Tara Copp
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@WashingtonPost Pentagon correspondent. Longhorn. Signal: taracopp.06. Email: [email protected]
Washington, DC
Joined February 2014
If you are a DOD or NNSA employee affected by federal job cuts, please reach out securely -- Signal: taracopp.06 or taracopp@protonmail.com.
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RT @Learfield: Check out @USATODAY’s list of College Football’s 25 most powerful people, including our very own CEO, @ColeG13. https://t.c….
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The @USNavy is surging 8 warships to the Caribbean and Pacific waters near several Central and South American countries, a significant buildup that has escalated tensions with #Venezuela. W/ @schmidtsam7
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A buildup of warships in the region has raised suspicions that Trump administration might take military action against Venezuela, whose president, Nicolás Maduro, is accused of running a drug cartel.
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National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties
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Service members say they’re glad to help the National Park Service. But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.
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RT @PressClubDC: WASHINGTON, August 25 – The National Press Club is gravely concerned by reports that five journalists were killed today in….
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RT @benpauker: 🚨SCOOP: Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse. DIA is the Pentagon’s main intelligence….
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest national security senior officer to be purged.
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RT @DanLamothe: This is false. But also:. 1) The Post did *not* report specific vulnerabilities. It reported that there is a strain on bud….
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RT @oliviacgeorge: My latest: The White House says hundreds have been arrested amid Trump’s D.C. police takeover. But there's black hole i….
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unusually large personal security requirements are straining the Army agency tasked with protecting him as it pulls agents from criminal investigations to safeguard family residences in Minnesota, Tennessee and D.C., to include the.
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Inside the 13-year search for Austin Tice, the journalist who disappeared
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Austin Tice disappeared in Syria in 2012. To reconstruct the 13-year search for the journalist, The Post spoke with more than 70 people, uncovering new information about his imprisonment and the...
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RT @benpauker: DC and LA are just the tip of the iceberg. Leaked documents detail a Pentagon plan for two National Guard units that would….
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Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest
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Documents reviewed by The Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.
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RT @adegrandpre: This is not sitting well at all with some of Trump’s supporters, @DanLamothe & @TaraCopp report tonight. Those currently….
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An unofficial adviser to President Trump, Loomer chastised Army Secretary Dan Driscoll over a social media post recognizing the combat actions of Florent Groberg.
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RT @loriara: We have a great team from @washingtonpost covering today's @NTSB investigative hearing on the DCA crash -- @rachelweinerwp @id….
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.@usarmy has purchased almost 1,700 Stratus ADSB systems to go fleet wide -- with priority for helicopters in the DCA region -- following the Jan. 29 collision. w/ @AlexHortonTX
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Officials say they are prioritizing the Black Hawk helicopter unit from Fort Belvoir involved in the midair collision with an American Airlines passenger jet.
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For three days starting Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will grill witnesses and release thousands of pages of documents on the Jan. 29 mid-air collision that killed 67. w/ @iduncan and @loriara
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The NTSB will hold hearings to investigate the Jan. 29 crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, examining potential factors including altimeter issues on the helico...
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News of the Executive Order comes as @NCAA President Charlie Baker told me today at a @PressClubDC breakfast that what’s really needed is legislation from Congress for lasting guidance. Link to that interview here:
Trump signs executive order to 'protect' college sports
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We are a few weeks away from the start of the college football season - and @NCAA President Charlie Baker had a lot to tell me about the impact of the transfer portal and the still developing effects of the House Settlement to pay student athletes. It’s a great listen, linked.
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.@NCAA President Charlie Baker is my guest at the @PressClubDC live discussion Thursday 10 am ET on the July 1 student athlete settlement, future athlete endorsements and the huge impacts of the transfer portal. Tune in on @cspan or livestream here:
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NCAA President Charlie Baker will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Breakfast on Thursday, July 24. The event begins with breakfast at 9:30 a.m. in the ballroom, followed by a moderated Q&A...
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