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Senior Video Journalist, The Washington Post • [email protected] • Signal: jmrieger.01
Washington, D.C.
Joined August 2009
Utility prices have risen roughly three times faster than overall inflation this year. There is no national count of electricity shutoffs, but data from select utilities in 11 states show disconnections have risen in at least 8 of them since last year. https://t.co/mWADNKDZ5j
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Exclusive: How a Kremlin insider influenced Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine
wsj.com
Crucial input from a Kremlin confidant influenced the document that for a week roiled relations between the U.S., Ukraine and Europe.
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(AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
apnews.com
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at...
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Update: The U.S. Coast Guard reversed course, saying the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited. This came hours after The Post reported that the service was about to enact a new policy that downgraded those symbols.
washingtonpost.com
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
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ABC News reports that the Justice Department is probing whether Ed Martin and Bill Pulte enlisted individuals outside DOJ to probe allegations of mortgage fraud amid ongoing investigations of Adam Schiff and Letitia James.
abcnews.go.com
The DOJ is probing the conduct of at least two top administration officials for possibly jeopardizing the criminal investigations of Trump's political foes, sources say.
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols. The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
washingtonpost.com
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he signed a bill directing DOJ to release the Epstein files. After Trump’s announcement, the Justice Department will have 30 days to release all unclassified documents about Jeffrey Epstein. https://t.co/gXYWveEAGW
washingtonpost.com
The legislation calling for the release of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein includes major loopholes. The department has said little about its plans.
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Trump on Khashoggi yesterday: "You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him things happened, but he [MBS] knew nothing about it and we can leave it at that."
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Pam Bondi on releasing the Epstein files: "We will continue to follow the law with maximum transparency while protecting victims." https://t.co/gXYWveE2Ro
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Nov. 14, 2025: "I don't care about it released or not" Nov. 17, 2025: "They can do whatever they want. We'll give them everything"
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July 15, 2025: "Anything that's credible, I would say let them have it" July 16, 2025: "It's all been a hoax that's perpetrated by the Democrats" July 16, 2025: "All my supporters want to talk about is the Jeffrey Epstein hoax" July 25, 2025: "I'll give you a list"
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Trump on Epstein files: 2015: "[Bill Clinton has] a lot of problems coming up...with the famous island" 2024: "I would [declassify the Epstein files]" July 8, 2025: "I can't believe you're asking a question on Epstein"
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For months, Donald Trump resisted calls to release files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Now, his administration may be poised to release those files following near-unanimous votes in Congress. My latest for @washingtonpost on Trump's shifting positions:
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"The analysis deemed 109 hospitals most exposed to the coming Medicaid cuts...Of those hospitals, 85 percent were in urban areas."
nytimes.com
Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities.
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The House is considering a resolution to censure and strip committee assignments from Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) after The Washington Post reported that Plaskett was texting with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 2019 hearing. https://t.co/WGHuBZWhqL
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“The Education Department plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts of the agency to other federal departments, an unprecedented and unilateral effort to dismantle an agency created by Congress”
washingtonpost.com
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.
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Maryland anticipates the Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild could cost as much as $5.2b, more than the initial $1.7-1.9b estimate. Costs have increased because of safety upgrades & a bigger main span for navigational clearance aligned w/ federal standards. https://t.co/hxhuO6quyh
politico.com
The cost of rebuilding the collapsed Baltimore bridge has more than doubled, according to a document viewed by POLITICO.
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TRUMP: "Would I launch strikes in Mexico to stop drugs? It's OK with me."
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