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Jess Awtry

@jawtry

VP/Digital Strategy @PewResearch. Formerly @Newsweek @TheHill, @USATODAY. Journalist, data devourer, friend of strong local news. Weird thing for karaoke.

 Tysons Corner, VA
Joined February 2009
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NEW: Axios is laying off 50 people across the company. CEO @JimVandeHei just sent out this note — which says the layoffs are because of “changes in the media business”
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Butler county district attorney Richard Goldinger tells me Trump was grazed by gunfire but is safe. An audience member was killed and the shooter is dead. Another person is in serious condition, the prosecutor said.
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We are back at the criminal court for Day 2 of the Trump trial in Manhattan. Follow @Newsweek for live updates from the overflow room, where press will watch jury selection continue at 9:30 a.m.
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🔴 Taiwan earthquake latest 🔴 Primary results 🔴 Job news Sign up to our evening newsletter for a quick recap of today's biggest news stories. link.newsweek.com/join/79a/g…?
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NEW: If @Sen_JoeManchin doesn't run in 2024, Joe Biden will be left without one of his chief energy policy architects and top ambassadors to rural America. I traveled to West Virginia for @Newsweek and talked to voters about politics and energy policy. newsweek.com/why-joe-biden-n… – at Brooklyn, NY
Why Joe Biden needs Joe Manchin more than ever

Why Joe Biden needs Joe Manchin more than ever

If Joe Manchin chooses not to run in 2024, Joe Biden will be left without one of his party's chief energy policy architects and top ambassadors to rural voters.

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@Newsweek15 Aug 2023
Booking 📖 Trial 👩‍⚖️ Jury selection 👨👩 Key dates 🗓 What 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 for Donald Trump? newsweek.com/what-next-donal…

What next for Donald Trump? Booking, trial, jury selection, key dates

The former president is accused of 13 charges as part of Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis' expansive 2020 election interference probe.

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9:40 p.m. outside the Fulton County courthouse. Ten indictments handed up are being entered into the system. DA’s office will hold news conference once the indictments are published online. – at Atlanta, GA
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🗣️ "The U.S. election is the key to taking the pressure off for Putin." 🔴 Joe Biden insists he'll support Ukraine for "as long as it takes." 🔴 Donald Trump claims he'll end the war. 🔴 Support for Kyiv will be a key issue in the 2024 election. 🔗 - tinyurl.com/2a66b9wb
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BREAKNG: Read Trump indictment for new Capitol riot charges newsweek.com/read-trump-indi…
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Former President Trump has been indicted on four counts in federal court in Washington.
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In a Monday op-ed in Newsweek, Donald Trump accused his political enemies of a plot to bring him down through the "Russiagate" probe, citing a special counsel report published in May that concluded the investigation should never have been launched by the FBI. newsweek.com/exclusive-trump…
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Yevgeny Prigozhin ruined any chances of a political future when he marched on Moscow in a mutiny attempt, a former Russian diplomat has told Newsweek. newsweek.com/prigozhin-wagne…

Prigozhin blew it

Yevgeny Prigozhin ruined any chances of a political future when he marched on Moscow in a mutiny attempt, a former Russian diplomat has told Newsweek.

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ALL REMAINING Supreme Court decisions to come down tomorrow morning, Chief Justice John Roberts announces. Student debt and same-sex wedding website cases to be handed down beginning at 10am tomorrow.
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The iconic magazine won’t have *any* staff writers and won’t be sold on newsstands starting next year under a new series of cuts by ⁦@Disney⁩, its owner. Latest by me: washingtonpost.com/media/202…
National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers

National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers

National Geographic is laying off its staff writers, the latest cut in a challenging environment for magazine publishing.

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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Trump made shocking comments about Ivanka, says ex-staffer newsweek.com/donald-trump-iv…
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Wagner Leader Declares War on Russian Military After Alleged Attack "We are 25,000 strong, and we are going to figure out why chaos is happening in Russia," Prigozhin announced. "Everyone else is free to join us." newsweek.com/wagner-leader-d… @Newsweek

Wagner leader declares war on Russian military after alleged attack

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, claimed Russia's forces attacked his troops in Ukraine.

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Lots of interesting stuff in this big global survey of attitudes toward news media. This chart is nowhere near the most important, but it's one of the funnier ones reutersinstitute.politics.ox…
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Visit the new Radio Shack, get a free Big Mac.
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In the latest issue of @Newsweek, @valeriereports & @dktatlow blow open the lid on a loophole which enables sanctioned Chinese companies to stealthily slither into funds available to federal employees under retirement plans managed by the govt. A meticulously researched piece.
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BREAKING: In a surprise ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Black voters in a redistricting case and says Alabama likely violated the Voting Rights Act. The justices ordered the creation of a new, mostly Black congressional district in Alabama. apnews.com/article/supreme-c…
Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court has issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population.

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