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Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
Just one of Christiane’s many powerful and memorable moments: refusing to give in to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s demand that she wear a headscarf for an interview in NYC. She showed up; he didn’t.
Grateful to call @amanpour a colleague and friend.
Breaking: CNN legend Christiane @Amanpour, the network's chief international anchor, is departing the network next June. cnn.com/2026/10/19/media/chr…
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
To say this marks the end of an era doesn’t even cut it.
@amanpour has been synonymous with CNN & with top-tier international reporting for decades. I grew up admiring her, pinched myself every time I got to share a screen with her & have been grateful on so many occasions for the platform her show offered for in-depth, international coverage.
Will miss her dearly at CNN. But bravo on 43 extraordinary years. We should all be so lucky
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Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
"Head-scratching... & disconcerting, to say the least." President Trump's decisions over Ukraine are alarming allies. Former Pentagon official @EvelynNFarkas says the diesel deal w/Russia is "giving Putin a gift... That is completely disconnected to trying to get a peace deal."
For days, European and Ukrainian officials have warned the US was threatening to limit intelligence and other cooperation if Kyiv did not stop hitting Russian diesel facilities. cnn.com/2026/10/14/world/put… by @npwcnn
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
I had no idea that Helen Branswell was ill. I'm deeply saddened to hear of her passing. When I became CDC director, a very astute member of the CDC press office told me that I wasn't ready for a briefing unless I was ready for questions from Helen Branswell. Her questions were always thoughtful, knowledgeable, and fair. Her reporting showed us where we needed to improve and informed the public about health. We need more reporters like her. I'll miss her.
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Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
A terrible loss. She was the world's premiere infectious disease reporter -- an icon for all of us in public health science and journalism alike.
It is hard to believe that Helen Branswell has passed away. Just heartbreaking.
On January 4, 2020, Helen wrote STAT's first story on a mystery pneumonia outbreak in China. She saw the pandemic coming well before anyone was paying attention.
Helen was a journalist who knew more than most of the experts she interviewed. She understood the science, the history and the politics of every outbreak she covered. She asked the hardest (and best) questions and never let me get away with a vague answer
Experts learned from her. I certainly did
It's hard to imagine a world of pandemics, biological threats and so much more without a Helen Branswell to explain it all.
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Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
The civil servants who pushed back against DOGE’s assault on the federal bureaucracy were labeled “blockers” by Elon Musk. I spoke with author Michael Lewis, who details the fascinating stories of some of those civil servants in his new book “Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State.”
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
DOGE made “possible a massive power grab, and that's the real story.”
That’s what author Michael Lewis told me in the second part of our conversation about his book “Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State.”
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
Great to speak with @FareedZakaria to talk about Beirut 1982 as the origins of current Iran-US-Israel war and why the story of Malcolm Kerr helps illuminate the geopolitical tragedy we are still living through. Join me Tuesday for a book talk with @RichardEngel at @92ndStreetY
I spoke with journalist @KimGhattas about the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, and about her new book “The Best Kind of American,” which chronicles the mysterious murder of an American in Lebanon in the 1980s and how that period shaped the modern Middle East:
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
“I think that Putin actually believes I’m a spy.”
Journalist @evangershkovich spent 16 months behind bars in Russia, held as a pawn until a 2024 prisoner swap.
He tells me why Putin seems convinced he was a spy – and what it says about his access to reliable information.
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
Must-read report by @natan_oden & @adamrasgon
NYT reports: David Milstein a top aide to U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee suppressed and altered reports by U.S. diplomats critical of Israel and skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light
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Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
Navi Pillay, a great Nobel winner for today. A human rights defender. And a South African woman of colour.
In 2014, I asked how her experience struggling against apartheid informed her work. She said she learned to “be persistent & be totally positive that you will win one day.”
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
“I don’t believe it until I hear it from you!”
Listen to an exclusive call with our newest peace laureate Navi Pillay.
Pillay couldn't believe that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, was happy to confirm that the news was true.
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
“It seems a little insane”
Anne Carson was sweeping the kitchen floor at her home in Reykjavík, Iceland, when the phone rang and she learnt that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
In this conversation with the Nobel Prize just moments after the announcement, Carson shares her advice for aspiring writers and reveals that she has already started planning how to give away the prize money.
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
NEW: ICE leadership told agents nationwide this week to increase arrests by 1,000 more people daily, returning to a previous goal of 3,000 daily arrests. They were also instructed to try to reach 19,000 arrests per week. cnn.com/2026/10/08/politics/…
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
Our latest report about the 40 hostages who were abducted alive on Oct 7, but died in captivity is based on interviews with dozens of hostage families and Israeli mil & gov't officials.
And it's layered. So I want to break down the most important findings, beginning with... 1/🧵
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
🚨 The NFL is urging SCOTUS to let states regulate prediction apps like gambling. This is big. (1) Football is the top driver of trading volume. (2) The NFL is breaking from other leagues (MLB, NHL) that have prediction partnerships. (3) This pits the NFL against the Trump admin
Jeanne Sahadi retweeted
New: The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administration. propub.li/4zmkdnX
