jacob fulton
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tax & economic policy reporter @cqnow @rollcall. alum @medillschool. member @nlgja.
washington, d.c.
Joined March 2016
First byline with the News & Information team @pewresearch! Read it here ⬇️
Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
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Asked Speaker Johnson if he supports this measure and if he could bring the House back if the Senate sends it over “If we have a viable path, yes, but I suspect the Democrats are going to bat it down again, just like they did paying the troops.”
🚨 Another shutdown strategy shift from Thune in this same gaggle. He said the Senate is expected to vote next week on RonJohn’s bill to pay federal workers who have been forced to work without pay. This would include military Until now, Thune had resisted standalone pay bills
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Professional news: I’m taking over the CQ Budget newsletter, as of yesterday. We’ve welcomed @ArisFolley to cover approps and @jacobnfulton to cover tax — follow them! I’m excited to be the new Tracker and will be continuing to report on approps.
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an exciting update: today is my first day covering tax and economic policy at @CQnow @rollcall! i'm looking forward to this new adventure. if you work on tax and economic policy, i'd love to connect! add me to your press lists, and let's grab coffee: jacob.fulton@cqrollcall.com
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Same newsroom, new beat: I’m now covering features and the Capitol campus beat @RollCall! Tips? Story ideas? Hill gossip? Musings on the departure of the Longworth Dunkin? I want to know it all! Add me to your press lists and let’s chat: ninaheller@cqrollcall.com!
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Trump’s LA Prosecutor Orders Cases His Staff Say Lack Evidence— @benjaminpenn and I report:
news.bloomberglaw.com
In the three-plus months Bill Essayli has run the Los Angeles US Attorney’s Office, he has ignored and overruled the recommendations of senior prosecutors, instructed staff to disregard Justice...
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The health 🏥team will be watching the E&C markup around the clock starting this afternoon, but also follow @reilly_cait & @PaulKrawzak on W&M 💰and @OliviaBridges98 for Ag 🌽coverage.
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"This institution was not designed for me." My latest in @rollcall on the moms of Congress, and what it would take to make this place a bit easier for them: https://t.co/G2w3pOMjVn
rollcall.com
“I really felt like I was building the wheel,” recalls Rep. Linda Sánchez, one of only 13 voting members to ever give birth while in Congress.
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sorry to anyone who has ever met me for the person i am about to become
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A National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad has been restored to its original state months after it was changed to remove abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman from the top of the page. In @ABC:
abcnews.go.com
Tubman’s photo and quote have been added back to the page after two months.
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My story about how Trump is canceling LGBTQ+ research at NIH and how that's a wild departure from historical norms: https://t.co/xoSpi0bd5s
rollcall.com
The Trump administration has dramatically dialed back research into LGBTQ+ health, and researchers say the impact has been dramatic.
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my latest from CPAC, where attendees lauded elon musk even as many remained skeptical of the broader tech industry:
rollcall.com
While Elon Musk drew applause at the annual right-wing political convention, attendees remained skeptical of the tech industry writ large.
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had the best week down in New Orleans covering the Super Bowl with @phillysport! so proud of the work my colleagues and I did covering the game, and so grateful to have these opportunities as a young journalist. thank you all for following along! more soon!
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Gabbard defends record on Snowden, asserts ‘no love’ for dictators:
rollcall.com
Senate Intelligence members pressed Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee to be director of national intelligence, on her national security record.
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🧵(1/x): @FiscalNote loves to tell us how a company value is #supporthefamily. Yet, the return to office policy it implemented illegally & without bargaining with us ignores how we have been working for years and doesn't give us the flexibility we need to do our jobs successfully
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Los Angeles courts are largely moving ahead with hearings and trials as residents flee fires. 12 state court judges & 12 staff have lost homes. Jurors have had to miss court, prompting talk of a mistrial at least once. @BLaw
news.bloomberglaw.com
Los Angeles courts are largely moving ahead with hearings and trials as residents across the county flee raging wildfires burning for an eighth day.
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FiscalNote may have delayed its return to office plan, but we’re still up here on Capitol Hill doing our jobs — just like we’ve been doing for years. Snow, a pandemic and even an insurrection haven’t ever stopped us from showing up to work.
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trump’s impact on congress is undeniable ahead of his second term. 63% of the house has taken office since trump was first elected — including 68% of the house GOP. i took a look at the impact of a congress where many only know the trump era. my latest:
rollcall.com
Welcome to the Trump era of Congress — 63 percent of House representatives were first elected with Trump in 2016 or in the years since.
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Chase Strangio will be the first out trans lawyer to argue at the Supreme Court. U.S. has no openly trans federal judges, but a handful in state & local courts. Here’s what three of them said about representation on the bench (w/ @HeadleyTiana)
news.bloomberglaw.com
Victoria Kolakowski became the nation’s first openly transgender elected judge in 2011, and is heartened when people seek her out as a mentor or say she inspired them to practice law.
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