{"id":494498,"date":"2026-02-27T23:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/494498\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:04:10","slug":"the-good-and-the-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/494498\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good and the Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon. This is the Final NOTUS newsletter for February 27, 2026. You can get it in your inbox every day by signing up here<\/a> \u2014 it\u2019s free!<\/p>\n

The Latest<\/p>\n

Donald Trump said he still hasn\u2019t made a final decision on striking Iran. Ahead of a trip to Texas, where he\u2019ll speak on energy policy (we think), the president told reporters that he was \u201cnot thrilled\u201d with the way Iran was negotiating and that \u201cthey cannot have nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will there be a long conflict in the Middle East? \u201cI guess you could say there\u2019s always a risk. You know, when there\u2019s war, there\u2019s a risk in anything, both good and bad.\u201dWill there be a regime change? \u201cThere might be, and there might not be. It\u2019d be nice if we could do it without, but sometimes you have to do it with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill Clinton\u2019s name and photo are all over the Epstein files, but he told<\/a> the House Oversight Committee, \u201cI saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is why God made transcripts: Oversight Chair James Comer told reporters<\/a> that Clinton testified that Trump never told him anything to indicate he was involved with Epstein. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the committee, said that wasn\u2019t an \u201caccurate description\u201d of what Clinton said. Trump said he doesn\u2019t like seeing Clinton deposed, \u201cbut, you know, they certainly went after me<\/a>, a lot more than that.\u201d (Narrator: He hasn\u2019t testified before the committee.)Something else Trump won\u2019t like: Ro Khanna said Democrats have the votes<\/a> to subpoena Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.The Hill<\/p>\n

Nancy Mace will force a vote next week to compel the Ethics Committee<\/a> to release every sexual harassment settlement and complaint involving a member of Congress or staff. Fellow Republican Anna Paulina Luna is backing the measure as well, but it could be an awkward vote for many.<\/p>\n

Top Judiciary Committee Democrat Jamie Raskin is investigating potential conflicts of interest between Lutnick and his former firm Cantor Fitzgerald over Trump\u2019s tariff policy.<\/p>\n

The Administration<\/p>\n

Trump ordered the federal government to stop using Anthropic in a Truth Social<\/a> post. \u201cWE will decide the fate of our Country \u2014 NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!\u201d<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic until 5:01 p.m. today to change its tune, or the Trump administration would invoke the Defense Production Act to take the model over. The Campaign Trail<\/p>\n

Kamala Harris endorsed and recorded a robocall for Jasmine Crockett in the Texas U.S. Senate primary, Patrick Svitek scooped for The Texas Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the Republican side, all the candidates, including incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, are hoping for Trump\u2019s endorsement. We are not sure posting this photo<\/a> helps.<\/p>\n

What The Hell Am I Doin\u2019 Here?<\/p>\n

Radiohead told DHS to stop using its song<\/a> \u201cLet Down\u201d in a promo video for ICE. \u201cIt ain\u2019t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don\u2019t get to appropriate it without a fight. Also, go fuck yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading! Today\u2019s newsletter was produced by Matt Berman and Andrew Burton. If you liked it, please forward it to a friend. If someone shared it with you, please subscribe<\/a> \u2014 it\u2019s free! Got a tip or comments to share? Email us at finalnotus@notus.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good afternoon. This is the Final NOTUS newsletter for February 27, 2026. You can get it in your…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-494498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}