The most patriotic thing you can do is hold your government accountable.

Trump heads to Nevada and Arizona this week to try for an economic reset as the Iran war spikes prices. Republican campaign officials tell me & @reuters.com they worry the GOP has already lost the affordability argument ahead of the midterms. 🔗: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

How do I keep track of everything in the Trump administration's budget? I make giant, searchable data tables like this. And then I mine them for story ideas. See something in here you think I should dig into? I want to hear about it: [email protected], or jacobbogage.87 securely on Signal.

🧵Missed diagnoses, delayed treatment and poor medical care are driving record deaths in ICE custody. @kolyncheang.bsky.social and I spent months investigating the deaths of ICE detainees across the US. Over and over again, we found lapses in treatment that proved fatal.

👀 Catholic Republican members of Congress are about to get asked if they renounce the head of their own church, or if they break with a Republican president.

In the span of one month, President Trump has sarcastically remarked “Praise be to Allah,” and attacked the head of the Catholic Church — who happens to be a U.S. citizen.

Week one at the White House for @reuters.com.

“A whole civilization will die tonight,” Trump declares.

📬 REUTERS EXCLUSIVE: Amazon reaches a multi-billion dollar deal with USPS on package deliveries Amazon had previously threatened to pull its parcels from USPS and build a rival delivery network, which would have been an existential crisis for the post office. www.reuters.com/business/ret...

Today is the day! It’s my first day at @reuters.com covering the White House and economy. Drop me a line. My new email is [email protected]. I had a really nice break. Time to get back to work.

Trump once again declares an intent to attack civilian infrastructure in Iran, namely bridges and power plants.

🎥 Donald Trump posts a video that appears to show the aftermath of a U.S. attack on civilian infrastructure in Iran.

When does thinking about your own family become “pronatalism”? Most Americans are concerned about *over*population, per a new YouGov poll. And a plurality simultaneously want more kids. My lunch with a toddler this weekend sent me down a rabbit hole.

🚨 Trump declares the U.S. will attack civilian infrastructure in its war with Iran.

Keith, I really respect your work, but you’re being pedantic about something you know nothing about. I’m not going to argue with someone who is wrong on the internet. I’m really looking forward to your baseball coverage and I hope you have a great season.

Hi Keith! The difference between USPS and DoD is that USPS is set up *by law* to run like a business and even reports p/L through generally accepted accounting principles! DoD does not. Ideologically, many people view the agencies the same way. But by charter, they are different. Hope that helps!

I'm revving up the ol' reporting engine again before I start with @reuters.com next month. Best way to keep up with my work is my newsletter: jacobbogage.com. It's free -- I don't want your money -- and I promise not to spam you. I hope you'll join me!

📬 USPS tried to freak out Congress earlier this week. And you should be freaked out about the health of the Postal Service. But not for the reasons the postmaster general told Congress. From the newsletter (subscribe!):

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress My last story for WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

lol right on cue

⚾️ WBC thought: What a tremendously beautiful moment this should be for the U.S. Our national game has transcended the globe and even a country that’s endured what Venezuela has — politically, economically, and more — can embrace and help perfect it. How can you not be romantic about baseball?

Anddddd there it is.

World Baseball Classic title game will be the USA vs. the first country where Donald Trump attempted regime change, Venezuela.

What a scoop from old WaPo colleague @scottnover.bsky.social — and what a perfect photo choice. 🔗: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Not the most important thing, but: Iran was not going to win the World Cup, but Team Melli is a respectable side. They can be fun to watch. No. 20 in the world FIFA rankings. www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

🎾 Timeline cleanse. The happiest boy with his ball in his yard. This is Cash. He just turned 8. He’s the best pup to ever pup.

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Trump has shrugged off economic worries connected to his war on Iran. Then the price of oil spiked overnight. And he tried to shrug that off, too. 📮 New in the newsletter: Trump’s foreign policy chickens are coming home to an economic roost.

US Postal Service hiring restructuring advisers as it could run out of money in 2027 reut.rs/4uf86as

This is not the most important thing, but now I'm super curious: Why is the Declaration of Independence behind a curtain in the Oval Office?

📊 NEW Reuters poll: * 1 in 4 Americans approve of Trump’s attack on Iran * 55% say Trump has used too much military force in second term 🔗: www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

Trump and Cabinet members are back in the makeshift “situation room” at Mar-a-Lago for the Iran attack. White House photo via @reuters.com.

Trump’s last attempt at regime change was also run out of a makeshift SCIF at Mar-a-Lago.

I can’t decide my favorite scene! Fonda’s walk through the “apartment”? Reenacting the stabbing? When the jurors turn away from the racist rant? The farewell on the courthouse steps? Everything about is perfect.

If you turn your TV on now, you can catch the end of “12 Angry Men” on Turner Classic Movies. I can’t decide who gives the best performance in the picture (other than Henry Fonda). Gosh, it’s so good.

Zichronam l’bracha, Neil Sedaka — a national treasure, irrepressibly charming, and a generous entertainer and interview.

👀 The IRS may have broken the law 42,695 times — once for every person whose tax data it gave away to ICE. A judge ruled today she’d consider discovery to probe how the IRS and DHS constructed their data-sharing agreement and how it’s been implemented. New on the newsletter:

This is far from the most important thing, but the “Congressional Medal of Honor” does not exist. It is simply the “Medal of Honor.” In fact, since it is awarded by the president as commander-in-chief, Congress has *nothing* to do with it!

📈 REUTERS poll: More than 60% of Americans say Trump has "become erratic with age." That includes 30% of Republicans and a whopping 64% of *independents.* President Trump will turn 80 years old on June 14, with more than two years left in his second term.

📉 NEW WaPo poll: Mass disapproval of Trump ahead of state of the union

🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace." Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO. -- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social

🎉 Thrilled to share my next stop: I'm headed to @reuters.com to cover the White House and economic policy. I hope you'll follow me over there while you keep supporting my WaPo colleagues.

Folks, today is my last day at my beloved @washingtonpost.com. Best way to follow my work for now is my newsletter. Hope you’ll subscribe. We’ll have some fun.

Personal news — this is my last week at The Washington Post. My next destination is settled, and I’ll share more soon. Until then, subscribe to the newsletter for the right amount of Bogage in your life. And please keep supporting The Post.

The stories weren’t played together on A1, but they probably should’ve been. We’ve come a long way as a planet from the Arab spring days when tech bros touted themselves as harbingers of freedom.

On the newsletter -- How the IRS managed to spill thousands of the "wrong" people's confidential tax data to ICE. Subscribe (for free!), if you will. Let's keep in touch.

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BREAKING: The IRS files a declaration in federal court confirming our reporting.

🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources. It opens up HUGE liability for the US government. Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion. 🎁 Gift link:

This is not how appropriations work. Just because the funding expires, any policy in an appropriation remains in effect. This is a willful misunderstanding (or defiance) of a judicial order and a law of Congress.