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NOTUS Reporters and Republicans Descend on Doral
March 16, 2026
More than 100 House Republicans flew to President Trump’s golf resort in Doral, Florida, last week to plot their plan to win the midterms. In a special episode of On NOTUS, Reese Gorman, Daniella Diaz and Oriana González open their reporters’ notebooks to tell us what they saw on the ground and what the GOP political and policy priorities look like.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Iran: “Mission is Virtually Accomplished”
March 13, 2026
In a special edition of On NOTUS from the House Republican retreat at President Trump’s golf resort in Doral, Reese Gorman talks to House Speaker Mike Johnson about why the mission is “virtually accomplished” in Iran, how he plans to improve GOP messaging on their accomplishments ahead of the midterms and his late-night phone calls with President Trump.
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Chris Murphy on What Democrats Need to Do to Counter Trump on Iran
March 9, 2026
Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, is one of the most outspoken members of his party when it comes to foreign policy. In this week’s On NOTUS, Murphy speaks with host Reese Gorman about why he thinks Democrats need to block all legislation in the Senate until there’s a vote on war authorization with Iran. He also discusses how his party can talk about affordability in the context of the war and what he thinks a 2028 nominee for president needs to bring to the table.
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Even the Primary Drama Is Bigger in Texas
March 2, 2026
With hotly contested races in both the Democratic and Republican Senate primaries, On NOTUS host Reese Gorman is joined by NOTUS reporters Daniella Diaz and Alex Roarty, as well as longtime Texas scribe Patrick Svitek, for a deep dive into the drama around the politics, ugly divorces and allegations of racism, and why President Donald Trump hasn’t endorsed a Republican candidate.
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