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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"What worries me most is that the conflict may put more time on the clock of an Iranian regime that was about to expire," David Ignatius writes.
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Opinion | Will Trump’s Iran strikes end the regime — or put more time on the clock?
Khamenei may be dead — but war with Iran isn’t over.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/02/2026
The impact of ICE operations saturated every aspect of the day in the schools outside of Minneapolis. Dozens of parents were in custody. Hundreds more had decided school was too risky and enrolled their children in online classes.
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This small school district kept losing students to ICE. So it mobilized.
Outside of Minneapolis, the five schools in Columbia Heights have taken an aggressive approach to protecting the immigrant families of their students.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/02/2026
New York City leaders rehung the Pride flag in front of the Stonewall National Monument, a rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to take down the symbol of the LGBTQ+ rights movement from federal property. wapo.st/3ZTsqQR
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 04/02/2026
POST LEADERSHIP: look these are tumultuous times and we need to fire everyone so that we can figure out how anyone might possibly make a newspaper profitable THE NEW YORK TIMES: uh
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daneggen.bsky.social @daneggen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Trump's promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far
Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/01/2026
Exactly one year ago I went to Copenhagen. I wrote about the fallout from Trump's first phone call with the Danish prime minister. Danes have been preparing for this crisis for a year. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10/01/2026
So ICE and the White House have been scrambling to pump out meme videos of clashes with protesters and "epic takedowns" and then an ICE agent recording video with his phone shoots a woman dead www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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We read thousands of internal ICE chats. They show how officials make raids go viral
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
🇻🇪🇻🇦🇺🇸 Inside the frantic global race to find an escape route for Maduro, - WP On Christmas Eve, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, urgently summoned Brian Burch, the U.S. ambassador, to press for details on plans in Venezuela. Would US target only drug traffickers or really after regime change? 1/4
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
LIVE COVERAGE GIFT LINK Aircraft, explosions seen, heard and felt in Caracas wapo.st/4joD4Yr
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Live updates: Explosions and aircraft heard over Venezuelan capital
Explosions were heard and smoke could be seen rising in multiple locations across Caracas in the early morning Saturday. Aircraft were also seen flying over the Venezuelan capital.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/01/2026
Die Linke, or “The Left,” is the successor to the former East German socialist party. It long lingered on the margins but is enjoying a surge in appeal among Gen Z and younger millennials, sending tremors through the German political system.
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Surging left-wing party challenges politics-as-usual in Germany
The rise of the nationalist far right has alarmed many Germans, but “The Left” party is most popular with young voters, posing a challenge to the centrist establishment.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
WOLVES SAVE (HUMAN) LIVES by killing deer: Researchers say wolves in Canada and the Upper Midwest alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives @dinograndoni.bsky.social @byaliceli.bsky.social and @joshualott.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Wolves, long feared and reviled, may actually be lifesavers
A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
GIFT LINK live updates Two National Guard members shot near White House wapo.st/49ItGwi
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Live updates: 2 National Guard members shot in D.C. near White House
Three gunshot victims were taken to the hospital after the shooting in downtown Washington.
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Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Exclusive: the White House considered dropping leaflets over Caracas, touting a $50M reward for info leading to Maduro's arrest and conviction. They eyed a mission for tomorrow -- Maduro's 63rd birthday. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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White House considers leaflet drop to pressure Maduro on his birthday
The White House has proposed a leaflet drop over Caracas, reminding citizens about the $50 million U.S. bounty on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Undermining the already-dubious claims the Trump administration has been making in court, Costa Rica says it remains willing to accept Abrego Garcia on the same terms it has offered since August: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S.
The statement from a Costa Rican official conflicts with what the Trump administration told a federal judge about its attempts to deport the undocumented immigrant
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/11/2025
A chronic shortage of manufacturing labor could imperil the domestic factory boom promised by President Trump, who has touted his protectionist trade policy as a key driver of economic growth.
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Shortage of manufacturing talent threatens Trump’s reshoring push
Even if companies bring factories back to the United States, there might not be enough workers to staff them.
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Interesting finding on how immigrants feel about current immigration enforcement in the U.S. - 50% are angry, 50% are afraid, 22% are satisfied but 40% say it is necessary (rising to 46% among immigrant registered voters) www.kff.org/racial-equit...
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daneggen.bsky.social @daneggen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The unregulated industry that coaches veterans to pile on benefits via @Reinlwapo, Craig Whitlock @CaitlinGilbert @AaronSchaffer www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The unregulated industry that coaches veterans to pile on benefits
The number of vets receiving 100 percent disability ratings has surged in recent years. For-profit firms, influencers and the VA play a large role in the trend.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/11/2025
Democrats swept key elections across the country on Tuesday night, delivering a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term so far and boosting the party’s hopes ahead of the midterms. Here are some top takeaways:
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Five takeaways as Democrats sweep elections in New Jersey, Virginia
The party won the governor’s race in both states and a state attorney general’s contest that was up in the air, as voters delivered a rebuke of President Donald Trump.
