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Emergency vehicles stage at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night, Jan. 29, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. | Kevin Wolf/AP | THE DCA CRASH: Before we get to the latest political news, we turn first to the tragedy unfolding at Washington Reagan National Airport, where last night, an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter in what appears to be the nation’s most serious air disaster in at least a decade. What we know: The jet, which was travelling from Kansas to Washington DC, had 60 passengers and four crew members on board. The Army helicopter had three people on board. After colliding, both aircraft fell into the frigid waters of the Potomac River. Search teams swarmed the area in a frantic rescue effort that continued overnight. What we don’t know: Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, who led a briefing at the airport with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Kansas Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall, would not say how many may have died. Bowser’s next press briefing is at 7:30 a.m. at DCA. POLITICO: “‘Nothing short of a nightmare': Jet, helicopter collide in deadly crash near Reagan National,” by Oriana Pawlyk and Sam Ogozalek Live updates from WaPo … NYT … AP
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Learn more about how others are building with open source AI. | | | | | DRIVING THE DAY | | NEWS FROM THE HOME TEAM: Amy Mackinnon — long an agenda-setting national security reporter at Foreign Policy — is joining POLITICO as our new intelligence reporter, where she’ll be at the center of our growing coverage of global threats and domestic agency intrigue. In addition, John Sakellariadis is taking on a broader role as a cybersecurity and intelligence reporter, and will tackle those two overlapping spaces at a time when spycraft increasingly straddles both realms. Welcome, congrats and godspeed. SWAMPING THE SWAMP: If President Donald Trump was deliberately trying to overwhelm his opponents, it’s hard to imagine a schedule better suited to do just that than the one slated to kick off in just a few hours, when nearly all of his most controversial nominees face Senate scrutiny on an overlapping timetable. The run of the day … Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, goes before the Judiciary Committee at 9:30 a.m. Then Tulsi Gabbard, his choice for director of national intelligence, faces the Intelligence panel at 10 — the same time Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears at the HELP Committee. And at noon, the Budget Committee has a business meeting on the nomination of OMB Director-designate Russell Vought. MAGA allies will delight in the whirlwind; everyone else will look for a handhold to steady themselves and try not to get blown away. Flooding the zone: As a phrase, it’s cliché. As a concept, it’s indispensable if you want to understand how Trump’s Washington operates. (For the unfamiliar, it’s the Steve Bannon-inspired strategy from the Trump 1.0 era that effectively deals with the president’s opposition by overwhelm them with such a glut of news that could outrage them that it’s difficult for opponents to coalesce around any single thing and make headway.) And yet today … it’s not just a single zone getting flooded; it’s a zone within a zone within a zone. There’s a term in the art world called the “Droste effect.” (Think of a man holding a photo of himself in which he’s holding a photo of himself, and so on, and you get the idea.) That’s more or less how to think of what zones are getting flooded today. Donald does Droste: On the outermost level, there’s the cascade of news vying for your attention: the confusion around the federal funding freeze, the newest tranche executive orders, the next wave of immigration raids, the proposed housing of detained migrants at Guantanamo Bay and so on. Then there’s the simultaneous show-stopping Senate hearings competing for your focus and airtime. Then, even within those hearings, there’s so much material you could ask nominees like Patel and Gabbard about that it may be difficult to sharpen lines of attack that are clean and repetitive enough to break through with the public.
