Journalist by trade. Lover of running in the a.m. & fueled by caffeine. Luckily married to @davecclarke.

Washington, DC
Joined April 2011
JUST IN: President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have cast their ballots early in person in Palm Beach County, Florida, with just 10 days until the midterm elections. Trump is now preparing to head to Georgia for a campaign rally, followed by Michigan on Sunday.
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Tracking the early voting surge...
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SCOOP: The Trump admin is easing its blockade on wind projects as it looks to motivate Democrats to support the Senate’s bipartisan permitting reform bill. A White House official told me DOD has advanced 2 projects in Maine & SD with more to come. Text subscribers got it 1st!
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Noteworthy: @JohnCornyn says he believes Elon Musk would not slow down Starlink without "at least the acquiescence of the White House. "I think it's frankly shameful," he adds.
Texas Senator @JohnCornyn was asked on @CNBC about the throttling of @Starlink in the war between Russian and Ukraine, and he did not hold back!
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For those of you not from DC - this means runners, bicyclists, families, sightseers would all be displaced from Hains Point - so that a high-end golf course could be built minutes from the U.S. Capitol and White House.
Trump releases his plan to re-do the East Potomac Park golf course in DC. His graphic does not show the current road which runs around Hains Point, or the picnic and memorial areas at the end. Getting rid of those public areas would be terrible.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that his new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, might not stay on the job much longer.
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NEW: Wholesale inflation surged 1.3% in September, the largest jump since March 2022. It's the second straight day of hot inflation data showing prices are getting higher, as cost-of-living concerns remain top of mind for voters ahead of the midterms. bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0…
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Reporting today on new White House @PressSec Katie Zacharia’s first briefing, which drew mixed reviews despite President Trump giving her debut at the podium his stamp of approval.
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President Trump just gave out Sen. Tom Cotton’s cellphone number over the Arkansas senator’s opposition to legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent.
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore White House press credentials for CNN, MS NOW and Politico. The ruling rejected the administration’s national security claim and found the outlets were likely denied due process. documentcloud.org/documents/…
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Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, effective immediately. His son Howard Buffett will take over as chairman, while Greg Abel remains CEO.
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BREAKING: The Fed unanimously voted to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point, its first rate hike in three years. The move comes despite President Trump’s calls for lower rates and marks the first rate change under Fed Chair Kevin Warsh: federalreserve.gov/newsevent…
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For a third time, House lawmakers voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would end the president’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. The vote late Tuesday was 220-204, with seven Republicans joining Democrats.
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FED DAY: The Federal Reserve decides today whether to raise rates to fight inflation and calm the bond market. A hike could raise costs for credit cards, mortgages and car loans, putting Chair Kevin Warsh at odds with President Trump just before the midterms.
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NEW: The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to enforce new restrictions on mail-in voting for this year’s midterm elections. The decision allows states to continue sending mail ballots under their existing processes.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will return to the Senate floor tonight. McConnell will cast his first vote since suffering a fall in June. He says while he’s "not quite back to 100%" and remains in physical therapy, he plans to be there for tough votes when Republicans need him.
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