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Luke Broadwater

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White House Correspondent for the New York Times. Co-author of “Mad House,” out on March 25: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/74…

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The one thing he likes to do during the week is construction": With the US mired in an intractable Middle East war, Trump basks in the momentum on a half-dozen makeover projects he has set in motion throughout the capital. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social Maggie Haberman www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/u...
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As War Grinds On, Trump Relishes Renovation Projects
President Trump is basking in the momentum of the various projects he has spurred around downtown Washington.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
At least 97 of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have been accused of new crimes since Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study released from @lawfaremedia.org. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...
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Granted Clemency by Trump, Scores of Jan. 6 Rioters Have Been Accused of New Crimes
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Trump, who has promoted "Buy America" policies and vowed to protect American steel, has secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for his $400 million ballroom project, report @anaswanson.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...
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White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Trump says he is waging a "war on fraud." But it's a war in which he is embracing some proven to be on the other side, so far granting clemency to more than 70 allies, donors and others convicted in fraud cases. By Matt Purdy and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...
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Trump Vowed to Crack Down on Fraudsters, but He’s Pardoned Dozens
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Days after threatening to send Tomahawks to Ukraine, Trump once again backs off and defers to Putin. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
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Backing Off Tomahawk Suggestion, Trump Again Defers to Putin
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Trump casts his plan for a cease-fire in Gaza as a landmark deal to bring peace after two years of catastrophic violence. But in reality, it was more like an ultimatum to Hamas, write @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
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Trump and Netanyahu Tell Hamas to Accept Their Peace Plan, or Else
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
At home, Trump is targeting political foes. Abroad, he has a different message: Let bygones be bygones, even with those trying to assassinate him or working with Al Qaeda, in the interests of peace and profit. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social Jonathan Swan Vivian Nereim www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/w...
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Vengeful at Home, Trump Takes His Forgiving Side on Tour
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Luke Broadwater @lukebroadwater.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The Trump administration has threatened to block Harvard University from enrolling international students unless the school hands over detailed information about the student body, in yet another escalation of the government’s fight against higher education. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
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Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data
The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest university.
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Brian Rosenwald @brianros1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
on Congress by @anniekarni.bsky.social & @lukebroadwater.bsky.social. Luke & Annie did the best job I've seen of really describing the incentive structures that govern our politics & how much the fulcrum of the GOP has moved rightward. Give it a listen and subscribe to get my podcasts in your inbox
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natasharsarin.bsky.social @natasharsarin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Wonderful to discuss tariffs, Tax Day, and our work @budgetlab.bsky.social with @stephruhle.bsky.social on @msnbc.com's 11th Hour last night Also featuring the great @gilliantett.bsky.social, @jonallendc.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social Link here: www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/wa...
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'Traders are like vultures': Who's raking in money during the tariff chaos
As the Trump administration keeps talking about the trade deals they're going to make, American businesses and consumers are caught in the whiplash of the tariff policies. But Wall Street traders are ...
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Luke Broadwater @lukebroadwater.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
“I speak Republican and you speak Democratic, and I need the intermediary,” Netanyahu once told an Israeli diplomat. “Netanyahu always thought of himself as some pedigree neocon that belongs in the right wing of the Republican Party.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump and Israel's Netanyahu to Meet at White House
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/04/2025
Breaking News: The far-right activist Laura Loomer urged President Trump to fire national security officials during an Oval Office meeting.
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Laura Loomer Pushes Trump to Fire National Security Officials in Oval Office Meeting
During the 30-minute meeting, Laura Loomer excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser.
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Luke Broadwater @lukebroadwater.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“We’re talking about doing something extraordinary here for the government to sentence people to what’s essentially slave labor, torture, prison in El Salvador based on nothing, based on having a flower tattoo.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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Joe Rogan, Voices on the Right Raise Alarm Over Trump’s Immigration Moves
The cracks in support show how seriously some conservatives are taking the administration’s aggressive and at times slapdash tactics.
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Midday with Tom Hall 📻 @middayonwypr.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Don't miss today's show at noon. The New York Times' @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social discuss their new book, 'Mad House.' It's an account of the chaos and disorder of U.S. Congress, told by two reporters who have covered it closely.
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Midday with Tom Hall 📻 @middayonwypr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Tomorrow, a peak into the chaos of Congress with @lukebroadwater.bsky.social and @anniekarni.bsky.social. Their new book, 'Mad House,' is a first-hand account of rock bottom in the legislative branch, and the pettiness and egomania that got us there.
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Elaine A @elaine2action.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Great to see these journalists in Baltimore on the patio at The Ivy Bookshop today @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social to talk about "Madhouse: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress."
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
If you're in the DC area today, come see the fabulous @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social discuss "Mad House," their rollicking new book about the wildest Congress of our lifetime at 3 pm at the main @politicsprose.bsky.social on Connecticut Avenue. politics-prose.com/karni-broadw...
