The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) over allegations of sexual misconduct, CNN reports.
Jeffries Says Democrats Not Focused On Impeachment
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday that Democrats are not focused on impeaching President Donald Trump if they regain a majority next Congress, at least “at this moment,” CNBC reports.
Bill Pulte Pick Sets Up Clash with Capitol Hill
Punchbowl News: “President Donald Trump’s controversial choice of Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence is yet another huge provocation to Senate Republicans, deepening the rift between GOP lawmakers and the White House.”
“Pulte will remain the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency while he temporarily oversees the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies.”
“In the immediate term, Pulte’s selection will make it much harder for Democrats to support renewing FISA Section 702 by the June 12 deadline.”
Jill Biden Says Joe Couldn’t Have Served 4 More Years
“Former First Lady Jill Biden was confident her husband could serve another four years as president, when he was running for reelection. But on Tuesday morning, she admitted that, based on what she knows now, he couldn’t have,” The Wrap reports.
Said Biden: “Well, not from what I know now. I mean, my god, who knew? It was so shocking to get a cancer diagnosis. I mean, we had — you know, here I was, I’m looking through travel magazines like ‘Oh, where are we gonna go, what are we gonna do?’ And then we get this cancer diagnosis, and I think ‘What am I doing?!’ Like, our whole life is changed now.”
White House Correspondents Reschedule Dinner
CNN: “The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that a second correspondents’ dinner, with bolstered security measures, will be held this summer after April’s event was halted by a shooting incident at the Washington Hilton.”
The One Thing All New Yorkers Like About Mamdani
Wall Street Journal: “New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, wearing a Knicks jersey, a baseball cap and mask, slipped into Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in March to watch his favorite basketball team take on the Nets.”
“Unlike past mayors, he didn’t sit courtside at the game or end up on the Jumbotron. Instead he cheered on the Knicks with his friends in the nosebleeds, barely recognized by other attendees.”
“In recent weeks, the mayor has still sat in the cheap seats but has also assumed a more prominent role as cheerleader-in-chief, using his political perch to root for the team as it marched toward a spot in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs.”
Roger Stone Helped Trump Choose His New Intel Adviser
Semafor: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday installed his top housing regulator as acting director of national intelligence — a decision swayed by longtime Republican operative Roger Stone and other MAGA forces inside the administration, according to multiple sources.”
Trump Wants Feds to Have Early Look at AI Models
Washington Post: “President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that would provide the government with an early look at powerful new artificial intelligence models, giving officials a chance to brace the economy for security risks.”
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Trump to Block Grants If They Don’t Back His Agenda
New York Times: “The White House is seeking to exert more control over billions of dollars in annual government grants, aiming to restrict a vast swath of funding — in health, housing, science and transportation — so that it primarily serves the purposes and organizations politically aligned with President Trump.”
“While the administration says that its primary goal is to safeguard taxpayer money, its proposal amounts to a major escalation in its attempt to reimagine the nation’s spending, even as Congress and the courts continue to rebuke the president for abusing such powers.”
Trump Will Still Get Audit Immunity
Bloomberg: “U.S. officials are continuing with an agreement that bars the government from probing past tax filings from President Donald Trump and his businesses, while a plan to set up an ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is on hold.”
“Another part of the deal banning any audits and tax-related probes of Trump, his family members and his companies that were started before the settlement isn’t affected by the decision to place the fund on hold.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I am concerned about one thing, and that is Republican turnout. In Georgia, Democrats turned out 150,000 more early voters than Republicans in the state — the red state — of Georgia. That is not a good sign to me.”
— GOP pollster Matt Towery, on Fox News.
Megadonor Gave $5.5 Million Estate to RFK Jr. Nonprofit
New York Times: “Timothy Mellon, a reclusive banking heir who was one of President Trump’s and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s biggest financial backers in the 2024 election, gave two sprawling properties in Connecticut last year to Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group Mr. Kennedy founded.”
“The donation, which has not previously been reported, shows how tightly intertwined Mr. Mellon has become with Mr. Kennedy and their shared work against vaccines. The adjacent parcels cover about 300 acres at the confluence of the Connecticut and Eightmile Rivers in Lyme and feature a pool, a tennis court and several buildings, property records show.”
Trump Says Tom Kean Has Been ‘Working Tirelessly’
President Trump endorsed Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) — who hasn’t been seen in Washington, D.C. for three months — but insisted Kean has been “working tirelessly” on behalf of his agenda, the New York Times reports.
Trump Picks Bill Pulte as Acting Intelligence Chief
CNBC: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Bill Pulte, who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as acting director of national intelligence.”
“Pulte, who has no prior experience in an intelligence role, will keep his existing titles as FHFA director and chairman of the mortgage groups Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”
Quote of the Day
“Had he grown too old for the job and I hadn’t noticed? I didn’t think so, but could I be objective enough to be sure?”
— Jill Biden, quoted in a Wall Street Journal review of her new book, View from the East Wing.
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It’s the Corruption, Stupid
Rahm Emanuel told Semafor that Democrats “should sharpen their arguments about President Donald Trump’s self-dealing while in office — by hitching them to affordability-focused messaging.”
Said Emanuel: “This is a gem sitting there. I think the Democrats … have been episodic in touching it, rather than front and center. Corruption as part of the affordability narrative is more chess, where affordability alone is more checkers.”
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