We got Platner’s planned victory speech. One of his lines about Susan Collins: “She has worked in politics for longer than Joe Biden.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

SCOOP: White House resisted letting doctor with Ebola return to U.S. Our story. Me and @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

EXCLUSIVE: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates that he will suspend the May 16 House primaries to redraw the state's congressional map. This would help Republicans pick up another seat or two in the midterms www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

In a key Pennsylvania House district, Bob Brooks, a Democratic candidate embraced for his appeal to white working class voters, once called Colin Kaepernick a "douchebag" and posted in defense of police after George Floyd's killing. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump is talking about a new White House ballroom on about as many days as he talks about health insurance or affordability. @ence.bsky.social again delivers clever data analysis www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Republicans keeping falsely claiming that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed tax hikes that she never backed and that never even passed. She talked about what she learned from this in a interview with @schneidergs.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“Ultimately it was a group of liberal online influencers — not party bigwigs — who made it their mission to ensure that someone facing multiple allegations of misconduct should not be elevated to the highest office in California.” wapo.st/4cd1t1t

The National Action Network’s convention offered a glimpse into how possible Democratic presidential contenders would woo Black voters in the primary. Here’s what they had to say www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kamala Harris explicitly says she's thinking about running for president again, electrifying a crowd of thousands at Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network. @schneidergs.bsky.social was there www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Outside Democratic groups haven’t helped Janet Mills get on the airwaves as she struggles against Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race. Chuck Schumer now faces a question of cutting his losses or trying to rescue the candidate he recruited www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The DNC expected a surge of big donations after the big Democratic wins in November. It didn’t happen, and the DNC shelved plans for investments in the South & a midterm convention, sources tell the Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

SCOOP: The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ED visits + hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half. My latest. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

As Trump claims Iranians welcome the bombing around them, here is what Iranians are telling The Post www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

The Republican sheriff in California who seized hundreds of thousands of ballots in the November redistricting election said he might seize ballots again for the gubernatorial primary he is competing in www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

NEW Washington Post-Schar School poll: Virginians deeply divided on Gov. Abigail Spanberger months after her landslide win, story w/ @schneidergs.bsky.social & @praveenavsoma.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New Washington Post GMU Schar school poll of Virginia Redistricting Referendum Likely Voters Yes 52% No 47% Registered Voters Yes 53% No 44% Trump Approval Disapprove 57% Approve 40% www.washingtonpost.com/documents/0e...

NEW: We polled the Virginia redistricting ballot measure that could give Democrats an extra 4 seats in the House. It's narrowly leading, but Republicans and opponents are more enthusiastic to cast ballots. Gift link: wapo.st/3Qj8LrC

A court threw out a nine-year prison sentence for Tina Peters, the former Colorado clerk convicted on charges related to a scheme to bolster Trump's false claims about the 2020 election. Colorado's Democratic governor praised the ruling www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Unfortunately, my return to editing meant I had to cut short my "Under the Sheets, Under the Sea" series on the sex lives of marine animals. My last story looks at the discovery when scientists unwittingly made an octopus gloryhole wapo.st/47D71zu

The legal campaign against DEI/affirmative action is now targeting the Congressional Black Caucus and its affiliated foundation's scholarships for Black students @julez.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

We’re still deploying investigative resources to reveal who is responsible for local crises. From former D.C. city hall reporter turned investigative reporter Aaron Davis: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Professional update: After 5 1/2 years on the health team, I'm thrilled to become @washingtonpost.com's deputy campaigns and democracy editor. I'm helping to run our coverage of the midterm elections and the future of political parties and voting. All ears for feedback and tips! Contact in bio

Terrific piece by @fenitn.bsky.social about the rewriting of #Covid history. I would add this: A brand new virus meant health officials were making policy based on the info they had, not what we know now. Policy changes were evidence of learnings, not failures. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

SCOOP: A key federal vaccine panel has abandoned an attack on covid-19 mRNA vaccines — a shift that comes as some GOP warn that any more changes to vaccine policy could damage midterm prospects. Me + @rachelroubein.bsky.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

NEW: A new poll shows who Americans trust over the CDC. Survey reveals substantial gap between the major professional health associations and CDC, FDA and NIH. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

“We have a more complicated mixture of #covid and #flu this year peaking at about the same time. That adds an increased burden on the health care setting.” WastewaterSCAN co-principal investigator Dr. Marlene Wolfe discusses recent #wastewater trends with @fenitn.bsky.social. @washingtonpost.com

We barely had a winter wave of COVID this year but the flu has been absolutely brutal www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

I've been saying for years that someone needs to find the story behind those insane Top Dog Law radio commercials. Elahe Izadi delivered. This was my favorite ad where it goes completely off the rails wapo.st/46y0NjV

Trying my hand at more unhinged science writing. This was labeled internally as "WHALEDADDIES" wapo.st/3OFLiAf

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, now stacked with covid vaccine critics picked by RFK Jr., is scheduled to discuss "covid-19 vaccine injuries" at its March meeting public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03877.pdf

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that contaminates people when air pollution settles on rivers and streams and gets into the fish we eat. Current Health Secretary RFK jr once had mercury poisoning from eating too much tuna, but has been silent these rollbacks www.eenews.net/articles/rfk...

From @lenasun.bsky.social article: "Three top voice medical experts and Dysphonia International said there is no scientific basis for the claim that the flu vaccine is behind Kennedy’s condition; there is evidence to suggest a potential association between dystonias and certain drug use."

🚨 Inside RFK Jr.’s long-running crusade against the flu vaccine w/ @lenasun.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social -links vaccine to his voice condition without evidence  -moved to kill a flu vaccine campaign his 2nd day on job -changed vaccine schedule www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace." Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO. -- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social

The latest big scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social w/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social assisting After pulling out of the WHO, Trump officials are proposing the U.S. spend about three times as much to duplicate it wapo.st/4tKRwyM

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inaccurately claimed that patients with schizophrenia were cured through ketogenic diets. Experts say the diet does show promise, but the research is preliminary and RFK. Jr. is overstating nutritional science.

NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness. 
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Paige’s last story for us, now atop the homepage, shows what we lost. She could have done a quick hit on Oz telling Americans to delay retirement, but instead delivered a comprehensive piece rich in policy analysis, data, voices of real people and a rare non-TV interview with Oz wapo.st/4rHUCC6

Reader data offers a roadmap for success. And we’ve gone down a path of gutting coverage areas they value.

“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

No one writes more incisively, accessibly and credibly than Geoffrey about the ways tech companies are serving — or, far more often these days, disserving — everyday consumers than Geoffrey. He’s worth following wherever he goes.

@petridishes.bsky.social is a national treasure, exhibit #394729374 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Still working to hold power to account here @washingtonpost.com on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday. Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.

We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus. But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.

Nothing was more Washington Post than Marty Weil starting his night shift by walking around the newsroom saying hello to every single person at their desks

I had the privilege of editing one of the sharpest health policy reporters anywhere. Paige owned coverage of Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies and brought precision and nuance often missing in coverage. She's relentless about fairness. Hire her!

Our second most read story right now comes from @markjohnpost.bsky.social, a Pulitzer-winning science reporter on our team, who announced he was laid off. Just the latest example of how he found the most fascinating areas of science to unpack beautifully www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.

I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is the first major medical association in the U.S. to narrow its guidance on pediatric gender care amid a crackdown by the Trump administration.