BOUCHARD’S TO LOSE: A poll of GOP primary voters in Michigan’s 10th District, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, finds that Michael Bouchard is starting to pull away from his opponents, leading the field with 39.2 percent support.
PARENTS MATTER: The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is highlighting Democratic candidate Lindsay James saying that Iowans are not “concerned with” transgender sex surgeries on their children. Republicans are consolidating behind Republican Joe Mitchell, who has been endorsed by both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
FDA CHANGES: Our sources on Capitol Hill and in the Trump administration are celebrating the resignation of FDA chief Marty Makary. Sources tell the Washington Reporter that there is excitement for American vapes to now compete with illicit Chinese vapes.
RONNY JACK$ON: Rep. Ronny Jackson (R., Texas) transferred $700,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) coffers, bringing his total contributions this cycle to $1 million. “More to come,” Jackson’s chief of staff Casey Hood, teased.
NYC OR WISCONSIN: Democratic congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke, who is challenging Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R., Wis.), is under fire for having attacked the “quiet racism” of her home town of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. “Rebecca Cooke keeps proving she’s a better fit to represent Mamdani’s New York than Wisconsin families,” the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) Hunter Lovell said in response.
GOLDEN STATE PROBLEMS: The City Journal’s Haley Strack and Christopher Rufo found that “Gavin Newsom [is] providing personal pornography devices to every inmate in the state of California,” in Rufo’s words. Newsom denied the claims in the extensively-documented expose.
RICK SCOTT VS. MAMDANI: Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.) wrote to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche urging an investigation into anti-Semitic mobs in New York City. “The American people have watched mobs harass Jewish New Yorkers, intimidate individuals for supporting Israel, obstruct synagogues, express support for terrorist organizations, and spread vile anti-Semitic rhetoric,” Scott wrote. He urged the DOJ to prosecute perpetrators where necessary.
WHEN IN EGYPT: Nick Adams, the Special Presidential Envoy for American Tourism, Exceptionalism, and Values, returned from an official visit to Egypt, where he remarked that the highlights included the Pyramids, the Nile River, and also Egypt’s “famous pigeon delicacy.”
MAZEL TOV: The Israeli Embassy celebrated Israel’s 78th birthday in bipartisan style in D.C. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D., N.J.) and Jared Moskowitz (D., Fla.) urged those in attendance to take go on the offensive in combatting anti-Semitism. Among those spotted were Reps. Don Bacon (R., Neb.), Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.), and Randy Fine (R., Fla.), along with Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Eli Shemtov, Merav Ceren, Jeff Miller, Dan Conston, Paul Foldi, Bonnie Glick, Emily Austin, Randy Morgan, Phelim McAleer, Ann McIlhenny, Omri Ceren, Eric Gertler, Hilary Kapner, Ambassador Yehuda Kaploun, Sebastian Gorka, and keynote speaker Chris Wright, the Secretary of Energy.
