Judge Friedman asked both NYT and DOD to submit proposed orders for a summary judgment ruling. The gov't declined, saying the press policy is "constitutional and not arbitrary and capricious." The NYT submitted a proposed order to strike parts of the policy it thinks are illegal.

Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz sent this note to staffers today after a federal judge found that Kari Lake has been unlawfully running USAGM, VOA’s parent agency.

It's been nearly one year since Trump issued an order to dismantle USAGM and Kari Lake placed employees on leave and fired contractors. Today, a judge found she's been running the agency illegally and found her decisions, including a RIF, null and void. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

>> Breaking: A federal judge just ruled Kari Lake unlawfully ran the U.S. Agency for Global Media, voiding her actions including mass layoffs of hundreds of employees. Story to come for the @washingtonpost.com.

The New York Times is back in D.C. federal district court tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. in its case against the Defense Department. Both the Times and the government will deliver oral arguments on their respective motions for summary judgment.

Regular reminder: If there's anything going on in your news organization that I should know about, I'm reachable at scottnover.99 on Signal.

“It’s impossible for news outlets to resist playing up the immediacy of an exclusive interview with a president in the midst of battle, no matter how pedestrian his comments may be. This tactic allows Trump to be everywhere all at once..." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“I think to them it feels legitimately like a betrayal on a fundamental tenet of Trumpism,” said Matthew Dallek, a professor at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

“I was booking my trip to Courchevel,” the French Alps ski resort, he said jokingly to The Washington Post. “Then they changed the rules … and everybody got screwed.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Trump has been on a media offensive since the Iran strikes, using short "exclusive" calls with mainstream outlets to make his points without cross-examination (Washington Post) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

"Mark Feldstein, a journalism professor at the University of Maryland, said the array of direct interviews offers Trump an opportunity to relay his talking points without being subjected to a cross-examination." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Since the Iran strike, President Donald Trump has taken calls from a long list of reporters — a deliberate media strategy during a consequential moment in his second term. My latest with @liamjscott.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: Donald Trump will attend this year's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, ending a boycott that began at the beginning of his first term in office. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

>> HBO Max and Paramount+ will merge into one streaming service, David Ellison told investors on a Monday morning call. New from me and @ethanbeck2003.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...

Hegseth and Caine will brief the Pentagon’s largely right-wing press corps Monday morning at 8 a.m. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

At the 184-year-old Cleveland Plain Dealer, a top editor’s push to let AI draft news articles is boosting traffic — and spooking staffers. My latest with @willoremus.com: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Cleveland's top newspaper is "removing writing from some reporters' workloads" by using AI to draft articles. We dove into what drove the paper's editor to do that, how it's going and what the paper's human reporters think about it. wapo.st/4aX44e1 w/ @scottnover.bsky.social

At a Cleveland newspaper, reporters assigned to the suburbs “are now expected to file four stories a day with the help of AI.” Also: one reporter “said they were caught off guard when their annual performance review indicated insufficient AI use.” Gift link wapo.st/4aX44e1

Breaking>> Netflix is OUT on Warner Bros. Discovery, paving the way for Paramount Skydance to buy the entire company. It's a deal with massive implications for both Hollywood and the news industry. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Voice of America’s recent Iran coverage hardly mentions Reza Pahlavi, the country’s best-known dissident. Some critics are accusing it of censorship. My latest for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Voice of America’s recent Iran coverage hardly mentions Reza Pahlavi, the country’s best-known dissident. Some critics are accusing it of censorship. My latest for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW >> Longevity guru Peter Attia is stepping down as a CBS News contributor weeks after he got the job. The Justice Department recently released hundreds of previously undisclosed emails between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Another gorgeous dispatch from the Olympics — on a tattoo and what it represents — from Rick Maese www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...

“60 Minutes” is airing Anderson Cooper’s South Africa piece Sunday, less than a week after he announced he would leave the CBS program. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Atlantic has moved the disclosure on Elizabeth Bruenig’s measles essay to the top of the piece. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Alysa Liu became the prodigal daughter of American figure skating Thursday night, carving a most circuitous path to winning the Olympic gold medal, breaking a 24-year drought, and fulfilling what so many U.S. figure skating officials prayed would one day, somehow, be her destiny."

U.K.-based Caffè Nero wins auction to buy Compass Coffee www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/02...

Four journalists, including AP freelancers, were detained in Cameroon on Tuesday while reporting on migrants deported there by the Trump administration. They were released, but their devices were confiscated. w/ @maeganvaz.bsky.social + @liamjscott.bsky.social

I'll be on @wnyc.org with Brian Lehrer in 10 minutes. Talking Colbert, Talarico, FCC, and more.

What Ozempic Taught Me About Style and Self-Worth @viajoshhunt.bsky.social www.gq.com/story/what-o...

Hegseth invited Christian nationalist Doug Wilson to preach at Pentagon www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Updated: FCC Chair Brendan Carr defended the agency's involvement in CBS allegedly blocking Stephen Colbert's interview with James Talarico: "There was no censorship here at all." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Atlantic’s essay about a child’s measles death was gut-wrenching. Some readers felt deceived when they learned the family in question wasn’t real, the scenario a hypothetical. My latest for @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

CBS pushed back on Stephen Colbert's description of events and claimed it didn't prohibit the late-night host from airing an interview with James Talarico. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert rebuked his own network Monday, claiming that lawyers for Paramount Skydance blocked him from airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) over concerns it would violate the FCC’s equal time rule.

Stephen Colbert issued an on-air condemnation of his own network Monday night, claiming that CBS lawyers blocked an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico over FCC concerns. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Inbox: MS NOW will run a Crooked Media compilation show on Saturdays at 9 p.m.

Anderson Cooper is leaving 60 Minutes after a two-decade run at the newsmagazine. Cooper decided not to renew his CBS contract amid broader upheaval at the network under David Ellison and Bari Weiss. My latest for @washingtonpost.com:

He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.

A researcher skeptical of ‘Havana syndrome’ tested a secret weapon on himself www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The Richmond Free Press, a Black-owned weekly newspaper that has served Virginia’s capital city for more than three decades, announced that it is ceasing publication, citing a collapse in advertising revenue that made the paper unsustainable.

The Richmond Free Press, a Black newspaper in the former capital of the Confederacy, is closing. “Each week our advertising lineage has diminished. Yet the quality remains,” the publisher wrote. “Is it racism? Is the Free Press no longer relevant?” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Learning a little something about "twizzles."

Inbox: The New Yorker is hiring Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld.

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In a new court document, USAGM's acting director of human resources explains the many different titles that Kari Lake has held over the past year. The declaration says that Lake was only Acting CEO from July 31 to Nov. 19 and is now Deputy CEO again. (There's no CEO afaik.)

Joe is a legend. I'll read him at whatever publication is lucky enough to hire him.

The work continues at The Washington Post. New from my colleague @willoremus.com >> NewsGuard filed a lawsuit alleging censorship after Trump’s FTC barred a major ad agency from using its ratings www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Jon—once my editor at Slate then my colleague at the Post—is such a brilliant journalist and thoughtful human being. Any publication would be lucky to have him.

Savannah Guthrie addresses mother’s apparent abductor: ‘We are ready to talk’ www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...