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Matthew Hay Brown

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International assignment editor, Washington Post // Journalism instructor, Harvard // New Englander // Potential Ukrainian. Literally Irish. Now more Canadian!™

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
BREAKING Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished first and second in the opening round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday to set up a rematch, of sorts. Here's five takeaways from the first round
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Bolsonaro and Lula head to runoff: 5 takeaways from Brazil’s election
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished first and second in the opening round of Brazil’s presidential election. They'll meet in a runoff on Oct. 25.
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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 05/10/2026
These judgey motherfuckers.
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Oompa Loompas Dancing
ALT: Oompa Loompas Dancing
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
BREAKING Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished first and second in the opening round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday to set up a rematch, of sorts. Here's five takeaways from the first round
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Bolsonaro and Lula head to runoff: 5 takeaways from Brazil’s election
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished first and second in the opening round of Brazil’s presidential election. They'll meet in a runoff on Oct. 25.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ELECTION DAY IN BRAZIL Authorities have grown increasingly concerned that Trump, a Bolsonaro ally, might attempt to intervene in the vote
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Four fears and frustrations that are shaping Brazil’s election. One is Trump.
Officials in Brazil have grown increasingly concerned about the possibility of U.S. interference in the presidential vote on Sunday.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The first time Michael Goessling spoke to his biological father, he asked what he did for a living. Musician, he said. In fact, he was on tour and was coming to St. Louis. “And I’m looking, and the voice, and it all starts coming together,” Goessling said. “Are you Michael McDonald?”
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Missouri Man Discovers Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers Is His Biological Father (Gift Article)
Michael Goessling’s first phone call with his biological father brought a shock: He was speaking to Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Role model
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THIS CAR CLIMBED MT. WASHINGTON just now
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Poll questions on which party people want to control the Senate are so hot right now (from Post-Schar School Michigan poll and NYT-Siena polls) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump-appointed judge wrote that the media outlets had shown a “high likelihood of success” in their Fifth Amendment claim that their access was revoked without due process; public interest in a free press also weighed in their favor: “This is a high bar, but Plaintiffs have met it”
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CNN and MS NOW reporters regain entry to White House
A judge ordered the White House to temporarily restore journalists’ credentials and said the ban was probably unconstitutional. But some were still denied access Thursday.
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María Luisa Paúl @marialuisapaul.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Trump administration deported a US citizen to Mexico. It took nearly five months & a federal lawsuit for him to return to his own country. Brian José Morales García is now part of a long, largely uncounted history of citizens swallowed by the immigration system. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Born here but deported. A Texas man's harrowing ordeal.
A traffic stop in Texas landed Brian Morales García, a U.S. citizen, in immigration custody. After he was deported to Mexico, a lawsuit helped bring him back.
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María Luisa Paúl @marialuisapaul.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🧵Families sold homes, drained savings & spent thousands for a chance to immigrate legally. Then the Trump administration halted visa issuances. Two federal courts ordered processing to resume. Now, attorneys say the government is running out the clock. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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They won the diversity visa lottery. Now their American dream is on hold
Three families sold homes, crossed borders and put their lives on pause. Even after court victories, their chance to immigrate may vanish on Sept. 30.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spelling Bee not accepting anything today
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THE WASHINGTON POST IS NOT PUBLISHING PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRESIDENTIAL EVENTS, including Trump’s departure from the White House and his events at the U.N. General Assembly, joining with other newsrooms in support of the outlets the White House has banned
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Major TV networks halt video coverage of Trump over CNN ban
CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, filed a lawsuit over the ban, which the president defended as “an assault on the FAKE NEWS.”
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Networks to stop pool coverage of presidential events after the White House bans CNN, Fox News Washington bureau Bryan Boughton says CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing over alleged violations of First Amendment press freedom rights and Fifth Amendment due process rights @scottnover.bsky.social
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Major TV networks halt pool coverage of Trump over CNN ban
CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, also said it was suing over the ban, which the president defended as “an assault on the FAKE NEWS.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/09/2026
President Trump’s sprawling family business empire has become increasingly intertwined with the boom in artificial intelligence, at the same time that he has resisted calls to slow the development of the technology, a Post analysis found.
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Trump and sons invest heavily in AI economy as he resists calls for slowdown
Trump’s decisions as president on one of the most consequential policy debates of his administration could affect the value of his personal investments.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Who is the audience for this? Other than me
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just published: A Washington Post-Schar School poll finds a finds close Michigan Senate race. Here’s how El-Sayed lags his party. Full story -> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's offer to make Canada an "associate member" of the EU gets an ovation from its parliament and from PM Mark Carney. Carney, who has called Canada “the most European non-European country,” addresses the legislature on Thursday
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Battle with Trump is sending Canada into the arms of the E.U.
