By Annie Gowen · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The sentencing hearing of a methamphetamine dealer in South Dakota would have been routine except for one detail: Gov. Kristi L. Noem had used his photo to falsely suggest the man was a drug trafficker for Mexican cartels who had hidden out on a reservation. Her action […]
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Reports on Elections and Voting in New Mexico.
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Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration
By Emily Davies, Ellie Silverman, Michael Brice-Saddler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Applications for protest permits have been slow. The hotline for tickets has been loud. The run of show for this year’s presidential inauguration is by official estimations expected to be surprisingly routine for a city that has seen only high-drama or disrupted swearing-ins since President Barack […]
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Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration
By Emily Davies, Ellie Silverman, Michael Brice-Saddler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Applications for protest permits have been slow. The hotline for tickets has been loud. The run of show for this year’s presidential inauguration is by official estimations expected to be surprisingly routine for a city that has seen only high-drama or disrupted swearing-ins since President Barack […]
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Rubio nomination complicated by attack on Musk’s Tesla and China’s ban
By Michael Kranish · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When Sen. Marco Rubio escalated hisbroadsides against the Chinese government over what he called a “grotesque campaign of genocide” against Uyghur Muslims, Beijing responded in 2020 with an extraordinary rebuke: banning the Florida Republicanfrom the country. Afterward, Rubio not only accelerated his criticism – pushinglegislation that banned imports fromthe Xinjiang […]
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Rubio nomination complicated by attack on Musk’s Tesla and China’s ban
By Michael Kranish · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When Sen. Marco Rubio escalated hisbroadsides against the Chinese government over what he called a “grotesque campaign of genocide” against Uyghur Muslims, Beijing responded in 2020 with an extraordinary rebuke: banning the Florida Republicanfrom the country. Afterward, Rubio not only accelerated his criticism – pushinglegislation that banned imports fromthe Xinjiang […]
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Democrats’ new push to stop RFK Jr.: Highlight Samoa’s measles outbreak
By Dan Diamond · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In June 2019, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to the small Pacific island nation of Samoa, where he met with activists calling for Samoans to skip measles vaccines and opt for alternatives instead. Now that visit – and the country’s subsequent measles outbreak – are receiving new […]
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Democrats’ new push to stop RFK Jr.: Highlight Samoa’s measles outbreak
By Dan Diamond · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In June 2019, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. traveled to the small Pacific island nation of Samoa, where he met with activists calling for Samoans to skip measles vaccines and opt for alternatives instead. Now that visit – and the country’s subsequent measles outbreak – are receiving new […]
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How should the news industry cover Trump? Ten top journalists weigh in.
By Jeremy Barr · The Washington Post (c) 2025 How should the media cover the second Trump presidency? With just days to go before he is once again inaugurated, it has become a central and ongoing preoccupation for the news industry, given the complexities of covering Donald Trump’s first term. That coverage boosted ratings and readership […]
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How should the news industry cover Trump? Ten top journalists weigh in.
By Jeremy Barr · The Washington Post (c) 2025 How should the media cover the second Trump presidency? With just days to go before he is once again inaugurated, it has become a central and ongoing preoccupation for the news industry, given the complexities of covering Donald Trump’s first term. That coverage boosted ratings and readership […]
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Cannon temporarily blocks report on Trump classified-documents probe
By Perry Stein, Jeremy Roebuck · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The federal judge in Florida who dismissed Donald Trump’s indictment for allegedly mishandling classified documents has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing the findings of that investigation. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon barred Smith and Attorney General Merrick […]