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Katty Kay

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BBC US Special Correspondent | MSNBC Contributor | Host, The Rest is Politics US | NYT Bestselling Author

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Politico @politico.com · 24/02/2025
A judge has blocked the Education Department and OPM from sharing personal info with DOGE — the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.
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Judge blocks OPM, Education Department from sharing personal info with DOGE
The order is the most wide-ranging block on DOGE’s activities to date.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
(CNBC) - The Trump administration’s purge of federal workers may ultimately amount to the biggest job cut in U.S. history, which is likely to have ramifications for the economy, especially at the local level, according to economists. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/23/h...
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
NEW: Trump campaign co-chief Chris LaCivita is advising a conservative Albanian political party whose leader is under US sanctions for “significant corruption.” LaCivita says the sanctions are political, & casts the party as Trump-aligned. “I’m exporting MAGA — Make Albania Great Again!”
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Trump Administration Live Updates: News on Elon Musk, Russia Peace Talks and RFK Jr.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Our colleagues at the @AP are the best in the business, total professionals and straight as they come. Since I started covering the White House in 1996, no president has punished a mainstay of the press pool to enforce his personal choice of what words they use in their stories.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
As judges increasingly block Trump orders they deem potentially illegal or unconstitutional, Trump, Vance and Musk go on the offense and raise the question of whether they will ultimately defy the courts. @charliesavage.bsky.social Minho Kim www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
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Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s ‘Legitimate Power’
The declaration by the vice president came as court orders have temporarily blocked parts of the Trump administration’s agenda.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/02/2025
Breaking News: President Trump declared Palestinians had “no alternative” but to leave Gaza, before meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ but to Leave Gaza: Live Updates
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Alex Cole @acnewsitics.com · 04/02/2025
This is so good.
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Politico @politico.com · 04/02/2025
The Trump administration is preparing to place nearly all of USAID's Washington-based staff on leave. Some 1,400 people will be notified today, on top of about 600 who were placed on leave starting Sunday night.
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Trump moves to put nearly all USAID Washington staff on leave
Some 1,400 people will be notified Tuesday, on top of about 600 who were placed on leave starting Sunday night.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/02/2025
Waffle House announced its all-day breakfast will now cost an extra 50 cents for each egg. The temporary surcharge, which went into effect on Monday, is meant to address the rising cost of eggs because of a shortage caused by the bird flu.
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Want Eggs With Your Breakfast? Pay a Surcharge, Waffle House Says.
The restaurant chain, which serves breakfast all day, said it was adding the temporary 50-cent surcharge because the bird flu has caused a shortage in the egg supply.
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Sen. Marco Rubio, big USAID guy. Sec. of State Marco Rubio, not so much thebulwark.com/p/musks-usai...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/02/2025
Two sets of FBI agents who investigated the Jan. 6 attack filed lawsuits to prevent the Trump administration from disclosing their identities.
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F.B.I. Agents File Suit to Prevent Trump Team From Disclosing Their Identities
Employees who participated in Jan. 6 investigations contend in two lawsuits that they believe the administration intends to reveal their identities, endangering them and their families.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
PHIL GRAMM/LARRY SUMMERS: “.. we are united in our belief that broad-based tariffs will impede economic growth, risk triggering a trade war, and inflict long-term harm on the economy.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/a-le...
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Opinion | Gramm and Summers: A Letter on Tariffs From Economists to Trump
Like our predecessors in 1930, we oppose the use of tariffs as a general tool for economic policy.
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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
People! I'll be talking about FCC chief's investigation into PBS & NPR - and how it ties in to push to cut all federal funds for public broadcasting Tune in at 5.44/7.44p tonight on All Things Considered My earlier story: www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
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Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS
Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials.
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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
NEW --> Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries wapo.st/3Cy3Pc6
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Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries
At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/01/2025
Breaking news: A day before the midair crash in D.C., another jet was forced to abort its first landing at Reagan National Airport because of a helicopter.
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Live updates: A day before D.C. plane crash, another jet landing at Reagan National had to ‘go-around’
The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
WAPO: “.. Just 24 hours before the collision of American Eagle Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk .. another jet trying to land there had to make a second approach after a helicopter appeared near its flight path, according to an audio recording ..” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Live updates: Day before D.C. plane crash, another jet had to abort first landing at Reagan National
The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
".. For South America 'the message is that it’s not a good idea to be very closely interlinked with the United States, because you might pay a heavy price. .. And as a result of that, China’s prospects for stronger ties have been enhanced.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Trump got what he wanted with Colombia. But his tactics could come back to bite him.
Stoking confrontations to show strength, the president risks alienating allies and aiding China.
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Katty Kay @kattybkay.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
My daughter is a data scientist tracking malaria outbreaks in Africa, funded by the State Department. She's had an immediate stop work order as her work. In his confirmation hearing Senator Rubio argued forcefully in favour of US funding for malaria research in Africa. Does China step in here?
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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Guest on Megyn Kelly this week: “So, that's the thing is the funniest joke we ever pulled on the Democrats was convincing them that Project 2025 wasn't real…it's over, we won, yes, we're going to do Project 2025. And the other thing is, it's good.”
