Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff
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Staff writer with @Washingtonpost covering higher education and youth culture in D.C., Maryland and Virginia | Reach out at [email protected]
Washington, D.C.
Joined September 2014
Jan. 6 shattered the Reffitts. In the over two years since, Peyton Reffitt had watched her family come apart. Her dad was arrested for joining the violent mob after her brother reported him. At a round table in May, they began trying to reconcile. https://t.co/65URuf3h0L
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Peyton Reffitt watched her family come apart after Jan. 6. More than two years after Guy Reffitt was turned in by his son, she and her family are trying to pick up the pieces.
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Meet Georgetown's next president: Eduardo Peñalver. - current president of fellow Jesuit institution Seattle University - former dean of Cornell Law “I have always been and will be committed to operating with transparency, openness and engagement with everyone,” he told The Post.
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Breaking news: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.
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The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations -- with dozens of reprimands, dismissals and "nonjudicial punishment" already From @noahjrobertson @TaraCopp
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The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.
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Military veterans are swamping the U.S. government with dubious disability claims that are exploiting the country’s sacred commitment to compensate those harmed in the line of duty, according to a Post investigation.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs spends billions on dubious and even fraudulent disabilities benefits. Meanwhile, some deserving cases wait.
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm in the ranks.
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The Trump administration has axed nearly two dozen projects addressing health and environmental issues in Southern Black communities:
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The Trump administration has canceled nearly two dozen projects, according to a Post analysis, undermining efforts on pollution, sewage leaks and flooding.
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Exclusive: The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing appears to have confessed to friends in a Discord chat shortly before turning himself in to law enforcement, according to two people familiar with the chat and screenshots obtained by The Post.
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‘Im sorry for all of this’ read a message from the suspect’s account, according to two people familiar with the message and screenshots obtained by The Post.
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NEW: ICE has arrested so many people in Trump's D.C. crackdown that it's crowding the agency’s Northern Virginia processing site, lawyers say, creating "dangerous" conditions in a site not meant to keep people overnight. w/ @DanRosZiff @marialuisapaulr
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Immigration agents have arrested so many people in their D.C. crackdown that they are crowding the agency’s processing site in Northern Virginia, lawyers say.
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Amid the surge of immigration enforcement in D.C., detainees are being held for multiple days (in overcrowded conditions) in ICE’s field office in Chantilly, Va. — a facility with no beds, designed for stays of up to 12 hours. W/ @teoarmus @DanRosZiff
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Immigration agents have arrested so many people in their D.C. crackdown that they are crowding the agency’s processing site in Northern Virginia, lawyers say.
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Federal immigration agents have arrested so many people in their crackdown in D.C. that a Northern Virginia processing center has become severely overcrowded, according to attorneys for the detainees.
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Immigration agents have arrested so many people in their D.C. crackdown that they are crowding the agency’s processing site in Northern Virginia, lawyers say.
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We spoke to 17 of his current and former colleagues, who said Washington cares about expanding access and championing hard workers. Two argued he pushed faculty to consider race in hiring. More from Washington's first interview in weeks, w/@karina_elwood:
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Amid four Trump probes and without Ivy League resources, George Mason President Gregory Washington is facing calls for his ouster. He says he won’t quit.
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Conservatives want him fired. This president says he's not going anywhere. Facing four Trump administration investigations over antisemitism and DEI, George Mason President Gregory Washington tells me quitting isn't on the table. “I don’t run from the hard issues,” he said.
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Weekly meetings in the Roosevelt Room. Daily readouts of arrest numbers. A commitment to stay involved for the long haul. How Stephen Miller is running Trump’s effort to take over D.C., with @natalie_allison
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The deputy White House chief of staff has emerged as a key enforcer of the D.C. operation in the month since Trump federalized the local police department.
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🍂 Fall has moved in early! We’re declaring summer officially over in D.C. — the earliest we’ve ever made the call. Near 80 by day, 50s–60s at night, and no heat waves in sight. 👉 https://t.co/c8U8eN7C4p
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Parents are recruiting volunteers to monitor popular routes to school. Some students are scared of being stopped by police. An after-school program hopes it can hold on to its mostly Latina staff. @laurenmlumpkin on the first day of school in D.C. https://t.co/hitYrgBBip
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As President Donald Trump sends more federal forces to D.C. to fight crime, some residents worry about the impact on students and staff as school resumes.
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BREAKING: Howard President Ben Vinson III is stepping down. Details to come
Howard University Board of Trustees announced a leadership transition and extends its sincere appreciation to President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., as he steps down as the University's 18th president. The Board of Trustees announced President Emeritus Wayne A.I. Frederick, M.D., to
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Breaking news: President Trump said he will patrol D.C. streets tonight with law enforcement as his administration continues its effort to exert control over the city.
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President Donald Trump visited law enforcement officers in D.C. as the administration continued its efforts to exert control over the city.
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D.C. police’s efforts to enforce moped laws resulted mostly in food delivery drivers’ immediate release. But ICE has joined in, and now, drivers are being detained. w/@teoarmus @ELaserDavies @JHBaran @marianaa_alfaro
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Before Trump’s crusade against crime in D.C., most delivery drivers were let go after traffic stops. Now they are being sent to immigrant detention centers.
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ICE is joining D.C. police patrols, as a growing number of Moped drivers are detained. One D.C. police officer said ICE agents “are in the back while we make the stop. Then while we are verifying permit status, they are using that information to determine immigration status.”
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