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Kash Patel speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Findlay Toyota Center on Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Arizona. | Rebecca Noble/Getty Images | THE KASH CACHE: Of Patel and Gabbard, it’s the FBI nominee who appears on far stronger footing. One tangible example of that is that Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), whose support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was tepid but decisive, will introduce Patel at today’s hearing, Fox News’ Julia Johnson scooped. Game on: Tillis will “distribute several versions of a Patel-themed bingo game to his colleagues on the committee,” Johnson writes. “The ‘K$H Bingo’ game includes subjects Tillis expects to be brought up by Democrats during the hearing. The sheet includes subjects such as ‘Deep State,’ ‘Enemies List’ and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), among others.” That’s a bingo: Indeed, among the lines of attack Democrats have prepared for Patel’s hearing are … … his social media postings, which include “his peddling of so-called vaccine detoxification supplements” and “a video reposted by Patel of an AI-generated version of himself taking a chainsaw to the likenesses of [Sen. Adam] Schiff and former Rep. Liz Cheney,” Hailey Fuchs reports in her walk-up. (Schiff, it’s worth noting, is now on the Senate Judiciary Committee.) … his purported enemies list. “The president and Mr. Patel share not only a worldview, but also an enemies list,” NYT’s Glenn Thrush and Adam Goldman write. “In 2022, Mr. Patel published a roster of 60 people he suggested should be investigated, prosecuted or otherwise reviled.” Among its disparate names: Christopher Wray, Merrick Garland, Bill Barr, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Gen. Mark Milley, Peter Strzok and Alexander Vindman. The one thing that unites them? They’ve all been critical of Trump in some way. … his charitable endeavors. “In 2022, he formed a nonprofit, the Kash Foundation, with the stated goal of funding veterans, scholarships and ‘legal defense [of] whistleblowers [and] defamed American citizens,’” WaPo’s Liz Goodwin, Mark Berman and Jeremy Roebuck report. “The nonprofit reported raising more than $1.4 million in its first two years. According to its 2023 tax filings — the most recent publicly available — Patel’s foundation has given less than 20 percent of that sum, or just over $260,000, away in grants. … Tax filings show grants of $20,000 or less also went to veterans organizations, a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Fairfax County, Virginia, and other charitable groups.” The pushback: Patel has been engaged in a “charm offensive he’s waged in one-on-one meetings, where he’s pledged to run the FBI apolitically and denied that he has an ‘enemies list’ of people he would target in the job,” Goodwin, Berman and Roebuck write. It seems to be working. Charm offensive, or just offensive? “There’s a social media, national media persona of who Kash is and then there’s who he actually is,” Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) tells the Post. “There’s this cartoon of him that’s out there, that he’s this mean, hateful, intense individual that when you meet him you think, where is that person that’s being described?” Pre-hearing reading: Last night, Patel published a WSJ op-ed vowing to “rebuild public trust in the FBI,” and citing “two foundational steps” as necessary in that process: (1) “let good cops be cops” and (2) bolster transparency by being “a strong advocate for congressional oversight.” The medium is the message: Frankly, more notable than the op-ed itself is the venue. That the Journal is lending its influential platform to Patel is a pretty good sign that the Republican establishment has not found the criticisms of him to be persuasive. Contrast that … with the WSJ editorial board’s slashing tone on Gabbard: “[T]he question isn’t Ms. Gabbard’s patriotism. It’s judgment, and what message it would send friends and foes to confirm a director of national intelligence who doesn’t really seem to believe in protecting national intelligence.”
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Tulsi Gabbard speaks with the press after a visit with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) outside his office in Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, on Dec. 9, 2024. | Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO | THE GIFT OF GABBARD: If you had to bet on a single major Trump nominee who’ll get rejected by the Senate, the smart money is on Tulsi Gabbard. A splash of cold water: “It’s not clear that Gabbard can make it to the Senate floor,” Jordain Carney writes in her must-read curtain-raiser. “With a one-seat GOP majority on the Intelligence Committee and Democrats on the panel firmly opposed, the opposition of any one Republican there could stop her nomination cold. At least three Republicans who sit on the committee are undecided given her unconventional background and past criticism of the national security establishment.” There are many reasons for this … her strange (and still not fully explained) 2017 meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, which AP’s Byron Tau explores at length … her defense of Edward Snowden, as NYT’s Julian Barnes, Carl Hulse and Sharon LaFraniere detail … her parrotting of Russia’s talking points about its invasion of Ukraine, writes AP’s David Klepper … her hiring of a public-affairs firm “to suppress coverage of an alleged pyramid scheme connected to her Hindu sect,” as WSJ’s Brett Forrest, Caitlin Ostroff and Rebecca Feng report … her lack of “extensive national security experience,” as WaPo’s David Ignatius writes, and so on. The simple math: “She definitely doesn’t have the votes right now” to advance out of the committee, a