Great visuals telling the story of Trump II's 1st 100 days www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.

The United States is “heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter, and we should start hunkering down,” Bill Ackman, a hedge fund billionaire who endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 candidacy, wrote on the social media site X on Sunday.

Great story on an overlooked angle to the gutting of the federal workforce: The public sector has been a key driver of Black wealth and refuge from the discrimination of the private sector. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

As a candidate last year, Trump promised “to unleash the power of American innovation” to super-charge U.S. scientific research.
 He’s instead unleashed cuts and chaos, researchers and scientists warn. Our look at the abrupt changes — and the consequences. With @dtkeating.bsky.social

Today, hundreds of our colleagues on the technology side of the company announced the formation of @wapotechguild.bsky.social (1)

Amazing visual view of America's evolving views on race www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

AND THE COUNTRY THAT HAS INSPIRED THE MOST U.S. PLACE NAMES — and it's not particularly close — is ... Turkey. No, @moriartymaps.com and @andrewvandam.bsky.social argue, really www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A federal lawsuit filed by a Social Security Administration chief of staff, until they were forced out in February, is the first in-depth public account from a high-ranking government executive of how Musk’s team is operating as it leads a downsizing of the federal government under President Trump.

FDA announces Jim Traficant as agency's new chief of staff, per agency email obtained by The Post.

DOGE brings U.S. Marshals to small federal agency that denied them access, sparking a federal lawsuit from the aid organization’s leader claiming DOGE officials are unauthorized to represent the agency. Via @briannatucker.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“We’re not going to harm our children or [risk] the potential to harm our children so that we can save yours,” says the mother of an unvaccinated Texas child who contracted measles. Her 7-year-old son recovered. But an otherwise healthy unvaccinated 6-year-old died of measles 80 miles away.

Elon Musk's businesses have received at least $38 billion in government funding, helping seed the growth that has made Musk the world’s richest person. From data reporters Emmanuel Martinez & @dtkeating.bsky.social and a great team: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

The men said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.

New Washington Post supercut: Trump officials once said Russia invaded Ukraine. Now they won't. youtube.com/shorts/eZFEF...

As a hard-news journalist at The Washington Post, there's no shortage of important news to cover. I will keep digging in. As I've stated before: Nothing changes. We ask hard questions and hold those in power to account. That's the job, whether those in power like it or not.

Someone got $38 billion in government funding.

A child in Texas has died of measles, the first confirmed fatality in the state’s worst outbreak in three decades, state health officials said Wednesday.

Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.

Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

My colleagues and I have been working to break news + write stories holding powerful people accountable. These are the top stories on our homepage right now, one of which I worked on. Our newsroom work is continuing. No one has ever told me what to write. If that changes, I’d speak out and leave.

Using my “personal liberties” to repost this

I stand by my work and that of my amazing Post News colleagues. I work to uncover the truth in service of the public. If that ever changes, you will hear from me. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This is on the opinion side. On the news side, we will continue rigorous reporting. Send secure tips on Pentagon contracting — including Blue Origin, AWS, SpaceX and others — on Signal at alexhorton.85 or [email protected]

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

Wanted to echo @jeffstein.bsky.social here. my work has always been about keeping the public informed and holding the powerful to account. That has not changed. If it does, you’ll hear it from me. And no you can’t yell at me to “learn to code” because coding is already my job.

WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service claimed this week to have saved an estimated $55 billion through a combination of layoffs, canceled contracts, lease renegotiations and other actions. But a list that it posted of contracts and leases suggests that number is inflated.

DOGE claims don't stand up - check it out www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... w @abtran.bsky.social @rachellerman.bsky.social @jonswaine.bsky.social

The DOGE site initially listed the original version of a contract from FPDS with a higher $8 billion amount, when the more updated version showed only $8 million. They updated it. But we found 80 other instances of DOGE linking to earlier modified versions when newer versions exist. wapo.st/3DcnJcP

Will be covering RFK Jr.’s HHS and his impact on the nation’s health — reach out any time with tips, thoughts and insights. My email is [email protected] and my signal to talk confidentially is below: signal.me#eu/T6C56m5PP...

The Post's 3D reconstruction of the midair collision explores some of the factors, unfolding in seconds, that may have led to disaster. Free to read link: wapo.st/4htyTJf

THE VIEW FROM THE HELICOPTER from flight data, air traffic control communications, pilot interviews @imogenpiper.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social @megkelly.bsky.social @to-be-frank.bsky.social Irfan Uraizee @abtran.bsky.social @samueloakford.bsky.social wapo.st/4b7Iymw

Congress has 28 days to dodge a government shutdown, and the House and Senate will only be in session together for 11 of them.

Hegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec on overseas trip www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Results from prior rounds of steel tariffs (in this case, GWBush's): "upstream steel tariffs have highly persistent negative impacts on the competitiveness of U.S. downstream industry exports." economics.princeton.edu/wp-content/u...

UPDATE: CDC restored the page listing vaccine-specific recommendations Saturday morning, our story is updated. @dtkeating.bsky.social @fenitn.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social

Leaders of Springfield, Ohio, and residents are suing a neo-Nazi group for allegedly orchestrating attacks against supporters of Haitian immigrants.

The Trump administration is stiffing farmers www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with protecting against unfair, deceptive or predatory practices by large financial institutions. It is an independent federal government agency headquartered in Washington. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A health board’s ban on coronavirus shots in its Idaho clinics offers a glimpse of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Venezuelans in the Miami suburb of Doral have been some of President Trump’s biggest proponents. Many feel betrayed after he revoked temporary protected status for thousands.

What...does any of this mean www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...

The aid cut doesn’t just put millions of lives at risk, analysts say: It endangers national security, the economy and the global humanitarian system, and pushes partners toward China and Russia @catebrown.bsky.social @dtkeating.bsky.social Dylan Moriarty report www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

[email protected] demanded to meet DOGE's MuskRats @EPA but security blocked him.“Thousands of EPA projects worth tens of billions of dollars have been illegally shut down, shut off and shut out of funding in red and blue states alike.” @dtkeating.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

When a week of jubilation turned tragic, generations of figure skaters discovered something new about the nature of their sport.

This Idaho health district banned its public health clinics from giving out the covid vaccine. It's a preview of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America My latest @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Staffed by more than 30 engineers, lawyers and others — many with ties to Musk’s companies — DOGE and its allies have rattled the federal workforce.