‬ The day Alex Pretti was shot, right-wing influencers and Republicans called him a "domestic terrorist" on social media. But two days later, tone had shifted: the same group was calling his killing a "tragedy". Video evidence made the difference, per our timeline (🎁 link) wapo.st/4qHFxA5

This was a common frustration point for ICE public affairs, per the internal chat messages we obtained, given they were also trying to sloganeer the idea they were targeting the "Worst of the Worst." They scrambled to find ways to insinuate the detainees were bad people anyway wapo.st/49JTkjQ

This declaration from WaPo journalist Hannah Natanson describing what the FBI took is utterly devastating. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Caller from AR asks about how to get “whole foods” in food deserts and Means responds with: “Just to confirm your question is how can lower income Americans possibly not poison their kids” and “well, ma’am, I think American mothers don’t want to be poisoning their kids”

The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)

It’s such an honor to work in the same newsroom as @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, her incredible coverage of federal workers this year has been nothing short of inspiring. I stand with her 100%. Everyone should read her piece on the toll this work can take: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I stand with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, a terrific reporter whose excellent coverage speaks for itself.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home. The reporter covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most high-profile and sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

More than a third of the Agriculture Department’s food inspectors left government last year. But ICE's employee counts are way up. @merylkornfield.bsky.social and I dove into the newly released federal workforce data — here's what it shows. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kids back to school today? It's a good time to check on how protected they are from measles. In a massive effort, @caitlingilbert.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & @moriartymaps.com collected vaccination data from ~46,000 public + private schools in the US. You can search it here:

EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

The @washingtonpost.com still sharing our data and how we did the work while other newsrooms pull back. Check out the gathered data on Github #opendata #reproducibility #transparency bsky.app/profile/cait...

@nymag.com @alexshultz.bsky.social reporting that while Eleanor Holmes Norton has been showing steep signs of mental decline, she is suddenly loaning a large amount of money to her campaign — which only pays her campaign manager / treasurer / confidant and one adviser. nymag.com/intelligence...

OU still sucks #hookem

Love the methodology box behind this College Football Happiness Rankings story wapo.st/49iK71p

A sign of Donald Trump's attempts to dramatically expand presidential authority: he's used executive orders -- bypassing Congress and traditional legislative action -- more this year than he did in his entire first term. From @ence.bsky.social @emilydavies.bsky.social & @cqzakrz.bsky.social:

Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart www.economist.com/christmas-sp...

For years, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has fended off rivals who’ve portrayed him as a “trust fund baby” by presenting himself as an advocate for the working class. Now, he is using that strategy for what could be his most ambitious political endeavor yet.

While previous administrations have included the ultrarich, the wealth held by this group is larger than even the first Trump administration, previously the wealthiest in U.S. history. Here’s who they are.

Love this @jeremybmerrill.com @fox.computer piece mapping TikTok's brain, especially the tool they made to find a content theme's diametric opposite. People who like the "Fallout" games, for instance, aren't very interested in videos about having hair www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

Fact: Individual donors can give nearly 3,000% more to the national political parties today than they could during the 2010 election cycle when Citizens United helped usher in the super PAC era. Limit then: $69,900 per cycle Limit today: $2.1 million per cycle

NEW: Our look at one of the most important players in the school choice debate: Jeff Yass, the billionaire funding campaigns across the country and in his home state of PA. Got a chance to talk with him at length and he had lots of provocative things to say 1/x www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

if you found this piece insightful, you'll want to read these (all 🎁!) - how we got here: wapo.st/4rELTkO - how Americans feel about it: wapo.st/4pp0xuW - how Soros changed American criminal justice: wapo.st/4avH2Mu ... and our latest, how a billionaire is changing American schools: wapo.st/4iOU6Ph

“The more they attack, the more I give," billionaire Jeff Yass told @laurameckler.bsky.social Our latest piece on the political influence of billionaires dives into Yass's influence on school vouchers, TikTok, and basically every election in Pennsylvania. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This is fine.gif The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. From @ence.bsky.social @bethreinhard.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com & Naftali Bendavid: Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

it would indeed seem that elites are capturing much of our politics

In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections. Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:

Chart of the decade, from a new blockbuster reportage on how billionaires took over American politics www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

And a "who's who" of the top 20 billionaires influencing American politics from @ence.bsky.social & @erxclau.me www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Our data, analyzed by @washingtonpost.com, shows giving from the 100 wealthiest Americans has risen 140x since 2000. In 2024 they accounted for 7.5% of federal election spending - $1 of every $13. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... @bethreinhard.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com

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...

You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined

If you care about D.C. or journalism or local control, read this. | Behind the scenes of the D.C. mayor’s battle to keep Trump at bay wapo.st/43thCLr

So so excited to welcome the very talented @chrishacker.me to @wpdatateam.bsky.social!! Chris is our team's newest hire, joining us as a computational journalist embedded on the national desk. 🙌

SANDWICH GUY AVOIDS TOASTER

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

quite a chart from WashPost www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Spanberger ran up wild margins in the DC/Richmond suburbs, flipped 6 Trump counties, and cut her losses in the rest of the state — some SWVA counties moved 15-20 points to her compared to 2021 gov's race. My first election results for @washingtonpost.com ! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Dems in Array

President Trump has sought to portray Zohran Mamdani as the face of an extremist opposition, while Mamdani’s vow to resist Trump has helped unify Democrats against a common foe.

Most Americans think Trump has gone too far in asserting executive power. Numbers for Guard deployment are some of the worst for Trump. Via @sfcpoll.bsky.social and the Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

The great @dtkeating.bsky.social is retiring after 25+ years as a data reporter at the Post. He published his last story today, and true to form, it was a banger. With reporting from @arianaec.bsky.social, @lmelgar.bsky.social & Jahi Chikwendiu: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The largest U.S. law firms have been far less likely to challenge President Trump’s policies than they were during his first term, and smaller firms are carrying much more of the burden of high-stakes legal challenges, according to a Post analysis.

My latest, on a man who supported the war in Afghanistan, came to the U.S. legally, applied for asylum, had two kids, became a bookkeeper, bought an American flag bumper sticker. Then ICE arrested him. If he's deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him. wapo.st/49aGaw2

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

How America’s favorite sports bet is fueling sportsbook profits Parlays are becoming more popular, accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Post analysis of betting data. Bettors lose billions a year on these bets. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...

This story is fantastic, important and difficult to execute -- proud of my colleagues @caitlingilbert.bsky.social @richardsima.bsky.social , Leslie Shapiro, @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...

Three different people at my bus stop this morning were reading this column... and one guy had a printout of Sietsema's latest piece on appetizers in DC. Impact!