Aman Batheja
@amanbatheja.bsky.social
Senior Political Editor at TIME Magazine. Background in economics and TX politics. Formerly New York Times, Texas Tribune. Dad. #washingtondc @nytimes.com
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of Trump’s signature before quietly correcting them, citing a “technical error,” The AP reports.
"It insisted Trump, who mercilessly mocked his predecessor’s use of an autopen, had originally signed all the Nov. 7 pardons himself"
"It insisted Trump, who mercilessly mocked his predecessor’s use of an autopen, had originally signed all the Nov. 7 pardons himself"
Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of Trump’s signature before quietly correcting them, citing a “technical error,” The AP reports.
"It insisted Trump, who mercilessly mocked his predecessor’s use of an autopen, had originally signed all the Nov. 7 pardons himself"
"It insisted Trump, who mercilessly mocked his predecessor’s use of an autopen, had originally signed all the Nov. 7 pardons himself"
WSJ: An analysis of the Epstein documents released this week by Congress shows Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages
The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump
An analysis of documents released this week by Congress shows President Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages.
www.wsj.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
WSJ: An analysis of the Epstein documents released this week by Congress shows Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages
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Superb reporting from Jonathan O'Connell -- Behind the scenes of the D.C. mayor’s battle to keep Trump at bay www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Behind the scenes of the D.C. mayor’s battle to keep Trump at bay
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has worked behind the scenes to appease President Trump more often than has been publicly known since his reelection.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Superb reporting from Jonathan O'Connell -- Behind the scenes of the D.C. mayor’s battle to keep Trump at bay www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“I’m trying to figure why American elite think if u murder your baby by beating and abandonment it must be irrelevant to your admission to Harvard, but hit on a few women 10 years ago and can’t work at a network or think tank” —Larry Summers in email to Epstein, adding: “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT”
Who Else Was Mentioned in the Latest Epstein Emails
A trove of emails released by Democrats and Republicans on the House Oversight Committee named a number of influential figures corresponding with the notorious financier.
time.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“I’m trying to figure why American elite think if u murder your baby by beating and abandonment it must be irrelevant to your admission to Harvard, but hit on a few women 10 years ago and can’t work at a network or think tank” —Larry Summers in email to Epstein, adding: “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT”
“The move will reopen agencies that have been shuttered since Oct. 1, restore pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and bring relief to Americans who have faced delayed food aid, disrupted travel, and suspended government services for more than six weeks”
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time.com/7333543/gove...
Government Shutdown: House Sends Spending Bill to Trump
The Republican-led House on Wednesday night gave final approval of a measure to fund the federal government through January, paving the way for immediately ending the nation’s longest shutdown after 4...
time.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“The move will reopen agencies that have been shuttered since Oct. 1, restore pay for hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and bring relief to Americans who have faced delayed food aid, disrupted travel, and suspended government services for more than six weeks”
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The Situation Room is normally used for secret national security-related planning.
On Wednesday, White House officials held a meeting with Lauren Boebert about the Epstein files in the Situation Room.
Karoline Leavitt wouldn't say why it was held there.
On Wednesday, White House officials held a meeting with Lauren Boebert about the Epstein files in the Situation Room.
Karoline Leavitt wouldn't say why it was held there.
Trump Presses Republicans to Block Vote on Epstein Files Release
Trump officials met in the White House Situation Room Wednesday with Lauren Boebert about her push for the Epstein files.
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Situation Room is normally used for secret national security-related planning.
On Wednesday, White House officials held a meeting with Lauren Boebert about the Epstein files in the Situation Room.
Karoline Leavitt wouldn't say why it was held there.
On Wednesday, White House officials held a meeting with Lauren Boebert about the Epstein files in the Situation Room.
Karoline Leavitt wouldn't say why it was held there.
New: With Latest Epstein Emails, Democrats Dropped a Perfectly Timed Political Bomb
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time.com/7333256/epst...
Epstein Emails: Democrats Waited For Perfect Moment to Drop Their Bomb
The bombshell emails come at a moment of peril for Republicans, and pushes Democrats' internal fight over the shutdown out of headlines
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New: With Latest Epstein Emails, Democrats Dropped a Perfectly Timed Political Bomb
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time.com/7333256/epst...
New: In a statement to TIME, the White House says the Jeffrey Epstein victim whose name is redacted in two of the emails released today is Virginia Giuffre
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White House Says Virginia Giuffre Is the Unnamed ‘Victim’ in Epstein Emails About Trump
Giuffre, who died by suicide in April, alleged she was a victim of Epstein and was recruited while working at Mar-a-Lago.
time.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New: In a statement to TIME, the White House says the Jeffrey Epstein victim whose name is redacted in two of the emails released today is Virginia Giuffre
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time.com/7333355/virg...
Under Trump, White House press briefings have dwindled from multiple times a week to once a week. This week's briefing is this afternoon.
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Under Trump, White House press briefings have dwindled from multiple times a week to once a week. This week's briefing is this afternoon.
“A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom”
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Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over law enforcement raid on a small-town newspaper
The editor of a small-town Kansas newspaper says his rural county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over police raid on the paper in August 2023.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom”
apnews.com/article/kans...
apnews.com/article/kans...
Torn between really wanting to hear what this song sounds like and not wanting to give it more streams
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Torn between really wanting to hear what this song sounds like and not wanting to give it more streams
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New: A new DNC memo on the party’s election wins provides a sense of Democrats’ plans to pivot to the midterms.