Senate aide tells WaPo’s Warren Strobel, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Catherine Belton. You’re telling me there’s a chance: Yes, it is possible that Gabbard could still make it to a floor vote without the recommendation of the Intel Committee. But this morning, that looks much less likely to happen than it did 24 hours ago. Not sugar-coating it: “I don't think you can do that if [Gabbard’s] not voted out of committee, because the committee would have to vote to bring her to the floor without recommendation," Senate Majority Leader John Thune told CNN’s Ted Barrett yesterday. “I can't see them doing that if they vote her down." Who to watch at the Intel hearing … Two Republicans loom especially large: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Todd Young (R-Indiana). VOUGHT COUNT: Yes, there’s an uproar over the Trump administration’s move to unilaterally freeze congressionally approved spending (more on that in a moment). Even so, “many Republicans on Capitol Hill say they have no further questions for [OMB Director-designate Russell] Vought, or concerns about how this latest episode could be a preview of how he’ll push his record of withholding funding during the last Trump administration to the next level this time around,” Katherine Tully-McManus and Jennifer Scholtes write this morning. Today, he’s “expected to easily clear another key hurdle … on his way to confirmation.” First in Playbook: This morning, the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, EDF Action, the Project On Government Oversight and dozens of signatories will send three letters calling on the Senate to reject Vought’s nomination. Letter 1 … Letter 2 … Letter 3 PENN AVENUE FREEZE-OUT: “The explosive Trump administration order that froze trillions of dollars of federal grants and loans this week was published without vetting by key officials in the White House,” NYT’s Jonathan Swan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs scooped. The order was handed down through OMB General Counsel Mark Paoletta without the knowledge of senior Trump aides in the White House, including White House staff secretary Will Scharf and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. Ice and fire: Behind closed doors in the West Wing, “senior Trump advisers were furious that they were not read into the process,” Swan and Kanno-Youngs write. “Some felt that the resulting mess gave Democrats their best opening since Mr. Trump’s election victory to rally public opposition against the administration.” The confusion continues … Just 48 hours after the administration issued the directive and sparked waves of chaos and anxiety among organizations reliant on federal funds (and the people reliant on those organizations), the OMB rescinded the memo yesterday afternoon. But the administration hedged on their reasoning, saying their move was in response to a judge’s order blocking the freeze, Lisa Kashinsky and Liz Crampton report — a move many read as “tacit acknowledgment that there may be limits to the president’s shock-and-awe strategy.” And continues … But shortly after the OMB’s walkback, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walked back the walkback, posting on X that the latest announcement wasn’t a rescission of the policy, but “simply a rescission of the OMB memo.” Trump’s freeze order, she said, remains “in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented.” Though Leavitt later clarified in a statement she was referring to the president’s more specific executive orders, her wording left many confused as to whether the flow of federal money is still going and what programs will be impacted. On the right: Washington Republicans found someone to blame for the OMB hubbub, and (surprise, surprise) it was not the Trump administration, but instead the news media, NOTUS’ Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman report. On the left: The freeze and ensuing maelstrom has given beleaguered Democrats a foothold in their efforts to counter Trump. The New Republic’s Greg Sargent has a good read on that topic, with a good contender for quote of the day from Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.): “For my colleagues that didn’t want to cry wolf, the wolf is literally chomping at our leg right now.” The big mo’: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries used yesterday’s reversal to push Dems to embrace the momentum and “keep to the fight as the caucus mounts an ‘all hands on deck’” effort against Trump, Elena Schneider and Nicholas Wu report. DEMS TRY TO FIND A FOOTHOLD: “Democrats are launching a tax-focused group as their newest messaging megaphone in an attempt to counter … Trump on one of his signature issues,” Elena scoops this morning. “Organizers said the nonprofit group, Families Over Billionaires, will be backed by an eight-figure funding campaign, which will include advertising, rapid response and surrogate operations. They said the campaign will serve as a centralized war room to attack Trump and Republicans during the looming tax debate in Congress.” First in Playbook: We have an exclusive look at one of Families Over Billionaires’ first videos, which sarcastically lauds Trump’s tax policies. Watch the 1-minute spot First in Playbook: Separately, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Data for Progress are out with new polling and messaging advice urging Democrats to embrace a simple economic populist message in response to DOGE and the OMB freeze: “they are stealing from you … to give tax breaks to Elon Musk.” Read the memo WHITE HOUSE LATEST TRUMP’S NEW GUANTANAMO PLAN: Shortly before signing the Laken Riley Act into law yesterday, Trump ordered the the construction of a massive detention site in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which he said would include 30,000 beds and house “the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people,” WaPo’s Nick Miroff and Dan Lamothe write. