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Dan Keating @dtkeating.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Great visuals telling the story of Trump II's 1st 100 days www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s first 100 days, in 10 charts
Trump’s second term has seen a significant increase in executive orders, with more than 140 signed in his first 100 days, and a decline in his approval rating.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/04/2025
Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
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RFK Jr. said autistic people don’t work or play sports. They say he’s wrong.
The health and human services secretary on Wednesday suggested that autistic children would never play baseball or pay taxes, enraging those in the community.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/04/2025
The United States is “heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter, and we should start hunkering down,” Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire who endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 candidacy, wrote on the social media site X on Sunday.
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Bill Ackman, hedge fund billionaire and key Trump ally, slams tariffs
The Wall Street mogul warned of “economic nuclear winter” as the threat of an all-out trade war triggers a global market meltdown.
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Fenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Great story on an overlooked angle to the gutting of the federal workforce: The public sector has been a key driver of Black wealth and refuge from the discrimination of the private sector. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Fed work helped build Black wealth in this suburb. Now families worry.
Prince George’s was until recently the nation’s wealthiest majority-Black county. That standing has been fueled by workers who gravitated to the federal sector.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
As a candidate last year, Trump promised “to unleash the power of American innovation” to super-charge U.S. scientific research.
 He’s instead unleashed cuts and chaos, researchers and scientists warn. Our look at the abrupt changes — and the consequences. With @dtkeating.bsky.social
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Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.
NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.
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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Today, hundreds of our colleagues on the technology side of the company announced the formation of @wapotechguild.bsky.social (1)
Graphic reads: I support The Washington Post Tech Guild
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Dan Keating @dtkeating.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Amazing visual view of America's evolving views on race www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Analysis | D.C.’s BLM street painting is nearly gone. What about all the others?
Although D.C.’s iconic Black Lives Matter Plaza is being torn up, other street art from the summer of 2020 remains, and a few paintings look better than ever.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
AND THE COUNTRY THAT HAS INSPIRED THE MOST U.S. PLACE NAMES — and it's not particularly close — is ... Turkey. No, @moriartymaps.com and @andrewvandam.bsky.social argue, really www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Column | It’s not just the Gulf of Mexico. Why is so much of America named after foreign countries?
Our exhaustive search of American place names discovered that one country has been a shockingly dominant source of inspiration. You’ll never guess which one.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/03/2025
A federal lawsuit filed by a Social Security Administration chief of staff, until they were forced out in February, is the first in-depth public account from a high-ranking government executive of how Musk’s team is operating as it leads a downsizing of the federal government under President Trump.
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Former Social Security official describes hostile takeover by Musk team
DOGE officials also put millions of taxpayers’ private data at risk and refused to say why they needed access to it, the official says.
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Rachel Roubein @rachelroubein.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
FDA announces Jim Traficant as agency's new chief of staff, per agency email obtained by The Post.
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Dan Keating @dtkeating.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
DOGE brings U.S. Marshals to small federal agency that denied them access, sparking a federal lawsuit from the aid organization’s leader claiming DOGE officials are unauthorized to represent the agency. Via @briannatucker.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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DOGE staffers bring U.S. Marshals to small federal agency that denied them access
The show of force by Trump administration officials and federal law enforcement resulted in a frantic and “traumatizing” scene, several officials of the aid agency said, and sparked a lawsuit from its...
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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
“We’re not going to harm our children or [risk] the potential to harm our children so that we can save yours,” says the mother of an unvaccinated Texas child who contracted measles. Her 7-year-old son recovered. But an otherwise healthy unvaccinated 6-year-old died of measles 80 miles away.
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Amid West Texas measles outbreak, vaccine resistance hardens
A child has died in an outbreak that has grown to 146 cases.
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Meghan Hoyer @meghanhoyer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Elon Musk's businesses have received at least $38 billion in government funding, helping seed the growth that has made Musk the world’s richest person. From data reporters Emmanuel Martinez & @dtkeating.bsky.social and a great team: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/02/2025
The men said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.
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Invasive frisks, suicide attempts: Three migrants describe Guantánamo detention
Three migrants sent to Guantánamo said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating strip searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.
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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New Washington Post supercut: Trump officials once said Russia invaded Ukraine. Now they won't. youtube.com/shorts/eZFEF...
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Trump team once said Russia invaded Ukraine. Now they won't.
YouTube video by Washington Post
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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
As a hard-news journalist at The Washington Post, there's no shortage of important news to cover. I will keep digging in. As I've stated before: Nothing changes. We ask hard questions and hold those in power to account. That's the job, whether those in power like it or not.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Someone got $38 billion in government funding.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/02/2025
A child in Texas has died of measles, the first confirmed fatality in the state’s worst outbreak in three decades, state health officials said Wednesday.
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Texas child is first confirmed death in growing measles outbreak
The unvaccinated school-age child is the first confirmed fatality in Texas’s worst measles outbreak in three decades.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/02/2025
Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
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Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 26/02/2025
Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
My colleagues and I have been working to break news + write stories holding powerful people accountable. These are the top stories on our homepage right now, one of which I worked on. Our newsroom work is continuing. No one has ever told me what to write. If that changes, I’d speak out and leave.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Using my “personal liberties” to repost this
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Dan Keating @dtkeating.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I stand by my work and that of my amazing Post News colleagues. I work to uncover the truth in service of the public. If that ever changes, you will hear from me. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This is on the opinion side. On the news side, we will continue rigorous reporting. Send secure tips on Pentagon contracting — including Blue Origin, AWS, SpaceX and others — on Signal at alexhorton.85 or alexhorton85@proton.me
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Wanted to echo @jeffstein.bsky.social here. my work has always been about keeping the public informed and holding the powerful to account. That has not changed. If it does, you’ll hear it from me. And no you can’t yell at me to “learn to code” because coding is already my job.
