New: Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access w/ Andy Duehren Nicholas Nehamas nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/…

NEW: The inside story of how Musk's DOGE went from being announced outside entity to being sweeping into USDS and spreading throughout the govt. nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/…

👀👀 How Everything That Happened … Happened The origin story of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. With Jonathan Swan Maggie Haberman kate conger Ryan Mac 🙃 Madeleine Ngo Nicholas Nehamas

Update: Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner is proposing to terminate O CINEMA’s lease in South Beach because the theater screened ‘No Other Land’ over his objections.

A pivotal policy reversal in veterans' mental health care: Trump has ordered V.A. clinicians to work from federal office space, sometimes in large conference rooms, even if they treat all their clients remotely. Many providers are looking for new jobs. w Nicholas Nehamas

Amazing story: Medicare spending on “skin substitutes" — pricey bandages made of placenta — has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers. “We keep saying, ‘If the DOGE could just look at that.’” Reporting by Sarah Kliff Katie Thomas nytimes.com/2025/04/10/hea…

One of President Trump's first acts was to rescind remote work agreements for federal workers. In the VA, where ≈100k health care staff were working remotely, the "return to office" order has resulted in crowding that risks violating health care privacy law. Some clinicians are

The Trump admin's hasty RTO orders have led to cramped conditions at VA hospitals, forcing clinicians to treat patients with mental health issues in open, easily overheard settings like hallways, via The New York Times reporting by Ellen Barry Nicholas Nehamas nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/…

From the U.S. 11th Circuit, Ana Ceballos and Nicholas Nehamas are namechecked in the court's 2-1 opinion finding what's been called Florida's anti-drag law "likely unconstitutional." media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/f…

All told, Trump has improved every election in 1,433 of the nation's 3,100+ counties — even as he lost in 2020. Democrats have expanded their vote share continuously in only 57 counties. But the demographics are even more revealing... Gift link: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

NEWS: Who is taking over for Elon Musk? The billionaire Joe Gebbia? The banker Anthony Armstrong? Gebbia and Armstrong are likely on a small council of DOGE officials who oversee Musk's signature project, per sources. With kate conger + Nicholas Nehamas. nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/…

so many amazing anecdotes in this form Alexandra Berzon Nicholas Nehamas Tara Siegel Bernard nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/…

Musk claimed 40% of calls to Social Security came from scammers. It was a lie. Leland Dudek — plucked from a midlevel job to run SS -- got an angry call from the WH. “The number is 40 percent,” Katie Miller told him. “Do not contradict the president" nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/…

What a graphic. What a story.

The Emirati sheikh is best known as the owner of a top British soccer team. But behind the scenes, he is the “handler” guiding secret wars in Sudan and elsewhere. With tariq panja nytimes.com/2025/06/29/wor…

BREAKING: The Baltimore Sheriff's Office is probing a corrections department employee who works at the courthouse for allegedly inviting ICE agents in for a meeting, which led to someone being detained. Investigation is looking at potential crimes including misuse of state data.

Statement from Executive Editor Matt Murray: “For three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fair-minded, and highly regarded reporters covering national security. Reaching out to potential sources rather than relying solely on official government press

Read the memo that Biden's aides sent the president to convince him to do an early debate with Trump: politico.com/newsletters/pl… 2024 comes out tomorrow! Order the book: amazon.com/2024-Trump-Ret…

NEW: I tried to interview Joe Biden for my book on the 2024 election. I called his cell phone, and he agreed but cut it short as he boarded an Amtrak train. His aides then changed his number. NYT excerpt of 2024, w Josh Dawsey + Isaac Arnsdorf —out today! nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…

NEW: Miami Herald / WLRN Public Media investigation reveals 182 people have been struck and killed by Brightline trains. While key safety measures are delayed, Brightline remains the deadliest passenger train in U.S. We compared with other railroads to explain why. miamiherald.com/news/local/art…