New: They survived a Cybertruck crash. Then a fire killed them. Tesla has marketed its trucks as seemingly impenetrable — bulletproof, with shatter-resistant glass and able to contain blasts. What happens if those same features trap people inside? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Inside the federal government as Trump and DOGE pushed it past its breaking point in 2025, as told by some of the more than 1,200 federal workers @hannahnatanson.bsky.social and @merylkornfield.bsky.social have spoken to this year

"congratulations to President Kennedy"

The Trump administration's strikes on boats off the coast of Venezuela emerged from Stephen Miller's early inquiries about missile strikes on drug cartels in Mexico -- after Mexican authorities curbed drug activity there www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Spend your lunch break with this extraordinary journalism from the @washingtonpost.com Metro staff: An intimate look at the effects of Trump's federal surge on one community that illuminates its larger implications for D.C. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...

“Trump is speaking so fast he seems panicked,” supporter Trisha Hope posted online. “I’ve never seen him like this, and I have attended 42 of his rallies.”

Lazy Sunday left such a gargantuan footprint, few remember that the same episode featured this absolute banger from Robert Smigel and friends:

All I wanted for Chanukah was C-SPAN on YouTubeTV and now I have it

Son just finished watching "Stranger Things" season 4 last night, but he agreed to hold off on season 5 (which I haven't seen any of yet) so I can edit live coverage of Trump speech tonight — truly an amazing sacrifice on his part so I can bring you the news

Stadium-Armory was not even always ideal for D.C. United game-day crowds at RFK, I think this is an understatement

Trump administration lawyers admitted in court filings that they specifically targeted blue states for energy grant cuts during the government shutdown

📦 USPS announces it is moving forward with a reverse auction for access to its package delivery network, confirming a key aspect of my scoop.

Ahmed El Ahmed A good guy without a gun www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

wapo.st/48V6Jni marketing gift link for my colleague’s story.

My inability to resist clicking on the absolute worst posts on Threads and X, guaranteeing that the algorithms keep serving more of them up to me, has finally made both of those networks virtually unusable now, maybe I should just delete

The White House has put up barriers around the ballroom construction, and told government workers not to share photos without permission. So if we’re taking our own pictures, they have to be from distance. (I say that as someone who has tried, too, and snapped this from the Washington Monument.)

Oh come on

The Trinity Rule

(a) This party was, indeed, fun for the roughly 2 minutes I was there before I had to leave to edit a scoop (b) I have realized that I like scoops more than I like parties

President Donald Trump is expected to direct federal agencies to pursue reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III substance through an upcoming executive order, six people familiar with the discussions tell @jacobbogage.bsky.social and @ddiamond.bsky.social

The face values for the CHEAPEST tickets in the FIFA lottery for next year's World Cup matches are ... maybe good data points for the debate over whether "affordability" is a hoax

I feel like I'm SUPPOSED to react to this recipe the way the internet reacted to "put peas in your guacamole," but really, I can't bring myself to complain about "put pickles in your latkes"

ICE will spend nearly $140 million to buy its own fleet of six Boeing 737s to deport immigrants, Marianne LeVine and @jacobbogage.bsky.social report: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Suboptimal www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"there's a new serif in town"

Imagine not only being criticized by Sepp Blatter but Sepp Blatter again being right

We may not get a match here but we do have a Kia with the World Cup logo on K Street

NEW: More than 80% of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during Trump’s federal law enforcement surge this year had no criminal convictions or charges, new data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime. w/ Emmanuel Martinez wapo.st/4iC8oCR

🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival. It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy. USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.

Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.” Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

SCOOP: For the Trump admin's Sept. 2 strike targeting 11 men on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs, SecDef Hegseth gave an order, officials say, to kill them all. When two men were still alive, orders were given to strike again, finishing them off. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...

What’s the problem with ducks?

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? I’m toast.

I've wanted to work on a story using cookbook data for years. finally it happened! @bonnieberkowitz.bsky.social and I published a quiz this morning on all the weird stuff people put in your favorite recipes using data from Cookshelf/@eatyourbooks.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/food/interac...

Bill Cassidy told me earlier this month that he planned to hold a hearing to help find a path forward on health care costs, as ACA subsidy cliff looms. That hearing has just been announced — even as GOP scrambles to figure out what to do next, after White House’s stumbles this week.

There's a disagreement between the president and the White House ballroom architect over how big the ballroom should be. You'll have to click here to figure out which one is taking which side. wapo.st/4prs3HI

Page One, WAPO: The going rate for a Trump pardon? About $1 million. @washingtonpost.com

A Wash Post review found instances of parents arrested near campuses in at least 10 states so far this year. Actions near campuses—which include shooting a man, releasing tear gas and engaging in a car chase—have prompted lockdowns. @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Come with me to Lander, Wyo. to meet Bill, Lee and Barb. They were supposed to be retired from the Forest Service. But they're back as volunteers — driving 100s of miles a week, cleaning 5 bathrooms a day — determined to protect forests Trump abandoned. wapo.st/4r4727z

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

A fascinating bit here is that Summers was wrong, as this story notes: "His predictions were wrong: The annual inflation rate dipped below 3 percent by the end of Biden’s term without a recession."

That this is happening now says so much more about Washington (etc) than about him, since he has been clearly telling us about himself for decades

The decline and fall of Larry Summers's Acela corridor empire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

1) @washingtonpost.com reported Thursday on a controversial policy downgrading how nooses and swastikas are labeled in the Coast Guard. 2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap." 3) The CG said it would review policy language. 4) The CG reversed course.

“The changes came only after the White House and Department of Homeland Security had falsely claimed The Post’s reporting was inaccurate, with DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin calling the story “fake crap.”” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Federal prosecutors interviewed a witness today in connection with the allegations of mortgage fraud against Sen. Adam Schiff — except they mostly seemed curious about Bill Pulte and Ed Martin's actions, not Schiff's www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Fantastic design and graphics work to show off gorgeous photos from Wyoming on this great @hannahnatanson.bsky.social story about how retired Forest Service volunteers are filling gaps left by the Trump administration's staff cuts www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...