Several floors inside the Pentagon are on lockdown Thursday, after “sophisticated systems to ensure the safety of the building and its occupants” flagged an air quality issue.
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- Trump threatened in a social media post on Thursday to “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas industries as U.S. and Iranian forces traded strikes for a second consecutive day.
- NOTUS repostedAbsent House Republicans leave majority up for grabs - @pkcapitol has the behind the scenes griping on members complaining about colleagues skipping votes to campaign for higher office -
- NOTUS repostedFor most global sporting events, the pattern is a lot of scrutiny about hypocrisies and injustice in the lead-up, then a selective memory for fans once the actual games begins. Will that pattern repeat for this World Cup? Latest for @NOTUSreports:
- The House failed on Thursday to pass a short-term extension of a major spy powers program, leaving Congress with no clear plan to keep the authority from going dark on Friday.
- NOTUS repostedNEW: The House failed to pass a short-term FISA extension, leaving Congress with no clear plan to keep the surveillance authority from expiring Friday. The bill failed 198-218, well short of the two-thirds majority it needed.
- NOTUS repostedNEW: The PAID Act would require any person who is paid by a federal political committee or candidate to include a disclaimer that they were paid to post the content. One influencer told me adding disclaimers is a "no brainer." Read more @NOTUSreports
- Sex, Drugs and Debt: Treasurers Keep Fleecing Their Political Committees via @taylorgiorno_ & @davelevinthal
- NOTUS repostedTrump’s Great American State Fair in D.C. will be minus six states: Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Oregon. Via @Sam4TR @torriestorie and @MonninJenna of @NOTUSreports
- NOTUS repostedA top aide to Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) got paid to consult for an Ohio lobbying firm while earning a federal paycheck, reports @tspencenews of @NOTUSreports
- NOTUS repostedICYMI: Health inspectors slapped Trump’s golf club north of NYC with a “critical” health violation related to “spoiled” food. That’s according to gov’t records @taylorgiorno_ and I reviewed. In @NOTUSreports:
- NOTUS reposted"This World Cup is also the World Cup of Mad Libs for Extremely American Sentences, 2026 Edition." World Cup Open Day essential reading from @dougherty_jesse in @NOTUSreports:
- In the newsletter: - A national state fair that may not have all the states - A deep dive on campaign embezzlement - Why farmers are upset - A “World Cup of chaos”






