Maegan Vazquez

The Vast Reach of Jeffrey Epstein's Network | KQED Airdate: Monday, March 2 at 10 AM Weeks after the Department of Justice released millions of pages of documents related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, new questions are emerging about evid...

Join me today on @kqedforum.bsky.social. I'll discuss the vast reach of Jeffrey Epstein's network and the accountability efforts (or lackthereof) that have ensued in Washington and abroad. www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

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Bondi says Justice will investigate relationships to Epstein suggested by Trump President Donald Trump suggested the relationships between the disgraced financier and several prominent Democrats deserve more scrutiny than his own connections to Epstein.

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Trump urges Senate GOP to give ACA subsidies directly to Americans Obamacare subsidies have been a sticking point for Democrats. The president wants to send the funds directly to Americans, which would require congressional action.

Trump’s new health-care proposal — to give insurers’ ACA subsidy money directly to Americans — would require an act of Congress that’s wildly unlikely. (They can’t even agree on much smaller ACA changes.)

But it’s his latest bid to pressure Democrats as shutdown drags.

With @maeganvaz.bsky.social

Changemakers in Focus: A Conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Join Penn Washington, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, the NYU John Brademas Center, and the Association of Marshall Scholars...

New date and time! Join me on November 19 for a conversation with @jocelynbenson.bsky.social: events.nyu.edu/event/376679...

Trump complains about ‘really weird’ Time magazine photo The president says the publication “deserves to be called out” for using an unflattering image of him for its cover story about his efforts in the Middle East.

Trump complains about ‘really weird’ Time magazine photo wapo.st/3WInvQN

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Changemakers in Focus: A Conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joinin... Join the NYU John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress for this Changemakers in Focus session featuring Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Washington Post breaking news reporter and N...

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Changemakers in Focus: A Conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Join the NYU John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress for this Changemakers in Focus session featuring Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Be...

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Please join me in DC on Sept. 22 for a conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. RSVP links below!

Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director The decision comes a day after Trump fired Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC director, prompting a series of resignations of other top officials there.

White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director wapo.st/4lSXqIV

Gallego gives Democrats blunt advice in New Hampshire, fueling 2028 talk The freshman Arizona senator is making the rounds on the traditional early presidential circuit with a diagnosis of his party’s problem and a pitch for winning Trump voters.

My dispatch from the Granite State --
Gallego gives Democrats blunt advice in New Hampshire, fueling 2028 talk wapo.st/476IT91

Kristi Noem is living free of charge in Coast Guard commandant’s home A DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.”

Kristi Noem is living free of charge in Coast Guard commandant’s home wapo.st/4mike5W

Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker “If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.

Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker wapo.st/4m4j8ec

White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.

White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge wapo.st/47d5yjT

Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, who pursued two cases against Donald Trump, is being investigated for potentially violating the Hatch Act.

Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by Office of Special Counsel (w/@merylkornfield.bsky.social) wapo.st/4oeBkmR

Hear Robin Givhan and Marc Jacobs on creativity, vulnerability and getting older The Washington Post’s Robin Givhan in conversation with designer Marc Jacobs.

Hear Robin Givhan and Marc Jacobs on creativity, vulnerability and getting older wapo.st/47834Dq

Does your city have too much of one kind of tree? That can be a problem. Many urban canopies across U.S. cities are dominated by only a handful of tree types, putting them at risk of being wiped out by an insect or disease.

Does your city have too much of one kind of tree? That can be a problem. wapo.st/45qiGkk

DHS is posting Americana paintings and migrant mugshots. The art world is not happy. Homeland Security is sharing images of pastoral paintings bookended by posts cheering Trump’s deportation campaign. Some artists are pushing back.

DHS is posting Americana paintings and migrant mugshots. The art world is not happy. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Hot Dogs for Insomnia? A Kennedy Aide’s Start-Up Can Get You a Tax Break.

Hot Dogs for Insomnia? A Kennedy Aide’s Start-Up Can Get You a Tax Break. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/b...

Over 1 in 5 high-level Trump picks held crypto, Post analysis finds Over 1 in 5 top Trump appointees reported investments in crypto and other digital assets, far more than previous administrations, a Post analysis found.

Over 1 in 5 high-level Trump picks held crypto, Post analysis finds wapo.st/3IyvKLA

Texas to consider redistricting congressional map in special session The state legislature will take the rare step of considering a mid-decade redrawing of district lines in light of concerns raised by the Justice Department.

Texas to consider redistricting congressional map in special session wapo.st/4lRuUbn

Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened. Trump has largely shut down the southwest border by ending asylum programs and deploying troops. But those moves have shrunk the pool of easy-to-deport migrants.

Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened. wapo.st/3IbPLrg

Zohran Mamdani calls himself a democratic socialist. Here’s what that means. The 33-year-old candidate clinched the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York on Tuesday.

Zohran Mamdani calls himself a democratic socialist. Here’s what that means. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The ways government is stressing out your child’s public school Take a journey through our schoolhouse to see some of the headwinds facing K-12 education in America today.

How Washington is stressing out American schools wapo.st/4dYjL5v

Trump administration weighs broad cancellation of California funding Trump’s team is asking federal employees to develop rationales for funding cuts to the state, including citing noncompliance with the president’s executive orders.

Trump’s team is asking federal employees to develop rationales to cut funding to California, per two officials and records reviewed by The Post, via @hannah_natanson @ELaserDavies @maeganvaz.bsky.social @iduncan
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Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia Beijing expanded its state propaganda, including to the persecuted Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, as RFA pulled back.

Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia wapo.st/4jDsqvx

Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban The effort comes as the president has pursued a series of extraordinary measures to curtail both illegal and legal immigration.

Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban wapo.st/3FAhVv6

The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border The reasons behind the decrease of fentanyl seizures in the U.S. and along the Mexico-U.S. border are complex.

The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border wapo.st/4kINMZi

Opinion | Is knowing how to spell still relevant? The Scripps National Spelling Bee starts this week. Do you have what it takes?

Is knowing how to spell still relevant? wapo.st/43jLUk4