Today's New York Post featuring mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani with a hammer and sickle on the cover has sold out on news stands across Manhattan, a spokesperson for the paper confirmed to me and @angieoh.bsky.social

New: DOD now says Loomer's request for tips doesn't violate its press policy b/c it's a "general" tip line. "If Fake News reporters actually had a brain and could read our policy correctly, then maybe one day they will be as effective of a journalist as Ms. Loomer is."

"At ease in at least six languages and happiest when beyond the reach of editors, Mr. Cody represented a vanishing breed of foreign correspondent — one who operated in the field with near lone-wolf autonomy, often in dangerous terrain..." www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

The "proud Islamophobe" and banned Uber Eats user Laura Loomer confirms that the Pentagon has granted her special press access www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @scottnover.bsky.social

Following our story in @washingtonpost.com Laura Loomer confirmed our reporting that she's been credentialed to cover the Pentagon. @drewharwell.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Former vice president Dick Cheney, who recast an understudy’s job into an engine of White House power, becoming chief architect of a post-9/11 war on terrorism that involved bypassing restrictions against torture and domestic espionage, died Nov. 3. He was 84." @bartongellman.bsky.social

Breaking news: Far-right activist Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Defense Department, according to a person familiar with the matter, joining a new cohort of right-wing media that have agreed to the Pentagon’s new press policy.

Laura Loomer, the far-right political activist and former congressional candidate in Florida, has been credentialed to cover the Defense Department, according to one person familiar with the matter. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Amid Pete Hegseth's purge of actual news outlet, Laura Loomer has joined the credentialed Pentagon press corps. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

From being banned by Uber to getting credentials to cover the world's biggest military. The "Department of War" just Loomered itself @scottnover.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW >> Laura Loomer, the far-right activist has been credentialed to cover the Pentagon after signing its new press policy. She has repeatedly criticized defense officials while boasting of her close ties to Trump. with @drewharwell.com for @washingtonpost.com

"'Any person who did not have deep context and also the clues would not have been able to make heads or tails of the relevant portion,' Byrne said, describing five sheets of dozens of squares filled with letters." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

Here’s Donald Trump talking to Norah O’Donnell about his settlement with Paramount (“60 Minutes was forced to pay me…”) and the CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss (“I don't know her, but I hear she's a great person.”)

“Malik Samuel… who has been studying Boko Haram for more than a decade, said his first response was that of disappointment. ‘As a researcher, I thought: U.S. authorities should sure have more accurate information than relying on a false narrative.’” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

“Americans broadly disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling his job, and a majority say he has gone too far in exercising the powers of his office, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump’s next late-night television target: Seth Meyers. In a Truth Social post he claims that he’s “100% Anti Trump, which is probably illegal.”

White House officials have now made multiple claims about misbehavior by reporters in Upper Press without substantiating them — seemingly part of the security justification for restricting access to this part of the West Wing. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A spokesman for the North Carolina Republican Party appeared to threaten @propublica.org — citing his “connections” to the Trump administration — over a story on a conservative state Supreme Court judge www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW >> The White House said that reporters can no longer access Upper Press, a key area of the West Wing. The move triggered pushback from the WHCA, which said it’ll impede longstanding newsgathering practices. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"It's a campaign (...) depicting an America that doesn't exist. It idealizes a white, male-dominated workforce in a country of church-going nuclear families." @ashendruk.com takes a closer look at the AI slop coming out of the US Department of Labor.

I'm launching something for us. Not-Ship: a newsletter using data and visuals to navigate our turbulent world. Everything feels like A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.

Here's what we know about how the Paramount layoffs are affecting CBS News: • The South Africa bureau is closing, • Mornings Plus and Evening News Plus, streaming-only extensions of the morning and nighttime broadcasts, are ending. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"Around 90 minutes after it published, de Blasio said the article was 'entirely false and fabricated.' As of Wednesday, the article’s link shows an error message instead of the piece." @leo-sands.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

When pressed on why he had indicated that he liked a social media post that compared Jews to “monkeys,” he denounced the message and said that he was merely indicating that he had read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

New for @washingtonpost.com: Paramount is laying off 2,000 people following its merger with David Ellison's Skydance. 1,000 will be laid off today, with more to come soon. It's unclear which divisions, such as CBS News, will be hit. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW for @washingtonpost.com >>> Radio Free Asia, the government-funded news organization, will stop publishing months into the funding crisis brought on by Trump. It'll lay off most remaining staff and keep a skeleton crew in case future funds emerge. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Happening now: NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are in court this morning for oral arguments. NPR is challenging CPB's authority to redirect millions in funding they say is reserved for its own satellite system. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Newspaper archives are at risk around the United States. Sometimes the threat is a natural disaster, as it was in Canadian, but archives are more commonly lost when newspapers shutter, move to smaller offices, or are purchased.” @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...

