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Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison, from @blaskey_s, Samantha Schmidt, Silvia Foster-Frau , Ana Vanessa Herrero, Arelis R. Hernández, María Luisa Paúl, karen deyoung washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Key point: “The review shows that despite the administration’s claims, many of the immigrants sent to El Salvador had entered the United States legally and were actively complying with U.S. immigration rules.”

Companies courting Trump tout old plans as America First investments. The Trump administration has listed a wave of corporate promises, but a review shows that much of the spending isn’t truly new, via Daniel Gilbert Gerrit De Vynck 🦭 Evan Halper washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

A team of The Washington Post reporters reconstructed the Trump administration's removal of more than 260 migrants to a megaprison in El Salvador. Among the findings: -At least two of the migrants believed sent arrived in the US as vetted refugees. (contd.) washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

A little research on Alcrataz reminds: The federal government stopped using it decades ago in part because it was significantly more expensive to operate than other facilities. A similar Trump administration effort at Guantanamo Bay ran into similar problems.

As they mourn the death of one pope and move to choose another, Catholic leaders recoil from Trump's AI post pretending to be the Holy Father, by Michelle Boorstein Anthony Faiola x.com/mboorstein/sta…

An award for #FactChecker....

Just shared a gift link to my latest story in my newsletter. The top comment calls it "one of the most depressing things I've ever read" drewharwell.com/stories/emilys…

.The Washington Post just won the Pulitzer for its coverage of the assassination attempt against President Trump under the Breaking News category

The same night, The Post published a gripping dispatch by reporter Isaac Arnsdorf (Isaac Arnsdorf) and Botsford describing the chaos at the fairground, a more vivid and detailed description than other news organizations at that hour. wapo.st/4d6Sa1V

I’m so thrilled that The Washington Post is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for National Reporting for our Hurricane Helene coverage, and couldn’t be prouder to have worked alongside Brady Dennis Paulina Firozi Katie Zezima and Zachary Goldfarb and others at The Post to produce it.

Truly no words for how proud I am to be a part of this team. So many people did amazing work that night and in the following days, but shoutout forever to the campaign crew Sean Sullivan Brianna Tucker Isaac Arnsdorf Nick Baumann Dan Eggen and so many more! pulitzer.org/winners/22690

.Ann Telnaes is thriving on Substack, for those who want to support her work now

From prosperity to austerity: Trump’s tone shifts ahead of tariff impacts. The president’s economic message has changed notably in recent weeks, as he and aides warn of sacrifice and “transition” under his trade war, by Naftali Bendavid washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Trump wants to reopen Alcatraz. Californians are deeply skeptical. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05…

Good for John Hudson who is doing some incredible work in this administration and whose scoop below was questioned by the U.S. government. When memo was declassified and obtained by NYT, John was right.

One nun’s angst: More hunger, looming Trump cuts. Budget cuts have triggered alarm in the sprawling network of aid groups, many religious, that provide free or very low-cost food to struggling Americans. Sister Betsy Van Deusen is among them. Michelle Boorstein wapo.st/44l67H2

Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show. The extraordinary request illustrates the administration’s aggressive bid to identify partners to accept people expelled by the U.S., by Adam Taylor Sarah Blaskey Siobhán O'Grady washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

A soldier was killed and dozens injured in Biden’s failed pier mission, which is worse than previously known. The least anyone could do in the Defense Department is try to answer questions. But even then. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

George W. Bush not expected at White House event honoring his mother. First lady Melania Trump is holding the event in the East Room, where she will unveil a new U.S. postal stamp honoring former first lady Barbara Bush, by Natalie Allison washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…