Executive Producer, Policy, at POLITICO @zachwarmbrodt.com at the other site [email protected] [email protected]
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NEW: Sen. Martin Heinrich’s relationship with tribal groups is on thin ice after a tense meeting with Pueblo governors over the bipartisan permitting bill.
“Our mindset is to stop this bill now,” one Pueblo governor said after the meeting. w/@pavanmacharya
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NEW: Drama among @MajorityDems over Rep. Maxine Waters
The group deleted a post this week criticizing Waters and the Capitol Hill “gerontocracy” after pushback from one of its members, Rep. Ritchie Torres
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SCOOP: The center-left group Majority Democrats deleted a post criticizing Maxine Waters and the Capitol Hill “gerontocracy” after pushback from one of its members, Ritchie Torres.
@Jasper_Goodman
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Another chips scoop from @_AriHawkins:
Top Trump officials have frozen a Biden-era program designed to reward foreign governments for tightening restrictions on sensitive tech sales — another sign of Trump’s pivot on foreign access to high-end chips.
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Dems face a post-midterms clash over trade.
Follow Trump’s lead or shift into free-market mode?
“There’s going to be a lot of debates about this as we move forward,” says one Biden-era trade official. “It’s really messy right now.”
@drdesrochers
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Scoop: Star GOP recruit Jay Feely attended a late-August meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP megadonor Elon Musk in Texas — as top Rs worked to secure Musk’s help in defending the House GOP majority.
Two months later, the former NFL kicker and longtime friend of President Donald Trump is now navigating the headwinds facing Rs in his own premier GOP battleground race.
Trump’s political operation and aligned groups just injected another $2.2 million into AZ-01 to boost Feely, hitting $22 million and counting in a seat Rs are determined to hold.
Feely told @politico this fall it would “probably be the most expensive race in the country.”
more w/ @andrewjfhoward
politi.co/4z7bPJd via @politico
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Wanted: Tech experts to help Congress regulate AI politi.co/4i4C0sr
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More support for Maxine Waters in Inside Congress
New: CBC Chair Yvette Clarke said Thursday that the group is “unwavering in its support” for Rep. Maxine Waters to remain as the top Democrat on the Financial Services Committee.
Waters’ allies are also preparing a letter of support for her to remain in the FS role.
More with @Jasper_Goodman @hapgoodreports
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NEW: Democrats are eyeing a John Fetterman challenge. Chris Deluzio is already laying the groundwork.
“If I’m going to do it, I’m doing it to win, and I’m going to win,” Deluzio said in an interview with POLITICO. politico.com/news/2026/10/22…
Fairshake is spending another $9M against Sherrod Brown, bringing the total to $55M
@Jasper_Goodman
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Zuckerberg considered leaving CA over wealth tax, Meta says politi.co/3TPjyfF
Peter Thiel said he’s skeptical of the war with Iran and does not believe the U.S. should have launched it, according to audio obtained by Decoded @POLITICO.
@calder_mchugh
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Look at these numbers for lobbying in the last quarter, via Politico influence. Brian Ballard’s firm is at $35 million for the quarter, almost doubling anyone else in Washington.
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SCOOP: Senate permitting deal on the rocks after Trump administration targets a fourth offshore wind project, New England Wind.
@SenWhitehouse tells my colleague @kelseytam “This is how you blow up a permitting deal.”
Dems face a tricky choice if Sherrod Brown returns to Washington.
Restore his seniority or have him start at the bottom?
@ChrisCoons: “Some accommodation that recognizes he would not be a rank freshman would make sense."
@Jasper_Goodman @YarrowGrace
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Musk, reacting to reporting from @riley_rogerson & co, apparently suggesting it could be illegal for a Democratic House to focus on the man behind some of the most consequential public policy decisions of the last two years. politico.com/news/2026/10/20…
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Now more than ever...
NEW — Elon Musk is facing a gauntlet of Democratic oversight next term.
Multiple committees — including Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Science — are looking at investigating Musk if they have the gavels.
From DOGE to Ukraine, the uberwealthy GOP donor could be an irresistible target.
“The sheer number of conflicts of interest are astounding,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren said.
w/ @ChrisMarquette_ @adamwren
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New: Katie Bailey, the new OLA Director, could inherit a chaotic Congress next year — especially if Democrats prevail in the midterms.
The longtime former congressional aide with wide-ranging experience in oversight and investigations is a telling choice at a time when Washington could be heading toward divided government.
“The administration is confident it’s going to be successful in the November elections,” her predecessor James Braid told me in an interview, when I asked about the possibility of a split government.
“But in the event that it’s not, dealing with congressional oversight, Katie has perhaps the single best possible resume for that.”
Read more on the new OLA Director: politico.com/news/2026/10/20…
OpenAI has quietly changed its tune on restricting chip exports to China.
“Silence is doing Nvidia’s work for it," one congressional aide says.
@_arihawkins @__gabbymiller
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