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Maggie More

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They call me TikTok Maggie. ✍🏻 🎨 📹 over at @nbcwashington.com Hijinks ensue. If you recognize me, it might also be from the Flat Hat, the Virginia Gazette, or NBCLA 📰 Tiny lady, east coaster. W&M '20 forever.

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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The rules my former-fashion-buyer mom taught me may have been frustrating as a teenager who just wanted to be on trend... but they've saved me a lot of money as an adult, I fear. This InStyle article somehow gets at ALL OF IT. Incredibly comprehensive reporting!
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Are Clothes Actually Worse Now? An Investigation
Many shoppers are complaining that fashion (designer, mall brand, and otherwise) seems worse than it was 20 years ago—less natural fabrics, poor fit, a lack of good design—even as prices stay the same...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/09/2026
“A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system,” Nikole Hannah-Jones writes. “Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.”
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/08/2026
Julia Curlee was the first CIA officer to transition openly and keep working at the agency. The Trump White House needed her—until her identity became public. She recounts her time in service in The Atlantic’s October issue: theatln.tc/siKCHgiR
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/05/2026
“AI is still young and weird—a puppy that will read the Quran in Portuguese and eat the TV remote,” Josh Tyrangiel writes. “If we don’t teach it what matters, someone else will teach it what’s profitable”:
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The Secret to Understanding AI
“Imagine the tech without the tech companies.”
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/05/2026
Shirley Meng explains why her passion for decarbonizing the global economy required her to relocate. scim.ag/42L4Uqp
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Pushed by Trump policies, top U.S. battery scientist is moving to Singapore
Shirley Meng explains why her passion for decarbonizing the global economy required her to relocate
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 20/02/2026
The Trump administration has begun coordinating with D.C. on repair efforts, the White House says, as crews finally reached the collapsed section of the Potomac Interceptor.
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Feds grant aid to DC as crews make progress on fix of Potomac sewage spill pipe
DC Water crews reached the damaged section of the collapsed pipe dumping wastewater into the Potomac River on Thursday, marking progress in the repair. The Trump administration is also now coordinatin...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 23/01/2026
The U.S. finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said.
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U.S. completes withdrawal from World Health Organization
Experts say the U.S. exit could cripple numerous global health initiatives.
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The tenth layer of hell is actually getting the generic royalty-free music you're editing with stuck in your head
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 17/01/2026
Read Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's full inauguration speech and watch it in the video player here:
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Read and watch Virginia Gov. Spanberger's full inauguration speech
Read Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s full inauguration speech and watch it in the video player here.
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
JUST IN: NBC News has obtained what appears to be the cellphone video shot by Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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Cell phone video from ICE officer shows fatal Minneapolis shooting
NBC News has obtained what appears to be the cell phone video shot by Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 13/12/2025
A United Airlines flight out of Dulles International Airport made an emergency landing after one of the plane's engines failed during takeoff on Saturday afternoon.
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No injuries after United plane engine sparks during takeoff, starting brush fire
A United Airlines flight out of Dulles International Airport made an emergency landing after one of the plane’s engines failed during takeoff on Saturday afternoon.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 11/12/2025
If passed, H.R. 6578 — the "Charlie Kirk Freedom of Speech Plaza Act" — could stir new tensions between the District and the Trump administration over the name of the intersection at 16th Street NW between H and K streets.
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Bill would rename Black Lives Matter Plaza after Charlie Kirk
A bill introduced in the U.S. House on Wednesday would rename the former Black Lives Matter Plaza site in Washington, D.C. after conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 26/11/2025
BREAKING UPDATE: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey now says there are "conflicting reports" about the two Guard members' conditions. He previously said they died. Get the latest here:
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2 National Guard members' conditions unclear after shooting near White House
Two West Virginia National Guardsmen have died after a shooting on Wednesday, right next to Farragut Square Park and two blocks north of the White House.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 20/11/2025
A lawsuit filed by advocacy groups — including the ACLU and CASA — challenges allowing ICE to arrest people without warrants or probable cause.
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Lawsuit could limit how ICE conducts arrests in DC
A federal judge is weighing whether to limit how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents make arrests in Washington, D.C. A lawsuit filed by advocacy groups — including the ACLU and CASA — challeng...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 20/11/2025
As the holidays approach, many wonder how they can go beyond the non-perishable items requested by most food drives and how to give fresh vegetables, produce and even turkeys to neighbors in need. The answer is as close as the farmer’s market.
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FRESHFARM taking fresh food donations for Thanksgiving
As the holidays approach, many wonder how they can go beyond the non-perishable items requested by most food drives and how to give fresh vegetables, produce and even turkeys to neighbors in need. As ...
