Civilians should not have access to semiautomatic rifles.

have you ever met a man with a cold

"Destroying valuable medical items that were already paid for by U.S. taxpayers does nothing to combat waste or improve efficiency." npr.org/sections/goats…

Yeah, they’re all 25 and learned how to do this in 2nd Grade. This is bleak, not admirable.

🚨 The first edition of MODEL BEHAVIOR is in your inboxes! We're, of course, starting with a scoop: More than a dozen people at Thinking Machines Lab have been approached or received offers from Meta. One of those offers was more than $1 billion over a multi-year span.

Somebody must’ve forgotten to log out of the official Louisiana State Senate account… #lalege #lagov

I get so many pitches for news that is embargoed for one to three days from when an email is sent. Most of the time, that's simply not enough time for me to set up and conduct interviews and then write a thoughtful story. The more advanced notice you give reporters, the better

UPGRADE: A tsunami WARNING has now been issued between Cape Mendocino and the Oregon border in Northern California. Latest modeling suggests a 3-5 foot rise in water levels. Elsewhere along West Coast, generally 1-3 feet.

NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident. She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.

The men would sometimes stand on chairs to look into the stalls while women used them. They would lick their lips & say vulgar things to the women. “I felt like a sitting duck,” she told me. “There was no type of privacy anywhere. You’re not human when you’re in there.”

NPR put out a story Tuesday about how Social Security's phone system is routing people to different field offices that can't help them. The agency denied it's an issue in the story. Today the agency acknowledged it knew about the problem and is fixing it. npr.org/2025/08/05/nx-…

Hi, LGBTQ+ are murdered here, too

I just learned that the VA dropped me as a patient for prenatal care. Everything was fine throughout my pregnancy until my 38-week appointment, when the clerk informed me that she could no longer find my VA insurance information. The next day, the VA called and explained that my

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he's placing Washington, DC, police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard.

So honored my Pulitzer Center and Louisiana Illuminator || bsky @lailluminator fellowship project on misoprostol and reproductive health in Louisiana won a national Murrow award. Grateful to all of the doctors, nurses, and patients who shared their stories with me lailluminator.com/2025/08/14/ill…

I interviewed actor Michelle Williams for the digital cover of Los Angeles Times “The Envelope” and we chatted about her Dying for Sex Emmy nod. Did I sneak in a Katie Holmes / Joshua Jackson question? (Obviously. I’m a millennial.) latimes.com/entertainment-…