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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My latest: Dick Cheney spent decades as the ultimate GOP insider. He died an outsider. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Analysis | Dick Cheney spent decades as the ultimate GOP insider. He died an outsider.
Cheney helped shape the old Republican Party as a vice president who embraced aggressive antiterrorism tactics, only to see his party transformed by Trump and MAGA.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I'll keep getting actual NatSec news from @danlamothe.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social @taracopp.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social @mbirnbaum.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social @mradamtaylor.bsky.social Noah Robertson Karen DeYoung and the rest of the greats at The Post bit.ly/3LhXlSN
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Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon
The far-right activist has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Eight warships, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, a floating base for Special Operations and an aircraft carrier on the way www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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These are the U.S. ships and aircraft massing off Venezuela
The large-scale buildup of U.S. military forces and assets in the Caribbean suggests that the Trump administration is preparing to expand operations.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
President Trump told Congress in September that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels. Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 day...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Trinidad and Tobago PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar has welcomed the Trump administration's strikes on small boats: “The U.S. military should kill them all violently” Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called them “murder” and “only for television” Grenada has a decision to make wapo.st/3LBbJ8A
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U.S. boat strikes spread fear across the Caribbean
The attacks, which have left at least 61 people dead, are threatening the region’s fishing, shipping and tourism industries and exposing differences among leaders.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Formerly known as Prince www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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King Charles strips brother Andrew of prince title over Epstein scandal
The move marks the latest setback for the embattled royal as the scandal over his ties to the convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to cast a long shadow.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 30/10/2025
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
AT LEAST 132 PEOPLE KILLED IN RIO POLICE RAIDS The toll more than doubles as favela residents bring out the bodies Family members lift sheets, recognize loved ones and scream It’s the deadliest police operation in Brazilian history Marina Dias reports (n.b. photos of bodies) wapo.st/47vXSYD
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Death toll of police raid in Rio doubles to 132, state watchdog says
The operation was the deadliest in Brazilian history. Authorities say they were targeting the Red Command, one of Brazil’s most powerful organized-crime groups.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
On extending a $40b bailout package to Argentina, President Trump conditioned further support on voters supporting Milei’s party in the midterms. On Sunday, they delivered Sammy Westfall and Frances Vinal report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Argentina’s Milei wins friendlier Congress in midterms after U.S. bailout
The vote in Sunday’s midterms came as the United States finalized an up to $40 billion bailout package for Argentina, an effort to boost President Javier Milei.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
BREAKING Ireland elects independent Catherine Connolly president. The Sinn Fein-backed leftist campaigned on economic justice at home, fury over Gaza www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Ireland elects a leftist who campaigned on economic justice, Gaza
Catherine Connolly, an independent endorsed by Sinn Fein, campaigned on calls for urgent domestic reform with an unflinching critique of Israel’s war in Gaza.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/10/2025
Multiple airports around the country said they won’t display a video in which DHS Sec. Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown and related travel delays.
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Airports say they won’t play Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints
Travelers in Seattle, Phoenix and other cities will not see the video, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight disruptions.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
THE MOST MARAVILLOSO TIME OF THE YEAR For Maduro, it's become an annual tradition: The economy’s in free-fall? Declare Christmas. Lost the vote but claiming reelection anyway? Declare Christmas. The U.S. is blowing up boats and threatening stronger action? Declare Christmas wapo.st/4mXgp5X
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Bracing for war, Venezuela’s Maduro starts Christmas early — again
It’s an annual tradition: Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, feeling pressure from opponents or enemies, plays Santa. Venezuelans aren’t buying it.
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daneggen.bsky.social @daneggen.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/09/2025
President Trump’s announcement that his administration will impose a 100 percent tariff on patented pharmaceutical products, unless a company is building a manufacturing plant in the United States, sparked confusion early Friday. Here’s what to know.
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What Trump’s new tariffs mean for pharmaceuticals and ‘patented’ drugs
Trump said branded pharmaceutical products would face 100 percent tariffs unless certain exemptions applied, sparking some confusion over how the policy would be implemented.
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
“It is one of the most dangerous places. I want real results.”
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This blue state governor sent the National Guard to her biggest city
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sent soldiers to Albuquerque to help police deal with crime, making sure it didn’t look like a military takeover.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/09/2025
President Trump’s warning to pregnant women to stop taking Tylenol based on a largely unproven link to autism sent ripples through communities of expectant mothers, parents of autistic children and health experts. wapo.st/3VT3TJH
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/09/2025
As President Trump ties Tylenol to autism, many in the scientific community are alarmed by the politicized rush to present drug like leucovorin as solutions, bypassing the slow careful work research demands.
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As Trump ties Tylenol to autism, doctors raise alarms and urge more research
U.S. officials will issue a warning label on Tylenol for those who are pregnant, a move that contradicts the guidance from the major medical societies.