The head of the E.U.’s executive branch is proposing “associate membership” for Canada, as Ottawa also pursues new trade deals with China.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Likud on Wednesday asked election officials to stop the America-Israel Democracy Coalition from helping Israelis abroad return to vote next month. Israel's first national elections since Oct. 7 are seen as a referendum on Netanyahu, his government and its conduct of the wars in Gaza and beyond
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Netanyahu’s party tries to stop U.S. group helping Israelis abroad return to vote
The first national elections since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack are viewed as a referendum on Netanyahu's government.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For the first time in months, polls show Flávio Bolsonaro leading Lula and prediction markets favor a Flávio win in Brazil's presidential election. The first round is in less than three weeks
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Bolsonaro’s son surges in run to free the former president
Flávio Bolsonaro is now polling evenly with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and prediction markets are favoring the challenger over the incumbent in the October election.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Westminster’s time is coming to an end,” the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said. “We believe that constitutional change is coming. ... We believe the future of our nations belongs in the European Union. … No Westminster government has the right to block democracy"
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland join in Celtic independence push
President Donald Trump said Saturday he would “love to see” Irish reunification.
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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If there’s ever a meeting between José Antonio Kast and Canada’s Prime Minister, I’ll be calling it the “Chile con Carney Summit” 🇨🇱 🇨🇦 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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John Paul @johnpaulhi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just in case
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/09/2026
In the hours during and after Sept. 11, 2001, our journalists documented the aftermath of the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. This was our front page the day after the attack. 25 years later, the images remain etched in our memory: wapo.st/4r4bdAC
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93. The catch: She had no ammunition. The attacks were unfolding faster than her F-16 could be armed. “We wouldn’t be shooting it down. We’d be ramming the aircraft. ... I would essentially be a kamikaze pilot”
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F-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11
A pilot reflects on one of the lesser-told tales of Sept. 11: how the first counterpunch the U.S. military prepared to throw at the attackers was effectively a suicide mission.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
THE COLOMBIAN CITY WHERE NO ONE DIED After a deadly temblor devastated Armenia in 1999, the community built back smarter. When disaster struck again last month, it was prepared Helena Carpio reports
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How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died
A deadly temblor devastated Armenia in 1999, spurring a reconstruction that allowed the city to build back stronger. When disaster struck this time, it was prepared.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The people of Tooro believed King Oyo had died single and childless. The revelation that he had a son has shaken one of Africa's oldest monarchies
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Emergence of secret heir stokes succession crisis in grieving African kingdom
A committee of elders has announced a successor to the late king of Tooro. His family says he had a son who should succeed him.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
With the emerging El Niño on pace to become the strongest on record, the city of Rio de Janeiro has reached a 25-year agreement for "technical meteorological assistance" from Cacique Cobra Coral. The cacique is a centuries-old spirit channeled by a 71-year-old woman in Guarulhos, Brazil
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The ancient spirit who’s helping protect Rio from the effects of El Niño
The city has announced a 25-year agreement for the services of Cacique Cobra Coral, a spirit channeled by a 71-year-old woman in Guarulhos, Brazil.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/09/2026
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, powerful agencies and vast legal authorities created to stop another terrorist catastrophe are being used by the Trump administration to round up immigrants, battle drug traffickers and target political dissent.
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Trump has turned the post-9/11 security state inward to domestic targets
Former officials worry about waning attention to international terrorism and other threats.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
With the emerging El Niño on pace to become the strongest on record, the city of Rio de Janeiro has reached a 25-year agreement for "technical meteorological assistance" from Cacique Cobra Coral. The cacique is a centuries-old spirit channeled by a 71-year-old woman in Guarulhos, Brazil
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The ancient spirit who’s helping protect Rio from the effects of El Niño
The city has announced a 25-year agreement for the services of Cacique Cobra Coral, a spirit channeled by a 71-year-old woman in Guarulhos, Brazil.
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Natasha Bulowski @natashabulowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I recently started a new job as @cabinradio.ca’s Ottawa correspondent. In short order I flew to Yellowknife, met the team, drove to Wrigley and got a crash course in radio.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Law enforcement agencies in Britain, Poland, Norway and Latvia say the Justice Department has not responded to their requests for unredacted documents from the Epstein files
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Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The 26-year-old woman once saw the Coalition as her protectors against Haiti's heavily armed gangs. Then they abducted her. As a U.S.-backed, U.N.-authorized international force works to establish security in Haiti, the Coalition and other so called self-defense brigades pose a unique challenge
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They formed to fight Haiti’s gangs. Now they’re an obstacle to peace.
