Dozens of Kids Entered Foster Care After Immigration Agents Detained Their Parents
States are taking custody of kids separated from their parents in Trump's push for mass deportations. No one knows exactly how many.
At least 32 kids entered foster care in 2025 after immigration agents detained their parents.
That includes four toddlers ages 1-3 in Vermont.
Hereโs my story on the patchy tracking of family separations through the foster care system.
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10.02.2026 13:13 โ ๐ 25 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Republicans Want Nothing to Do With Conservative Efforts to Ban Gay Marriage
Trump has moved the Republican Party away from its decades-old opposition to same-sex marriage, and public support remains high.
NEW: Prominent conservative groups created a campaign to overturn Obergefell, the SCOTUS ruling that legalized gay marriage
Republicans donโt want anything to do with it
โI donโt think itโs a viable effort, legally, politically or otherwise,โ one House R said
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09.02.2026 16:03 โ ๐ 25 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Complicated Politics of Jasmine Crockettโs Campaign Donations
The liberal candidate in the Senate race in Texas received donations in the past from figures in the Trump-aligned crypto and defense industries.
new, with @daniellamicaela.bsky.social!
Since winning in 2022, the Crockett has won national acclaim among liberals for her critical commentary of Republicans. But her record, affiliations and campaign contributors tell a different story about her ideological POV
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14.01.2026 17:34 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
NEW with @alexroarty.bsky.social:
Rep. Jasmine Crockettโs affiliations and campaign contributors tell a unique story about her ideological point of view, one now under scrutiny in her closely watched primary with Texas state Rep. James Talarico.
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14.01.2026 14:47 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Republicans Are Pushing Back on Trumpโs Venezuela Plans Behind Closed Doors
At a classified briefing last week, Republican lawmakers broke with the president.
SCOOP: Trump officials faced pushback from some House Republicans at last week's classified briefing on Venezuela
Huizenga said he has "no confidence" in Delcy Rodrรญguez
Baumgartner asked when the U.S. will work with opposition leaders, who Trump has sidelined
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13.01.2026 13:32 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
29.12.2025 01:30 โ ๐ 2064 ๐ 545 ๐ฌ 47 ๐ 117
Sarah McBride Lobbied Some Republicans to Vote Against an Anti-Trans Bill
When House Democrats suspected a few members in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth, McBride reached out to some Republicans who went on to oppose the...
SCOOP: House Democrats suspected a few in their caucus would support a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for trans youth
So Sarah McBride reached out to Republicans
Four Rs โ Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Kennedy, Evans โ joined Dems in opposing the bill
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18.12.2025 22:59 โ ๐ 1320 ๐ 233 ๐ฌ 19 ๐ 21
Democrats Seize on Andy Oglesโ Posts that Forced Local Courthouse to Increase Security
Ogles posted โwe are at warโ after blaming judges for the rape of a Nashville woman.
Vulnerable GOP Rep. Andy Ogles blamed local judges for a rape in Nashville and posted their names and photos online. The courthouse had to increase its security in response given the risk of violent reprisals.
The full story at @notus.com.
12.12.2025 15:54 โ ๐ 43 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Republican Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee House Seat by Slim Margin
His narrow victory means Republicans avoided a political catastrophe, staving off a defeat that would likely have sent panic through the House GOP.
New: Republican Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee House Seat by Slim Margin
Bottom line: GOP avoids catastrophe, can be happy about late effort to juice turnout, but still eyeing a ~15-point shift from DT's in '24, which should further concerns about '26
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03.12.2025 02:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Haley Stevens' Campaign Is Underwhelming Democrats
Democrats say the establishment favoriteโs Michigan Senate campaign isnโt ready for primetime โ and it could cost the party the general election.
Haley Stevensโ Campaign Is Underwhelming Democrats
Democrats say the establishment favoriteโs Michigan Senate campaign isnโt ready for primetime โ and it could cost the party the general election.
w/@daniellamicaela.bsky.social www.notus.org/2026-electio...
30.10.2025 13:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 6
Democrats Say Federal Workers Don't Want Them to Cave. Their Union Says Otherwise.
The largest union representing federal workers called for an end to the shutdown. It did little to convince Senate Democrats to support Republicansโ short-term funding bill.
