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elena shao

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✨ graphics, data & visual journalism @ the new york times 🗞️ www.nytimes.com/by/elena-shao

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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Since Feb. 28, at least 16 merchant vessels have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and its adjoining waters (Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman), killing 8 seafarers, with one still missing. w/ @BlackiLi and Lazaro Gamio. nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 24/05/2025
It was a team effort to go through this list of attendees and attempt to contact them. Also to go out to the Trump golf course in Virginia and to be there at the White House, all to document this event. Thanks readers for supporting this work.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 24/05/2025
Via our NYT Graphics colleague @elenashao.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump is Trying to Establish Presidential Control Over Independent Agencies
The abrupt, premature dismissals of agency officials has teed up a Supreme Court decision that, if delivered in the president's favor, could give him substantially more authority.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 04/06/2025
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
A chart showing cancelled NIH grants
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Lazaro Gamio @lazarogamio.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
NEW: We broke down how some Chinese imports could get hit by multiple tariffs => www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Karen Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Words Federal Agencies Are Removing From Their Sites Under Trump
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
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Karen Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Great round up of the DOGE whiplash, by my colleagues @elenashao.bsky.social and @ashwu.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Federal Workers Who Were Fired and Rehired by the Trump Administration
Hundreds of federal workers — many of them in critical health and national security jobs — have been brought back, sometimes within days of their initial firings.
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Janine Zacharia @janinezac.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Incredible job here by our @stanfordjournalism.bsky.social alumna @elenashao.bsky.social. How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025
President Trump attempted during his campaign to distance himself from the right-wing blueprint to overhaul the federal government, but many of his administration’s actions so far have mirrored it.
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Karen Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
More than 60 actions taken by President Trump during his first month in office bear the fingerprints of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for overhauling the federal government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump’s Directives Echo Project 2025 (Gift Article)
President Trump attempted during his campaign to distance himself from the right-wing blueprint to overhaul the federal government, but many of his administration’s actions so far have mirrored it.
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