• TWITTER TAKEOVER: Building America’s Future, a 501(c)(3) linked closely to Elon Musk, took over banner ads on X with a Washington Reporter piece about the American Hospital Association (AHA). Thanks for reading!
  • AD LAUNCH: Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is launching a $1 million ad campaign, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, opposing legislation that would codify the “Most Favored Nation” drug price controls. “This is the latest in our longstanding work against price controls,” the conservative organization noted. “Just last week, ATR and more than 50 conservative groups and activists released a letter opposing the price control codification.” The ATR ad focuses on U.S. competition with China, and argues that free markets are necessary to beat China. Watch the ad here.
  • END OF AN ERA: JP Freire, the longtime Communications Director for the House GOP’s Ways and Means Committee, is heading to greener pastures. Stay tuned for his next moves.
  • CRUZ’IN IN RWANDA: Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) addressed the first ever Kigali Security Summit by video, telling attendees that Africa is “vital to our national interests.” The conference was a trilateral between America, Israel, and Rwanda. Part of America’s strategy in Africa “should include our Israeli allies, which are central to Africa’s integration and success,” Cruz added. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D., Nev.) and Robert O’Brien also addressed the conference via video.
  • THANKS FOR READING: Ambassador Richard Grenell, the president of the Trump-Kennedy Center, shouted out the Washington Reporter‘s Matthew Foldi for his coverage of the legendary arts center while speaking to a crowded group of Young Republicans.
  • WELCOME TO D.C.: The Department of Interior hosted the American Conservation Coalition (ACC) to welcome a group of young conservatives from across America. Ambassador Richard Grenell addressed the group, as did Hayden Padgett — Chairman of the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF) — and Chris Barnard, the president of ACC. Among those in attendance were Logan Luse, Erika Bone, Rick Loughery, Micah Rea, Emily Chance, and Nik Rettinger.
  • 45/47 REUNION: Michael Best Strategies’s Ninio Fetalvo and BAR Communications’s Brad Rateike and Lucy Powers hosted a crew of Trump alums and current staffers. Those spotted included Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R., Ark.), Judd Deere, Jessica Ditto, Clay Shoemaker, Grace Newton, Hannah Eddins, Ory Rinat, John and Carolina Horstman, Weston Loyd, Nate Parker, Michael Abboud, Chris Syrek, Liz Huston, Richard Chalkey, Jamie Gillespie, Alex Angelson, Sara Grove, Neal Patel, Anthony and Alex Campau, Matt Mowers, Michael and Catherine Williams, Meg McCann, Rachel Walker, Marty Obst, Keith Nahigian, Tory Sendek, Charli Huddleston, John Hiller, Rob Placek, Cody Sargent, John Avent, Hunter Lovell, Jeff Naft, Angela Ryan, Krista Perkins, and Ellie Acra.