Teamed up with the great @meganmesserly.bsky.social to bring you the untold story of how Trump's first term health officials convinced him to back an ambitious plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030...and how the policies he embraced in his second term destroyed the hopes of meeting that goal.

Absolute banger of an investigation by @mayakaufman.bsky.social and her co-reporters here!

my latest @consumerreports.org investigation is based on months of reporting and 120+ lab tests of popular snacks over a third of the products had more additives / contaminants in 1 serving than what health agencies have identified as safe to consume daily 🧵 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Modabber used his personal PayPal account, which is registered to an email for a salad spot he co-founded, to send over $2.5 million to more than 800 people during the 14-month span. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

They make money whether you win or lose. They get paid to hype products whether you benefit or not. The FTC has rules but doesn’t enforce. “We are the media now” but ethics are secondary. I spoke to Politico for this story ab undisclosed influencer partnerships. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

EXCLUSIVE: A top Polymarket executive sent hundreds of thousands of dollars — and likely more — to social media influencers from left to right. One influencer says Polymarket wrote posts for them to share on X and asked them to promote specific bets.

Polymarket is paying some of social media’s biggest political influencers

NEWS: New York is doling out $1.5 billion+ in new funding to the politically influential health care industry, while offering no direct assistance to ~1.5 million people expected to lose low-cost insurance coverage due to H.R.1. It's all in the very late budget deal nearing completion this week.

Former @1199seiu.org President George Gresham died this morning after a long illness. The union, which represents about 450,000 health care workers, has long been a titan in New York state politics thanks to a close partnership with @gnyha.org. .

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

A man died by suicide after he was abruptly moved out of a Manhattan shelter as part of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to turn it into an intake center for homeless people requesting beds, I report for @politico.com today. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

I teamed up w/ @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social to uncover how the former mayor stashed allies in obscure govt roles. A director of Adams' mysterious innovation office briefly got a DOT gig. An ex-aide tied to a domestic violence cover-up scandal is at Criminal Justice. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Mamdani administration has continued to quietly purge Eric Adams’ allies from NYC government

Mamdani's team has found and fired some of them, including Denise Felipe-Adams & Lisa Lashley. But at least one prominent Adams ally, David Johnson, remains in government thanks to the 11th hour staff transfers. Breaking it all down w/ @mayakaufman.bsky.social: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

New: Several loyal aides to ex-Mayor Eric Adams were shifted into high-paying jobs in obscure corners of NYC's government at the very tail end of his term in an apparent effort to hide them from the Mamdani administration's staff purges. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

The dark money group fighting NYC’s new health insurance plan

NEWS: An advocacy group suing New York City over a new health insurance plan is backed by at least $1.4 million in dark money from two pass-through organizations with no phone number and the same Virginia address. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

NEW: Employees at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s office at 125 Worth St. in Manhattan say their workplace is plagued with mice and cockroaches — not to mention, the waste they leave behind... www.politico.com/newsletters/...

The fallout from the Epstein files has created a mini hiring boom for elite lawyers. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Former Mayor Eric Adams moved B-HEARD fully under the purview of NYC Health + Hospitals several weeks before leaving office: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... Mamdani's executive order explicitly rejects that change, keeping B-HEARD as a joint effort with FDNY EMS.

When influencer Peter Attia was hiring for a head of patient experience in 2017, he prioritized one specific qualification: “Be. Fucking. Awesome.” He found an unlikely candidate through Jeffrey Epstein — a foreign-born model he met at Epstein's mansion. Via @politico.com:

Emails suggest wellness influencer Peter Attia had a deeper relationship with Epstein than previously reported. Their interactions all unfolded years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for child prostitution, requiring him to register as a sex offender.

NEW @politico.com: Longevity influencer Peter Attia had a deeper relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than he publicly acknowledged last month. - He asked Epstein for patient referrals - He met a foreign-born model through Epstein, whom he interviewed for a job www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Hella story with new reporting in Politico on #Epstein’s role in Peter Attia’s rise to concierge & TV doctor Kudos @mayakaufman.bsky.social for her important piece: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

One-third of Americans skip meals or other needs to afford health care www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

At New York-Presbyterian, 3,099 union members voted down a tentative deal and 867 voted "yes." Montefiore and Mount Sinai nurses approved new contracts and will end their strike.

