Julia Jester

@JulesJester

Covering StateDept, NatSec, Washington + politics for @MSNOWNews • past: @NBCNews @voxdotcom @Georgetown • Signal: julesjester.25 • Baltimore, hon 🦀

DC ms.now/author/julia-j… Joined December 2009

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Julia Jester @JulesJester Jan 13

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NEW: Hegseth senior advisor + spox Sean Parnell held a meeting w/ Pentagon political appointees the day after midterms to energize the staff for an impeachment fight

Statement from Deputy Press Secretary Joel Valdez:

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Always read @HunterMw ms.now/news/news-anal…

www.ms.now The night Trump’s presidency changed The biggest takeaways from the 2026 midterm elections, including key House and Senate races, voter trends and what the results mean for Trump.

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Radio silence so far from Elon Musk, who spent nearly half a billion dollars to support the GOP this midterms cycle (including, and especially, in Texas)

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Can't help but wonder what the 2026 midterms results would be looking like had President Trump not gone to war with Iran eight months ago.