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Adam Taylor

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Washington Post reporter covering Trump administration foreign policy with a focus on the State Department. Adam.taylor@washpost.com or Mradamtaylor.01 on signal

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
POST EXCLUSIVE (GIFT LINK) The Trump administration intends to dramatically limit U.S. government criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, all with extensive records of abusing human rights @mradamtaylor.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social report wapo.st/4mAYX7v
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U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia
Leaked draft reports show the Trump administration is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption, LGBTQ+ discrimination and other claims.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
“Some of his former colleagues were hoping he would be the ‘adult in the room.’ That is a very warped view of our constitutional system." Inside Marco Rubio’s meteoric — and precarious — rise in Trumpworld wapo.st/4j43YTI
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Inside Marco Rubio’s meteoric — and precarious — rise in Trumpworld
Rubio, once a Trump rival, has scrapped his old foreign policy playbook and courted MAGA dignitaries while avoiding the missteps of other Cabinet members.
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Greg Miller @gregpmiller.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Trump team wanted Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post that indicate Trump made similar demands of other countries at same time. @mradamtaylor.bsky.social wapo.st/430jcmO
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Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show
The extraordinary request illustrates the administration’s aggressive bid to identify willing partners who will accept people expelled by the U.S.
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Ellen Nakashima @ellenwapo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
SCOOP by @mradamtaylor.bsky.social: Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees, documents show --an extraordinary request of a nation at war & dependent on U.S. military & financial support. w/ Sarah Blaskey and @siobhanogrady.bsky.social wapo.st/430jcmO
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Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show
The extraordinary request illustrates the administration’s aggressive bid to identify willing partners who will accept people expelled by the U.S.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in wapo.st/4d0fePB Includes USAID and PEPFAR @sammywestfall.bsky.social
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
BREAKING Rubio’s State Department shakeup targets programs that focus on human rights, war crimes and democracy @mradamtaylor.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Rubio unveils sweeping reorganization of State Department
The Trump administration’s proposed shake-up of the State Department targets human rights programs and others focused on war crimes and democracy.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨I have a new beat at The Washington Post, covering the Trump administration's foreign policy with a focus on the State Department. If you have something to share, reach out to me at Adam.Taylor@washpost.com or mradamtaylor.01 on Signal 🚨
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
SCOOP w/ @johnphudson.bsky.social : We got a look at Trump OMB proposals for cuts to State/USAID budget. Among them: - 48% total budget cut - Humanitarian assistance cut by 54%, Global health 55 % - Funding for UN, NATO cut - Fulbright eliminated www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump plan would slash State Dept. funding by nearly half, memo says
An internal document reviewed by The Post targets spending on humanitarian assistance, global health and international organizations such as the U.N. and NATO.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
2 questions. 1. Would Trump have gotten angry if Vance hadn't first? Listening to the full conversation, I'm not sure. 2. Some analysts had been surprised at draft framework for the U.S.-Ukraine mineral deal, finding better terms than expected for Kyiv. Was it sincere proposal?
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Just the word 'wow' is how Oleksandr, 40, a Ukrainian military officer fighting in Russia’s Kursk region, responded to the footage of the argument. 'We still have a lot of work to be done,' he wrote. 'Better war, than shameful peace.'" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Tears and shock in Ukraine and Europe after heated Zelensky-Trump meeting
“I’m just crying because of what I hear,” one Ukrainian lawmaker said of the meeting, echoing the reactions of others on the continent.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Ukraine-U.S. deal hinges on huge deposits of critical minerals. But how much are these deposits actually worth? Experts aren’t so sure. wapo.st/4iilaoF
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What are Ukraine’s critical minerals actually worth? No one knows.
Trump’s meeting with Zelensky comes as Washington and Kyiv hammer out a mineral deal, with war aid on the line. But the value of Ukraine’s minerals remains murky.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Friedrich Merz, Germany's new conservative leader, says that Europe urgently needs "independence" from the United States. What would that actually mean? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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German election winner seeks ‘independence’ from U.S. What does that mean?
Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe or for the United States.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Friedrich Merz, Germany's new conservative leader, says that Europe urgently needs "independence" from the United States. What would that actually mean? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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German election winner seeks ‘independence’ from U.S. What does that mean?
Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the U.S., step by step.” That won’t be easy, for Europe or for the United States.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
"Wolff’s reportorial style has caused consternation in the past — his narrative can sometimes veer into the improbably telepathic — but what could be more appropriate for a president who exists in an alternate reality?" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/b...
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Book Review: ‘All or Nothing,’ by Michael Wolff
In “All or Nothing,” the Trump biographer shows that he is his favorite subject’s perfect twin.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The far-right AfD, backed by JD Vance and Elon Musk, took nearly 20 percent for second in the German federal elections Sunday, exit polls suggest. Mainstream parties plan to form a coalition without them // Kate Brady Bill Booth @mradamtaylor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Conservatives heading to victory in German election; far right surges
The Christian Democratic Union has won a plurality in the Bundestag, preliminary exit polls suggested Sunday, while the far-right AfD has come in second.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
NEW: Data analysis by @dfrlab.bsky.social and @algorithmwatch.bsky.social shows how Elon Musk's promotion of AfD on X ahead of Sunday's German election brought the far right party a massive new online audience. Read more here: wapo.st/3XyyZrh
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
NEW: Data analysis by @dfrlab.bsky.social and @algorithmwatch.bsky.social shows how Elon Musk's promotion of AfD on X ahead of Sunday's German election brought the far right party a massive new online audience. Read more here: wapo.st/3XyyZrh
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Sweden to tighten gun laws, restrict AR-15-style rifles, after mass shooting that left 11 people dead, by @mradamtaylor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... via @washingtonpost.com #GunViolence #GunControl
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Sweden to tighten gun laws, restrict AR-15-style rifles, after mass shooting
Sweden is set to tighten its gun laws, including a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons, after a mass shooting that left 11 people dead.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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What is making Gaza ‘uninhabitable’? Unexploded bombs and more.
Trump says the destruction in Gaza means “no one can live there.” But experts say the enclave can be rebuilt without the mass displacement of all Palestinians.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"When targeting senior commanders in the group, the Israeli military authorized the killing of 'triple-digit numbers' of Palestinian civilians as 'collateral damage,' and maintained close real-time coordination with US officials regarding the expected casualty figures" www.972mag.com/tunnels-hama...
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Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel’s war on Gaza’s underground
The Israeli army decimated entire residential blocks with bunker-buster bombs to crush the passages below and flood them with lethal fumes.
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
POST EXCLUSIVE Tulsi Gabbard said under oath she didn’t know “until today” that a cleric she met in Syria threatened to unleash suicide bombers in the U.S. Documents from 2017 indicate she was told then @jonswaine.bsky.social and @ellenwapo.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Records undercut Tulsi Gabbard’s claim of ignorance on cleric’s views
Trump’s nominee for director of intelligence said, under oath, that she was not aware “until today” that a prominent cleric she met in Syria threatened to unleash suicide bombers in the United States....
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
PEPFAR-funded HIV clinics in Africa are still closed, despite a humanitarian waiver from Secretary Rubio to an all encompassing aid pause under the Trump admin. “Complete disruption,” says one advocate. wapo.st/3EcElRU
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Anti-HIV program in crisis as Trump aid pause sows confusion
The State Department issued a waiver for lifesaving aid, but HIV clinics remain shut and uncertainty lingers over the future of PEPFAR, which saved 25 million lives.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Many sudden and shocking health care developments this week. But this was a big one: The Trump administration on Friday paused funding for PEPFAR, the famed program to fight HIV/AIDS around the world. @mradamtaylor.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social Missy Ryan + a little help from me
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Funds for fight against HIV/AIDS paused in Trump aid freeze
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is credited with saving 25 million lives worldwide and has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Accidental Wes Anderson
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gazelle emami @gazelleemami.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
For our latest cover, a harrowing piece by @lilashapiro.bsky.social on the sexual assault allegations against Neil Gaiman www.vulture.com/article/neil...
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Account of Trump Jnrs visit to Greenland, from a local who filmed them for intentional news agencies washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/…
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Middle East Democracy Center @mideastdc.org · 13/01/2025
"Building production capabilities takes time & lots of funds—just look at the US struggles to increase capacity for globally needed munitions," MEDC's @sethbinder.bsky.social tells @mradamtaylor.bsky.social on Israel's push to produce heavy bombs domestically. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Israel moves to make heavy bombs, but U.S. reliance hard to shake, experts say
Israel said last week it would move to produce heavy bombs and raw materials for defense domestically, after learning “a central lesson from the war” in Gaza.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 09/01/2025
My @washingtonpost.com colleague Brianna Sacks, who's been reporting from the L.A. fires, says, "I just had to call and tell my dad his house is gone." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
I just had to call and tell my dad his house is gone. He barely grabbed anything when he evacuated. “My whole life is gone,” he said, stunned. I do this all the time with other people but to do it with my own father I can’t even describe how hard this is. 