A breaking news update on the NYSNA nurses strike… Mount Sinai and Montefiore have tentative deals. More details to come.

‘Anything is possible’: How Jeffrey Epstein received special treatment at one of the country’s elite hospitals www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

In 2019, Mount Sinai said it gave the amount received from Epstein to an internal program and a charity "focused on preventing human trafficking and sexual exploitation." It still hasn't identified this charity — or confirmed how much Epstein gave in total. We tallied at least $250K...

NEW: A look at how Jeffrey Epstein’s tremendous wealth and connections opened doors at a prestigious New York City hospital — from a 24/7 hotline for the "board and donor community" to house calls. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Tune in to WAMU's @the1a.org at 11am today to hear me discuss the @nynurses.bsky.social strike in New York City. the1a.org/segments/tho...

NEWS: @mayor.nyc.gov names @alisterfmartin.bsky.social as the next commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Martin is an ER doctor known for spearheading a national campaign, "Vot-ER," to register patients to vote. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

New from me today: An ongoing insurance dispute at Mount Sinai could leave thousands of striking nurses out-of-network for care at their own workplace, even after they have a new union contract in hand. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

New from me today: An ongoing insurance dispute at Mount Sinai could leave thousands of striking nurses out-of-network for care at their own workplace, even after they have a new union contract in hand. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

NEWS: @governor.ny.gov has extended her executive order temporarily loosening licensing rules for health care workers due to the @nynurses.bsky.social strike. It was set to expire tomorrow and now runs through Feb. 2. www.governor.ny.gov/executive-or...

Well before nearly 15,000 nurses across NYC went on strike this week, tensions were already high. @nynurses.bsky.social discovered Mount Sinai had changed the locks to its on-site offices... Lots of new reporting in this one on the NYSNA nurses strike ⤵️ www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

At the @nynurses.bsky.social picket line, @mayor.nyc.gov Zohran Mamdani said the strike raises the question of "who deserves to benefit" from the complicated and costly U.S. health care system. “There is no shortage of wealth in the health care industry," he said. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

New York does not appear to have fined any health insurers for inaccurate provider directories since Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new regulation to “eliminate so-called ‘ghost networks,’" @maxblau.bsky.social reports.

BREAKING: @nynurses.bsky.social announces the start of the "largest nurse strike in New York City history," with nearly 15,000 nurses walking out this morning at Montefiore, New York-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai facilities.

One individual briefed on the negotiations told POLITICO there has been so little back and forth on core economic issues, such as wages, that they believe a strike appears increasingly inevitable. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

BREAKING: @nynurses.bsky.social announces full, tentative contract agreements with 4 safety-net hospitals where they previously rescinded strike notices. - Interfaith (part of One Brooklyn Health) - Kingsbrook Jewish (part of One Brooklyn Health) - Flushing Hospital - Maimonides

NEWS: Nurses at 5 hospitals in New York City have called off a potential strike as they settle new @nynurses.bsky.social contracts. - Interfaith (part of One Brooklyn Health) - Kingsbrook Jewish (part of One Brooklyn Health) - Maimonides - Wyckoff Heights - Richmond University Medical Center

The New York State Department of Health @nysdoh.bsky.social announces the state is experiencing the highest number of flu hospitalizations (4,546) recorded in a single week. That's 1,000 more flu hospitalizations than the prior week.

Lots of Eric Adams political obits landing this week as his one term as NYC's mayor comes to an end. But you really should read this by my POLITICO colleague Joe Anuta. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign a bill expanding New York's legal protections for gender-affirming care providers and patients, @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social tells POLITICO Pro. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

NEW: In an interview w/ me, new chair of ACIP says they are planning to vote on ending practice of vaccinating all newborns for hepatitis B and to examine whether childhood immunization schedule is behind rise of allergies and autoimmune disorders. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

RELEASE: NewsGuild journalists are sounding the alarm – media companies are undermining public trust with unethical AI in the newsroom. Today, we launch #NewsNotSlop, a national campaign kicking off a Week of Action on AI, December 1–5. newsguild.org/release-stan...

A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI. Our readers deserve news, not slop! wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...