“These outlets might, of course, produce pro-Trump propaganda. But, more important, they will produce confusion.” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Longtime CBS News journalist John Dickerson, the co-anchor of the CBS Evening News, announced he is leaving the network. He's the first major CBS News on-air talent to resign since David Ellison and Bari Weiss took charge. Latest with @laurawags.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com:

Mrs. Kennedy stepped forward, leaving the side of her husband’s casket, which had been placed on the aircraft. Her two-piece suit was flecked with blood and tissue, and blood stains were on her hands and legs. “The saddest face I’ve ever seen and will ever see,” Mr. Davis said.

"Russian drone kills two Ukrainian journalists, Zelenskiy condemns Russia" www.reuters.com/business/med...

The far-right conspiracy site Infowars says it has signed the Pentagon press agreement and says Breanna Morello will be joining the 'new media' press corps covering the Defense Department. "I won't be moving to D.C. of course—thank god," she caveats. x.com/infowars/sta...

Media Matters won again in court. A federal appeals court panel split 2-1 to uphold the district court decision to stay the FTC probe into its reporting on advertiser practices on social media. Our previous story on the lower court's ruling: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Here who has signed the Pentagon's press policy: OAN Epoch Times Federalist Real America’s Voice Lindell TV Gateway Pundit Post Millennial Human Events National Pulse RedState TPUSA Timcast Washington Reporter Daily Signal Just the News & some Turkish media and freelancers

I'll be talking about the right-wing press corps at the Pentagon on @wtopnews.bsky.social in a few minutes. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Not the onion.

Here's who @scottnover.bsky.social and I have confirmed so far. All right-wing bloggers and influencers who * agreed to the press restrictions refused by established reporters * are known for soft-touch treatment of the Trump administration * will now get special access to the "Department of War"

NEW >> One week after Pentagon reporters exited over DOD's press policy, a new crop of right-wing media and influencers has signed on including Tim Pool, Gateway Pundit, TPUSA, and Lindell TV. My latest for @washingtonpost.com with @drewharwell.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Bigger is better might be good for shareholders, but will consumers ultimately benefit with better-quality content, lower prices and accessibility?" @mcproulx.bsky.social told @washingtonpost.com. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Warner Bros. Discovery is up for sale. The fates of CNN, HBO, the Warner Bros. studio, and other media properties are now uncertain. Read more in @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Christophe Gleizes was a highly respected French soccer journalist on assignment in Algeria. He was sentenced in June to seven years on charges of “advocating terrorism" and other charges. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

“Will it be a little tougher? Will it require a little more elbow grease? Perhaps,” said Barbara Starr, a former CNN reporter who covered the Pentagon for more than 20 years. “But it’s also the case that we have seen in the last couple of days, the Pentagon press corps is continuing to get scoops."

The Pentagon press corps has a new challenge: How will they cover the Defense Department from outside of the five-sided headquarters? My latest for @washingtonpost.com on what changes, and what stays the same, with correspondents on the outside looking in.

"It is an insult not only to the press corps but to all citizens who demand a free flow of information about and from the government financed by our tax dollars and sustained by our votes." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

“I knew that it was going to look like a newspaper and that it was going to be a point of contention,” Rodenbush said. “But it’s not my job to dictate what the student newspaper looks like.” New from @laurawags.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Update: The Australian has informed the Pentagon that it will no longer adhere to its new press policy. This reversal comes after our report identified the 15 signatories — including a reporter for the News Corp-owned paper. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Just in: Donald Trump has refilled his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times after a federal judge called the original complaint “decidedly improper and impermissible,” and likened it to a political screed. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

U.S. Senator @wyden.senate.gov writes to @PeteHegseth urging him to rescind the new press policy. "This move chills press freedoms, undermines our democracy, and prevents Americans from understanding the actions of the U.S. military and the use of their taxpayer dollars."