NY Times Visual Investigations | Nieman '25 Fellow at Harvard | Previously EP WSJ visual investigations, documentaries | Pizza-eater, cyclist.
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A Deadly Firefight Exposes Erik Prince’s New Shadow War in Congo nytimes.com/2026/10/09/world…
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Interesting choice of music. “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from Les Misérables was an anthem of the 2019 mass protests in Hong Kong. Separately, Trump loves Les Mis and watched it at the Kennedy Center last year.
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Using weapon remnants, satellite images, witness accounts, here's our report on the U.S. airstrike on a wedding gathering in Kuhestak, southern Iran, that killed 5 and wounded 67. w/ @malachybrowne @farnazfassihi @ErikaSolomon @johnismay @SanamMahoozi nytimes.com/2026/09/02/video…
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Scoop: Hundreds of federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been assigned to an intensive, weekslong hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters despite an absence of evidence of widespread fraud, according to documents and training videos.
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One CENTCOM strike hit this residential area reportedly hosting a wedding. It's 150 yards from a comms tower that was hit in a separate strike. Multiple casualties, including children, being treated for injuries in Iran's hospitals. 26°48'10.86"N 57°01'29.82"E @geoconfirmed
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The U.S. bases in Jordan are in the middle of nowhere, not surrounded by skyscrapers. This is an old video of the U.S. consulate in Dubai when it was hit by a drone.
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Exclusive: World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, says its trust company has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a bank. on.wsj.com/3SA9lTt
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USA TODAY is partnering with Palantir to de-anonymize & ID readers across 200 newspapers.
And turn them into "actionable intelligence."
That spy language from @USATODAY is a huge red flag.
I'm sure they are trying to stay profitable.
But media exists to hold power accountable.
Not to partner with defense intelligence contractors.
Or treat readers like intelligence targets.
By: @HanaaTameez
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Robert Libetti retweeted
Before an ICE agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on Tuesday, security camera footage obtained by The Times shows that the agents pursuing his van drove aggressively in unmarked vehicles. The videos only provide a partial window into the incident. Here’s what we know
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The North Portico of the White House is under renovation… a “shroud” is being draped over the construction.
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Really good use of open source reporting, despite commercial satellite imagery limitations, by @AricToler and the @nytimes team looking at what damage U.S. military sites incurred during the conflict with Iran.
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This is the first official announcement of deaths and injuries of US troops in this war.
CENTCOM Update
TAMPA, Fla. – As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury.
Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.
The situation is fluid, so out of respect for the families, we will withhold additional information, including the identities of our fallen warriors, until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.
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Commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed sharply. There's a 70% drop per @DimAmpatzidis, who analyzed @Kpler ship-tracking data. The majority of vessels had done U-turns, diverted to alternative routes or begun idling nearby. nytimes.com/2026/02/28/world…
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This is absolutely nuts. The British Columbia school shooter's ChatGPT messages weren't just flagged by the automated system, but **a dozen OpenAI employees reviewed and debated them**
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Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino said today that Second Amendment protections do not apply when federal officers believe they are being obstructed or assaulted, even as he offered no evidence that Alex Pretti engaged in such conduct before he was shot and killed in Minneapolis yesterday. cnn.com/us/live-news/minneap…
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NEW and EXCLUSIVE: As we know, Trump's DOJ has reversed a longstanding norm and picked some its targets for criminal investigations based on who the targets were before evidence was collected. Now, we have reporting showing that Trump's DOJ followed a similar playbook for how it decided which universities it should target in its unprecedented war on higher education. w/@MichaelCBender @alanblinder nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/po…
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New from the @nytimes Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
From @robinnyc7, @devonjlum, @dim109, @ajcardia, Jeff Bernier, and me.
nytimes.com/video/us/1000000…
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NEW: A classified CIA assessment concluded senior figures within Maduro’s inner circle—including VP Delcy Rodríguez—would be better positioned to lead a temporary government in Caracas than Machado’s opposition if Maduro left power.
With @alexbward @dnvolz
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UPDATE: Trump just said on Air Force One that the U.S. is "in charge" of Venezuela, despite Rubio veering away from any suggestion of direct control earlier. Trump also said the post-Maduro leaders must give him "total access" to the oil. Gift link: nytimes.com/2026/01/04/us/po…
