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Reporter, globetrotter, language collector, part-time musician. Stories @nytimes đŸ‘”đŸ», formerly @WaPo & coauthor of UNCHECKED 📚

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Hi! Buy UNCHECKED! It's: "a searing blow-by-blow critique" -Washington Post "revealing and engrossing history" -WSJ "a stinging indictment...of Republican cravenness and Democratic ineptitude" -The Guardian "a scorching exposĂ©...a must-read" -Kirkus 🌟 amazon.com/Unchecked-Rachael


Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress's Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump

Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress's Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump

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@seungminkimOct 15
This is such a gutting loss. We love you, Laura. The absolute best of the best. rollcall.com/2026/10/15/jour


Journalists mourn former press gallery director Laura Lytle

Laura Lytle, a former director of the Senate Daily Press Gallery, died Tuesday at age 51.  She was a fierce advocate for press access at the Capitol and brought a sense of humor to a job that could...

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Kate Nocera
@KateNoceraJul 13
a gripping read from Ellie in her first story for @washingtonsun , i couldn't put it down.
Ellie Silverman@esilverman11Jul 13
In my first story with Kelley French for @washingtonsun, I spoke to the woman pictured in the Metro photo on July 4. She didn't know she went viral. Her family wants people to know their difficult reality. Please take some time with our story today notus.org/metro/viral-metro-


The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.

America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.

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Shane Harris
@shaneharrisFeb 5
I think I knew that I had arrived as a Postie when, maybe my first or second day, Marty came in for his evening shift and made his customary walk through the newsroom, greeting every reporter by name as he walked to his desk. He stopped at the new guy, read my name plate. From that day, every day around five o’clock: “Shane, hello.” “Hey, Marty!” This ritual marked each day, like a bell tolling, and made me feel instantly at home.
paul schwartzman@paulschwartzmanFeb 4
The great ⁊@martyweilwapost⁩ is leaving The Post after 60 years. Here’s his speech on the occasion of his 50th
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Capital Weather
@capitalweatherFeb 4
Replying to @marthagimbel
We're still around... we'll have more to say later. Such a tough day for so many of our colleagues. Jason, CWG
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As a reader: losing the Maryland schools reporter in the middle of a massive redistricting project in Montgomery County is a loss many suburban moms/dads like me are going to feel fast and hard.
Nicole Asbury@NicoleAsburyFeb 4
I’m among the hundreds laid off today by The Post. It was a dream to write about education for @postlocal. I don’t have answers over what future coverage of Maryland schools will look like. If you have job tips, please send them my way
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Also: By my estimate, there are now only two reporters of color in the entire Features department at the Post after layoffs.
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David Folkenflik@davidfolkenflikFeb 4
extraordinary - the post's stated emphasis is national security who will cover Iran/Saudi? Israel? Hamas and the future of Gaza - and given US policy how all these things affect national security?
Claire Parker@cparker_reportsFeb 4
Laid off from the Washington Post, along with the entire roster of Middle East correspondents and our editors. Hard to understand the logic. But I am grateful for my incredible colleagues, whose grit and dedication to the reporting and each other I will miss dearly.
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Eugene Scott@Eugene_ScottFeb 4
Sometimes I wonder what the Washington Post would be like had McKenzie Scott won it in her divorce
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Matea Gold
@mateagoldFeb 4
I was so lucky to work at the @washingtonpost for more than a decade, alongside tenacious, world-class journalists. I know how deeply committed the staff is to the mission of holding power to account, and how much grit and bravery they bring to unearthing stories that would otherwise go untold. The loss of so many journalists is gutting for all of us who care about The Post and its long history of independent, rigorous reporting.
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Yeganeh's reporting on Iran has been riveting and vital these last few months. I may not get to read her reporting in the @washingtonpost anymore, but I just preordered her book. penguinrandomhouse.com/books


Stolen Revolution by Yeganeh Torbati, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: 9780385550314 | PenguinRandomHouse.c...

A moving and harrowing portrait of the lives of Iranians across five decades, tracing the promise of the 1979 Iranian revolution, its betrayal by forces of autocracy, and a people’s undying...

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Yeganeh Torbati@yjtorbatiFeb 4
I'm heartbroken to announce that I've been laid off from my position at The Washington Post. Working at this newspaper, and especially being a foreign correspondent covering Iran and Turkey over the last few short months, was a dream come true for me.
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Ben Mullin@BenMullinFeb 4
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Proud to have worked for Peter Finn when I was at the Post. A noble move at a devastating time.
Ben Mullin@BenMullinFeb 4
NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. nytimes.com/2026/02/04/busin


Washington Post Lays Off More Than 300 Journalists

The layoffs cut into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage, and reduced its entire work force by about 30 percent.

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Jeremy Barr
@jeremymbarrFeb 4
Among the staffers laid off: The Post's Amazon beat reporter, Caroline O'Donovan. theguardian.com/media/2026/f


‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers

Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump

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He supported the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Now he may be deported to the Taliban.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

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Rachael Bade
@rachaelmbade19 Sep 2025
đŸššâ˜€ïžBREAKING NEWS (personal
 and bittersweet): After nearly 11 years, I'm leaving POLITICO. I’ll always be grateful to this place that taught me how to cover Washington. It’s been a fun ride. But ultimately, the company and I were on divergent paths — and it just made sense. I’m *stoked* for the next chapter and to build something new. More on that coming soon
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A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply (Published 2025)

The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

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Matt Canham@mattcanham28 Jul 2025
The @seattletimes will once again have a reporter in D.C. Please share our job ad and reach out if you are interested. seattletimes.applytojob.com/

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18,500 of the 60,000 people killed in Israel’s war in Gaza are children. Here are their names. đŸ§” wapo.st/3U5KowA

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

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Gazans Are Dying of Starvation (Published 2025)

After 21 months of devastating conflict with Israel, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians — the young, the old and the sick — are facing what aid groups say is impending famine.

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Jeremy Bowen
@BowenBBC24 Jul 2025
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statem


Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

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