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Emily Davies

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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Just now: Providence leadership says the city will release the person of interest detained in connection with the Brown shooting — saying there is no longer evidence that he’s a POI. More than 30 hours after the shooting, the investigation is still ongoing.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
🚨The person of interest in the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old originally from Wisconsin. My Signal is 202-412-9091 if you know more about him or what happened in Providence. News, with @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Live updates: Officials identify person of interest as 24-year-old from Wisconsin
Police have a person of interest in custody, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said, after a gunman killed two and injured nine others at Brown University.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🚨Senior federal officials are privately warning against firings during a government shutdown, saying the strategy may violate appropriations law. Trump & top aides have threatened mass firings if the Dems don't budge. Scoop, with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Senior government officials privately warn against firings during shutdown
The Trump administration has said mass firings are coming, but officials have quietly warned several agencies that the move could violate appropriations law.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
NEW: Inside Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in D.C. 
Trump long had a playbook for such a move and had new motivation after a former aide was injured in an attempted carjacking. Lots of new details, w/ ⁦‪Matt Viser and Perry Stein www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Inside Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in D.C.
President Donald Trump long had a playbook for deploying the National Guard in D.C. and a week ago had new motivation after a former aide was hurt in an attempted carjacking.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
As Trump focuses on crime in DC, I hope you will read this story about a Senate staffer targeted in a random stabbing. Phillip Todd, a GOP aide to Rand Paul, survived — then struggled to square his faith & his party’s response to violence. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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He could have been the GOP’s voice on crime, but his faith intervened
Phillip Todd, a staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), was nearly killed in a random attack in D.C. He took two years to figure out what he wanted to say.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
NEW: Trump officials who felt sidelined on liberal campuses are spearheading a federal crackdown on DEI at their own alma maters. A deep dive into the people and power behind the push to change Harvard and UVA among others www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Trump staffers who set out to reshape their alma maters
Architects of pressure campaigns targeting U-Va. and Harvard were shaped by experiences as ideological minorities in liberal campus communities.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
President Trump just now vowed to "have troops everywhere" and said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to counter protests. Asked how he would determine what qualifies as an insurrection, he said: "The bar is what I think it is."
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🚨Trump has posted ~ 2,262 times to Truth Social since his inauguration, more than 3X the number of tweets he sent during the same period of his first term. A new look inside the president’s social media habits, with @drewharwell.com @ence.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Tallying Trump’s online posting frenzy: 2,262 ‘truths’ in 132 days
In his current term, the president has left his own record for social media missives in the dust. He posts day and night.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
✏️Trump and Musk have used pencils to argue about tariffs. So I went to the last American pencil factory in a town once known as "Pencil City" to see what its workers think. The area is deeply Republican. Here is my dispatch, hope you will read: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump used pencils to sell tariffs. This factory in ‘Pencil City’ is split.
At Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville, Tennessee, politics rarely came up before this year. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed that.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Today is my first day on @washingtonpost.com's White House team, a dream job at my hometown paper. A big thank you to WaPo's Local desk, the section that shaped me & does crucial work. Who should I meet? Where should I start? My Signal is 202-412-9091. www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/04/2...
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Emily Davies named White House Reporter
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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“Within the federal workforce, it is unclear what the email responses are being used for, if anything. There was never a central strategy for how to handle the replies, an email obtained by The Post shows.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @faizsays.bsky.social @emilydavies.bsky.social
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The federal ‘5 things’ emails have fallen apart, as Elon Musk readies exit
U.S. agencies maintain an inconsistent patchwork of policies relating to the DOGE leader’s demand that all federal employees submit weekly emails listing their accomplishments.
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Trump voters within the federal government (38% of feds) are torn about DOGE cuts, according to in-depth interviews by @emilydavies.bsky.social “The individuals who were let go were of high, high quality,” said one Treasury Dept. employee in Idaho www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Trump voters in the federal government are torn over his job cuts
A majority of federal workers who voted for Trump agree with cuts in concept. But many voiced concern about the pace of change and potential impact on services.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Scoop: Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies. Officials stressed the estimates were subject to change. If you have more information, my Signal is 202-412-9091. W/ @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies
While officials stressed the estimates were subject to change, the snapshot suggests how agencies are meeting Trump’s mandate to shrink government.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this. I spent days with Ryleigh Cooper, a federal worker who lives in rural Michigan. Please read her story. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this
Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
People’s reactions to these stories tend to be of the leopards-eating-faces variety but this is a great piece of reporting in part about how voters very disconnected from politics make their choices. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this
Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.
