Narrative enterprise reporter at The Washington Post. Email: [email protected] and Signal @HannahNatanson.2026.
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"I need my devices back to do my job." wapo.st/4jUxQEe
Trump fired him. The ‘DEI Watchlist’ shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.
Please spend some time with our story about how Trump's DEI purge changed the life of Dia Harris — one of many Black ex-feds struggling after Trump's federal cuts, we found: wapo.st/4zVn6Mt
The Trump administration has stopped publishing race data on the federal workforce. But @abtran figured out a way to estimate how his cuts changed government anyway — revealing a steep hit for Black workers, and that 1 in 5 feds have left under Trump. wapo.st/4ziauiN
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Efforts to purge the government of DEI programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs. This is one of their stories by @hannah_natanson (and data by me) washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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The Trump administration stopped publishing diversity data of federal workers last year. So we analyzed the Current Population Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found Black employment plunged. With @hannah_natanson wapo.st/4ziauiN
Trump’s Canada tariffs threaten the livelihoods of this Native tribe in MT, whose farms and businesses depend on cross-border trade and tourism. The Blackfeet sued to stop the tariffs — and lost. Now, they face even higher tariffs. Please read their story: wapo.st/4x2CAwt
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After the government raided @hannah_natanson's home and seized the devices she uses to communicate with her sources and cover the Trump administration, @washingtonpost has fought back in court. Meanwhile, Hannah found a story to tell about free speech: washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
It's been hard to do my job this year. Being back reporting — and in print again — means more than I can say. Please spend some time with my story about a Trump administration crackdown on faculty speech at West Point, and one professor's lonely rebellion. wapo.st/4fo0lts
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Here’s that story —on how Trump, Hegseth and other deputies argue that West Point must now prize patriotic obedience to authority, reversing years of academic openness.
A microcosm of Trump’s changes playing out across government.
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EXCLUSIVE: ICE detainees asked for water -- and got pepper sprayed. Using secret records, @dmac1 @abtran @DreaCornejo and Luis Melgar lay out how violence in detention is up nearly 40 percent under Trump washingtonpost.com/business/…
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A Washington Post investigation finds that DC Water had planned to reinforce the aging section of the failed Potomac Interceptor years ago but repeatedly delayed construction as federal officials studied potential environmental impacts: washingtonpost.com/investiga…
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NEW: On her first day as AG, Bondi announced a Oct 7 taskforce to investigate the murders/kidnapping of Americans. Top prosecutors joined
But most those experts have been fired, quit or reassigned - and the taskforce no longer exists in its original form
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I was out the other day when a @streetsensedc vendor told me to check out D.C.’s wheelchair basketball team — The Punishers.
So, I did! They’re one of the nation’s best and headed to the national tournament this week.
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Congratulations to @CraigMWhitlock, @FedGirlWaPo and @caitlinsgilbert, finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting! Thank you @ShorensteinCtr for honoring their work on fraud and abuse in the fed gov's disability $ system for veterans shorensteincenter.org/articl…
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🚨 SSA IG is investigating a whistleblower complaint that alleges a former DOGE member took Social Security data with him to a government contractor. Story w/ @lizzadwoskin @FedGirlWaPo washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Scoop: Overnight, the plaque honoring police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6 was finally installed, following years of delay.
I know because I was there, watching at 4 a.m. as two employees working a nightshift bolted it to the granite wall.
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1/ You just need to read this story by @karinbrulliard @brady_dennis about the hundreds of signs, interpretive materials and other items @NatlParkService has flagged that might 'disparage' America in a confidential database washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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So glad to see the BBC is giving props to the @thecrimson. We need young people to pursue journalism!
What an honor to speak to two talented student journalists at the Harvard Crimson, reporting on their university's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
@HugoChiassonn and @EliseSpenner broke the story on Larry Summers' resignation and a NEW probe into another professor cited in the files.
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The work that @Lescarpenter, @barrysvrluga and @RickMaese have done during the past few weeks from the Olympics has been nothing short of spectacular. Their dedication to the readers despite the destruction of The Post Sports Department is the stuff of legends.
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For my money - and it alone was worth the whole year’s print delivery subscription - @chelsea_janes had the best lede of the year, on any topic. Thrilled, but not surprised, the free agent was signed quick.
SNY is thrilled to announce Chelsea Janes as our new MLB Insider.
She was previously with The Washington Post as a national baseball writer.
Welcome to SNY, @chelsea_janes!
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It’s for stories like this one, and so many others written by extremely smart and talented people, that I subscribe to the Post and always will.
My amazing colleague @DaniDougPost has compiled a database of nearly 1,000 colleges offering free tuition for many students. @WashPost wapo.st/3OtRvz0
