“It wasn’t just a building; it was our whole history." www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

"This is the place the U.S. government delivered him out of and the place it intends to send him back to." A must-read from @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

An extraordinary story made possible by an unprecedented partnership between Washington Post reporters and readers. It takes immense trust to give a journalist access to your data and your story. My colleagues and I strive to earn and keep that trust every day. www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...

Vital, devastating reporting from @megkelly.bsky.social @joyceshlee.bsky.social & co. on the human consequences of President Trump's suspension of foreign aid wapo.st/46GSwcv

“We didn’t get any direction or info from him,” said an official who has worked on ~75 FEMA operations. “We never got an email from him. There was definitely no indication that he was involved.” Staggering reporting from the indomitable Brianna Sacks www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

News you can use from @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

“We’re just constantly exposed to a soup of chemicals." Amazing reporting by @shannonosaka.bsky.social & co. on the plastic pollutants that are almost impossible to avoid -- and whose potential harms we're just beginning to understand. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Lots of brilliant colleagues mark the ends of their Post careers today. But the special thing about this newsroom is its incredible spirit of camaraderie and friendship. Every legend who leaves has mentored countless others who are going to take up the baton. Underestimate us at your own peril.

The Washington Post offers the most complete view yet of conditions in the El Salvador mega prison where the U.S. is sending migrants. Gift link: wapo.st/3HbPOmE

Latest in a string of stories you can read only/first from the @washingtonpost: The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work right now, under the Trump admin's resignation program w/ @merylkornfield.bsky.social @laurameckler.bsky.social wapo.st/3IRXIlK

“Unlike shooting or bombing, if killing stops, the dying won’t stop. It’ll still continue for some time,” said Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University. “Starvation in war like this is a massacre in slow motion.” wapo.st/4lj3yKB

“[Children's] small bodies are shutting down — they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing." Meanwhile, Gaza health authorities say more 1,000 people have been shot and killed trying to access food distribution sites backed by Israel and the US. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

"I used to chase the truth. Now I chase calories.” www.cjr.org/news/journal...

“We’re living in a climate that we’ve never seen and it keeps throwing us curveballs. How do you plan for the worst thing you’ve never seen?” In this year of floods, Helene's aftermath holds important lessons about how communities can become more prepared. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Today I'm thinking about this: when Hurricane Helene devastated Appalachia last year, my public radio colleagues in North Carolina, West Virginia, and Southwest Virginia stepped up. They broadcast the emergency alerts. They carried the official press conferences live.

The world is grim right now, but the universe is still full of wonder. I'm always grateful to @joelachenbach.bsky.social for reminding me of that fact. www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...

Exclusive: Kerr County, where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing, had the technology to turn every cellphone in the area into a blaring alarm, but officials did not do so before or during the river level rising to record heights.

There was no immediate sign the staffing shortages that have wracked the National Weather Service this year contributed to the tragedy in Texas. There are a handful of vacancies at two central Texas forecasting offices, according to a union representing meteorologists.

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammunition as Palestinians seek food in #Gaza. The AP has obtained videos of a food-distribution site in Gaza and interviewed two American contractors working there. apnews.com/article/pale...

Really helpful overview of what the GOP bill means for people on Medicare & Medicaid, those who get their health insurance on the marketplaces and people who depend on rural & safety net hospitals wapo.st/3TgX03t

Please read this @khoureld.bsky.social story about the consequences of USAID cuts. Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses. (No paywall)

A stunning scoop from @mariasacchetti.bsky.social: Despite pledging to target criminals, the Trump administration has freed a three-time felon from prison in exchange for his testimony against Abrego, a wrongly deported man who has not been convicted of a crime www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump & Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” would be one of the largest wealth transfers from the working class to the wealthy in U.S. history. But how would it affect YOU? We built a calculator. Plug in your info to see what it’d mean for your finances. www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

Bad things happen when cities aren't prepared for extreme heat (such as what is out there today) wapo.st/3G9JATS

The absolutely brutal heat we're experiencing in D.C. today was made at least 5 times more likely because of human-caused climate change, according to @climatecentral.org