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Ali Vitali @alivitali.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
And we’re back! It’s Monday and @waytooearly.bsky.social is kicking your week off with: ☀️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social ☕️ @emilydavies.bsky.social 🌞 @lmchervinsky.bsky.social 🌅 Brendan Buck You up? We want to know why. Email waytooearly@msnbc.com. #WayTooEarly
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Elon Musk’s team has started laying off federal workers all across the government, @emilydavies.bsky.social, @jeffstein.bsky.social, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, @lisarein.bsky.social and @tonyromm.bsky.social report
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Musk team kicks off federal layoffs as White House eyes big cuts
The Trump administration’s plan for shrinking the civilian workforce is coming into increasingly clear view.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
SCOOP: Trump is expected to issue executive order targeting D.C. crime, homeless encampments and graffiti. Early drafts have also focused on home rule and protecting national monuments. More here, w/ @hsu_spencer: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Trump expected to order a crackdown on D.C. crime, homeless encampments
President Trump has called D.C. a ‘nightmare of murder and crime.’ He is considering an order to crack down on violent and petty crime and clear homeless encampments.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Signal groups, spoon emojis, barricades inside office buildings. As Trump wages war against the federal bureaucracy, some workers fight back. STORY from me: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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As Trump wages war against the federal bureaucracy, some workers fight back
Undergirding a fight formed in group texts and between cubicles is a conviction that nonpartisan civil servants provide a necessary check on Trump’s power.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
NEWS: Layoffs across federal government are "likely" if not enough workers take deferred resignation offer, internal email warns. A supervisor in a division taken over by Elon Musk told staff to prepare for deep cuts. From @faizsays and me: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says
Workers have until Thursday to decide whether to take an offer to resign now and be paid through the end of September.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Hi everyone, this is Emily Davies with the Washington Post. I cover the federal workforce. I’m hearing a lot about small (and large) acts of resistance from inside the government; I’m eager to hear from those of you finding your lines in the sand. We can talk securely and anonymously on Signal.
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Wild, wild reporting from @faizsays.bsky.social, @jeffstein.bsky.social & @emilydavies.bsky.social.
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David Nakamura @davidnakamura.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Breaking: White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion via @jeffstein.bsky.social @jacobbogage.bsky.social @emilydavies.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🚨Federal workers fear job cuts, in-office mandates under Trump orders. If you are a federal worker, I'd love to hear from you. Reach me on Signal at 202-412-9091. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Federal workers fear job cuts, in-office mandates under Trump orders
Fifteen percent of federal workers are based in the D.C. region, where cuts and changes will be felt acutely.
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Aaron Schaffer @aaronschaffer.com · 24/12/2024
They planned Christmas Eve at church. He died at work the day before. w/ @emilydavies.bsky.social wapo.st/3BLPuIH
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They planned Christmas Eve at church. He died at work the day before.
Construction worker Edgar Cinfuentes was inside a D.C. townhouse Monday undergoing renovations. Parts of building collapsed, killing him.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
They planned to spend Christmas Eve together at the church where they got married seven years ago. But now Melva Bonilla was standing on a street corner, and her husband was trapped under the rubble of a nearby building. A tragic story: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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They planned Christmas Eve at church. He died at work the day before.
Construction worker Edgar Cinfuentes was inside a D.C. townhouse Monday undergoing renovations. Parts of building collapsed, killing him.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Congress has awarded D.C. $90 million to fund federal activities, a historic sum. The allocation is yet another strategic victory in a historic day for D.C. Mayor Bowser, who in the wee hours of Saturday secured control of the decrepit RFK Stadium. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Congress awards D.C. $90 million to fund federal activities, historic sum
The money is a strategic victory in a big day for D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, who in the wee hours of Saturday secured control of the decrepit RFK Stadium.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
For fans at the Army-Navy game, it’s about football, not Trump. Among even the most ardent supporters of Trump and his nominees, the show inside the President-elect’s box couldn’t hold a candle to the game. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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For fans at the Army-Navy game, it’s about football, not Trump
While tens of thousands of people came to the Army-Navy game to be fans, not voters, Trump’s attention-grabbing roster of guests put politics front and center.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Rep. Flood has introduced a bill that may decrease federal funding for a program offering discounted college tuition to D.C. students. The bill is unlikely to become law but could spell trouble for the D.C. program, one of many on the GOP chopping block. flood.house.gov/media/press-...
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Congressman Flood Introduces the No More D.C. Waste Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood, joined by Rep. William Timmons (SC-04) and Rep. Adrian Smith (NE-03), introduced the “No More D.C. Waste Act.” This bill provides oversight to th...
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Bowser, GOP lawmakers forge unlikely alliance over return-to-office mandate. The approach previewed a strategy the Bowser administration has been honing behind the scenes for months. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Bowser, GOP lawmakers forge unlikely alliance over return-to-office mandate
The D.C. mayor’s approach Tuesday previewed a strategy to navigating a GOP trifecta that the Bowser administration has been honing behind the scenes for months.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🚨D.C. Council quietly renamed bills to avoid scrutiny from Trump, Congress. While many lawmakers didn’t want to discuss the strategy publicly, some did when asked directly about the changes. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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D.C. Council quietly renames bills to avoid scrutiny from Trump, Congress
The approach is part of a strategic effort across the District government to avoid provoking Republican ire after the GOP achieved a ruling trifecta.
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Emily Davies @emilydavies.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Excited to share that I will now be covering the impact of the Trump administration and the federal government on the D.C. area. I have loved my time on our Local criminal justice team. Can't wait to get started on this new beat. www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2024/12/0...
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Emily Davies takes on new assignment on the Local desk
Davies will cover the impact of the Trump administration and the federal government on the D.C. area.
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