Ed Martin, Trump's pick for DC US District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against a judge handling a case that involved him. We obtained emails showing Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts & coached her on making them look organic: propub.li/4lVzgip

See how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions on.wsj.com/4mqEKlE

My father was a Nazi hunter, until he was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, when I was four. Now, a man will stand trial for the crime. What does it mean, after nearly forty years, to seek justice for the crimes of history? My new cover story for NYT Magazine: nytimes.com/2025/05/20/mag…

I love Brian Steel's objection after Kid Cudi says "fuck" on the witness stand in Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial. AUSA: "What was your reaction to your car being set on fire?" Cudi: "What the fuck?" Steel: "Objection." Judge Subramanian: "That's overruled."

A must-read interview for fellow journalists, aspiring journalists, and anyone who cares about journalism with the incomparable Azmat Khan. “The tactics pioneered in Gaza –blackouts, attacks on journalists with impunity– risk becoming the new normal." reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reporter-…

BOMBSHELL: The Pentagon helped spread UFO myths for a generation. When a new DoD investigation dug up the military’s role, the Air Force pushed for a coverup. With the mighty Aruna Viswanatha wsj.com/articles/WP-WS…

Hexagons aren't always MQ-9s, but in this case, yes, there are two MQ-9 Reapers over LA today. Just ridiculous.

Two lawmakers who have called for stock-trading bans in the past—Reps. Ro Khanna and Rob Bresnahan--traded the most during the April market turmoil WSJ Markets Katy Stech Ferek Jack Gillum James Benedict

Ruh roh

Marr rules. cash does not rule everything around him only an artist with integrity follows the rule of “the vibes are off, i will not play”

Stephen Miller’s fingerprints are now on every issue from immigration to cutting university funding. Some of his colleagues say they are alarmed by some of the legal maneuvers he has proposed for executing the agenda—and Trump has gently ribbed him for being too “happy” about

Michael Feinberg, threatened with demotion over his friendship with a former official on the FBI director’s “enemies list,” details FBI leadership’s efforts to oust him from the Bureau, and his decision to ultimately resign. lawfaremedia.org/article/goodby…

POV: my high school cafeteria, 2002.

“The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the

A very, very cool story powered by some amazing tech my colleagues pulled together. wsj.com/politics/polic…