Sarah Ewall-Wice
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- Trump's Cabinet says goodbye to Elon Musk as he flees Washington despite being short of DOGE's $2 trillion goal www.thedailybeast.com/trump-sends-...
- Kamala Harris is set to step off the sidelines and go after Donald Trump on Wednesday in her first major address since leaving office. She also has a DNC fundraiser next week. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harri...
- Personal News: I've joined @thedailybeast as a political reporter based out of Washington, DC! Looking forward to reconnecting and getting back on all those political press lists, but feel free to send me pitches and scoops: sarah.ewall-wice@thedailybeast.com
- “The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed almost 1,000 points on Monday and is headed for its worst April performance since 1932, according to Dow Jones Market Data.” (Mind you - that includes when U.S. was in the height of covid in April 2020) www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
- What if I told you (now just hear me out)… the FOMC determines interest rates. Chair Jerome Powell does not have the power to just set them on his own
- Senator Hassan: if the president would reverse course if the tariffs led to 10% inflation? Greer: "The president is fixed in his purpose. This trade deficit and the offshore and the loss of manufacturing jobs is something that’s persisted for too long and, it’s dangerous."
- U.S. Trade Rep Greer to Sen. Lankford at hearing on tariffs: "The president has been clear with me and with others that he does not intend to have exclusions and exemptions especially given the nature of the action."
- News: Liberal candidate Susan Crawford won the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest against conservative Elon Musk backed candidate Brad Schimel
- BREAKING: @booker.senate.gov now holds the record for longest U.S. Senate speech in history. The NJ senator’s speech surpassed the previous record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957 when he spoke 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act
- Reposted by Sarah Ewall-WiceHere is the description of one of the transgender plaintiffs who would be forced out of the military under the Hegseth policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Senator and combat veteran Tammy Duckworth does not hold back in her statement calling for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign:
- From Rep. Jason Crow: It is completely outrageous to me that admin officials come before us today with impunity. No acceptance of responsibility. Excuse after excuse... while we send our men and women downrange to do incredibly difficult, incredibly dangerous things on our behalf.
- From @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: "The idea that this information if it was presented to our cmte would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That’s ridiculous. I’ve seen things much less sensitive presented to us with high classification, and to say that it isn’t is a lie to the country."
- Rep. Himes (D-CT) on the Signal leak: It’s by the awesome grace of god that we are not mourning dead pilots right now.
- A special election for a PA State Senate seat in a Trump +15 district:
- Minority Leader Jeffries calls for Hegseth to be fired in a letter to Trump: “His continued presence in the top position of leadership at the Pentagon threatens the nation’s security and puts our brave men and women in uniform throughout the world in danger.”
- Reed: were you overseas during any parts of these discussions? Gabbard: Yes senator I was. Reed: were you using your private phone or public phone for the signal discussions? Gabbard: I won’t speak to this because it’s under review by the National Security Council.
- Since DNI Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Dir. John Ratcliffe are insisting in this hearing right now that there was no classified info in the signal group chat can @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social just release the whole thing now? (Warner also asked if not classified, why entire thing can't be released)
- Sen. Bennet on leadership at town hall: "It’s always better to... examine whether folks are in the right place" "It’s important for people to know... when it’s time to go" "We’re going to have conversations I’m sure in the foreseeable future about all the Democratic leadership"
- CNN poll: Democratic Party favorability rating stands at just 29% among Americans, a record low in CNN’s polling dating back to 1992 (20 point drop since January 2021) 63% of Dems & Dem-leaning independents have a favorable view of their own party www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/p...
