“I begin today a new column dedicated to reclaiming the humanity we are losing to the savagery of politics, the toxicity of social media and the amorality of artificial intelligence.” Important read from @danamilbank.bsky.social wapo.st/3VNiF4l

Exclusive: Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting who should get the shots. The findings appear to be based on unverified reports submitted to an online reporting system which is open to anyone.

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

About 8 in 10 Florida parents support school vaccine mandates www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

New Washington Post-Schar School poll: Most D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump’s city police takeover, with crime concerns continue a sharp decline and statehood support reaches a record high. Story w/ @joeheim.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is living free of charge in military base home typically reserved for head of Coast Guard, via Marianne LeVine @danlamothe.bsky.social Liz Goodwin

I asked the Truth Social AI search tool if crime in D.C. is "totally out of control," as Trump said last week, and it said no, absolutely not, noting that there have been substantial declines in violent crime and other serious offenses through 2024 wapo.st/4mG7q9A

Trump’s birthright citizenship order now faces more bans than before the Supreme Court's ruling against nationwide injunctions -- after four lower courts since June have reimposed or expanded orders blocking implementation across the country

‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the mega prison where the U.S. deported migrants

The more I dig into the unfolding immigration crackdown at ICE, the more I find evidence of a business motive at play. My latest story details a new policy to sharply expand the number of immigrants on GPS ankle monitors -- and make $$$ for a Florida private prison conglomerate. wapo.st/3TY4bOf

They’re rich. They’re anti-Trump. And they don’t want their big tax cut. Via @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack, scoop via @johnphudson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Exclusive: The Trump administration has agreed to release from prison a three-time felon and spare him from deportation in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García. @mariasacchetti.bsky.social reports: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Just another Thursday…

Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face threats of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen, @mariasacchetti.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Tallying Trump’s online posting frenzy: 2,262 ‘truths’ in 132 days via @drewharwell.com @emilydavies.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Kennedy Center subscription sales fall 36 percent from previous year, via @travismandrews.bsky.social

Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government via @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social and Marianne LeVine www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

"I studied in the U.S. because I loved what America is about: it’s open, inclusive and diverse. Now my students and I feel slapped in the face" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... @davidnakamura.bsky.social

The Trump administration is abandoning federal intervention into local policing, including in Minneapolis and Louisville. In December, I wrote about how DOJ investigations documented broad alleged police misconduct beyond deadly use of excessive force: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. His mother was jailed in WWII internment. Now, Norman Wong has become an unlikely spokesman in the fight for American citizenship, with its presumed guarantees of civil rights, free speech and due process. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Update: @DOGE removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong. The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. His mother was jailed in WWII internment. Now, Norman Wong has become an unlikely spokesman in the fight for American citizenship, with its presumed guarantees of civil rights, free speech and due process. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Curtis Yarvin helped inspire DOGE. Now he scorns it. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Small-time Trump coin buyers have seen their investments collapse, via @drewharwell.com www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

GOP balks at approving even a fraction of Musk’s DOGE cuts @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I thought this tariff policy was something the Trump administration was proud of? www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/w...

Trump won these independent voters. Now some are souring on his second term. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

Ed Martin's latest target: Wikipedia. The interim U.S. attorney and pro-Trump bulldog has sent a letter seeming to threaten the Wikimedia Foundation's tax-exempt status over allegations that it is "spreading propaganda." Our story: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Trump approval falls from +2 to -7 on immigration over past two months in latest WaPo/ABC/Ipsos poll, a sign his hardline and legally dubious enforcement tactics are losing public support. w/ @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social @arelisrhdz.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

As firms bend to Trump, some workers say no www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump’s push for mass deportations. Via @mariasacchetti.bsky.social @jacobbogage.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Baja California Police Cmdr. Abigail Esparza Reyes devoted her career to capturing fugitives from U.S. justice. She’s the Abigail in Kevin Sieff's 2022 Post report on the Gringo Hunters. She saw her job as protecting Mexico from American criminals. She was shot to death Wednesday. wapo.st/3RJ9eAT

“We are the zeitgeist now.” … In Trump’s Washington, MAGA fashionistas lay claim to American hotness, by @karavoght.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...

Louisiana judge rules university student Mahmoud Khalil eligible for deportation www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Competence questions pose risks to Trump’s political image. From insecure Signal chats to chaotic tariffs, early mishaps imperil Trump’s self-description as someone who gets things done, by Naftali Bendavid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Khalil ruling to test Trump deportation tactic of sending detained university students to remote ICE facilities in Louisiana and Texas www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

U.S. manufacturing workers: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US

Supreme Court upholds order directing Trump officials to return wrongly deported man www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump administration labels 6,000 Latino immigrants dead, hoping they self-deport. Using Social Security's death database as a deportation tool raises legality concerns, by Lisa Rein @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @mariasacchetti.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEWS: Social Security abandons DOGE phone service cuts amid chaos, backlash. The retreat by Musk's team and Trump officials comes after scoops by Lisa Rein and @hannahnatanson.bsky.social revealing the mess at an agency serving 73 million Americans www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Easily the weakest day of Trump 2.0. He caved on misguided tariff war because the anonymous world of financial traders hated his policy. Then tonight / less than 24 hours after DJT ordered House Rs to fall in line / Speaker Johnson admits Rs don’t have votes to pass budget outline. Oof.

The 18 hours that changed Trump’s mind on trade, via @mbirnbaum.bsky.social et al www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Judge orders White House ban on Associated Press lifted www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

New: The White House was hours away from announcing a proposal to "save TikTok." Then Trump's China tariff blew it up. Vance team signed ByteDance deal on Weds., same day Trump unveiled huge tariff on Chinese imports, per three sources www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @cqzakrz.bsky.social

A trans girl was banned from her track team. Now she’s competing with the boys. wapo.st/42bhv5y

In calling for mass deportations to "keep America safe," the White House showcased 72 recent ICE arrests. Half were already in prison, via @mariasacchetti.bsky.social @arturgalocha.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...