The @washingtonpost.com won a Loeb Award for best international reporting last night for "The Money War," our 2024 series on unintended consequences of the massive rise in U.S. financial sanctions — great to celebrate with @jeffstein.bsky.social, @foianate.bsky.social, @federicacocco.bsky.social

Ramón Urías strikes out looking as the #Orioles leave the bases .loaded for the 3rd time in 4 innings. The O's have 10 hits. The Nats have 1 hit. Yet, the Orioles' lead is only 2-1 heading to the 5th.

Breaking: Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and his team used their personal Gmail accounts for work, including to handle sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems.

Goodbye to Gwen Robinson, Asia correspondent extraordinaire, doyenne of FT oped editors, a one-person nuclear power plant, and a true & beloved friend to so many people all over the world. FT's obituary free to read here. enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/3de26...

First pitch from Albert Suárez at 1:06 p.m. is a ball. Second pitch is a groundout to shortstop Gunnar Henderson, who throws out Nick Gonzales for the out.

The Washington Post obituary of my dear friend Tim Curran, who has left us much too soon www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

'A confident Democratic Party would ask, “Who elected Elon Musk?” It seems an act of will not to make that a rallying cry. When life gives you a Bond villain, make Bond-villain lemonade.' My column. on.ft.com/3WK5gLe

Another WaPo scoop: The highest-ranking career official at Treasury will exit after a rift with Musk allies over access to a sensitive payment system used to disburse trillions of dollars every year. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

FT: Satellite images examined by U.S. intelligence show a 1,500-acre construction site southwest of Beijing with deep holes that military experts assess will house hardened bunkers to protect military leaders during conflict—including nuclear war. www.ft.com/content/f376...

No more college football on TV…but I’ve got an idea on what to watch instead: ME! On @stephruhle.bsky.social’s big #MSNBC show in about 45 minutes. Tune in! 👇

Ohio State may have won the national championship, but good to see @umichfball.bsky.social is still living rent-free in Ryan Day’s head. From @theathletic.bsky.social:

All I can say about this Peter Thiel op-ed in the Financial Times is that it reads like something he actually wrote. No comms team or AI chatbot is capable of producing this strange paranoid string of sentences www.ft.com/content/a46c...

Barolo, Barbaresco, and the Langhe region evokes timeless Italian wine-making traditions. In reality, Langhe wineries rely on an army of undocumented migrant workers toiling in poor conditions to produce their prized wines, as I learned. via @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4fUUetB

The Orioles issued the following statement on the death of former pitcher Brian Matusz

My colleague @spiegelpeter.bsky.social and I discuss McConnell,military capacity and Trump in Swamp notes; Are ‘national security Republicans’ prepping for a Trump-sized fight? on.ft.com/3P4lZ7U

JUST IN (#Syria) via @financialtimes.com's Felicia Schwartz: "#Biden is sending top diplomats to #Damascus to meet Abu Mohammed al- #Jolani, the leader of the Islamist rebels who toppled Syria’s dictator Bashar al- #Assad but are designated a terrorist group by the US." www.ft.com/content/f150...

Scoop: New records obtained by The Washington Post show how US taxpayers have spent $30 million maintaining a Russian oligarch’s yacht Expenditures include: flights, groceries, toilet brushes, docking fees and more Effort has yielded just $6M for Ukraine www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

NEW amazing visual reconstruction of what happened in Amsterdam between Israeli soccer fans, locals and police. "How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam" -- by The @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

The LA Times is reporting that LA's Deputy Mayor for Public Safety was caught calling in a bomb threat against city hall. WTF? www.latimes.com/california/s...

"For the past number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds about the best path forward for #Canada." Youch. Quite the resignation letter.

For those who don't follow East Asian geopolitics, this is a black eye for Biden as he departs. Korean-Japanese detente has been one of Biden's signature foreign policy accomplishments, and Yoon stuck his neck out to join hands with Tokyo despite domestic resistance. Now he goes and does this...

Why watch a low-scoring #Broncos-#Browns game when you can hear me and @petersgoodman.bsky.social duke it out over Trump’s economic “diplomacy”? Coming up in a couple hours on @stephruhle.bsky.social’s big show on #MSNBC.

A tip of the hat to whoever gave 7-5 #Michigan a single vote in the new AP poll. Dare I suggest a secret #GoBlue Head amongst the voters? Not that I'm complaining... #OhioStateFootball

The only previous time an unranked Michigan team beat an AP-ranked Ohio State team in Columbus was in 1950 (Ohio State was No. 8, lost 9-3), per ESPN Research. Wow.

Ryan Day vs. Michigan: 1-4 Ryan Day vs. rest of Big Ten: 44-1

Unbelievable that #China's new defense minister, #DongJun, has been placed under investigation for corruption after replacing his still-missing predecessor, #LiShangfu (the third consecutive serving or former defence minister to be investigated for alleged corruption) www.ft.com/content/6414...

Germany has fallen.

Another midnight air-raid in Kyiv. Drones incoming, explosions and flashes of anti-aircraft fire in the distance.

🚨 NEW: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has charged taxpayers £371 for subscriptions to The Economist and The Financial Times since March

The Orioles are searching for a part-time mascot in Sarasota, Florida. Your time has arrived: www.teamworkonline.com/baseball-job...

Just to flag: the great FT US managing editor @spiegelpeter.bsky.social - Le chef americain - is now on here

Once again, Putin rattled his nuclear saber. But this time the reaction in Washington was just short of a yawn as officials dismissed his new doctrine as the nothingburger of nuclear threats, writes David Sanger www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...