Celebrate the official start of summer with this fascinating shark read from all-star climate intern @anushamathur.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This story has everything: “Big Chicken,” a ransom note, the biggest egg heist in history — not to mention important lessons about vertical integration in the American food system wapo.st/4n8GaBt

A thoughtful analysis from the always essential @margaretbarthel.bsky.social on the potential wider implications of Virginia’s gubernatorial election

mRNA technology was once the toast of the scientific world, credited for saving millions of lives and hailed by Trump as a “modern-day” miracle. Now it’s under threat www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

EXCLUSIVE/BREAKING Gregory Sanabria Tarazona, a Venezuelan activist tortured inside Nicolás Maduro's notorious El Heliocoide prison, is seeking asylum in the U.S. Weeks before his initial hearing, he was making a routine check-in when ICE detained him @schmidtsam.bsky.social reports wapo.st/3HE9dwu

The Mets are 20 games over .500 with the best record in Major League Baseball. So the world is almost certainly coming to an end.

NEW Data tell a far different story about immigration to California than the political fury unfolding in Washington and in Los Angeles. The number of undocumented immigrants in CA is well below peak levels. LAUSD enrollment? Way down. There’s more: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

A mural artist in a wheelchair. A daughter of two immigrants. A man who had never attended a protest before. @mollyhf.bsky.social & Reis Thebault spoke to a diverse group of Angelenos about what drives them to protest despite the mounting military response www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

The military deployments that President Trump has directed to Los Angeles to protect ICE agents are expected to cost $134 million for 60 days. wapo.st/4jIN3Xi

President Trump and DHS Secretary Noem today repeated plans to scale down FEMA and let states lead on disaster response. But that's causing confusion among emergency managers, because the states already lead, and can't always do alone. Now, they say, "We are planning that FEMA is not coming."

Nora Benavidez, senior counsel at the advocacy group Free Press, said it’s “one of the most explicit visual examples I’ve ever seen in my career of retaliation by the government directly against journalists for them doing their job protected by the First Amendment.”

Do kids feel safe in D.C.? We asked them.

“You want to stop crime in the city, as Mayor Bowser says?” said a lawyer who has represented hundreds of teens. “The solution is to get these kids the services they need now, or otherwise, you reap what you sow.” Must read from @ndungca.bsky.social & team www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

The National Weather Service finally got a long-awaited and critical hiring freeze exemption. Director Ken Graham called it “Big news! Fantastic news!” in a Monday email to staff. It's one of many examples of the federal government rushing to hire people, because DOGE let too many go.

Read this extraordinary photo essay by my extraordinary colleague @salwangeorges.bsky.social -- it will break your heart and take your breath away. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

NEW: Citations in the MAHA Report have telltale signs of AI chatbot use -- we reviewed all 522 of the listed citations, and at least 37 of the footnotes appear multiple times in the citations with another 21 having dead links w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NEW REPORT from Rutgers: As of May 2025, the total number of federal wage theft investigators -- 611 -- has reached its lowest level since 1973. The authors estimate that minimum wage workers lose more each year from wage theft than all Americans lose from property theft.

New reporting from @lenasun.bsky.social reveals how RFK Jr. blindsided the CDC in scrapping the recommendation for coronavirus vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Immigrants are being detained by ICE when they show up at court for scheduled hearings. Read @arelisrhdz.bsky.social and @mariasacchetti.bsky.social on the new Trump admin directive that critics say punishes people for complying with the law. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The U.S. has been launching fewer weather balloons since DOGE-led staffing cuts began in the National Weather Service this year. See what happens when the balloons fly — and what we lose when they don’t.

The uses of NOAA data go way beyond weather apps — it informs shipping routes, how homes get built, even what gets stocked on store shelves. But some in the private sector are worried that Trump’s funding cuts could hurt those programs. With @byscottdance.com www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The new White House report on "Making Our Children Healthy Again" does not mention gun violence, which in recent years became the leading cause of death for children and teens wapo.st/4mq3YQO

A tenth-consecutive above-normal hurricane season is forecast in the Atlantic this year, NOAA says:

I remember making my way to Chimney Rock just after Hurricane Helene hit, and struggling to grasp the scope of devastation. Almost 8 months later, I went back to see how a town that almost got wiped off the map is trying to resurrect itself: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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