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
Exclusive: How Democrats Plan to Pivot to Midterms
The Democratic National Committee has laid out how Tuesday's "blue sweep" created the blueprint for 2026, in a memo obtained first by TIME.
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New: A new DNC memo on the party’s election wins provides a sense of Democrats’ plans to pivot to the midterms.
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
From a thoughtful obituary of James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix
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time.com/5524001/jame...
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
From a thoughtful obituary of James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix
time.com/5524001/jame...
time.com/5524001/jame...
NextGov: IRS officially informing states that its direct online file service won’t be an option for 2026 filing season
“In an email sent from the IRS to 25 states, the tax agency…noted that ‘no launch date has been set for the future.’”
“In an email sent from the IRS to 25 states, the tax agency…noted that ‘no launch date has been set for the future.’”
Direct File won’t happen in 2026, IRS tells states
The free service that allowed taxpayers to file online directly with the IRS was used by hundreds of thousands of taxpayers in 2024 and 2025, who gave it high marks — although tax prep companies and R...
www.nextgov.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NextGov: IRS officially informing states that its direct online file service won’t be an option for 2026 filing season
“In an email sent from the IRS to 25 states, the tax agency…noted that ‘no launch date has been set for the future.’”
“In an email sent from the IRS to 25 states, the tax agency…noted that ‘no launch date has been set for the future.’”
CNBC: Consumer sentiment has dropped to to its lowest in more than three years and "second lowest going back to at least 1978."
Consumer sentiment nears lowest level ever as worries build over shutdown
A University of Michigan sentiment survey showed a decline of 6.2% on the month and about 30% from a year ago.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
CNBC: Consumer sentiment has dropped to to its lowest in more than three years and "second lowest going back to at least 1978."
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
New: A new DNC memo on the party’s election wins provides a sense of Democrats’ plans to pivot to the midterms.
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
Exclusive: How Democrats Plan to Pivot to Midterms
The Democratic National Committee has laid out how Tuesday's "blue sweep" created the blueprint for 2026, in a memo obtained first by TIME.
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New: A new DNC memo on the party’s election wins provides a sense of Democrats’ plans to pivot to the midterms.
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
They include talking a lot about
“Our big tent party” and Trump forcing the country into “a gilded recession”
time.com/7331992/demo...
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Trump said "TrumpRX.com" twice, but the real domain is TrumpRX.gov
Trump Gives Out the Wrong URL for His Drug Website During Chaotic Press Conference
Man down in the Oval Office.
gizmodo.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Trump said "TrumpRX.com" twice, but the real domain is TrumpRX.gov
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EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: New York is quietly preparing for a Trump takeover of the country’s largest city, writes our Jonathan Martin.
Inside Hochul’s Emergency Plan to Keep Trump Out of New York
State officials, business leaders and activists are quietly forming a coalition to stop a federal incursion into America’s largest city following Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: New York is quietly preparing for a Trump takeover of the country’s largest city, writes our Jonathan Martin.
“What was supposed to be a routine ceremony had become one of the darkest days in American history. Despite the chaos unfolding around her, Pelosi never seemed like a leader in retreat.”
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time.com/7331724/nanc...
How Nancy Pelosi Wielded Power For Four Decades
From Obamacare to Jan. 6 to two Trump impeachments, Nancy Pelosi's trademark was her steely resolve
time.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“What was supposed to be a routine ceremony had become one of the darkest days in American history. Despite the chaos unfolding around her, Pelosi never seemed like a leader in retreat.”
time.com/7331724/nanc...
time.com/7331724/nanc...
Nancy Pelosi 41 years ago: "Basically, I'm an organizer. I had five children in six years, so this is not so difficult."
The 1st appearance of @SpeakerPelosi -- "a slim woman 41 years old" --in the NYT. Here's the kicker: "She says she has no ambitions to run for elected office. 'I'm more into fund-raising, ''but I like the vitality, the disagreements, the advocacy of politics.''' www.nytimes.com/1984/07/17/u...
HOST COMMITTEE IS LED BY 'NATURAL' ORGANIZER (Published 1984)
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Nancy Pelosi 41 years ago: "Basically, I'm an organizer. I had five children in six years, so this is not so difficult."
New: What Democrats Can Learn From Mamdani
"A disciplined, charismatic figure who reeked of authenticity and social-media savvy, Mamdani showed Democrats there is an upside to being upfront with voters and dropping the shape-shifting games too common in politics."
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"A disciplined, charismatic figure who reeked of authenticity and social-media savvy, Mamdani showed Democrats there is an upside to being upfront with voters and dropping the shape-shifting games too common in politics."
time.com/7331310/mamd...
What Democrats Can Learn From Mamdani: Authenticity
Democrats will be studying first and foremost Mamdani's authenticity, and how he conveyed that to voters.
time.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New: What Democrats Can Learn From Mamdani
"A disciplined, charismatic figure who reeked of authenticity and social-media savvy, Mamdani showed Democrats there is an upside to being upfront with voters and dropping the shape-shifting games too common in politics."
time.com/7331310/mamd...
"A disciplined, charismatic figure who reeked of authenticity and social-media savvy, Mamdani showed Democrats there is an upside to being upfront with voters and dropping the shape-shifting games too common in politics."
time.com/7331310/mamd...
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WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
WOAH. Texas GOP Executive Director Jen Hall and another top party official just resigned. In her letter to party Chair Abraham George, Hall said she "cannot in good conscience continue to work this way" but doesn't elaborate. Hall and George are both longtime Tim Dunn allies. This is...interesting.