Alicia Diaz

Democrats Hold Early Midterms Advantage With Trump Under Fire House Democrats are kicking off 2026 with the political winds blowing in their favor: advantageous polling, voters underwhelmed with President Donald Trump’s second term and a history of opposition ga...

New: House Democrats are kicking off 2026 with the political winds blowing in their favor. 

But the challenge is keeping the momentum so they flip the chamber in November.

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Lutnick Says Hurricane Center’s Fully Staffed Despite Key Vacancies Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional hearing that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins.

The National Hurricane Center has at least 4 empty positions for meteorologists, according to its website. But Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick says it’s “fully staffed” + ready for storms. Story w/ @weathersullivan.bsky.social @alicia-diaz.bsky.social (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Lutnick Says Hurricane Center’s Fully Staffed Despite Key Vacancies Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional hearing that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins.

Howard Lutnick said there were no vacancies at the National Hurricane Center, the center's website shows there are a few open jobs. With my @bloomberg.com colleagues @alicia-diaz.bsky.social and @laurenthal.bsky.social

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Trump’s Priority List for Tariff Talks Homes In on Around 20 Economies The Trump administration’s first trade talks involve an eclectic mix of major exporters and smaller economies, as the White House looks to rack up agreements that could serve as models for other negot...

Scoop: The list of ~20 countries that the US is engaging in initial trade talks with includes major exporters that the US has publicly mentioned (Japan, South Korea)— but also notably small economies (Fiji, Lesotho, Mauritius)

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House GOP Moves to Block Potential Challenges to Trump Tariffs House Republicans will move Tuesday to block Democrats from forcing a painful vote on Donald Trump’s tariffs as the president amps up the US trade war with Canada.

New: Hidden in the rule for the House’s continuing resolution is a provision that would block Democrats from forcing a vote on Trump’s tariffs

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Lawmakers Introduce UK-US Trade Bill Before Starmer Meets Trump A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is re-introducing a bill on Thursday that would authorize comprehensive trade talks with the UK, an effort to revive negotiations between the two allies as Prime Min...

Scoop: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is re-introducing a bill to authorize trade talks with the UK as PM Keir Starmer heads to the White House.

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RFK Jr. Says If Shown Data, ‘I Will Be First’ to Back Vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a second day of tough questions about his nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, with pointed interrogation from a key senator about his shifting v...

By the end of the RFK Jr.'s hearing, GOP Senator Bill Cassidy said he was still "struggling" with how to vote. @robertlangreth.bsky.social and @alicia-diaz.bsky.social have all the details > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...