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Host of The Daily, an audio show from the NYT. Previously covered presidential campaigns, City Hall and the US retail industry.

New York, NY
Joined April 2011

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    17 hours ago

    May be the most significant story today if it continues.

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  2. Speed restrictions. Signal problems. I used to have real faith in but with every passing trip, it diminishes. Delays after delays.

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    CNN cuts away from White House press conference. says CNN will go back if Trump takes questions. MSNBC also cuts away. Fox News only cable news network airing it live now.

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    Late to this but a couple of days ago & the remarkable producers at The Daily had me on to talk abt the history of Congressional oversight & how House Dems plan to use their new oversight power against Trump. I think that topic’s still relevant!

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    Schumer says Trump vowed to keep the government closed “for a very long period of time, months and even years” unless he gets wall funding.

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    NEWS — THE PRESIDENT has sent a letter to members of congress of both parties calling for a border wall. “Walls work. That’s why rich, powerful, and successful people build them around their homes.”

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    On 60 minutes, calls for raising taxes up to "60 or 70 percent" for highest earners "People are going to have to start paying their fair share in taxes"

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    Lots of scoopy new details here from on the early days of Mick, including that Mulvaney is among the top officials counseling Trump to reject any short-term funding bill to re-open the Department of Homeland Security. via

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    Marriott International conceded that its Starwood hotel unit did not encrypt the passport numbers for roughly 5 million guests. Those passport numbers were lost in an attack that many experts believe was carried out by Chinese intelligence agencies.

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    "If the president asked you to resign, would you do it?" Powell: "No."

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  12. Making the Daily from the road for two days in a row is a logistical tightrope — huge shoutout to ace producer ⁦⁩, pictured here yesterday with ⁦⁩ in the NYTs Capitol bureau.

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  13. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    Really useful reported dissection of what really happened at the Weekly Standard. "In the Trump years, the Standard’s reputation in Washington held. The broader brand did not."

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  14. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    Hey Google! We don’t need you to give back. We need you to stop cheating the societies that made you. And pay your damn taxes.

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    Jan 4

    HECKUVA LEDE: Women lawmakers had to wait until 2011 to get a restroom off the floor of the House. On Thursday for the first time, there was a line to get in. on women's historic gains in power in the 116th Congress.

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    Jan 3

    Scott Pelley interviewed Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The Egyptians objected to some of the Q's. CBS says "60 Minutes" was "contacted by the Egyptian ambassador shortly after and told the interview could not be aired." It airs this Sunday.

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    Jan 3

    Another worker from Trump’s Bedminster golf club comes forward and says management knew employees were illegal. NEW via ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦@CaprolLeonnig⁩

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  18. Jan 4

    On today’s Daily: Day One of a Democratic majority in the House. I spent the day inside the Capitol with as the 116th Congress was sworn in, Pelosi retook the speakership and the era of divided government began:

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    Jan 4

    Whoa. WSJ editorial board rips into Trump, saying his comments on Afghanistan were a "slander against every ally that has supported" the US effort in the country and adding, "We cannot recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an American President."

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