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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post @mariasacchetti.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
UPDATED ICE is referring hundreds of immigrant children to federal shelters from the US interior, not from the border. Among them are parents separated from their children, an issue raised at a Senate hearing today: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Trump’s mass deportations bring a new wave of family separations
As ICE officers ramp up arrests, hundreds of migrant children are being sent to federal shelters. Some parents are given a choice: Deport with their children or face separation.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15/09/2025
Vowing to crush dissent from two left-wing groups for a piece of free speech they had nothing to do with www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... @cqzakrz.bsky.social @mbirnbaum.bsky.social
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JD Vance vows retribution on liberal institutions after Charlie Kirk killing
Vice President JD Vance hosted Charlie Kirk’s podcast as he mourns his friend and potentially cements his position as the heir to the political movement built by Kirk, a powerful GOP force.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15/09/2025
“If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified" “Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You’re not in charge.” George Floyd was a “scumbag” Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was “a huge mistake" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics
The 31-year-old activist and provocateur build a modern political organization for the social media age, through the arts of online discourse and discord.
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daneggen.bsky.social @daneggen.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Descendants of enslaved man, plantation owner unearth past at a Maryland cabin. The families worked with archaeologists and volunteers to sift through soil that had been scooped from the floor of a cabin on the Sotterley Plantation www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Descendants of enslaved man, plantation owner unearth past at Maryland cabin
The families worked with archaeologists and volunteers to sift through soil that had been scooped from the floor of a cabin on the Sotterley Plantation.
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daneggen.bsky.social @daneggen.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The Brits who beat Brexit: Gibraltar celebrates its return to Europe www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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The Brits who beat Brexit: Gibraltar celebrates its return to Europe
Nearly a decade after Britain quit the E.U., British residents of Gibraltar on the southern tip of Spain, will regain travel and commercial access under a treaty.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
GIBRALTAR EXITS BREXIT The British enclave, which voted 96 percent Remain in 2016, establishes a customs union with the EU and visa-free travel in the Schengen area. “This is actually going to be an improvement over where Gibraltar was pre-Brexit” First Minister Fabian Picardo says wapo.st/4gjzu0g
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The Brits who beat Brexit: Gibraltar celebrates its return to Europe
Nearly a decade after Britain quit the E.U., British residents of Gibraltar on the southern tip of Spain, will regain travel and commercial access under a treaty.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Trump “has taken credit for ending an ever-increasing roster of conflicts,” @mbirnbaum.bsky.social writes: “Last week’s tally started at six and by Friday was 10, ‘if you think about pre-wars’” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump badly wants a Nobel Peace Prize. Most on the committee oppose him.
At least three of the five members of the Norwegian prize committee have criticized Trump publicly, making his path to winning their votes far from clear.
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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post @mariasacchetti.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status
The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Frederick Douglass was a writer, diplomat, advisor to President Lincoln and American hero. The Maryland National Guard is declining to march in the annual Douglass parade in his native Talbot County this year because he was Black and the DoD no longer does Black history wapo.st/3CQfK5g
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Citing DOD order, Md. National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event
Titled “Identity Months Dead at DoD,” the guidance bars the Department of Defense from using official resources to support cultural awareness months.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/02/2025
An obscure court decision involving former President Joe Biden’s presidential board appointments was the key to seizing control of the Kennedy Center.
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How did Trump so easily take over the Kennedy Center? Ask Sean Spicer.
An obscure court decision involving former President Joe Biden’s presidential board appointments was the key to seizing control of the Kennedy Center.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
THE VIEW FROM THE HELICOPTER from flight data, air traffic control communications, pilot interviews @imogenpiper.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social @megkelly.bsky.social @to-be-frank.bsky.social Irfan Uraizee @abtran.bsky.social @samueloakford.bsky.social wapo.st/4b7Iymw
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3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
From the perspective of the helicopter cockpit, the lights of the incoming American Airlines jet could have also been obscured by the glow of the city skyline, pilots said.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/02/2025
Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service launched an official website late Wednesday night, setting up doge.gov as a portal tracking the size of the federal workforce and documenting the number of federal regulations.
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Musk’s DOGE launches a website tracking size of federal workforce
DOGE acknowledged that the work was incomplete but said it was part of an “enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ offices.”
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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"Leave aside the fact that most young American men today do not meet military fitness requirements." From @amymcgrath.bsky.social and Michael O’Hanlon of @brookings.edu: wapo.st/4jXhv1k
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Opinion | Think the military lowered its standards for women? Think again.
The military has become more specific about the standards it expects personnel to meet.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/02/2025
Breaking news: President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at eventually closing the Education Department and, in the short term, dismantling it from within, according to three people briefed on its contents.
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Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Sheinbaum said this morning the troops she'd send to the border would be on top of personnel already there. Trump agreed to crack down on U.S. guns flowing south. The $900 million border plan that saved Canada today, in contrast, was announced in December www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Live updates: Trudeau says Trump agrees to a pause on U.S. tariffs on Canada
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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