New Washington Post supercut: For years, Republicans in Congress warned against tariffs. Now, those same Republicans are downplaying massive tariff increases from President Donald Trump.
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Senior news anchor, The Washington Post. Listener, storyteller, coach. Former Alaska reporter. DC by way of AK + PA.
New Washington Post supercut: For years, Trump officials accused Democrats of mishandling classified information. Now, those same officials are downplaying a Signal group chat that discussed a forthcoming U.S. military operation.
New Washington Post supercut: Trump officials once said Russia invaded Ukraine. Now they won't. youtube.com/shorts/eZFEF...
Trump team once said Russia invaded Ukraine. Now they won't.
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👀 The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems. By Jeff Stein, Isaac Arnsdorf and Jacqueline Alemany wapo.st/4jH7XYa
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
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President Trump is currently making a series of blatantly false claims about the FAA and its employees. @washingtonpost.com was out all night reporting on the DC plane crash and first responders' rescue and recovery efforts. A bit of our coverage 🧵 The scene near the South Capitol St heliport:
New Washington Post supercut: RFK Jr. denies saying things that he said about vaccines youtu.be/jLmXyw6tdWU?...
RFK Jr. denies saying things that he said about vaccines
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"RFK Jr...has repeatedly disparaged vaccines, falsely linked them to autism and argued that White and Black people should have separate vaccination schedules, according to a Washington Post review of his public statements from recent years." By Lauren Weber + Caitlin Gilbert wapo.st/4jwQS2R
RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and made baseless claims on race
A Post examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements finds the candidate for the nation’s top health post has repeatedly disparaged vaccines, linking them to autism.
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WATCH LIVE: as RFK Jr goes before the Senate Finance Committee. We've got White House/health reporter Dan Diamond, @riegerreport.bsky.social, James Hohmann + Rhonda Colvin with what and who to watch, and reporting on RFK. We're on 9:30ET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgj...
Watch live: RFK Jr. confirmation hearing for health secretary on Jan. 29 at 9:30 a.m. eastern
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Our latest epi of Sidebar. Which Trump EOs have teeth and will happen; which ones are just talk; and which ones could change American lives but may not be legal. Also: Elon's straight arm gesture: who loves it, and why that matters. And the unimagined J6 pardons. youtu.be/LZQjWuayDGg?...
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Pete Hegseth faces intense Q's from Democrats on Senate Armed Services Committee. Trump's first cabinet nomination hearing, and 1 of the most controversial. We'll preview 9am ET. @riegerreport.bsky.social James Hohmann @danlamothe.bsky.social + Rhonda Colvin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K27q...
Watch Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing for defense secretary live on Jan. 14 at 9 a.m. ET
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Young, otherwise healthy people are increasingly being diagnosed with 'terminal' cancer. But there is so much hope - and a thriving community of survivors. Here's a wonderful story by my incredible colleague Drea Cornejo wapo.st/4gJzFlb
Still kicking: Metastatic cancer ‘thrivers’ give patients like me hope
These survivors, or “cancer thrivers” as some of us prefer to say, helped show me that metastatic cancer is no longer a death sentence.
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"If Syrians were suspicious of someone nearby, they would say, 'This person has nice handwriting,' which means, 'This person is an informant.'" Reporting by Ruby Mellen + Mohamad El Chamaa for @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/3ZMZut3
To evade Assad’s secret police, Syrians developed a code language
Fear of the regime was so pervasive that Syrians felt they could never speak freely, even in their own homes.
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Congress passes RFK stadium bill in surprise move, giving D.C. control of the stadium site. Passage of the legislation, which transfers the land to D.C. at no cost, is a tremendous win for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who has long sought to redevelop the site. wapo.st/3ZPelDd
Congress passes RFK bill in surprise move, giving D.C. control of stadium site
Passage of the legislation, which transfers the land to D.C. at no cost, is a tremendous win for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who has long sought to redevelop the site.
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The narrowly averted government shutdown reveals a lot about who holds the power. Musk>Trump>House Republicans or.... not? Our latest Sidebar epi with Rhonda Colvin + James Hohmann 👀 👂 youtu.be/fM-R_YZB06E?...
Congress gets more Trumpy
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New episode of our podcast/vodcast: Hegseth hangs by a thread, or does he? Could Biden proactively pardon people like Jack Smith + Liz Cheney? And how did Rhonda make it out of Ohio's 5+ feet of snow to get back home to our DC studio? @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/video/politi...
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This week, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann discuss whether Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for secretary of defense, can make it through the nomination process. Plus, Elo...
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