Amelia Benavides-Colón

Rep. Al Green Escorted Out of Trump’s State of the Union for Second Year in a Row “Thank you for that,” Trump said to cheers as Green exited the chamber.

Al Green was escorted out of the State of the Union, again.

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Top Oversight Democrat Launches Probe Into Lutnick’s Meeting With Bridge Owner Earlier this week the president threatened to block the opening of a new bridge to Canada just hours after the commerce secretary reportedly met with the billionaire owner of its private competitor.

Top Oversight Dem Rob Garcia has Qs about the WH’s reported meeting w/ bridge owner Matthew Moroun this wk

The Morouns have lobbied against the new publicly-owned Detroit-Canada bridge for years. Trump on Monday threatened to halt the new bridge’s opening
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Democrats to Boycott Bipartisan White House Dinner After Trump Snubbed Two Governors The White House did not offer an explanation for why Govs. Wes Moore of Maryland and Jared Polis of Colorado were being excluded.

The schedule for the National Governors Association’s annual event is falling apart after Trump took 2 Dems off the WH dinner guest list

Dem governors said they won’t attend the dinner & a policy meeting w/ Trump has been removed from the agenda

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Trump Threatens to Block Opening of Bridge Between Detroit and Canada The president wants to use the massive infrastructure project as leverage in setting economic terms with Canada.

Trump threatened to postpone the long-anticipated opening of a new bridge between Detroit and Canada until Canadian officials comply with a host of his trade demands.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the bridge “is going to open one way or another.”

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Virginia’s Democratic Congressional Hopefuls Saw a Surge in Donations Last Quarter One candidate, former Rep. Elaine Luria, raised more than the Republican incumbent she is challenging.

Democratic frontrunners looking to unseat Virginia's most vulnerable congressional Republicans saw a surge in Q4 contributions.

Former Dem Rep. Elaine Luria outraised Jen Kiggans by more than $350K, setting the two up for another face-off in November.

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White House Reveals Details of Trump’s Kennedy Center Renovation Changes will be made to the building’s exterior “to ensure integrity of the structure,” a White House official told NOTUS.

A White House official told me Trump is only planning to change the exterior of the Kennedy Center "where necessary … to ensure integrity of the structure."

More details on the construction planned over Trump's 2-year shutdown:

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Kennedy Center to Close for Two Years Starting July 4, Trump Says The temporary shutdown is to allow for construction on the building, which Trump described as “tired, broken, and dilapidated.”

The Kennedy Center will close for 2 years, Trump announced tonight, following weeks of artist cancellations and plummeting ticket sales.

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Protester Sprays Ilhan Omar With Mystery Substance at Town Hall The man lunged toward the podium and appeared to spray something on the congresswoman, several bystanders said on a video feed broadcast by C-SPAN.

The man who sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar with an unknown substance during her town hall tonight has been booked for 3rd degree assault.

“These fucking assholes are not going to get away with it,” Omar said, continuing to host the event for another half hour.

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Ilhan Omar Continues Town Hall After Protester Storms the Stage: ‘Don’t Let Them Have the Show’ The man lunged toward the podium and appeared to spray something on the congresswoman, several bystanders said on a video feed broadcast by C-SPAN.

NEW: Rep. Ilhan Omar continued to host a town hall for nearly half an hour tonight after being lunged at by a protester who may have sprayed an unknown substance on her.

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‘Hold the Line’: Some Democrats Call On Senators to Block DHS Funding Bill After Minneapolis Shooting Several senators made clear they would not be supporting the DHS funding bill after a federal agent shot and killed a man in Minneapolis.

Several Democratic senators said they would not be supporting DHS' funding bill after federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis this morning.

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Federal Immigration Officers Shoot and Kill a Person in Minneapolis The incident comes weeks after federal officers shot and killed Renee Good.

Federal immigration officers shot and killed a person in Minneapolis this morning.

More details to come.
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House Oversight Committee Votes to Hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt The resolution, which took place after a day of heated debate, will now go before the full House for a vote.

The House Oversight Committee voted to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt - the resolutions now move to the House floor. The resolutions now head to the House floor.

After a full day of debate significantly more Dems voted for Bill's resolution over Hillary's.

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Second Lady Usha Vance Announces Pregnancy With Her Fourth Child The Vances’ new baby will join their children: 8-year-old Ewan, 5-year-old Vivek and 3-year-old Mirabel.

JD and Usha Vance are having a fourth child.

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Jeff Landry, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, was disinvited from attending an annual dog sled race following Trump’s aggressive weekend push for U.S. acquisition of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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A top Department of Justice official said on Monday she had put independent journalist Don Lemon “on notice” after he filmed a crowd of protesters interrupting a Sunday church service in Minnesota.

