David Lauter
@DavidLauter
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Interrupting retirement to edit White House coverage at the Washington Post. Also @davidlauter.bsky.social. Look for my photos on Flickr.
Joined June 2011
RT @washingtonpost: Lavish gifts, flattery and hefty domestic investments have become the currency of influence in President Donald Trump’s….
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Tech industry CEOs have lavished gifts, flattery and attention on President Trump. The administration has rolled out industry-friendly policies.
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RT @latimes: Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis drops out of governor's race, pivots to run for treasurer
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Her exit from the governor's race creates an opening for other candidates to build relationships and secure contributions from well-heeled Bay Area donors.
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RT @boreskes: After emigrating from Sicily, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s grandfather, Andrea Cuomo, opened a grocery store in Jamaica, Queens….
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President Trump has urged Andrew Cuomo to stay in the New York City mayor’s race. Here are seven moments when their paths crossed over the years.
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RT @washingtonpost: The Trump administration plans to dramatically cut criticism of human rights abuses in Russia, Israel and El Salvador i….
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The Trump administration plans to ease criticism of human rights abuses in Russia, El Salvador and Israel. Past reports noted executions, torture and corruption.
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These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck and may soon be sold across the country. Energy solution? Or disaster waiting to happen? by @evanhalper
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Firms are close to bringing the first “micro reactors” to market, with hundreds being shipped within the decade and dotting the landscape. Is America ready?
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Posting again w the link: Phillip Todd, a staffer for Sen. Rand Paul, was nearly killed 2 years ago in a random stabbing on H Street. He's been talking with.@ELaserDavies.ever since, as he contended with mercy + redemption.
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Phillip Todd, a staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), was nearly killed in a random attack in D.C. He took two years to figure out what he wanted to say.
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Phillip Todd, a staffer for Sen. Rand Paul, was nearly killed 2 years ago in a random stabbing on H Street. He's been talking with @ELaserDavies ever since, as he contended with mercy + redemption. He could have been the GOP’s voice on crime. His faith got in the way.
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Democrats take off the gloves on redistricting — but could it backfire? It represents a dramatic turnaround by a party that for more than a decade has claimed to be at the vanguard of good government and reform, by @ktumulty.
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It represents a dramatic retreat by a party that for more than a decade has claimed to be at the vanguard of good government and reform.
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RT @PollsAndVotes: Reality check. Headlines describe Trump approval: "crashing", "record low", "major decline". These are driven by cherry….
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RT @washingtonpost: Exclusive: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a minimally redacted version of a highly classified….
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CIA officials worried the release of the House Intelligence Committee report on 2016 Russian election interference could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources. Tulsi Gabbard overrode their...
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RT @chelsea_janes: I watched so much baseball as a kid, and I don’t even remember wondering if this was possible. Seemed out of the realm.….
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EXCLUSIVE: Gabbard overrode CIA officials’ concerns in push to release classified Russia report, from @wstrobel.
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CIA officials worried the release of the House Intelligence Committee report on 2016 Russian election interference could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources. Tulsi Gabbard overrode their...
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Democratic lawmakers, who left Texas to block a Republican plan to redraw the congressional map, were evacuated from a suburban Chicago hotel because of what police called a potential bomb threat. Via @patrickdmarley, @yvonnewingett and @marianaa_alfaro
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“We are safe, we are secure, and we are undeterred,” said caucus leaders after police searched the hotel where some of the lawmakers who had fled Texas were staying.
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Trump vowed to make D.C. ‘safe and beautiful.’ Here’s what’s happened. An order by Trump led to stepped-up federal law enforcement in D.C., including many arrests for low-level offenses. @natalie_allison @OliviaCGeorge.
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An order by Trump has led to stepped-up federal law enforcement in D.C., including many arrests for low-level offenses. The White House says that has cut crime.
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RT @washingtonpost: President Trump threatened to take federal control of D.C. again after a DOGE staffer known as “Big Balls” was injured….
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“If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.
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Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, which was weeks in the making. By @KnowlesHannah:.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate, took in Texas Democrats who fled their state to block a Republican-led redistricting plan.
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RT @SeanTrende: Again, I just want people to decide if a fair map is a map drawn without reference to politics, regardless of consequences….
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RT @washingtonpost: The White House does not plan to require health insurers to provide coverage for in vitro fertilization services, two p….
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President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.
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RT @washingtonpost: A proposed change to the Texas congressional map would shift five districts now held by Democrats toward Republicans, g….
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A plan to change Texas’s congressional map could help Republicans keep control of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms. State Democrats hope to stall it.
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