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Annie Karni & Luke Broadwater — Mad House - with Peter Baker — at Conn Ave
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
At @strandbookstore.bsky.social tonight, stories of Boebert, MTG, Mike Johnson, and the rest of the MAD HOUSE that is the GOP House caucus. Great to hear from @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social and Maggie Haberman!
Annie Karni, Luke Broadwater, and Maggie Haberman at the Strand 3/27/25
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Luke Broadwater @lukebroadwater.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Open government experts have raised another concern as well: the rise in usage of disappearing messaging apps like Signal, which they say could become a way for officials to skirt the requirements of federal laws meant to preserve government records. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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Another Problem With That Signal Chat? The Messages Disappear.
The Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act require officials to preserve communications related to government business.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Appeals Court keeps restraining order in place that for now is preventing the Trump admin from carrying out more summary deportations under the Alien Enemies Act www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...
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Appeals Court Maintains Block on Trump’s Deportation Flights Under Wartime Power
The panel said that while further argument was needed, lawyers for the migrants would likely succeed in their claims that the Venezuelans had been denied due process.
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🎧 Listen to the podcast! New York Times reporters @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social spoke with @mina-kim.bsky.social about "Mad House" and how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress. 🔗:
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How MAGA Took Over Congress with NYT’s Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🎙️ ON AIR: We're talking w/ New York Times reporters @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social about "Mad House" and how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress. ❓ What does congressional dysfunction signal to you? 📻 Listen:
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How MAGA Took Over Congress with NYT’s Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater | KQED
We talk to Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater about how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress, along with the latest political news.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Just out: "Mad House," the wild, this-can't-possibly-be-true-and-yet-it-is inside account of an off-its-rocker Congress by two of our absolute best, @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social. You won't want to put it down. politics-prose.com/book/9780593... www.amazon.com/Mad-House-Sa...
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Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress
An exclusive fly-on-the-wall account of the epic dysfunction of the American Congress, from the rotating cast of failed Speakers to the MAGA efforts to impeach President Joe Biden to the insanity of t...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/03/2025
Breaking News: The Atlantic published the full exchange of texts about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials. The group chat had inadvertently included an Atlantic journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg. Follow live updates.
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Trump Officials' Signal Chat Transcript Is Published as Criticism Mounts Over Leak: Live Updates
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Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
TONIGHT: Trump’s top intel officials downplay leak-National Security Advisor Waltz shares his explanation-& Trump's tariff “liberation day” approaches @ayman.msnbc.com @nayyeroar.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @anniekarni.bsky.social @davidjolly.bsky.social @conorlambpa.bsky.social
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Wild part of @anniekarni.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social New book Mad House: -Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted Lauren Boebert for going for going to Manhattan to support Trump but not show up for her son Tyler. "I don't respect her enough to fight her or say anything to her."
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Luke Broadwater @lukebroadwater.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The pardon erases the conviction and also tens of millions of dollars in forfeitures and restitution that Mr. Archer had been ordered to pay. W/ @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...
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Trump Pardons Former Business Partner of Hunter Biden Who Testified About the Bidens
Devon Archer had won fans on the right for cooperating with congressional Republicans investigating the Biden family.
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
WED at 10AM: New York Times reporters @anniekarni.bsky.social and @lukebroadwater.bsky.social join to talk about "Mad House" and how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress. ❓ What does congressional dysfunction signal to you?
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'Mad House' exposes Congressional disfunction, from petty feuds to physical threats
The MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills that became law — the lowest number since the Great Depression. Journalists Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater examine the chaos in a new book.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/03/2025
Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, urged President Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for discussing sensitive details of a pending strike in Yemen in a high-level group Signal chat that included a journalist.
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Jeffries Calls on Trump to Fire Hegseth
The House minority leader became the highest-ranking Democrat to demand the defense secretary be terminated, saying he was “unqualified” and a national security risk.
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Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley @nprfreshair.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Looking ahead, we'll likely see more Congressional disfunction, rather than less — especially since "it seems that voters actually like the fisticuffs." @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @anniekarni.bsky.social
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'Mad House' exposes Congressional disfunction, from petty feuds to physical threats
The MAGA-controlled 118th House passed only 27 bills that became law — the lowest number since the Great Depression. Journalists Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater examine the chaos in a new book.
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
ICYMI, @anniekarni.bsky.social & @lukebroadwater.bsky.social talk about Congress, MAGA and their new book, Mad House: www.wnyc.org/story/how-ma...
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How MAGA Runs the House | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Co-authors of Mad House (Random House, 2025), New York Times reporter Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater, talk about their new book.
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Today: - Tuesday Morning Politics, with @anniekarni.bsky.social & @lukebroadwater.bsky.social, - @wnyc.org's Jimmy Vielkind on Albany's budget sessions, - @apoorvanyt.bsky.social on Bird Flu - @michaelgerrard.bsky.social on the law & climate activism Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
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Luke Broadwater @lukebroadwater.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
After two years of work and so many interviews, “Mad House” is finally out Tuesday! See @anniekarni.bsky.social & my first two excerpts here: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u... & here: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u... Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743988... Thank you in advance!
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