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backed Trump’s announcement in his first interview since his confirmation, noting to Fox News’ Will Cain that the Cuban base was a “perfect place” to hold detainees, describing it as a “temporary transit” for criminals. Over the years, “other presidents who held refugees on the base, or considered doing so, cast their plans as emergency humanitarian measures, rather than harsh deterrents,” Irie Setner reports. It’s also unclear how Trump will pull off the expansion, since he “initially described his decision as an executive order, but the White House subsequently released it as a memorandum.” The reaction in Cuba: Meanwhile, Trump’s plan isn’t playing so well in Havana. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel described the move on X as “an act of brutality,” and reiterated the Cuban regime’s stance that the U.S. base is located on “illegally occupied territory.” THE NEXT ICE RAIDS: As the Trump administration continues to ramp up enforcement operations across the U.S., ICE raids scheduled today in Aurora, Colorado, were temporarily called off due to media leaks, though state officials have readied a temporary holding center in preparation, The Colorado Sun’s Jennifer Brown and Jesse Paul report. Colorado AG Phil Weiser noted his office is prepared to respond quickly to the raids: “We’re standing ready for what happens next,” Weiser said. Related read: “Noem defends DHS decision to revoke protections for Venezuelans,” by Ali Bianco IT’S PERSONAL FOR PERSONNEL: Eli Stokols is out this morning with a dive into how federal employees are responding to Tuesday’s buy-out offer from the Office of Personnel Management. One DOJ employee described the mood as one of “[c]haos, mistrust, confusion,” adding that there’s “also a deep suspicion, especially among people who think they may be on the chopping block, that this is the last lifeboat in town.” BACK TO SCHOOL: The president signed a trio of new executive orders yesterday that would reshape the public education system — all of which are likely to incur major legal challenges down the line. In the orders, Trump seeks to “control how schools teach about race and gender, direct more tax dollars to private schools, and deport pro-Palestinian protesters,” WaPo’s Laura Meckler, Susan Svrluga, Hannah Natanson and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel report. What’s in the orders …
- Reshaping the curriculum: “Wednesday’s order directs the education secretary to provide a plan to end ‘indoctrination’ in schools within 90 days, specifying that the secretary should tie federal funds to whether schools teach in a way the Trump administration approves,” WaPo’s team writes.
- Advancing school choice: The school choice order “directs the Education Department to issue guidance to states as to how they can divert federal funding to voucher programs, which give families tax dollars to pay for private school or home schooling.”
- Responding to protests: The third order “threatens to revoke student visas of foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests,” and was billed as a way to combat antisemitism on college campuses.
BEST OF THE REST RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES: House Republicans came to Trump’s Doral, Florida, resort this week to map out their legislative agenda. “The big takeaway: It’s looking treacherous,” Meredith Lee Hill and Mia McCarthy report from the Sunshine State. Though Johnson had urged his members to “make life easy” by reaching an agreement on how to pass the spending packages, “[k]ey strategic disputes continued to fester inside the GOP ranks, and the uproar from Trump’s federal spending freeze gave vulnerable members a taste of the backlash that could result if they follow through on promised cuts to key programs.” Numbers, please: Though the conference is united on its broad goals, the hangup is in the how, and they departed with little to show on the particulars. “In the final meeting of the retreat, House committee chairs laid out their budgetary targets for the legislation,” Meredith and Mia write. House Speaker Mike Johnson, however, “didn’t provide members with a top-line number for the overall package, and many members complained they didn’t get a better picture of the path forward.” Meanwhile in the Senate … Majority Leader Thune tells Jordain that the “text is ready” for his chamber’s budget blueprint, which would put forward a two-bill reconciliation plan. “I think there’s a point at which we will decide to pull the trigger,” Thune said. MUSICAL CHAIRS: With the competitive race for DNC chair heading for a vote on Saturday, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler as her pick as he faces off with Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin, Nicholas Wu reports. FED UP: Trump and Jerome Powell are already off to an (expectedly) bad start. Yesterday, the president lambasted Powell online after the Fed announced it would hold interest rates steady for now as inflation cools, Victoria Guida reports. “Because Jay Powell and the Fed failed to stop the problem they created with Inflation, I will do it by unleashing American Energy production, slashing Regulation, rebalancing International Trade, and reigniting American Manufacturing,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If the Fed had spent less time on DEI, gender ideology, ‘green’ energy, and fake climate change, Inflation would never have been a problem.” Fwiw … “Powell told reporters in response to a question at a press conference after the decision that he has not had contact with Trump recently,” Victoria writes. “The Fed chief has repeatedly said that he would not respond to criticism from the White House.”