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/01/2025
“I was treated like a celebrity for having stormed the Capitol building. Not just from the inmates, but from the staff as well. The first thing a correctional officer said to me when I reported in the booking was, 'Let's go, Brandon.'“
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Keene man arrested for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 rejects Trump’s pardon
On his first day in office this week, President Donald Trump pardoned all rioters at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jason Riddle served time in jail for his participation in the 2021 riot.
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Katty Kay @kattybkay.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This has been a very interesting week for Trump and the WSJ.
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Katty Kay @kattybkay.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
These are the right questions.
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Tim Harrap @timharrap.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Good overview from @kattybkay.bsky.social "Separate the signal from the noise...watch what he does not what he says" Important take for the next four years. youtu.be/h87KnWfUNso?...
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TRUMP BECOMES PRESIDENT - Live From The Capitol
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics US
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Katty Kay @kattybkay.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Government employees are being told to report on colleagues who may try to disguise DEI hiring efforts, or face consequences if they fail to do so.
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dayshell.bsky.social @dayshell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
some reporters have been too loose with phrasing like DEI. makes it sound like it's all abt post-George Floyd murder stuff. As he notes, they're ditching anti-discrimination policies that go back to LBJ.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
(NYT) - The Trump administration on Wednesday threatened federal employees with “adverse consequences” if they fail to report on colleagues who defy orders to purge diversity, equity and inclusion efforts from their agencies. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest News on Executive Orders and D.E.I. Crackdown
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
New — Trump executive order on TikTok directs the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce the Act for 75 days. “During this period, the DOJ shall take no action to enforce the Act or impose any penalties against any entity for any noncompliance with the Act.”
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
NEW: Trump's JS pardon is about as broad as you can get "a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021" www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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GRANTING PARDONS AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES RELATING TO THE EVENTS AT OR NEAR THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021 – The White House
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump: Musk is getting an office of about 20 people in the White House
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned the overwhelming majority of those who stormed the Capitol in 2021 — and commuted sentences of 14 Oath Keeprs and Proud Boys who faced seditious conspiracy charges. (Tarrio got a pardon though). www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Paul Harland @pabloredux.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
"Trump isn't out to impress anyone this time, and the Republican Party seems to have no ability or interest in providing checks and balances on his instincts." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... by @kattybkay.bsky.social
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Trump team's confidence is sky-high but warning signs abound
The new president's team is united for now but below the surface there are hints of trouble ahead, writes Katty Kay.
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Its Getting Clear @its-the-squirrels.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
@kattybkay.bsky.social from the BBC doesn’t pull punches.
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Trump team's confidence is sky-high but warning signs abound
The new president's team is united for now but below the surface there are hints of trouble ahead, writes Katty Kay.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/01/2025
President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
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Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’
In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
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Katty Kay @kattybkay.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A smart quick take
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Andy Kaczynski @kfile.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
this the new homepage at WhiteHouse.gov
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Within moments of Trump being sworn in as president, his administration was hit with three lawsuits -- incl. one filed by a union for federal gov't workers -- challenging the lawfulness of Elon Musk's "DOGE" cost-cutting effort www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Sued Over Musk Cost-Cutting Effort by US Government Worker Union
A union representing hundreds of thousands of federal employees sued the Trump administration over its signature cost-cutting effort led by billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, kicking off a hig...
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mountainlakes.bsky.social @mountainlakes.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A fascinating discussion, and a great primer on the status of healthcare here in the US. Very thought provoking for all to hear, a must listen. Great job @kattybkay.bsky.social and @scaramucci.bsky.social
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Wee Eck’s Dad @weeecksdad.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Loving the most recent episode of TRIPUS with @kattybkay.bsky.social & @scaramucci.bsky.social what conversation and accessible insights they generate. Dofo worth a listen 🎧
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Katty Kay @kattybkay.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Love this!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
What a great story. Wow. 🥹
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
If you love LA, you’ll love this piece and the photos in it. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/r...
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The Fight to Save Googie, the Style of Postwar Optimism
The car-centric architectural style, characterized by neon signs and dramatic rooflines, is now endangered. Its admirers mourn the loss of the ideals it represented.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/12/2024
For one week, our reporter traded his news apps for Rumble, a right-wing video platform. Here’s what he saw. nyti.ms/4gxDQQn
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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The Trump administration plans to use subpoenas and other means against news organizations to identify and deter leakers. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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'It'll Be Brutal': Inside Trump's Planned War on Leakers and the Press
Trump’s second term will include more media subpoenas, communications seizures, whistleblower prosecutions, and lawsuits against news outlets.
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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
It’s my final week hosting away Too Early Tomorrow: The latest on Trump’s embattled picks. The ABC settlement. Syria. Ukraine. The holidays approach With me: Sam Stein Elise Jordan Eugene Daniels Marc Polymeropoulos Silvia Amaro See you at 5 am EST on @msnbc.com
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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Guess why sources feel they have to stay anonymous? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
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Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
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JoT @jotlawton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
@kattybkay.bsky.social is "a Scaramucci" unit of measure - height? Age? Other?
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The Rest Is Politics US @restispoliticsus.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
How to fix a broken system: American healthcare in crisis This week @kattybkay.bsky.social and @scaramucci.bsky.social discuss: 🧑‍⚖️ Reaction to the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death 🏥 America’s crumbling healthcare system 🇺🇸 If Obama caused America to stop being a global leader 🎙️ on the main feed
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