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Barbara Gray

@BarbGray

Senior Editor, Research at ProPublica

 New York, NY
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Joined June 2008
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Science is under siege. @nytimes has launched a major project examining how Trump is dismantling the research enterprise. It's not just medical research. There are “potentially grave consequences for the future of national defense.” First installment: nytimes.com/2026/10/31/scien…
How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine (Gift Article)

How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine (Gift Article)

The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.

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@NnadiArts1Oct 31
Not to brag, but I painted these with pastels and my fingers.
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BREAKING Donald Trump LOSES his lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the exposé of his contribution to Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday book. Dismissed WITH PREJUDICE Doc buff.ly/A5bh2MR
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A man's morning constitutional brought commutes to a halt — as he strolled 4 miles of elevated track along the No. 7 line this morning. My latest for the Daily News. nydailynews.com/2026/10/30/m…

Man’s subway track saunter on No. 7 line snarls Queens commute for thousands

The track trespasser — identified by police as Norman Baker, 55, and likely homeless — at one point perched on the third rail and, at another, hung from the elevated structure before being taken into...

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@jonathanvswanOct 30
The same is true at NYT. David McCraw and his team are indispensable. Would be impossible to do any kind of high stakes story without them.
Matt Murray (@murraymatt) profile pictureMatt Murray@murraymattOct 29
The legal team @wsj is the secret sauce in their most impactful work. That’s true at @wapo as well. Good chance to thank the lawyers who support journalism— including all those working at @rcfp.
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Tim May
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My 8 month old granddaughter's first Trick or Treat she went as a Cabbage Patch Kid last night. She nailed it.
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Cute 🐞🖤
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i hate journalist halloween what do you mean you’re the taylor farms shredded iceberg lettuce recalled due to cyclospora
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Boundless depravity from Vivek Ramaswamy, and the President and Vice President who embrace this trash campaign.
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Amy Acton's stepfather's surviving biological daughter spoke to The Daily Mail when they knocked on her door in Ohio, while sobbing. She said: She believed Amy's story, because her father raped her sister more than once (the victim in this 1974 indictment); she remembered Amy lived in a tent with Donna and Cledith; it's been terrible for her family to see Vivek's ad run in Ohio; and she heard rumors her father had victimized even more young girls.
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My mom took this selfie with her cat on this day in 2015. No one on Earth has taken a better selfie since. 😁😸
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Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILEOct 28
This is amazing lol
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Jared Holt@jaredlholtOct 29
This story is wild thecrimson.com/interactive/2…
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@WIREDOct 27
Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so. buff.ly/gif9oVd
A 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working There

A 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working There

Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

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To be a journalist is to spend your entire career simultaneously aspiring to work at the New York Times and deeply resenting it for stealing so many local stories without giving credit.
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@DylanByersOct 27
NEW: The Times’s Credit Crisis A recent New York Times front-page feature on chemical plants in the Trump era had deep reporting, stark data visuals, and an uncanny resemblance to a smaller outlet’s earlier investigation. Was this a case of unacknowledged inspiration, a steroidal dose of Times exceptionalism, or sheer coincidence? puck.news/media/2026/10/did-…
Did the Times Lift Hunterbrook’s Chemical Plant Story?

Did the Times Lift Hunterbrook’s Chemical Plant Story?

A recent New York Times front-page feature on chemical plants in the Trump era had deep reporting, stark data visuals, and an uncanny resemblance to a smaller outlet’s earlier investigation. Was this...

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A federal judge. Where we are as a country.
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Natalie Fertig
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New career plan
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USA Today is hiring a boats reporter jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/g…
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D.@amydiehlOct 26
Most disheartening about this interview is Marissa Mayer's view that gender doesn't matter in tech and that eventually gender balance will come. She is worth $1.4B. She wants women at the table but doesn't see a role in doing anything proactive about it. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/style…
Marissa Mayer Ran Yahoo. She’s Back With A.I. She Thinks Women Will Love. (Gift Article)

Marissa Mayer Ran Yahoo. She’s Back With A.I. She Thinks Women Will Love. (Gift Article)

She made her name as a pioneer at Google, then as chief executive at Yahoo. Now Mayer is entering the crowded marketplace for A.I. assistants — and hoping to draw in more women with a product that...

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John Hudson
@John_HudsonOct 26
Bob Woodward names his sources, most of whom are dead, some of whom gave him permission and others who became identifiable in public records as his sources washingtonpost.com/investiga…
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I like what’s happening here.
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