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Markus Schmidt @mschmidtrva.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In a NYT op-ed, Sen. Tim Kaine fires back at critics who say he “sold out” by voting to reopen the government: “I have close knowledge of key actors, and I do not believe Republicans would have conceded on health care during the shutdown.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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Opinion | Tim Kaine: Why I Voted to End the Shutdown
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 24/10/2025
A police report about the crime says Norton has "early stages of dementia." Her office pushed back saying: "The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was unqualified to make."
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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton scammed at home by group claiming to be cleaning crew
A police report about the crime says Norton has “early stages of dementia.” Her office said: “The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was u...
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Going to undergrad in the middle of Colonial Williamsburg, then working at the local newspaper, from 2016-2021, meant living every day in a microcosm of the contemporary debate around American history, identity and politics. This article captures that push-and-pull like nothing else I've read.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
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NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 30/09/2025
Air traffic controller training, veteran services, CDC communications, federal employee pay: Here's what will continue, and what won't, if the government shuts down tonight.
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Here's what to expect if the government shuts down at midnight
The key deadline to fund the federal government is Sept. 30, 2025, and the odds of Republicans and Democrats striking a deal seem slim. Here’s what to expect next.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 23/09/2025
One of the latest DC Fire and EMS hopefuls wasn't quite up to sssssnuff.
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Snake caught after slithering into DC Fire training academy
“Pete the Python,” a multi-foot long snake, was found slithering around the DC Fire Training Academy building on Saturday, the agency said.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Why publish one story about A.I. gone wrong when you can publish two? Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness. The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
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How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/08/2025
Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE, spending aggressively and taking an even more confrontational approach with critics and opponents, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/OH59S1s1
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Defector @defector.com · 23/08/2025
Selling Zohran: defector.com/selling-zohran
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Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU…
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
My data science minor got me an NBC live blog byline yesterday! Honored to share the space with the spectacular @tednbc4.bsky.social and @garygrumbach.bsky.social.
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Analysis of recent crime data for D.C. finds marginal differences before and after federal takeover
An analysis by NBC Washington of Metropolitan Police Department data shows that while crime is down slightly across Washington since last week's federal
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"When you talk with people in, or from, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina is often the way by which we demarcate time. When attempting to recall an event, a moment, or an experience, someone will ask "Was it before or after the storm?" My husband and his family all do this. When Katrina hit, he was 7.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 09/08/2025
The president shared no details about what Monday's announcement might entail.
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White House announcement on Monday will ‘stop violent crime' in D.C., Trump says
“On Monday, a Press Conference will be held at the White House which will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, D.C.,” Trump said on his social media website, Truth Social.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
"He can either give us a license... or we’ll smash the fucking window out and drag him out.” That's not just any ICE officer saying that. His name is Matthew Elliston and he now oversees ICE field operations on the East Coast.
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Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
It's a busy Friday, many of you are heading out for the weekend, and there's other, bigger stories out there to cover. But I wanted to take a moment to highlight this piece I wrote earlier this week, which I'm quite proud of. May we all be as resilient as Friends to Lovers.
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Fire torched this bookstore owner's dream. Old Town helped her rebuild stronger
For Jamie Fortin, the owner and founder of Friends to Lovers bookstore in Old Town Alexandria, the shop’s celebration of love goes beyond its focus on romance novels. Love also comes in the form of a ...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 17/07/2025
"JUST WANT HIM HOME": A Maryland man was detained by ICE while walking his dog and faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know.
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Maryland man detained by ICE in Gaithersburg while walking dog, family says
The family of a Maryland man who’s lived in the United States for decades is looking for answers after they say he was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month ...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 17/07/2025
A constitutional lawyer says that individuals and companies that own rental properties are not under any legal obligation to share information with ICE, but the issue is still causing concern.
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Do landlords need to cooperate with ICE? What to know about your right to privacy
A constitutional lawyer says that individuals and companies that own rental properties are not under any legal obligation to share information with ICE, but the issue is still causing concern.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 18/07/2025
The investigations into GMU appear to be part of a pattern from the Trump administration, which has used civil rights laws to fight diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at universities.
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George Mason faces another DEI investigation — this time from the Justice Dept.
The U.S. Department of Justice is launching a civil rights investigation into George Mason University over its hiring practices. The DOJ investigation is in addition to one from the Department of Educ...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 02/07/2025
"It was a month I never imagined," the Salvadoran man said in Spanish. "It was a month of so much trauma."