Tweet that reads “Massive encroachment by Jeff Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section today - makes clear dissenting views will not be published or tolerated there

I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side of coverage, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/02/2025
Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service claimed this week to have saved an estimated $55 billion through a combination of layoffs, canceled contracts, lease renegotiations and other actions. But a list that it posted of contracts and leases suggests that number is inflated.
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Musk’s DOGE says it has saved $55 billion. Not so fast.
A Washington Post analysis found that hundreds of the canceled contracts DOGE listed represent savings of $0 each.
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Dan Keating @dtkeating.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
DOGE claims don't stand up - check it out www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... w @abtran.bsky.social @rachellerman.bsky.social @jonswaine.bsky.social
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Musk’s DOGE says it has saved $55 billion. Not so fast.
A Washington Post analysis found that hundreds of the canceled contracts DOGE listed represent savings of $0 each.
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Andrew Ba Tran @abtran.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The DOGE site initially listed the original version of a contract from FPDS with a higher $8 billion amount, when the more updated version showed only $8 million. They updated it. But we found 80 other instances of DOGE linking to earlier modified versions when newer versions exist. wapo.st/3DcnJcP
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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
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Lauren Weber @laurenweberhp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Will be covering RFK Jr.’s HHS and his impact on the nation’s health — reach out any time with tips, thoughts and insights. My email is Lauren.weber@washpost.com and my signal to talk confidentially is below: signal.me#eu/T6C56m5PP...
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Signal Messenger Contact
Follow this link to message on Signal.
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Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The Post's 3D reconstruction of the midair collision explores some of the factors, unfolding in seconds, that may have led to disaster. Free to read link: wapo.st/4htyTJf
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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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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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Chris Cioffi @reportercioffi.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Congress has 28 days to dodge a government shutdown, and the House and Senate will only be in session together for 11 of them.
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec on overseas trip www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec on overseas trip
The offer to invite Posobiec on Pete Hegseth’s trip triggered alarm among Pentagon officials concerned about the military being dragged into partisan warfare.
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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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Video shows whale gulping up kayaker: ‘I thought I had died’
A man who was scooped up by a humpback whale before being released has described his terror during the extraordinary moment caught on video.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Results from prior rounds of steel tariffs (in this case, GWBush's): "upstream steel tariffs have highly persistent negative impacts on the competitiveness of U.S. downstream industry exports." economics.princeton.edu/wp-content/u...
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
UPDATE: CDC restored the page listing vaccine-specific recommendations Saturday morning, our story is updated. @dtkeating.bsky.social @fenitn.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/02/2025
Leaders of Springfield, Ohio, and residents are suing a neo-Nazi group for allegedly orchestrating attacks against supporters of Haitian immigrants.
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Springfield, Ohio, sues neo-Nazis over hate campaign against Haitians
Leaders of Springfield, Ohio, and residents are suing a neo-Nazi group for allegedly orchestrating attacks against supporters of Haitian immigrants.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10/02/2025
The Trump administration is stiffing farmers www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds
The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not impact benefits that go directly to individuals.
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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with protecting against unfair, deceptive or predatory practices by large financial institutions. It is an independent federal government agency headquartered in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and why is it a Trump target?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump administration has moved to weaken it.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
A health board’s ban on coronavirus shots in its Idaho clinics offers a glimpse of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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In Idaho, a preview of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America
This Idaho health district banned public clinics from distributing the coronavirus vaccine as widespread fear during the pandemic fades from public memory.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/02/2025
Venezuelans in the Miami suburb of Doral have been some of President Trump’s biggest proponents. Many feel betrayed after he revoked temporary protected status for thousands.
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Venezuelans backed Trump. Now some worry he’ll deport them.
Venezuelans in the Miami suburb of Doral have been some of Trump’s biggest proponents. Many feel betrayed after he revoked temporary protected status for thousands.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
What...does any of this mean www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The aid cut doesn’t just put millions of lives at risk, analysts say: It endangers national security, the economy and the global humanitarian system, and pushes partners toward China and Russia @catebrown.bsky.social @dtkeating.bsky.social Dylan Moriarty report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Visualizing the international reach of U.S. funding cut by Trump
Using graphics to illustrate the scope of U.S. foreign aid spending and analyzing how the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts could play out across the world.
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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
.@markey.senate.gov demanded to meet DOGE's MuskRats @EPA but security blocked him.“Thousands of EPA projects worth tens of billions of dollars have been illegally shut down, shut off and shut out of funding in red and blue states alike.” @dtkeating.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Here’s who’s losing out as Trump freezes the Inflation Reduction Act
A Day 1 executive order directed federal agencies to freeze funding under former president Joe Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/02/2025
When a week of jubilation turned tragic, generations of figure skaters discovered something new about the nature of their sport.
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Circles of life
When a week of jubilation turned tragic, generations of figure skaters discovered something new about the nature of their sport.
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Lauren Weber @laurenweberhp.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This Idaho health district banned its public health clinics from giving out the covid vaccine. It's a preview of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America My latest @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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In Idaho, a preview of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America
This Idaho health district banned public clinics from distributing the coronavirus vaccine as widespread fear during the pandemic fades from public memory.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/02/2025
Staffed by more than 30 engineers, lawyers and others — many with ties to Musk’s companies — DOGE and its allies have rattled the federal workforce.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE has swept into 14 federal agencies. Here’s what to know.
Internal email lists and other documents and interviews provide the widest view so far of who is working in DOGE — and officials inside other agencies with Musk connections.
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