Rosalind Helderman
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Supreme Court editor at @nytimes. Formerly senior national investigations editor at the @washingtonpost.
Washington, DC
Joined May 2011
A new handle for a new adventure. Find me now at @RozHelderman. I'm so excited to be joining The New York Times at this critical time.
nytco.com
Coverage of the Supreme Court by The Times has long been in a class by itself, a record we have built on in recent years through the comprehensive and insightful reporting and analysis of Adam Liptak…
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Calling Trump & his allies "liars," Biden told me over the phone that he orally made all clemency decisions recorded w/ an autopen at the end of his term and discussed several in detail. NYT also reviewed several dozen Biden WH emails showing process. w/ @tylerpager *links follow
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Behind the scenes at the Justice Dept, prosecutors and a judge fought against a Trump appointee’s efforts to aggressively criminally investigate activists at Columbia University
nytimes.com
Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.
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Scoop: Justice Dept pardon lawyer says before she was fired, she objected to pressure from superiors to restore Mel Gibson’s gun rights. A Justice official denies that’s the reason she was dismissed https://t.co/VXxlVWJnVs via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
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Their names have not been released. Their exact crimes are unknown. The more than three dozen immigrants being held at Guantánamo have entered what some lawyers are calling a “legal black hole.” @SilviaElenaFF reports: https://t.co/xcsw4tW2zB
washingtonpost.com
The Trump administration has released scant information on the migrants sent to Guantanamo Bay. Human rights lawyers are demanding they be allowed access to legal counsel.
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And I'm so grateful to The Washington Post for everything it has given me. I will always love the Post and its people.
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Beautifully written dispatch via @ReisThebault Disaster is in the air. It clouds the skies, it sears the eyes, it lodges in the lungs. It weighs on the heart. Even for those who are miles away, the fires are still inescapable, an ever-present ache.
washingtonpost.com
Even far from the fire lines in the nation’s largest county, residents are fearful and worried their neighborhood could be next.
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Rubio nomination complicated by attack on Musk’s Tesla and China’s ban, via @PostKranish https://t.co/Pgvf8twbee
washingtonpost.com
The senator’s criticism of Chinese “genocide” led the country to forbid his entry, and his attack on Elon Musk’s company could rile Trump’s key adviser.
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Biden pardoned his son while leaving hundreds seeking clemency in limbo, via @BethReinhard @AMarimow @PerryStein https://t.co/Fnic7A1zOy
washingtonpost.com
President Biden’s historic one-day clemency act included commutations that sparked outrage, in part because the White House skipped normal vetting procedures.
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How Pam Bondi boosted Trump's election fraud claims in a key swing state, via @BethReinhard https://t.co/jZL9sGdmFR
washingtonpost.com
As Trump seeks to elevate Pam Bondi to attorney general, her work battling to overturn the 2020 vote in Pennsylvania is drawing new scrutiny.
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Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump's purge, via @ReinLWapo @JStein_WaPo
https://t.co/HLCEq65PHD
washingtonpost.com
Career civil servants are scrubbing social media, changing job titles and looking for private-sector work over fear that Trump may fire them.
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Pete Hegseth's history with alcohol shadows his Pentagon selection, via @PostKranish @DanLamothe @SarahEllison @John_Hudson https://t.co/M2gNgMvmYC
washingtonpost.com
A review of Pete Hegseth’s writings and interviews shows that he has been blunt about what he called his use of alcohol.
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This podcast from my friend @shaneharris is, officially, about bacon. But truly it’s a story of Washington and really? About the American Dream. A perfect Thanksgiving Day listen.
podcasts.apple.com
Podcast Episode · Post Reports · 11/27/2024 · 46m
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As Helene's floods tore through Tennessee, people stuck at a factory and a nearby hospital took out their phones and recorded. @samueloakford @bellwak @SilviaElenaFF used that footage + interviews to piece together why some lived and others died that day. https://t.co/TVseW9M3BK
washingtonpost.com
Victims and survivors filmed Helene’s flooding in Tennessee, showing what went wrong as a hospital was evacuated and six people were swept away at a nearby factory.
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Trump signs transition agreement with Biden, but it lacks key guardrails via @Reinlwapo and @iarnsdorf https://t.co/E2TyzXJl8w
washingtonpost.com
The Trump team is still refusing to accept several typical trappings of the presidential transition process, including federal funding, equipment, office space or security.
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Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump’s bumpy transition. His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from meetings and name-calling, by @AshleyRParker @jdawsey1 @michaelscherer
washingtonpost.com
His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from meetings and name-calling.
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Linda McMahon made a fortune with WWE. Wrestling scandals now shadow her rise. Via @BethReinhard @AbhaBhattarai https://t.co/uKjHCMtP7q
washingtonpost.com
Donald Trump’s transition co-chair and Education Department pick, along with her husband, are named in a recent lawsuit claiming they ignored abuse at WWE.
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What's it like at a majority Latino high school the week after Trump's win. I spent the week to Building 21 HS in Allentown, Pa. https://t.co/8RcPdS5hUh
washingtonpost.com
At a majority-Latino school in Allentown, Pennsylvania, students struggle to understand what message the election was intended to send about their place in this country.
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Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says. From @PostKranish @jdawsey1 @jocwapo
washingtonpost.com
Documents obtained by The Post provide extensive detail about an allegation that Pete Hegseth sexually assaulted a woman in 2017.
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Trump won. The celebrations started. Then the trouble began. The president-elect has been operating off his own script, making rapid-fire Cabinet picks that have posed immediate political challenges, by @JaxAlemany @michaelscherer @jdawsey1 @AshleyRParker
washingtonpost.com
The president-elect has been operating off his own script, making Cabinet picks that have posed immediate political challenges.
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