Em Luetkemeyer
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Reporter @notusreports + @oklahomawatch. Covering U.S. Congress, Oklahoma, tribal affairs. From rural Missouri, living in DC. Past @comissourian. Mizzou alum.
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Joined October 2024
Almost 70% of lawmakers in Congress age 75 and older say they're running for reelection next year. “No matter what age you are, if you’re in good shape and you can do what it takes," Rep. Maxine Waters, 87, told me, "then you should do it.".
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Why are so many lawmakers ages 75 and older running for reelection?
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RT @anna_c_kramer: scoop: FEMA just let the funds expire for the group that manages inter-state coordination during disasters. When resour….
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The Emergency Management Assistance Compact ensures that states can quickly send resources to each other in the aftermath of a disaster. The group that runs it temporarily lost its funding.
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RT @helen_huiskes: Congress is inching closer to a bipartisan deal that attempts to avoid a shutdown, but Democrats aren't quite feeling th….
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The deadline for a deal is approaching fast.
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RT @benavides_colon: After going through campaign finance records for more than a dozen dead members of Congress, @JiraViolet and I found s….
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These congressional members died while in office. Their remaining campaign money has ended up in weird places.
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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: Representative Jerry Nadler will not seek re-election, ending a 34-year career as one of Congress’s leading lib….
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Representative Jerrold Nadler, the ex-House Judiciary chairman who helped lead President Trump’s impeachments, will not seek re-election in New York.
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RT @helen_huiskes: Breaking: Sen. Joni Ernst won't run for reelection, three sources told NOTUS, opening another Republican seat for 2026.….
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Three sources confirmed to NOTUS that the Iowa senator plans to retire after this term.
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RT @emilyykennard: DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta told me he's walking 100 miles across Pennsylvania to protest transit cuts. “This is com….
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Malcolm Kenyatta told NOTUS he hopes to nationalize opposition to transit cuts in the state, an example of how Democrats can push back against Republicans.
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RT @NOTUSreports: A far-right election researcher who fueled a number of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election has been appointed to….
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President Donald Trump cited misinterpreted data from the newly appointed Department of Homeland Security official during a speech before the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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RT @NOTUSreports: Forget Retirement: Older Lawmakers Want to Stay in Congress.via @em_luetkemeyer ..
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RT @metzgov: Of the 50 members of Congress who are 75+ and up for reelection in 2026, nearly 70% say they plan to run again. And more than….
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RT @LissandraVilla: A great read up from @em_luetkemeyer this a.m. on how Ryan Walters and education are factoring into Oklahoma's gubernat….
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Education has taken a new level of prominence in the Republican primary.
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RT @OrianaBeLike: JUST IN: A Trump-appointed judge dealt a huge blow to the Trump admin by dismissing its unprecedented lawsuit against all….
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Republican Rep. Mark Alford put a little distance between himself and Trump at a town hall in rural Missouri last night. “I’m not the best of friends with Trump,” he said at one point. “I met him maybe five or six times.”. Read more:
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Though the Missouri Republican praised the president where he could, Alford also suggested he didn't agree with all of Trump’s agenda.
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RT @reesejgorman: New: Ahead of US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s visit to Oklahoma, her team specifically asked Oklahoma officials….
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Three sources familiar with the matter said McMahon and her team asked that Superintendent Ryan Walters not be included at a charter school event where multiple other state officials were present.
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RT @THECITYNY: BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips. .
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THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
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RT @helen_huiskes: Rep. Chip Roy announced this AM that he's running for Texas attorney general. That means a further shake-up of the House….
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The fiery Freedom Caucus member has been a conservative firebrand and obstructionist on the House floor. Now, he’s turning his attention to his home state.
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RT @BanksTorrence: FEMA's much-criticized response to Hurricane Katrina is a stain on its history. While the Trump administration threatens….
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FEMA’s response to the hurricane 20 years ago has shown many of Louisiana’s public officials why funding the agency rather than stripping it down is so crucial.
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While more National Guard troops are on their way to DC, the White House still won't give a timeline for when Trump's federal takeover may end. Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt said today that agencies have made 465 arrests since the takeover began.
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National Guard troops from multiple states are coming to the nation’s capital. No one knows for how long.
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RT @davelevinthal: This is a video of masked government agents removing a D.C. protest sign expressing an opinion that would certainly appe….
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RT @davelevinthal: Meet the members of Congress making big money off their book-writing side hustles. @NOTUSreports read the personal f….
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Lawmakers typically can’t earn money outside of their jobs in the Capitol. Book writing is one big exception.
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