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Salvadoran man released in Alexandria after being held by ICE for nearly two months
A Salvadoran father who was arrested by Alexandria police and handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spoke out after spending nearly two months in a detention center. The 27-year-old...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 06/06/2025
JUST IN: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.
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Supreme Court allows DOGE to access Social Security data
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 29/05/2025
The former president of the Kennedy Center talks about President Trump's comments during the Kennedy Center Board dinner last week. Also on The News4 Rundown: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., held a listening session at the Eden Center in Falls Church, where businesses face uncertainty due to tariffs.
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Former KenCen president talks about changes to the DC institution: News4 Rundown
The former president of the Kennedy Center talks about President Donald Trump’s comments during the Kennedy Center Board dinner last week. Also on The News4 Rundown: U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., held...
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Tesla profits drop 71%
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 16/04/2025
"BRING HIM HOME": Sen. Chris Van Hollen, of Maryland, is flying to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and check on the mistakenly deported man's well-being.
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Sen. Van Hollen flies to El Salvador as calls intensify for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen headed to El Salvador early Wednesday in an attempt to secure the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in the Centra...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 15/04/2025
The judge presiding over the case of a man who was mistakenly deported by the U.S. government to a prison in El Salvador suggested Tuesday that she was weighing contempt proceedings against the Trump administration.
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Judge in Abrego Garcia case indicates she's weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also ordered the administration to provide evidence about what steps it's taken — or hasn't taken — to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 10/04/2025
Voting rights groups worry about additional hurdles for women whose birth certificates don’t match their current IDs because they changed their name after getting married.
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House passes a requirement to prove citizenship to vote: Here's how it affects voting
Here’s a look at key issues in the debate over a proof of citizenship requirement for voting, which the U.S. House approved legislation for Thursday.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/04/2025
The House on Thursday passed legislation that would require people to prove that they are U.S. citizens when they register to vote. It’s the latest effort to tighten voting laws tied to President Trump’s debunked claims of widespread election fraud. nyti.ms/3XWuNl7
A photo of a person holding a small American flag. A headline reads: "House Votes to Require Proof of Citizenship in Federal Elections." Photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The New York Times
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Rebecca Rauber @defeatthefascists.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“That was the normal briefing…If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’” “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said the other.
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping people travel out of state for abortions 19thnews.org/2025/04/alab... via @19thnews.org
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Alabama can’t prosecute groups helping people travel out of state for abortions
The ruling — one of the first to explicitly address abortion-related travel — is a significant victory for abortion providers and supporters.
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"Research projects that are being eliminated include international work on tuberculosis, AIDS and cervical cancer, as well as programs that directly benefit residents of Baltimore."
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 13/03/2025
Emily Erroa was eight months pregnant when she found out she was being fired from her human resources job at the Department of Energy. “It stressed me out to the point where I did have to go into the hospital because I felt as though I caused too much stress to the baby,” she says.
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Pregnant federal employees who were fired grapple with stress of losing insurance and looking for work
NBC News spoke with a half-dozen pregnant women who recently lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration's layoffs across the federal government.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/03/2025
“Americans should see this assertion of an inherent presidential power to control the government’s data assets for what it is—an effort to employ data to unsettle the Constitution’s allocation and balance of powers," writes Bridget Fahey:
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Musk’s Madisonian Insight
The Department of Government Efficiency’s seizure of government databases is not just an act of bureaucratic reorganization. It is an act of constitutional restructuring.
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Maggie More @maggiemore.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The Kennedy Center released what it called "a complete account of program cancellations over the last 6 months" late Thursday night, "due to the litany of misinformation being spread in the press." The list omits some cancellations and doesn't include artists' reasons for others. My latest:
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Kennedy Center releases list of some performances canceled in last 6 months
Weeks after President Donald Trump fired the board of supervisors for the Kennedy Center and installed himself as the chair, dozens of performances at D.C.’s arts center have been cancelled.
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 07/03/2025
The Pentagon is purging thousands of online posts in its anti-DEI quest. Among them are references to the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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Pentagon to remove ‘Enola Gay' WWII aircraft photos for violating DEI rules
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands ...
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 05/03/2025
During his remarks, Trump bent the facts on issues including Social Security, immigration, fentanyl and the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Fact-checking Trump's speech to Congress
President Donald Trump delivered his first speech to Congress of his second term Tuesday night, celebrating the big spending cuts, crackdown on migration and economic vision from the opening weeks of ...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/02/2025
NEW: ICE raided Jersey Kebab in Haddon Township, NJ, and arrested the restaurant’s owners, according to the couple’s son. “This family and this business has been a pillar of the community. They serve the elderly. They serve handicapped, homeless people," says a local customer. nbcnews.to/3Xlv94q
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