| | TALK OF THE TOWN | | Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison yesterday after he was convicted last year for accepting bribes of gold bars, cash and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt. One of his first moves? Sounding like he’s angling for a pardon: “President Trump was right,” the New Jersey Democrat said. “This process is political, and it’s corrupted to the core. I hope President Trump cleans up the cesspool and restores the integrity to the system.” The DOJ moved to drop its case against Jeff Fortenberry, the Nebraska Republican who resigned from the House last year after being found guilty of lying to the FBI over illegal foreign contributions to his campaign. Meta agreed to pay a $25 million settlement to Donald Trump, bringing an end to his 2021 lawsuit over the suspension of accounts following Jan. 6. Trump wants his “Garden of Heroes” back. Reid Hoffman is urging caution before using the new China-based DeepSeek AI model. MARK YOUR CALENDARS — Gridiron Club President Judy Woodruff has announced Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) as their designated Democrat and Republican speakers for the group’s annual spring dinner on March 15. OUT AND ABOUT — Last night Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd hosted the Embassy’s annual awards gala featuring performances by Morgan Evans and Boyd Meets Girl. SPOTTED: Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Joe Manchin, Roy Blunt, Greg Norman, Kevin Hassett, Morgan Ortagus, Paula Dobriansky, Arthur Sinodinos, Jessi Miley-Dyer, Jennifer Thornton, Will Poplawski, Charles Moran, Ginny Badanes, Nick Schifrin, Kathryn McLay, Kevin Kim, Chris Povak, Stephen Sklenka, Ishaan Tharoor and Patrick Mason. — SPOTTED last night at the second of multiple farewell receptions hosted by outgoing British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce at the British Ambassador's residence: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Merrick Garland, Joe Scarborough, Norah O’Donnell, Phil Rucker, Sam Feist, Sebastian Gorka, Katty Kay, Kaitlan Collins, Gloria Borger, Brad Dayspring, Kelley Hudak, Shawn McCreesh, Ed Royce, Jennifer Griffin, Lee Satterfield, Matt Kaminski and Sean Cairncross. — SPOTTED at Oyamel yesterday for a launch party for American Compass’s new magazine, Commonplace: Jason Willick, Ed Corrigan, James Pogue, Zach Graves, Sohrab Ahmari, Molly Ball, Tim Rice, Spencer Chretien, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Bradley Devlin, Micah Meadowcroft, Ian Marcus Corbin, Heather Long and Phil Wegmann. FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Susan Collins is now chief of staff and government affairs for TheDream.US. She previously was senior director of legislative affairs for UnidosUS, and is a Luis Gutiérrez alum. — Douglas Farrar is now a director at Brunswick. He most recently was director of public affairs at the FTC and is a Carnegie Endowment and Aspen Institute alum. MEDIA MOVES — Brad Dayspring is departing as EVP of global comms and brand at POLITICO. … Stacey Klein is now Washington senior director of news gathering at NBC News. She previously was senior White House producer and director. TRANSITIONS — Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) is staffing up with Justin Roth as chief of staff and Whitney Ray as state director, Gary Fineout reports in Florida Playbook. Roth most recently was a partner at Link Public Affairs, and is a Ron DeSantis and Martha McSally alum. Ray previously was comms director and deputy chief of staff for Moody in the Florida AG’s office. … Josh Rubin will be SVP of global strategy and chief of staff at the Motion Picture Association. He most recently was director for Indo-Pacific affairs at the White House NSC. … Addy Toevs is now media relations manager for the Children's Hospital Association. She previously served as regional press secretary at the DNC. … Alicia Brown will join the Commercial Space Federation as executive director focusing on space policy and legislative affairs. She previously was associate administrator for legislative and intergovernmental affairs at NASA. … Holli Woodings is joining Patriotic Millionaires as director of legislative affairs. She previously was a senior fellow at the National Institute for Civil Discourse, and is a former Boise City Council president. … Anneliese Slamowitz is now a legislative assistant for Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.). She previously was a legislative aide for Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.). HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Speaker Mike Johnson (53) … EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin … Reps. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) (4-0) and Herb Conaway (D-N.J.) … CFPB Director Rohit Chopra … Steven Portnoy … NBC’s Natasha Korecki and Sarah Mimms … Lisa Desjardins of PBS NewsHour … former VP Dick Cheney … American Petroleum Institute’s Mike Sommers … POLITICO’s Bob Hillman and John Sakellariadis … WaPo’s Maeve Reston … former Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) … Drew Bond … former Del. Michael San Nicolas (D-Guam) … Ashley Therien … MSNBC’s Chris Jansing … Nels Olson and Peter Lauria of Korn Ferry … Jeff Naft of Senate Banking (3-0) … Todd Sloves … Len Bickwit … Josh Kram … Nathan Leamer … Hastie Afkhami of S-3 Public Affairs … Alexis Serfaty … Marcela Sanchez of the World Bank … Alfred C. Liggins III Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here. Send Playbookers tips to playbook@politico.com or text us at 202-556-3307. Playbook couldn’t happen without our deputy editor Zack Stanton and Playbook Daily Briefing producer Callan Tansill-Suddath.
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