Lia DeGroot

Health reporter at @cqnow and @rollcall | @gwhatchet & @smpagwu alumna | @cqrollcallguild | Get in touch: [email protected] | Signal: liadegroot.91

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

(4/5): CQ and Roll Call have been staples on the Hill for decades. But what will the future of these once storied publications be as our newsroom continues to shrink thanks to @FiscalNote’s choices?

[Lia DeGroot @lia_degroot]

@_ninaheller @SavBehrmannDC We need Bravo BECAUSE of the United States Senate

[Oriana González @ReporterOriana]

🚨🚨 if ANYONE sees this ring, or knows where it could end up, please let Em know or feel free to dm me!

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Asked Cassidy if he’s joining the YOLO club:

“If you look at the HELP committee, there's already been some back and forth regarding nominees. But if you're asking me, am I going to deliberately push back on things? No, I'm going to do what's good for my country and my state.”

[Ramsey Touchberry @ramsberry1]

With Cassidy out of the #LASen primary runoff, Thune isn't taking a side between Trump-backed Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming

"Bill Cassidy is a very principled conservative, very independent thinker, and I think [he] probably knew the challenges he was up against in that race. And the way it turned out, obviously the voters, Republican voters in Louisiana, have spoken, so we'll move on. But he's got several months here in which he can be a real force for change and a factor in trying to get some things done"

Last week Thune emphasized leadership was behind Cassidy despite being at odds with Trump.

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

NEWS: NPR plans newsroom restructure and modest jobs cuts as it confronts era without federal funding.

CEO Katherine Maher says NPR intends to save $8M from newsgathering & related units; shows and podcasts not eligible for buyouts or targeted for layoffs.

Link in next tweek:

[Lia DeGroot @lia_degroot]

Cassidy's primary did not go his way tonight:

"When you participate in Democracy, sometimes it doesn't turn out the way you want it to. But you don't pout, you don't whine, you don't claim the election was stolen," Cassidy said in his concession speech

[Lia DeGroot @lia_degroot]

I took a look at how many of RFK’s policy priorities mirror his own lifestyle

My latest:

https://t.co/RmCJY9oROc

[Drew Armstrong @ArmstrongDrew]

An impossible job, done badly. Yesterday for @endpts, I wrote an assessment of Marty Makary's tenure at FDA.

Makary was stuck between a set of brutal contradictions that would have made the job a poisoned chalice for anyone.

He hurt himself by navigating those tensions poorly.

[Savannah Behrmann @SavBehrmannDC]

The most vulnerable senators of 2026, less than 6 months before Election Day from @MelMcIntire and @capitolwatch: https://t.co/2VrPX9Hbsf

[Nina Heller @_ninaheller]

House staffers: Does your office have its own policy prohibiting staff from participating in prediction markets? Do you have thoughts on a potential ban for staff prediction market usage? Let's talk!

✉️: [email protected]
📲signal: ninaheller.18
DMs open too!

[Monica Alba @albamonica]

My question to President Trump today on the departure of his FDA commissioner:

[David Lim @davidalim]

SCOOP: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is resigning from the agency.

Kyle Diamantas, who previously worked as the top food official at the agency, will lead the FDA in an acting capacity.

w/ @Gardner_LM: https://t.co/k4ORTbX8tj

[Alexander Gaffney @AlecGaffney]

This group just called for FDA Commissioner Makary to be fired, so this is a meeting for the life sciences and food industries to watch closely…

[Maaisha Osman @MaaishaO]

FDA Commissioner Martin Makary testifying at Senate Approps next week: https://t.co/OEuLHcqx5C

[Nancy Vu @Vu_Reports]

New poll from BDPC has Letlow leading in the primary and in a runoff between both Fleming and Cassidy

Primary ballot test:
Letlow-32.5%
Fleming-21.2%
Cassidy- 20.5%
Unsure voters-23.3%

In runoff scenarios:
Cassidy (28.3%) v. Letlow (50.5%): 22 pt lead
Cassidy (30.3%) v. Fleming (46.5%): 16 pt lead
Letlow (42.3%) v. Fleming (30.7%): 11.6 pt lead

[Sandhya Raman @SandhyaWrites]

From this morning: FDA is proposing to remove or substitute all references to "gender" with "sex" in its regs to align with a Trump EO

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The FDA has blocked publication of research that found widely used Covid-19 and shingles vaccines were safe. https://t.co/P4ZNeIfvPV

[Friends & Family 🦋 @FriendsFamilyDC]

"DC teens tell city leader what's causing takeovers and how they're missing the mark"
https://t.co/bYoj0labKP

[NOTUS @NOTUSreports]

House ethics officials investigated Rep. Jim Costa over allegations that the California Democrat made inappropriate advances to two congressional interns.
https://t.co/IBzjtIJMWi