The complete story of these events: harpercollins.com/products/mayda…

Just posted: First review of The Wolves of K Street.
The Guardian call it: “Smoothly written, meticulously researched, The Wolves of K Street informs and mesmerizes.”
theguardian.com/books/article/…

I’m thrilled to say I’ll be joining the Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigations team later this month. I’m looking forward to diving into Atlanta and Georgia and to continue doing accountability journalism in the Southeast. Excited to get to work!

'The way I see it, Netanyahu is in coalition with Hamas.'
Yonatan Zeigen, son of renowned Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver who was murdered on October 7, spoke to me about his mother's legacy of practical peace over senseless war.
'I can imagine her saying, 'Not in my name.''

My friend’s 81-year old mother will graduate college with her Bachelor’s degree on May 11. She is such an inspiration and a reminder that no one is ever too old to go back to school!

wfsb.com/video/2024/05/…

.The GroundTruth Project's cmsennott received the Foley World Press Freedom Award last night during a dinner celebrating the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation’s 10th anniversary.

Sennott was lauded for his contributions to journalism and for promoting journalist safety.

#WPFD2024
thegroundtruthproject.org/charles-sennot…

See me- and more importantly the victims’ families- in the Pillowcase Murders coming 5/14 to Paramount+. The shocking story of a Texas #serialkiller whose murders for more than a year went undetected m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3-EyZ…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is now trying to block new federal guidance requiring background checks for private gun sales.

Caroline Love reports the announcement was made at the Frisco Gun Club. keranews.org/news/2024-05-0… #txlege

Jason Leopold Oh wow. Great story!

Still the largest mass arrest in US history, 12,000 busts over three days in 1971.

'Every writer I know has trouble writing.' Joseph Heller, born this day. Oddly, that's rather comforting.

An OSHA official says safety violations at Detyens Shipyards 'are clearly jeopardizing their employees’ lives, and this must end.' The agency is trying to fine the company $190,000 after a worker fell to his death there in November.
postandcourier.com/news/detyens-s…

Another week with no partisan gerrymandering opinion from the Utah Supreme Court.

NEW: Black plaintiffs in the original Louisiana congressional redistricting case have asked the district court in Baton Rouge to reopen the case (case had been dismissed in light of the state's adoption of a new map w/ two Black districts, but that map has now been invalidated.)

More breathtaking reporting on the dangers the US has pressured Mexico into absorbing here by Brenda Medina

The heat was stifling. A boy began crying. “Either you keep him quiet or I keep him quiet,” an armed coyote told the boy’s mother.
icij.org/inside-icij/20…

There's a $50 million loan Donald Trump keeps claiming on public disclosures that appears to not exist. And yes, that would constitute yet another federal crime. Noah Bookbinder joins me on Lights On to detail the new criminal complaint filed by Citizens for Ethics: youtube.com/watch?v=iM30mc…

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Fact-Checking Trump’s 2024 TIME Interviews: A very long read (for good reason), but a valuable reality check… time.com/6972024/donald…

NPR investigation finds federal judges failing to disclose free luxury travel - important work ⁦Tom Dreisbach⁩

npr.org/2024/05/01/124…