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Washington Post Investigative Data Reporter
andrew.tran@washpost.comJoined December 2007

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Recent library book challenge from a mom in North Texas. “I read every page expecting to be offended.” But after finding “Ash” by Malinda Lo to be filled with “kindness and caring,” parent Mary Smith wanted it banned anyway because it “normalizes lesbian love.”
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Facebook was informed it had approved pro-genocide ads in Kenya, so it took action by rushing out a press release describing all the ways it was cracking down on hate speech ahead of elections next month. Then it approved more pro-genocide ads.
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Get a glimpse of "the post-Roe building"-- a $10 million crisis pregnancy center w/ the feel of a "coastal spa" thanks to Texas taxpayers' $100 million investment in clinics designed to talk women out of abortions. W/
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New: Rep. Matt Gaetz was caught on a hot mic assuring Roger Stone that Trump would likely pardon him shortly before Stone’s criminal trial in 2019. “The boss still has a very favorable view of you … he said it directly.”
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BREAKING: The U.S. House has passed legislation to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in mass shootings. It is expected to stall in the 50-50 Senate.
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New: The Secret Service’s "ludicrous" deletion of Jan. 6 phone data has baffled tech experts. The agency bungled a routine phone task by telling its agents to back up their own messages, which is "not something any other organization would ever do"
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As gun crime soars in cities, many Black women who previously loathed and feared firearms are taking a step they once thought unimaginable: Arming themselves for self-protection. My latest, w/ great photos from Matt McClain & :
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We got the gang together IRL for our second day of bargaining with the company! The Guild is fighting for fair wages, pay equity, a flexible remote-work policy and greater inclusivity. Together, we will make The Washington Post a better place to work for all.
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Very rarely do investigative reporters get the kind of smoking gun documents that this powerful story is built upon. The result is a confidently told story about how a dark money group worked for power companies to block renewables and efforts to hold the companies accountable.
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They bought news websites. They spied on reporters. They hired PI’s to dig dirt on pro-solar mayors. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting #ghostcandidates And that’s just in Florida. Our investigation tracked them to at least eight states. rb.gy/mu2pzb
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“ EPA could not provide AP with a single example of a polluter being fined or cited for failing to report, or underreporting emissions.” investigative reporters and
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A tiny oil and gas facility in Texas spewed methane into the atmosphere with the same earth-warming power as burning seven tanker trucks of gasoline every day. It was one of 533 so-called “super emitters” found in the biggest U.S. oil field. apne.ws/icMwglN
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Rather than acknowledge the predictable consequences of their own actions, anti-abortion advocates have retreated into the dark delusion of a vast conspiracy between doctors, lawyers, and journalists to concoct horrific miscarriage stories. It's a complete break with reality.
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Absolutely mesmerizing story by about how a group of local journalists nailed down the Ohio rape case story at the very moment that pundits and politicians were blithely claiming it couldn’t be true.
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NEW: This devastating account from ⁦⁩ and our crack photojournalist team and ⁦⁩ of how a little town at the entrance to Yellowstone was destroyed by extreme weather is worth a read. Gardiner Montana does not deserve this.
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On A1 today: He's accused of stealing dozens of homes from elderly Black and Latino homeowners. He rents them out, sometimes on the city's dime, and owners have little hope of reclaiming the property. An investigation w/ &
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