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Michael Learmonth

@learmonth

US politics/justice editor at @Reuters. Priors: Telemundo Studios, Vice News, Advertising Age, Variety, etc

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Joined May 2008
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.@jacobbogage is one of the finest humans and reporters I’ve ever worked with, give him a follow
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.@POTUS absolutely DESTROYS Fake News @jacobbogage: "You are a SICK guy! Reuters is terrible, by the way. Look at this guy — he's way out of shape... You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell." 🤣🤣🤣
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The most under-clicked story on our website IMO: McDonalds is charging AI pricing based on your willingness to pay - watch it in action with @waylon_wc reuters.com/business/inside-…
Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac

Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac

The plan aims to boost headquarters’ profit but risks alienating customers and attracting antitrust scrutiny.

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The same reporter who scooped the SpaceX S1 just obtained the Anthropic s1 as well - no big deal for @DEER_ECHO_ who's more on LinkedIn than here reuters.com/business/finance…
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs

EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows sweeping AI vision, surging costs

Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than ​industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters. But...

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State-level polling has been very bad this cycle but if you follow the money you can see where panic is setting in. Scoop here from @Dawn_Kopecki Republicans pour money into dozens of House races previously considered 'safe' - reuters.com/legal/government…
Republicans pour money into dozens of US House races previously considered 'safe'

Republicans pour money into dozens of US House races previously considered 'safe'

The attention indicates worry among party leaders over whether voters will use the midterms to air dissatisfaction over Donald Trump’s policies.

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Trump's DOJ promised a crackdown on sex-trafficking prosecutions ... @DanRosZiff @bradheath and Kristina Cooke pulled the receipts reuters.com/legal/government…
Insight: Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department hasn't delivered

Insight: Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department hasn't delivered

The Trump administration has repeatedly said the fight against sex trafficking is one of its top priorities.

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🔊 Growing calls for Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner to drop out of the Maine race expose a potential risk. @learmonth tells the Reuters World News podcast, ‘This is the hazard of picking an outsider. Somebody who came from nowhere’ reut.rs/4f5PMda
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This story tells you everything you need to know about why Argentina keeps winning reuters.com/investigates/spe…
In Argentina, amateur soccer offers a gritty economic lifeline

In Argentina, amateur soccer offers a gritty economic lifeline

For three-time World Cup champions Argentina, football is a feverish passion that permeates every home and every makeshift dirt field, known as a potrero.

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Patriot Front are marching on DC on July 4 - photos via @Reuters
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Why did Don Jr. invest in and then take public GrabAGun, the self-proclaimed "Amazon of guns?" A coming rule change at the ATF will make it easier to sell them online. New from @DanRosZiff reuters.com/legal/government…
Trump Jr.'s 'Amazon of guns' could make millions under new proposed firearm rule

Trump Jr.'s 'Amazon of guns' could make millions under new proposed firearm rule

GrabAGun, the online retailer where Trump's son is a shareholder and board member, could reap a windfall from a proposed rule change that would make it easier to ship guns directly to people's homes.

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Reuters photographer scaled the Washington Monument today, as one does, and spotted ... this reuters.com/world/us/someone…
US authorities investigate huge '8647' marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington

US authorities investigate huge '8647' marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington

The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Thursday it is ‌investigating what appeared to be a large tracing of "8647" into the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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Exclusive from @ErinBanco @JonathanLanday @alexalper : Trump’s election-security czar sought to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states by asking whether the Commerce Department could declare their components national-security risks reuters.com/legal/litigation…
EXCLUSIVE: Trump official tried to ban half of US voting machines, citing conspiracy theories

EXCLUSIVE: Trump official tried to ban half of US voting machines, citing conspiracy theories

White House adviser Kurt Olsen, a lawyer Trump has tasked with proving widely debunked election-rigging conspiracy theories, pushed the plan to target Dominion Voting Systems machines.

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The Proud Boys leader sentenced ‌to 22 years for seditious conspiracy over the January 6, 2021 riot, said he planned to apply to the Trump administration's $1.776 billion 'weaponization' fund, assuming he could get between $2 million and $5 million reut.rs/3Pg04i1
'I'm not greedy': January 6 rioters and Trump allies eye $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund

'I'm not greedy': January 6 rioters and Trump allies eye $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund

Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader sentenced ‌to 22 years, said he planned to apply to the fund, assuming he could get between $2 and $5 million.

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NEW from @DanRosZiff: J6-ers are flocking to the 'weaponization' slush fund and their math is simple: $1.8 billion divided by 1500 'victims' of prosecutorial overreach. Enrique Tarrio is expecting $2-$5 million reuters.com/legal/government…
'I'm not greedy': January 6 rioters and Trump allies eye $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund

'I'm not greedy': January 6 rioters and Trump allies eye $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund

Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader sentenced ‌to 22 years, said he planned to apply to the fund, assuming he could get between $2 and $5 million.

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NEWS: Reuters just dropped its first 30-min doc, a reconstruction of the massacre of civilians by Sudanese paramilitary forces, who recorded themselves killing civilians while conquering the city of al-Fashir reuters.com/investigates/spe…
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SCOOP: Amazon is plotting a new smartphone more than a decade after the Fire Phone flop. The project, known internally as 'Transformer,' is considering doing away with some of app-driven visual language of smartphones in favor of AI capabilities reuters.com/technology/amazo…
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon plans smartphone comeback more than a decade after Fire Phone flop

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon plans smartphone comeback more than a decade after Fire Phone flop

In 2014, Amazon introduced its first smartphone, hoping to take on Apple AAPL.O and Samsung. Instead, the Fire Phone - overseen directly by founder Jeff Bezos - was scrapped in barely over a year,...

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Kenneth Li@kenli729Mar 7
We are looking for a Chief Tech Corro, Greater China. If you'd like to come work with us on the global tech team @Reuters, drop me a line and apply here: thomsonreuters.wd5.myworkday…
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Prescient shot from Reuters' Kylie Cooper yesterday
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The man credited with the killing of El Mencho lives in a prison of his own making - much like the cartel leaders he hunts. One misstep could cost him his life. Fantastic reporting from @emilytgreen reuters.com/world/americas/m…
For Mexico's security chief, El Mencho killing was personal

For Mexico's security chief, El Mencho killing was personal

The man who helped lead the operation that killed the drug lord known as “El Mencho” spends his days and nights inside fortified office buildings, including a one-bedroom apartment in the security...

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Heads up, media people! Talk to Ken if you want to run coverage of Paramount/CBS, TikTok, YouTube and Kpop Demon Hunters
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@Reuters is hiring a media/social media editor. Biz, politics, culture. Reports to me. Drop me a line if you're interested or know of someone I should hit up.
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Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation - reuters.com/business/openai-…
EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation

EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation

OpenAI is considering filing with securities regulators as soon as the second half of 2026, people familiar with the matter said.

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