New investigation:

Dozens of federal judges attended week-long seminars at luxury retreats - receiving free rooms, free meals and free money for travel worth thousands - and failed to fully disclose as required.

The judges with disclosure issues included some big names.

Some personal/personnel news: Pleased to report that my March, 2022 suspension by the The Washington Post has been rescinded and the week’s pay I was docked has been restored under an agreement between the Post and Washington-Baltimore News Guild More…

TMZ picked up this story so Monroe County, NY DA Sandra Doorley is getting a lot of attention. I love that Doorley stood by her original statement despite the fact we can all see in the police body-cam video that the statement is an absolute crock. The good news for DA Doorley?…

With no live tv coverage of the Trump trial, your best bet is our live blog, continuously updated, here: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

All Pro honors from offensive linemen drafted from 2014 to 2023

Notre Dame - 14 - (3 players)
Ohio State - 3 - (2 players)
Iowa - 3 - (2 players)
Wisconsin - 3 - (1 player)
Oklahoma - 2 - (2 players)
Alabama - 1
Georgia - 1
Michigan - 1
LSU - 0
Texas - 0

The OL U debate is over

Late arriving crowd in the Bronx to see the Yanks take on nine guys you never heard of, on the A’s.

We are live and posting constantly from the courthouse in the Donald Trump hush money trial. Follow along here: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Great thread:

Unpacking the alleged crime that made Trump’s alleged crime a felony

wapo.st/49NaGc8

Want to catch up on the first day of testimony in the Trump NYC trial? Here's our play-by-play as it happened: washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The children saw the adults die. Then the teenage girl was shot. Finally a lone six year old was left, crying for help. She was killed too. So were the paramedics who tried to reach her. A rigorous investigation into one Gaza tragedy by meg kelly & team washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

Amid relentless school shootings, scrutiny now extends beyond the shooter to parents, school administrators and gun makers/dealers. Great piece by Laura Meckler Hannah Natanson and justin jouvenal No paywall here: wapo.st/3JiL0Jy

“Are these pills legit?”
“Could I be arrested?”
“I’m totally alone.”

I spent months talking to women about the anxiety & panic they experienced, taking pills in states where abortion is illegal.

Their harrowing stories capture the true fallout of Dobbs.
washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

Justice Dept. finalizes rules to close ‘gun show loophole,’ requires sellers to get federal firearm licenses, by Perry Stein washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

A fact-filled reminder to Maria Bartiromo and her chums: Trump was the beneficiary, not the target, of 2016 and 2020 interference, by Philip Bump washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Some Jan. 6 rioters win early release, even before key Supreme Court ruling, as judges anticipate high court may invalidate “obstruction of an official proceeding” charge, by ⁦Spencer Hsu⁩ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

“I guess the only thing I’m guilty of is admitting to doing something I never did.” Or, lying.
Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015, by Liz Goodwin washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

RFK Jr. downplays Jan. 6 attack, says he wants a special counsel to review related cases. Just a ridiculous set of misstatements and lies, some of which he later withdrew (rioters 'carried no weapons'), by Azi™️ and Rachel Weiner washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

X promoted a trending story on Thursday via its homepage with the headline:
“Iran Strikes Tel Aviv with Heavy Missiles”

one problem: the story was fake

even worse: the headline + story was created by a new feature powered by X’s own AI chatbot, Grok mashable.com/article/elon-m…

There it is:

Rep Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduce bill to change the name of the federal prison in Miami, Florida to the Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution

Days after House GOP members offered bill to rename Dulles Airport for Trump