This is his house.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Fun fact. The Washington Post still had more traffic than mass media sites like Yahoo News and Daily Mail in November, per @pressgazette.co.uk pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
RUSSIA PULLS BACK FROM ITS BASES IN SYRIA after fall of longtime client Assad, satellite imagery shows: Ships have already left Tartus; cargo planes were preparing to transport equipment from Hmeimim @mradamtaylor.bsky.social and @evanhill.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
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Russia packs up military assets in Syria; future of bases unclear
Russia used the air base in Hmeimim and naval base at Tartus to support Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s 13-year civil war. But now, Assad is gone.
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Joseph Kim @terpsicoreans.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The barricades that were built inside the National Assembly to block the soldiers from entering while parliament was working to pass the bill to nullify martial law
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Obama interviewed Angela Merkel for 1.5 hours in front of a sold out audience of 3,200 people at DC’s the Anthem venue tonight. Somehow, neither said the word “Trump” once. Biden and Putin not mentioned either. And the only person who said “Kamala” was a heckler.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Trump’s win has emboldened West Bank settlers wapo.st/3D4ECpp
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Trump win emboldens Israeli settlers seeking control of the West Bank
Israel’s extremist settlers see few barriers to their plans to rule the West Bank now that Trump is returning to the White House.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
What our friends in Moscow are saying about Trump's cabinet picks wapo.st/3CPd7Ac by @ilyushina.bsky.social
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The Russian guide to Trump’s Cabinet picks
Who’s good for Russia and who’s going to be a problem among Trump’s Cabinet choices according to Russian commentators.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Musk, Ramaswamy vow “mass head-count reduction” in federal government
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Musk, Ramaswamy vow ‘mass head-count reductions’ in U.S. government
The leaders of President-elect Donald Trump’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ outlined their efforts in a new Wall Street Journal editorial.
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The best line in every Say Nothing episode: “Gerry Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA or participating in any IRA-related violence”
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Adam Taylor @mradamtaylor.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Important reporting by my colleagues (gift link) wapo.st/3ACvR5r
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Gangs looting Gaza aid operate in areas under Israeli control, aid groups say
A U.N. memo obtained by The Post concluded that gangs “may be benefiting from a passive if not active benevolence” or “protection” from Israel’s military.
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