Will Steakin

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[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

So excited to join the incredible team at @POLITICO!

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[POLITICO Press @POLITICOPress]

NEWS🚨@wsteaks joins @politico as a new political correspondent. His reporting will help track the emerging voices, coalitions and power struggles reshaping the political landscape.

Read the full announcement👇
https://t.co/NttizKJRBC

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

Not to mention Bates was often on the receiving end of attacks by Trump campaign

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

The former First Lady hits Andrew Bates.

Bates was one of the most aggressive defenders of the Biden’s, at times hurting his own credibility.

[Katherine Faulders @KFaulders]

President Trump announced his intent to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the AG post permanently, two sources tell me & @newsfromnick. Trump made the announcement at a dinner w/ Cabinet officials on Wednesday evening.

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

The former First Lady hits Andrew Bates.

Bates was one of the most aggressive defenders of the Biden’s, at times hurting his own credibility.

[Cheyenne Haslett @cheyennehaslett]

Here’s the view is from outside the Oval Office today, ahead of a UFC fight Trump is hosting on the White House South Lawn

Bleacher seating for a couple thousand has gone up around the stage and “the Claw” is mostly built ➡️

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

Talked to @turek4iowa last night after his victory.

Via @playbookdc:

https://t.co/ABIqrEwFsw

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

Happy Calif Primary Day from SF

I went long on the Pelosi seat, what her succession in a capital of American liberalism will tell us about a changing city and party

Enjoy !

https://t.co/saN9vhHJmx

[Erin Doherty @erinpdoherty]

Scoop: Rep. Ashley Hinson said last week that the Iran war will become a "political liability" if it extends much longer, according to audio obtained by POLITICO.

https://t.co/9fizy1aOaD

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

"Thousands of Americans have bigger public platforms than Pratt did at the start of his race. All of them have access to the same AI hype tools his campaign uses.

So, if there’s going to be a challenge to an orderly handover of Republican leadership in 2028, it is far less likely to come from one of the usual suspects — Rubio, Ted Cruz, Glenn Youngkin and so on — than from a Pratt-like fireball aimed at Washington."

https://t.co/lYHsnoL6HZ

[Cheyenne Haslett @cheyennehaslett]

Latest on the AI executive order Trump signed today on advanced AI models:

It comes after momentum was jump started by a small, high-level meeting at the White House yesterday about next steps.

The initial AI EO on this issue was abruptly postponed in late May after David Sacks voiced his concerns to the president at the last minute.

Sacks was dialed into yesterday’s Oval Office meeting by phone.

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

Scoop: President Trump has signed a scaled back AI executive order that has a shorter government review period of 30 days before, down from 90 days in the preview version, two White House officials told me.

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

The Keemstarification of Twitter is upon us

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

“Musk and those guys, they were political amateurs. They let themselves get demonized. They went a little bit too far. They did some dumb stuff, but JD Vance is a bright guy,” said a person close to the White House

👀

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

JD Vance’s fraud task force wants to preserve the most politically popular elements of DOGE — rooting out waste on behalf of the American taxpayer — but Vance is avoiding fights with cabinet officials and the slipshod practices that defined Musk’s time in DC.

“Because of the way it’s structured, you don’t have a situation where agencies feel like there are staffers layering over them forcing them to do things they don’t want to do.”

w/ @MyahWard

https://t.co/VqvfEmczUQ

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

Great piece by @TylerKatzen on what's happening in California right now. It does not bode well for democracy https://t.co/bN2jY3xOGA

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

@DanielStrauss4 I can cover our next lunch for this post

[Daniel Strauss @DanielStrauss4]

Y’all this is a next level hire. My buddy @wsteaks is the best.

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

@lauren_peller @politico Thank you!!

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

So excited to join the incredible team at @POLITICO!

Send me story ideas on Signal: wsteaks.90

[POLITICO Press @POLITICOPress]

NEWS🚨@wsteaks joins @politico as a new political correspondent. His reporting will help track the emerging voices, coalitions and power struggles reshaping the political landscape.

Read the full announcement👇
https://t.co/NttizKJRBC

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

Forever grateful for the years and opportunities at @ABC News and will miss working with so many amazing people

[Will Steakin @wsteaks]

@jmart Thanks man!!

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

Jazzed for @wsteaks to join Politico ! Make sure ya following him