David Halbfinger
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Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.
Joined May 2009
Scoop: US is pressing the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution that would enshrine President Trump’s Gaza peace plan in international law with little room for negotiation. w/ @adamrasgon @halbfinger
https://t.co/T8h4awKYjl
nytimes.com
The alternative, Ambassador Michael Waltz bluntly told diplomats, was to watch the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas give way to a return to war.
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BLOCKBUSTER. Trump: 1. Calls Harris a “bitch” 2. Directs attack on top donor 3. “Disorientated” by Harris surge. 4. Says Dem “weird” meme aimed at Vance, not him. 5. Donors “rattled” by flat-footed response to Harris. Via @maggieNYT @jonathanvswan
https://t.co/sMvoTt2WbH
nytimes.com
People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.
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Biden Tells Governors He Needs More Sleep and Less Work at Night Scoop by @reidepstein & @maggieNYT
https://t.co/swQA5i3dpI
nytimes.com
The president’s opening remark to a group of key Democratic leaders — that he was in the race to stay — chilled any talk of his withdrawal, participants said.
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Nice way to close out an awesome yearlong fellowship on @nytpolitics, @anjalihuynh! Thanks for all your terrific work — and good luck!
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Boom, as they used to say. Welcome back, @teddyschleifer, to The Times. Let the scoops roll in.
We’re thrilled to announce that @teddyschleifer is returning to The Times as a correspondent on the Politics desk.
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Big, big get right here.
We're excited to welcome back @ShawnMcCreesh to The Times, who is joining @nytpolitics as a feature writer.
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A very strong addition to our muscular editing team. Welcome, @gonzoeditor!
We’re thrilled to announce that Miguel Gonzalez is joining Politics as day editor.
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The @jessbidgood era is about to begin.
We’re thrilled to announce that @jessbidgood is rejoining The Times as the new managing correspondent of the On Politics newsletter.
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News: Trump met with Elon Musk on Sunday. Comes as Musk has been attacking Biden's immigration policies and signaling privately that Biden must be defeated in November. Not yet clear whether he'll write a big check for Trump. w @maggieNYT @RMac18
nytimes.com
It’s not clear whether Mr. Musk will spend any of his billions on the former president’s behalf. If he does, he could erase Mr. Trump’s financial disadvantage in the 2024 race.
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Scoop by @reidepstein Biden White House aide takes reins of re-election campaign https://t.co/1HfXaExaVf
nytimes.com
The aides, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon, will move from the White House to his re-election headquarters in Wilmington, Del.
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The Emasculation of Ron DeSantis by the Bully Donald Trump @MichaelCBender @NickNehamas A last look back at a yearlong humiliation.
nytimes.com
The former president’s brutal, yearlong campaign of humiliation helped torpedo the Florida governor’s White House hopes and left his next moves in politics uncertain.
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Tim Scott is traveling to Florida today so he can fly with former President Donald Trump to New Hampshire for the rally, where he will endorse him.
nytimes.com
The former president and his allies had been privately courting Mr. Scott, hoping to win his endorsement before the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
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With this homepage headline, the @nytimes perfectly summarizes the night in televised politics: "DeSantis and Haley Tear Into Each Other. Trump Enjoys Himself." Haley and DeSantis "called each other liars, while elsewhere Donald Trump faced a friendly town hall crowd."
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Next in our reported-out 2025 Trump policy stakes series went up this a.m. and will be Sunday NYT front: the prospect of withdrawing the USA from or gutting NATO, abandoning Ukraine and a retreat from Europe. w/ @jonathanvswan & @maggieNYT Gift link: https://t.co/4AqqrhVSP7
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The most deeply reported story so far on Trump's second term immigration plans. w @charlie_savage & @maggieNYT. Here's a gift link so you can read it without an NYT subscription:
nytimes.com
If he regains power, Donald Trump wants not only to revive some of the immigration policies criticized as draconian during his presidency, but expand and toughen them.
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How Dem establishment used midterm results to clear field for Biden over evidence the public wasn't enthused about re-election was massively undercovered. It was also undercovered bc moves like the state order change were done under guise of affirming racial representation
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Here is a gift link for those who are not yet NYT subscribers
nytimes.com
Voters in battleground states said they trusted Donald J. Trump over President Biden on the economy, foreign policy and immigration, as Mr. Biden’s multiracial base shows signs of fraying.
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