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Democrats Welcome Trump’s Push to Limit Corporate Ownership of Single Family Homes Several Democrats introduced similar bills last year.

House and Senate Dems told me they are welcoming President Trump's plans to pursue a ban on single-family home purchases for large corporate firms -- but many are referring back to the handful of bills they've already introduced on the issue.

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Trump Announces New Slate of Rules for Defense Contractors Since the president’s social-media post, defense contractor Lockheed Martin’s stock dropped 5%, followed by similar decreases at Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics.

In a lengthy post to Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump laid out a list of sweeping new rules for defense contractors hoping to be considered for government contracts, triggering a sell-off of stocks across the sector.

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Trump Announces Plan to Bar Large Firms From Buying Single-Family Homes The president said he would roll out a new affordable housing agenda during a planned speech in Davos, Switzerland, later this month.

Trump posted today that he wants to bar large corporations from purchasing single-family housing stock .

Democratic lawmakers are pointing out they've tried this before & real estate/investment company stock market prices are plummeting.

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Grammy-Winning Bluegrass Musician Cancels Kennedy Center Show Béla Fleck is one of nearly a dozen performers who have canceled their appearances at the storied arts venue in recent weeks.

“Béla Fleck canceled an upcoming performance at the Kennedy Center, saying the venue has become too politically charged after a series of recent changes at the storied venue championed by President Donald Trump.” — @notus.com @ameliacolon.bsky.social www.notus.org/us-news/blue...

Democrats Fume as DOJ Misses Key Epstein Documents Deadline The department was required to explain its redactions by last Friday.

Democrats are attempting to keep the Epstein files in the spotlight after the Department of Justice failed to meet this weekend’s statutory deadline to explain its redactions to the documents released thus far.

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Rubio Appears to Backtrack on Trump’s Pledge to Have the U.S. ‘Run’ Venezuela He described U.S. involvement in the country as “running policy.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday appeared to contradict President Donald Trump’s assertion that he and other U.S. leaders would “run” Venezuela.

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New Court Filings Give a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Trump’s East Wing Demolition The filings also provide the first public estimate of the ballroom project’s timeline, which is projected to be completed just months before Trump leaves office.

New details emerge about the proposed White House ballroom:

- A summer 2028 completion date
- National Park Service okayed the project with an expedited environmental review
- An unknown collection of historical artifacts were removed & preserved

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New Court Filings Give a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Trump’s East Wing Demolition The filings also provide the first public estimate of the ballroom project’s timeline, which is projected to be completed just months before Trump leaves office.

We have new details into Trump's plans for a White House ballroom following a 118-page court filing by the administration last night.

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White House Says Admiral, Not Hegseth, Ordered Second Strike on Alleged Drug Boat “And he was well within his authority to do so,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

The White House is no longer denying a second attack took place against an alleged drug boat in early Sept. killing several survivors -- saying on Monday that it was an admiral who ordered the second attack, not Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Tim Walz Responds to Trump’s ‘Hurtful’ Thanksgiving Slur “Using that term is just so damaging. It’s hurtful. We have fought three decades to get this out of our schools, and kids know better than to use it,” Walz said.

Gov. Tim Walz responded to President Trump's weekend post - in which he called Walz “seriously retarded” - on 'Meet the Press' this morning, saying it's juvenile and “hurtful” to communities that worked for years to eradicate the slur from polite society.

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Man Accused of D.C. National Guard Shooting Was ‘Radicalized’ in U.S., Noem Says Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who entered the U.S. in 2021, had his asylum claim granted under the Trump administration earlier this year.

Speaking on NBC's 'Meet the Press' this morning, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the Afghan national suspected of shooting two National Guard members in D.C. on Friday was “radicalized since he’s been here in this country.”

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The Trump Administration Is Trying to End TPS Status for Haitians Past efforts by the administration to do so have failed in court.

DHS announced plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 330,000 Haitians saying their continued protection would be “contrary to the national interest" of the U.S.

The policy is set to go into effect Feb. 3. barring future hold ups in court.

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The FBI is apparently investigating Democrats in Congress.

But I spoke to former FBI employees who tell me that the speed and aggressiveness here indicate that special agents have skipped steps to get the job done.

@notus.com story with @ameliacolon.bsky.social:

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Democrats Say the FBI Is Targeting Them After Video Imploring Troops to Not Follow ‘Illegal’ Orders “No amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs,” several members said in response.

Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday that they were being targeted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after appearing in a video that urged troops to disobey illegal orders.

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House Republican Moves to Expel Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress Rep. Greg Steube escalated his own call to censure the House Democrat, who is facing an indictment for alleged fraud.

Rep. Greg Steube introduced a resolution to expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick from Congress after she was indicted for allegedly using stolen federal emergency grants to fund her election campaign.

This would require the support of at least 70 Dems

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