As a U.S.-backed, U.N.-authorized force attempts to restore security, “self-defense brigades” pose a unique challenge.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This disappeared. But I won’t let it
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
MORE FUN WITH GEOGRAPHY The U.N. General Assembly voted 164-1 to encourage use of the Equal Earth map, which depicts the relative size of Africa more accurately than the Mercator projection. The United States was the sole no vote www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is virtually the same percentage as oppose Trump generally
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Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
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Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just posted: Independents aren’t just undercover partisans after all. This week's Pollwatcher digs into new research on why people become political independents and what that means for politics and the midterms www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Independents aren’t just undercover partisans after all
Plus: Why people are drinking less, and who’s best friend is a chatbot?
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE detainees say they’ve been served food that’s undercooked, spoiled or infested with bugs. They can buy commissary food, but it’s expensive. So self-described California mom Casey Revkin is channeling more than $10,000/week in donations to feed hundreds of kids @arelisrhdz.bsky.social reports
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She’s feeding hundreds of kids in ICE detention using commissary accounts
Casey Revkin gives money to hundreds of families at a Texas family detention facility so that they can buy food their children will eat.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The power and beauty of the sea: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is virtually the same percentage as oppose Trump generally
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Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/09/2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived in Thailand, where its crew of thousands disembarked after a 286-day deployment at sea that prompted concerns over mental health, food shortages and sewage problems.
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USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after 9 months at sea
The crew will get a chance to “rest and recharge” in the beach destination of Pattaya, after reports of deteriorating conditions aboard the aircraft carrier.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Germany says Russia was behind an attempted drone attack last month at Leipzig/Halle Airport, part of a pattern, officials say, of hybrid warfare aimed at undermining European unity and support for Ukraine
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Germany blames Russia for drone attack on airport, announces countermeasures
Officials said the Aug. 4 attempt was part of a campaign aimed at undermining European support for Ukraine against Russia.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
U.S. LOSS IS CANADA’S GAIN “More than 10,000 Haitians in the Massachusetts workforce who contributed roughly $480 million a year to the local economy are being forced out … at a time when the need for the work they provided is expanding” @ktkjohnston.bsky.social reports
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Haitian TPS holders leave for Canada, taking skills and resources gained in Mass. with them - The Boston Globe
In all, more than 10,000 Haitians in the Massachusetts workforce who contributed roughly $480 million a year to the local economy are being forced out, according to an immigration policy organization.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Short answer, per industry analysts: Not any time soon. Prices went up after the deal was announced, not down
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Trump said his deal with Venezuela would lower gas prices. Will it?
It is likely to be years before oil production meaningfully ramps up, industry experts say, and there are many risks involved.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Last year, Trump helped get Carney elected. Now he's helping him grown his majority
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Canadian special elections indicate voters backing Carney’s stand against Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney had vowed to match U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar," unlike other longtime U.S. partners who had raced to cut deals when faced with tariff threats.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The presence of Russia's finance minister, invited by Trump to appear at a G20 meeting in person for the first time since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, riles European delegates. Russia pounded Ukrainian civilian infrastructure Monday for a fifth straight day. Trump: "I get along with everybody”
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Russian finance minister, invited by Trump, draws objections at G-20 meeting
As Moscow pounds Ukraine, the appearance by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was “quite troubling,” said one attendee. U.S. officials cited a need for “dialogue.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 30/08/2026
President Trump, angered by a comment that NBC anchor Kristen Welker made about his endorsements in the midterm elections, said he would report her to the Federal Communications Commission for a “rebuke or punishment.”
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Trump says he will report NBC host to FCC for ‘rebuke or punishment’
The president’s latest in a string of threats against broadcasters followed a comment by Kristen Welker about “some mixed results” from his midterm endorsements.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As Venezuela's vice president two years ago, Delcy Rodríguez warned that then-U.S.-backed opposition leader María Corina Machado would hand its oil over to Washington. Now, as interim president, she's allowing the U.S. a controlling stake in nearly a quarter of the country's untapped oil reserves
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Venezuela vowed not to ‘hand over’ its oil. Trump aims to grab a windfall.
The deal cements the United States’ long-term dominance over Venezuela, which has become a neo-colony since the U.S. military’s capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro in January.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE The Pentagon has secretly installed conservative military veteran influencers with large online followings who amplify Pete Hegseth’s views and attack those who scrutinize the Trump administration @danlamothe.bsky.social and @taracopp.bsky.social report
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Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles
Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.
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