Hailey Fuchs
@Hailey_Fuchs
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congress reporter @politico || formerly @nytimes @yale || [email protected] || Signal is @ haileyfuchs.80
Washington, D.C.
Joined September 2016
Some personal news: Beyond excited to join Politico’s Congress team. I’ll be covering the oversight, judiciary, and ethics committees. Please send tips my way!
MEET THE CAPITOL CREW: @POLITICO unveils its expanded Congress team bringing you the biggest scoops from the Hill! (1/3)
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NEW — Senate Republicans run from politically toxic payout provision designed just for them
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Only one Republican senator has public plans to sue under new legislative language House Republicans are now seeking to scrap.
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Shoutout to Politico Congress crew in the last hour of the longest shutdown in history. Teamwork (& Nick's baking) got us through! @JAscholtes @jordainc @meredithllee @nicholaswu12 @calenrazor @Hailey_Fuchs @ben_guggenheim @Reporter_Mia
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NEWS: Speaker Johnson confirms @politico reporting - that House GOP is pushing to repeal the DOJ phone record language in stopgap LATER in a standalone bill that will move on suspension it will be put on calendar for next week
House Republicans are introducing standalone legislation to repeal this provision that was included by the Senate in the government funding bill. We are putting this legislation on the fast track suspension calendar in the House for next week.
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NEW – Jeffrey Epstein, in newly released email, says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ https://t.co/eOzeY9ugVG
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The convicted sex offender’s correspondence was released along with other documents by House Oversight Dems.
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Epstein drama will return to the House today after Mike Johnson swears in Adelita Grijalva and she signs a petition to force a vote on releasing the files. Vote will likely happen first week of December. @meredithllee @Hailey_Fuchs @nicholaswu12
https://t.co/5PGXPJyObi
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NEW — @SenatorHeinrich takes a swipe at Schumer “I am furious that the Senate Minority and Majority Leaders chose to airdrop this provision into this bill at the eleventh hour — with zero consultation or negotiation with the subcommittee that actually oversees this work.“
NEW — John Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure
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Scoop from @Hailey_Fuchs: Thune personally secured the provision in the government funding bill that would let senators sue if their phone records are seized w/out permission -- a direct response to the Jack Smith probe that has embroiled Hill Republicans
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The new legislative language is an escalation of the GOP’s efforts to discredit former special counsel Jack Smith.
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NEW — John Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure
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The new legislative language is an escalation of the GOP’s efforts to discredit former special counsel Jack Smith.
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ICYMI — How an Adam Schiff indictment could shake the Senate https://t.co/iEx2foneZK
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If Schiff is indicted, it would mark the first time Trump’s pursuit of political adversaries has directly affected a sitting member of the Senate.
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NEW — Ghislaine Maxwell to seek commutation, document indicates https://t.co/68iSYQJE86
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She is to make her plea to President Donald Trump.
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SCOOP — Jack Smith, under fire from Congressional Republicans, takes an apparent swipe at Trump https://t.co/HzgI4kf5oo
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The former special counsel, under pressure to testify before Congress, has sent Chuck Grassley a new letter.
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Senate Republicans were sounding the alarm to the White House about Ingrassia for months. POLITICO's reporting was the final straw. The inside story from @Hailey_Fuchs @dlippman @jordainc
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GOP senators had sent signals to the administration since the summer that Paul Ingrassia lacked the support for confirmation, in a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump.
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NEW — How Senate Republicans finally said 'no' to Ingrassia W/ @dlippman @jordainc
https://t.co/7MEXO42xBn
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GOP senators had sent signals to the administration since the summer that Paul Ingrassia lacked the support for confirmation, in a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump.
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NEW: Thune hopes the White House withdraws Paul Ingrassia's nomination, after @dlippman reported on texts that showed him making racist remarks to fellow Republicans. “He’s not gonna pass," Thune says. @Hailey_Fuchs
https://t.co/h1ehxh8XAy
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At least three other Republicans signal they will oppose Ingrassia's confirmation.
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A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed its cooperation would resume once the government re-opened. “Congressional correspondence during a lapse in appropriations is limited.”
NEW — The Congressional probe into the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case is caught in the shutdown crosshairs
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NEW — The Congressional probe into the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case is caught in the shutdown crosshairs
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The House Oversight Committee's Jeffrey Epstein investigation has ground to a halt during the federal funding lapse.
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After a second question about abuse and other allegations against Cory Mills today, Speaker Johnson at one point responded, “let’s just talk about some things that are really serious.” He then called on another reporter @Hailey_Fuchs
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The embattled Florida Republican has been slapped with a restraining order.
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⚠️CAUTION: SHOCKING CONTENT The cover-up is always worse than the crime... and this crime is pure evil. This 2-minute clip comes from the verbatim film 'The Grooming Gangs Cover-Up,' which details the heinous acts done to children uncovered at trial. @elonmusk
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I have a new book out tomorrow! It tells the story of the shadowy foreign interests paying well-connected Americans to influence our politics & government. I would be grateful if you would consider ordering it, & I would welcome your thoughts on it.
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NEW — Trump's visa fee sparks rare bipartisan interest in immigration legislation https://t.co/E1mG6xlfLx
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Lawmakers have been trying to pass legislative fixes for the H-1B program for years.
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Peter Navarro, Trump's trade adviser, on hand for Bondi's Hill hearing
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Republicans are aiming to show the Biden administration targeted political enemies, too.
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