• INTERVIEW INCOMING: Our editor-in-chief Matthew Foldi scored another interview with President Donald Trump — we’re going to roll out a special edition of the Washington Reporter featuring a series of articles Foldi wrote about his latest conversation with the 47th president.
  • HISTORY MADE: President Donald Trump celebrated one year back in the White House following his historic 2024 comeback earlier this week. Rep. Lisa McClain (R., Mich.), the House GOP’s Conference Chair, hosted another media row that the Washington Reporterwas on-site for. Stay tuned for coverage of that!
  • 2026 WATCH: Austin Rogers, the general counsel to Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.), is seriously considering a congressional campaign in Florida’s now-open 2nd District. Rogers could announce as soon as next week for the seat held by Rep. Neal Dunn (R., Fla.). A source familiar with the campaign told the Washington Reporter that “Rogers is a principled conservative, brilliant legal mind, and honest public servant, running to be a strong ally to Trump’s America First agenda, and Sen. Scott’s Florida First priorities.”
  • THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: At Run Gen Z’s annual conference last week, young elected officials and future candidates seemed to agree on one thing: Marco Rubio is the future of the GOP. Gen Z’ers named JD Vance and Pete Hegseth as potential contenders, but it wasn’t much of a competition.
  • CONGRATS: Hannah Hagen, the Staff Director of House Homeland’s Maritime Subcommittee and Erik Shaw, auditor at KPMG, got engaged on a ski trip to Vail. The power couple met in college, at SMU.
  • RIGHT FROM POTUS: During our latest interview with President Donald Trump, the President of the United States wished one of his schedulers, Grace Newton, a happy birthday. He called her “a young woman with a great future” in his interview with Matthew Foldi.
  • THANKS FOR READING: The White House shared another one of our articles — this time it was one about Kristi Noem’s historic work with President Donald Trump in securing America’s borders.