Daniel Lippman

SCOOP: Heritage has ousted one of its top scholars, Robert Rector, the intellectual architect of welfare reform who had challenged Heritage head Kevin Roberts last yr for his defense of Tucker Carlson. He had been w/ Heritage since 1984. (W/ @joshgerstein) politico.com/news/2026/11/0…

NEW: One lawyer in U.S. Attorney for Southern Florida Jason Reding Quiñones’ office told me people in the office welcomed his exit. “He oversaw a ton of departures, and morale has been super low here. I think the general mood of people here is very happy.” politico.com/news/2026/11/0…

NEW: After the midterms, White House discussions about whether Hegseth should stay have intensified, according to two senior admin officials. “A lot of the senior staff would tell you that they believe Pete should go, that he’s not been good,” one told me. politico.com/news/2026/11/0…

SCOOP: Top Trump DOJ official John Eisenberg, the assistant attorney general in charge of DOJ’s national security division, which prosecuted terrorism, leaks, espionage and John Bolton’s classified info case, resigned Friday, two sources told me. politico.com/news/2026/11/0…

SCOOP: Jennifer Hegseth, the wife of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a former longtime Fox producer, last year was paid by the top Trump-connected DC consulting firm Watchtower Strategy that also did work on behalf of Lockheed Martin the same year (!). politico.com/newsletters/pl…