and small business policy reporter on the Hill! [email protected] for tips or dm for signal/text.

[Eric Bazail-Eimil @ebazaileimil]

NEW from me and @adamwren:

A web of oil interests, a fallen congressmember, a special envoy and a fleet of social-media influencers tried to pull the Trump administration toward a more accommodating posture on Venezuela. It almost worked.

[Sam Sutton @samjsutton]

New from me in today's MM: The political will for economic interventionism is strong in both parties, and the push to ban large institutions from purchasing single-family homes should be thought of as an amuse-bouche for future fights over private capital. https://t.co/jIFF9DIu3V

[Sam Sutton @samjsutton]

It was a blowout jobs number. The labor market looks like it's humming. And as was the case for President Biden, it hasn't yielded any political upside for the incumbent. https://t.co/qd6dRFNB71

[Katherine Hapgood @hapgoodreports]

Sat down with @RepFrenchHill yesterday to talk the housing bill, crypto, inter-party dynamics and what’s next for the House Financial Services Committee this Congress.

For pros: https://t.co/BRc2uCTuAA

[Cassandra Dumay @cassandra_dumay]

House Appropriators just advanced a provision to block HUD’s proposed rule that would have taken housing assistance away from families with mixed immigration status.

The committee decided (via voice vote) to attach this amendment to it’s FY27 Transportation-HUD spending bill

[Yasmin Khorram @YasminKhorram]

Blockbuster IPOs - $SPCX, Anthropic and OpenAI - could give President Trump an irresistible market story. https://t.co/PrW7uKCZSu

[POLITICO @politico]

Democrats believe they have the best shot to win big in Iowa in more than a decade.

Even some Republicans are sounding the alarm.
https://t.co/wEiwLfBxFQ

[Katherine Hapgood @hapgoodreports]

Iowa Democrats think they could flip some red seats blue for the first time in a decade.

Economic turmoil, Medicaid cuts and cost spikes are being felt hard, Dems say.

A bit on my home state w/ @sambbenson @adamwren

https://t.co/GcBo8ZkB2W

[Samuel Benson @sambbenson]

Big win for Chuck Schumer in Iowa

Schumer didn’t endorse, but his PAC maxed out & the race became a proxy war over the Dem leadership/anti-establishment divide

Turek-Hinson in Nov will be a marquee race https://t.co/TUEBejf6et

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

A little something from Iowa. https://t.co/pijyPyzy6g

[AlexGangitano @AlexGangitano]

Q: Why should Americans trust Bill Pulte to lead DNI, even though he has no national security experience?

Kevin Hassett: “Bill Pulte is a terrific guy, very careful person, very much in the details of things, trusted by the president ... He’ll do a great job.”

[Katherine Hapgood @hapgoodreports]

House Financial Services Republicans have been asked by Chair French Hill to have conversations with Senate lawmakers in a new push to get bicameral agreement on housing legislation.

https://t.co/M1eDxITXis

[Victoria Guida @vtg2]

Bill Pulte, a regulator charged with overseeing the mortgage market, is taking on a 2nd job acting as the country’s top intelligence official — after rebranding his little-known agency into a major political tool for Trump.

Deep dive by @cassandra_dumay:
https://t.co/LsN21SiCtx

[Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee]

NEW - Speaker Mike Johnson tells @politico of Trump tapping @pulte for acting director of national intelligence:

“The president has the right to make those confirmations -- or appointments, and the Senate, you know, has to weigh in as well,” Johnson said. “So, we’ll see what happens. It’s a very important position.”

I asked Johnson, a member of the Gang of Eight, if he had concerns that Pulte doesn’t have any intelligence experience. Johnson didn't say anything but shook his head no.

https://t.co/jv7cWmNTne

[POLITICO @politico]

EXCLUSIVE: Trump signed an AI executive order with less-advanced government scrutiny than the White House initially had been set to impose.
https://t.co/Wh1vbIBiq6

[POLITICO @politico]

Trump names Bill Pulte acting director of national intelligence https://t.co/7rOREFaPyS

[Declan Harty @declanharty]

The CFTC is offering buyouts and early retirement packages to certain staff, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO, just as Congress weighs handing the Wall Street regulator new power over crypto.

https://t.co/SZUyuQ7ADD

[Katherine Hapgood @hapgoodreports]

More for pros: https://t.co/v269USNXTx

[Katherine Hapgood @hapgoodreports]

HUD announced Monday that the agency will continue to limit resources for permanent housing and instead shift focus to temporary housing and services for people experiencing homelessness when it awards $4.04 billion in appropriated 2026 funds for its Continuum of Care program.

[Jordain Carney @jordainc]

News: Thune tells me the Senate WILL make changes to the House's latest offer on the housing bill -- but trying to find language that can gel with both FS and Banking

"we are working in a bipartisan, bicameral way to get the housing bill in shape"

Adds that the goal is "to get wins for both House and Senate, for Financial Services Committee and Banking"