- Dems who have already voted yes (or will) on invoking cloture on the CR: Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto King Hassan Peters (retiring) Schatz Durbin That’s the 8 Dem votes needed to reach 60 in the Senate and overcome the filibuster
- Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the CR: “Democratic senators should listen to the women.” Her full statement:
- It sounded like the debate among Senate Democrats is getting heated. Sen. Gillibrand was be heard shouting so loudly, the group of reporters standing outside could hear her
- Senator Shaheen (D-NH) becomes the latest senator to announce she won’t seek reelection Democrats Gary Peters and Tina Smith have also announced they plan to retire
- NEWS: Education Dept announces it will begin laying off nearly 50% of its workforce. Impacted staff will be placed on administrative leave beginning Friday, March 21 Workforce as of Jan 20: 4,133 Est total post action: 2,183 Includes nearly 600 who accepted voluntary resignation & retirement
- Sen Kelly responds to Elon Musk calling him a "traitor" for Ukraine visit: "I've sworn an oath to this country. I've flown in combat. I've served in the Navy for 25 years. It appears to me the oath that Elon Musk stands by is the oath to billionaires, to make their lives easier"
- Trump says Zelensky is not ready for peace in statement as Zelensky is leaving WH. Statement from Trump on Truth Social:
- Trump just now after being asked about the tariffs on Mexico and Canada ahead of the deadline: 'The tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule.... the tariffs will go forward"
- Tonight @sanders.senate.gov kicking off his new ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ national tour in Omaha to a completely packed and fired up crowd Room is at capacity so there are also more ppl standing outside in overflow Biggest boos so far come when any speakers mention Elon Musk
- BREAKING: Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director in a vote 51-49. Every Republican voter yea besides Collins and Murkowski. Every Democrat voted ‘no’
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins are GOP no votes on Kash Patel for FBI dir
- DOGE estimated it has saved $55 billion in federal spending cuts, but NPR went through the data and found in reality the estimated savings from contracts it’s confirmed were cancelled was just $2 billion
- We’ve been freedom 🍟-ed by Canada? Ottawa coffee shop to rename ‘Americano’ to ‘Canadiano’ on menu www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
- Gov Hochul responding to Trump saying he ended congestion pricing, writing "LONG LIVE THE KING": "We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. The MTA has initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve this critical program. We'll see you in court"
- Q: Would you call Zelensky a dictator as Trump has? Sen. Thune: The president speaks for himself. What I want to see is a peaceful result, a peaceful outcome. And I think right now, there's a negotiation going on, and let's see where that ultimately leads.
- Marco Rubio in 2022:
- Sen Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who chairs Senate Armed Services Cmte, responding about a reset of U.S. and Russia relations: “I’m not clear what what the policy is,” he said to a group of reporters. “I maintain that Vladimir Putin is a war criminal in any way which you look at it”
- The defense secretary reveals he owes $33k in taxes per audit, but not how he is responding to the IRS besides blaming the last admin
- “They’re scrubbing for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement and anything else related to diversity, equity and inclusion.” Trying to erase large swaths of US history here: clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...
- Reposted by Sarah Ewall-WiceBreaking: “A few days ago, President Trump told me about his conversation with Putin. Not once did he mention that America needs Europe at that table. That says a lot” Zelensky to Christiane Amanpour this morning in Munich
- Reposted by Sarah Ewall-Wice!! Acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove just filed a notice of appearance in the Adams case. You don't see the department's number-two doing that, umm, ever.
- The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it dismissed more than 1,000 employees. news.va.gov/press-room/v...
- Trump while announcing reciprocal tariffs today: Q: are prices going to go up? Trump "not necessarily... What will go up is jobs." "Prices could go up somewhat short term, but prices will also go down." "Nobody really knows what's going to happen."
- BREAKING: RFK Jr. receives enough Senate votes to be confirmed HHS Secretary
- BREAKING: Senate Judiciary Committee advances nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director 12-10
- NYTimes reported the State Dept is planning a $400M purchase of armored Teslas When I went to look at publicly available procurement forecast, it just said “Armored Electric Vehicles” rather than Tesla but the data did show it had been modified Wednesday at 21:12 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
- Official confirms 75,000 federal workers accepted the Trump 'deferred resignation' offer as of today as a judge lifted the temporary freeze on the 'buyout' deadline
