Ben Johansen
@benjohansen3
White House reporter + co-authoring west wing playbook @politico | reach me: [email protected] | Signal: bjohansen.51
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The Trump administration plans shift money to avoid military personnel missing a paycheck next week due to the shutdown, and plans to tap into $8B in unspent Pentagon R&D funding to do so. w/@benjohansen3 @JAscholtes politico.com/news/2025/10/1…
For Trump to pay troops, $8 billion is being shifted from accounts that fund military research, development, testing and evaluation efforts. @benjohansen3 @JAscholtes politico.com/news/2025/10/1…
President Trump announced on Saturday that his administration has “identified funds” to pay active-duty troops, as the shutdown nears its third week. To scrounge up enough money to pay the troops, the Pentagon is tapping into its research and development accounts to use money…
Some Friday news ... excited to share that I've joined @politico's stellar National Security team as co-author of National Security Daily! Reach out with your tips & pitches to [email protected] and sign up for your daily dose of natsec news here: politico.com/newsletters/na…
First scoop in @politico: Trump will “do everything he can” to ensure shutdown doesn’t impact military. “No bill at this time, unfortunately. No sense running legislation to a chamber the Democrats have shut down,” a high ranking WH official said. politico.com/news/2025/10/1…
Hegseth reportedly tried to bar Pentagon reporter @ckubeNBC from the building after she covered Hegseth’s sister-in-law accusing him of abusing his wife
Inside Hegseth’s Effort to Limit Press Access at the Pentagon nytimes.com/2025/10/10/bus…
SCOOP: Paul Ingrassia, Trump's controversial nominee to head up the Office of Special Counsel, has recently been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking female colleague at DHS on a work trip to Florida, five administration officials told me. politico.com/news/2025/10/0…
Big news, I’m joining Politico’s White House team!!! So excited to be a part of this awesome newsroom and stay tuned for my new email! 🎉
NEWS🚨Today, @politico announced expansions to our White House and Politics teams. 🎉 Welcome to @diana_nerozzi, @AlexGangitano, @AlecAHernandez and @erinpdoherty 🎉 Full Announcement 👇 politico.com/blogs/politico…
NEW: Trump's handpicked prosecutor in Va. has criminally charged a second person he urged Pam Bondi to prosecute "now": NY Attorney General Letitia James. Halligan brought the charge to the grand jury herself, signaling resistance of career proseutors. politico.com/news/2025/10/0…
Kevin Stitt, the GOP gov of Oklahoma and the chair of the National Govs Association, on Texas sending its National Guard to Illinois: “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.” nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first”
Curious how many times he’s said this now
Jeffries says he will weigh in “soon” on the New York City Mayor’s race
The DOJ is instructing prosecutors to consider opening charges against George Soros' Open Society Foundations, yet another case of the department being geared around Trump's personal and political objectives, per NYT nytimes.com/2025/09/25/us/…
NEW: Jeremy Carl, top Trump State Dept. nominee, deleted 1000s of social media posts, many with inflammatory commentary, including incendiary posts about race, claims that “peaceful coexistence” with Democrats is impossible, even a call for Randi Weingarten to be executed.
SCOOP: The White House budget office is instructing federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, according to a memo obtained by Politico. politico.com/news/2025/09/2…
New: WH aides & allies see Trump’s move to designate antifa a domestic terrorist organization as long-overdue, even as legal questions persist. And now POTUS says another EO is coming this week to “dismantle these Domestic Terrorism Networks.” politi.co/4mwkNbK @politico
Harris, in her book, tells her side of the Rogan interview negotiations
NEW: Trump promised Arab leaders during a meeting Tuesday that he would not allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank, according to six people familiar with the discussion. w @felschwartz + team politico.com/news/2025/09/2…
NEW: Trump canceled a planned meeting with Democratic congressional leaders, the president announced on social media Tuesday. Trump decided to cancel the meeting after House GOP leadership relayed their concerns about it to the White House, according to two people granted…
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