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Trump’s national security team’s chat app use stuns Washington
There are few US presidential actions more sensitive, more fraught with peril, than when and where to use American military force. If such information were obtained by American adversaries in advance, it could put lives – and national foreign policy objectives – at risk. Fortunately for the Trump administration, a group chat with information about…
Modi and Trump’s rapport may be tested as Indian prime minister visits Washington
By The Associated Press NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longstanding bonhomie with President Donald Trump could be tested as the Indian leader kicks off a visit to Washington on Wednesday, eager to avoid tariffs that have been slapped on others and threats of further taxes and imports. India, a key strategic partner of…
Helicopter black box recovered from Washington DC plane crash site
Officials have recovered the cockpit voice recorder – also known as the black box – from the helicopter involved in the plane crash that killed 67 people at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. Emergency responders are planning to ramp up operations over the weekend to recover the debris from the site. There were…
Fact-checking Trump’s claims about diversity schemes and the Washington plane crash
In a news conference on Thursday, Trump said that under Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden candidates with “severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities” could be hired as air traffic controllers (ATCs). He suggested, without offering any evidence, that this could be to blame for the crash. When challenged by reporters about why he thought this,…
What we know about the midair crash near Washington, D.C.
By Jaclyn Diaz , Rachel Treisman , Scott Neuman , Russell Lewis Follow the latest coverage of the crash . Authorities believe there will likely be no survivors in the midair crash involving an American Airlines regional jet and a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night in the skies above the nation’s capital. As of Thursday…
At least six people seriously injured on flight from Nigeria to Washington DC
Nigerian officials say a Boeing 787-800 belonging to United Airlines was forced to make an emergency return last Friday Multiple people were injured on a United Airlines flight heading from Lagos, Nigeria, to Washington DC last week. In a statement released on Friday, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria said that a Boeing 787-800 belonging…
Will Lewis’s first year at ‘Washington Post’: Cancellations, red ink and an exodus
David Folkenflik One debacle after another has engulfed The Washington Post since veteran newspaper executive Will Lewis became CEO and publisher a year ago this month, with the charge from owner Jeff Bezos to make the storied newspaper financially sustainable. Frustration boiled over on Tuesday night. More than 400 Post journalists, including some editors, signed…
Trump’s property company in talks to buy back his Washington DC hotel
Trump International hotel, currently a Waldorf Astoria, was a venue for influence peddling, opponents say Donald Trump’s property company is in negotiations to re-purchase his Washington hotel, which opponents say was a venue for illicit influence peddling during his first presidency. The Trump International hotel, housed in the city’s old post office building a short…
Pope Names Robert McElroy, an Ally on Immigration, as Cardinal in Washington
The appointment of Robert W. McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins. By Elizabeth Dias Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to be the next Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, moving one of his most vocal allies on immigration…
Washington Post cartoonist quits after satire aimed at owner Bezos rejected
A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. Ann Telnaes, a long-time Washington Post cartoonist, created a cartoon of Mr Bezos and other tycoons kneeling before a statue of President-elect Donald Trump. She said the paper’s refusal to…
A Pulitzer winner quits ‘Washington Post’ after a cartoon on Bezos is killed
David Folkenflik A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Washington Post has resigned after its editorial page editor rejected a cartoon she created to mock media and tech titans abasing themselves before President-elect Donald Trump. Among the corporate chiefs depicted by Ann Telnaes was Amazon founder and Post owner Jeff Bezos. The episode follows Bezos’ decision…
Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos
Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes drew a cartoon of the paper’s owner kneeling before Donald Trump The Washington Post’s Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the newspaper after its refusal to publish a satirical cartoon depicting the outlet’s owner Jeff Bezos – along with other media and technology barons…
Jimmy Carter will have funeral services in Plains, Ga., Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
Stephen Fowler ATLANTA — Funeral services for former president Jimmy Carter have been released, spanning six days, three cities and multiple stops at places that held significance during his life. Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. In a release from the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region, the group tasked with coordinating state funerals,…