Eric Lipton
@EricLiptonNYT
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Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump-without fear or favor. I write about people and power.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2011
As a reminder. I don't really do Twitter anymore. Cause I write about Elon. You can find my work and what I am tracking at @ericlipton.nytimes.com on Bluesky.
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NEW: What happened to the MAGA Instant Pot? A tale of a company -- and an appliance -- trying and failing to navigate Washington's new rules. https://t.co/C7q4UXdsng
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As its private-equity owner fought antitrust allegations, the countertop cooker suddenly embraced the president’s politics, trying the new playbook of lobbying through flattery.
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The U.S. organ transplant system performs thousands of lifesaving operations each year. But amid a push to increase transplants, a growing number of potential donors have endured premature or bungled attempts to retrieve their organs. Our story today:
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People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.
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NEW: The V.A. was under pressure to slash spending. Then it started to feed @DOGE misleading budget cuts, inflating its progress. https://t.co/neAIjPUKnn
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The Department of Veterans Affairs claimed credit for canceling contracts that had not been canceled, and tallied savings unrelated to the cost-cutting efforts.
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Just want to take a minute to mark a huge moment in DC. The legendary @danbalz is retiring from full-time work at the @washingtonpost after 47 remarkable years. I had the great privilege of sitting next to Dan in the Post newsroom and working with him for years. He is the last of
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Now gathering at Andrews air base: The military judge and legal teams for a brief, mostly procedural hearing in the military commissions case against the prisoner called Hambali at Guantánamo Bay. He has no trial date. Our guide…
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Three prisoners were charged with terrorism, murder and conspiracy in bombings in Indonesia 20 years ago that killed more than 200 people. Two pleaded guilty and were sent home.
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The explosion at Starbase from the side of the road
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Trump's Dictator Cosplay... my new column on the President's week of militarized theater:
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Just how dangerous is the President’s week of militarized theatre?
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NEW: A top buyer of Trump's memecoin has ties to the Chinese Communist Party. He Tianying owned $3.7M of $TRUMP. That got him into a crypto dinner with Trump & a WH tour. Yet the WH is working to revoke visas from Chinese students with Communist ties.
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The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from...
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"Trump was welcoming these folks to his dinner at the same time as he's moving to try to limit visas for Chinese students": @EricLiptonNYT on his new reporting claiming one buyer at the President's high-dollar memecoin dinner last month has ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
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President Trump is threatening to cut govt. contracts for Elon Musk's companies amid their feud. SpaceX and Starlink have received billions from the federal govt. @EricLiptonNYT joins @KatyTurNBC to explain why it's "not possible" for Trump to do this. https://t.co/E5vxz8I6fr
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President Trump is threatening to cut government contracts for Elon Musk's companies amid their feud. SpaceX and Starlink have received billions from the federal government. New York Times Investig...
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NEW: Buyer With Ties to Chinese Communist Party Got V.I.P. Treatment at Trump Crypto Dinner
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The warm welcome for a technology executive whose purchases of the president’s digital coin won him a White House tour illustrates inconsistencies in the administration’s views toward visitors from...
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On an all-new The Weekly Show, Jon Stewart is joined by Eric Lipton and Susan Glasser to delve into how Trump is leveraging the presidency for personal profit. #TheWeeklyShow @EricLiptonNYT @sbg1
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Trump's plan to accept a luxury 747 from Qatar has drawn concern from lawmakers who worry that he will pressure the Air Force to do more than $1 billion in work so fast that sufficient security measures are not built into the plane w/@EricLiptonNYT
https://t.co/oltSPdCOLd
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The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president.
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The US has officially accepted the free jet plane from Qatar and the Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to rapidly upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for Trump. @EricLiptonNYT @EricSchmittNYT
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The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president.
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There are so many jarring conflicts exposed by @EricLiptonNYT, @yaffebellany & Ben Protess in this investigation of the Trump family's forays into cryptocurrency. The whole thing is worth a read to understand all the potential avenues for self-enrichment.
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World Liberty Financial has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in modern American history.
NEW: In February, @EricTrump urged people to invest in Ether ($ETH), writing “you can thank me later.” The next month, his father announced the creation of a “US Crypto Reserve” including $ETH. Its price surged 13%+. The Trump firm World Liberty Financial owned $240m in $SETH
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The best of the best
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Times’ Doug Mills wins 2025 Pulitzer for Breaking News Photography for images of the shooting of Donald Trump.
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Will be joining This Week on Sunday....
SUNDAY: The Trump family’s foray into the crypto world is raising conflict of interest questions as the president now shapes crypto policy. @AaronKatersky reports on the ventures, and @EricLiptonNYT & @JohnReedStark discuss Trump's moves. @ThisWeekABC
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I don't use X now that it is owned by Elon Musk, who I often write about. I have moved to Bluesky. Also, X is using data for AI training. Not something I want to be part of.
@kenvogel @franklin19788 This cryptocurrency story is by NYT reporter @yaffebellany Another important NYT piece on Trump & Trump family + cryptocurrency deals and profiteering was recently published with @EricLiptonNYT & 2 others. WHY isn't NYT staff promoting these stories on their socials much? 👇🏼
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