New: The largest union of federal workers says Senate Democrats should support the GOP funding bill to end the shutdown
But Democrats say they don't *actually* mean that
"I work very closely with them," Sen. Tim Kaine said, "the AFGE would not want us to cut a deal"
www.notus.org/democrats/de...
28.10.2025 00:49 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Republicans Go All In on Anti-Trans Messaging
More than half of Republican ads in Virginia are focused on trans issues. Not everyone in the party thinks itโs the right political play.
57% of the ads from Republicans in the Virginia governor's race have focused on transgender issues.
Sign of things to come from the GOP in 2026. W/ @oriana.bsky.social www.notus.org/2025-electio...
10.10.2025 13:31 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Republicans Go All In on Anti-Trans Messaging
More than half of Republican ads in Virginia are focused on trans issues. Not everyone in the party thinks itโs the right political play.
NEW: Republicans are going all in on anti-trans messaging in Virginiaโs governor race, even more than Trump did in 2024
57% of their ads have focused on trans issues
Itโs a blueprint for 2026 โ but not all Republicans think itโs a good idea
w/ @alexroarty.bsky.social
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10.10.2025 13:13 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Maine State Auditor Defies National Democrats, Launches Primary Against Moderate Jared Golden
Officials at the DCCC warned that if the incumbent loses the primary, Democrats will lose a seat in the general election.
Dunlap defies national Democrats, makes primary bid against Golden official in Maineโs right-leaning 2nd district.
The dccc is threatening to pull ad $$$ in the battleground district if Golden loses his primary, saying the race might be unwinable in a general election www.notus.org/2026-electio...
06.10.2025 15:04 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Bipartisan Funding Deals Are Hard to Do. The Supreme Court Might Have Made Them Impossible.
โWhatโs the point of passing a bill if they just do whatever the hell they want to do anyway?โ one Senate Democrat said.
New: The Supreme Court tentatively green-lit Trump's pocket rescissions, which will make ending a shutdown hard โ and the *entire* approps process harder
"Whatโs the point of passing a bill if they just do whatever the hell they want to do anyway?," one Senate Dem said
www.notus.org/courts/scotu...
01.10.2025 22:27 โ ๐ 28 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Iowa Democrats Look for Their Senate Star
State lawmaker Josh Turekโs buzzy campaign announcement has caught Democratsโ attention.
New from @alexroarty.bsky.social at @notus.com on the D primary for #IASen:
"In interviews with NOTUS, several Iowa Democratic insiders said they believed that [state Rep. Josh] Turek has the tacit backing of Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee."
16.09.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Democrats Are Desperate for Mary Peltola to Run for Something, Anything in Alaska
A Peltola Senate campaign would mark the latest recruiting win for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Senate Democrats desperately want Mary Peltola to run for Senate. But a gubernatorial bid, according to just about everybody, would offer a much easier pathway back to elected office
On the Peltola dilemma, the talk of Alaska politics w/
@riley-rogerson.bsky.social
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29.08.2025 13:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โWe Trudge Onโ: CDC Employees Return to Work With Bullet Holes Still in the Windows
โI was thinking they would have at least enhanced security going into campus,โ one CDC employee told NOTUS.
"A CDC employee sent NOTUS photographs of windows still pockmarked with bullet holes on Monday afternoon. Handwritten signs taped to chairs warned employees to avoid glass on the carpet."
www.notus.org/health-scien...
20.08.2025 13:41 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Rep. LaMonica McIver is urging a federal court to dismiss the federal charges against her โ and using the dismissed cases of over 160 Jan. 6 rioters as the reason why
www.notus.org/courts/mcive...
18.08.2025 21:15 โ ๐ 102 ๐ 24 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
โA Serious Misuse of My Researchโ: Climate Scientists Say New Trump Energy Report Botches Their Work
โOur work has no relevance,โ an astrobiologist whose research was cited in the administrationโs climate change report said.
๐จ At least 10 scientists, all cited in the Trump admin's new climate change report, told me that the report completely mischaracterizes their research.
I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.
30.07.2025 23:46 โ ๐ 248 ๐ 122 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 8
โThey Have To Figure Out If They Can Trust The Softwareโ: Inside the FDAโs AI Push
The AI rollout at the FDA has been rocky. But even critics are optimistic.
โI love and loved my job, we did good work with some of the smartest people, and theyโre being routinely disrespected and lied to."
Inside the FDA's AI push, w/ @taylorgiorno_ www.notus.org/health-scien...
29.07.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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