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Peter Baker
5 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 10:28pm
Make that 43 runs in three games. Forty-three. That's more points than the Redskins scored in their last three games last season. https://t.co/ZLlpuoysPn
Peter Baker
5 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 10:17pm
Trump insists the economy is “doing tremendously well,” but behind the scenes, his economic team is pulling together contingency plans in the event the economy weakens further. @maggieNYT @jimtankersley @anniekarni https://t.co/RsDXA7CmCg
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:55pm
RT @vmsalama: I lived in Baghdad when this happened. It shook me to my core. This could have been any of us. Please take a moment today to remember the reporters (both the foreign correspondents and local journalists) who continue to risk their lives in pursuit of the truth. https://t.co/m5kTCTRIxw
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:54pm
RT @NewYorker: A 2016 video obtained by @sbg1 shows Mike Pompeo warning Kansas voters that Donald Trump—like Barack Obama—would be “an authoritarian President who ignored our Constitution.” Read Susan Glasser’s new Profile of the Secretary of State: https://t.co/6Bxs6vOTVm https://t.co/1qvA8DLzFu
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Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:48pm
RT @StevenErlanger: I'm reading The Secretary of Trump via the The New Yorker app . Super piece on Capt Pompeo and his tactics by @sbg1 https://t.co/8RRXGR5Rfz
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:43pm
RT @nytpolitics: President Trump met with top national security officials to review plans for withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan, a prospect that has already prompted fierce political debate but could offer a compelling talking point for Trump's 2020 campaign https://t.co/bTwrVRU0Ch
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:43pm
Looking forward to the book! Good luck and have fun. Nothing better than diving deep. https://t.co/PWh3flLCX4
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:41pm
RT @nytpolitics: Virginia is the only state where partisan control of a legislature is seen as up for grabs this fall. The outcome carries symbolic weight as the nation looks to 2020. https://t.co/ejv18YqMfY
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:37pm
RT @shearm: How do you find out new, revelatory things about the most covered people in Washington? Read anything that @sbg1 writes. In particular, find time to devour her latest piece on @SecPompeo in the @NewYorker. Its fantastic. https://t.co/MbHQh6jANC
Peter Baker
11 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 4:44pm
At a social event in late 2017, a guest mentioned Tillerson’s troubles with Trump. “The problem will be solved very quickly if I have my way,” Kushner said. When another guest suggested Pompeo should get the job, Kushner replied, “Of course.” @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25Zm5DeJ
Peter Baker
13 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 2:58pm
Trump, 2017: "Anthony is a person I have great respect for, and he will be an important addition to this Administration." Trump, 2019: "Anthony Scaramucci is a highly unstable 'nut job.'"
Peter Baker
13 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 2:18pm
RT @ewong: There are many great details in @sbg1 story on @SecPompeo, including him hiding his business failures in Kansas. He's like Trump that way. But these lines are the sharpest — Pompeo is a captain who takes orders, not a general, and that's what Trump wants. https://t.co/JLDiNN4Ylh https://t.co/I8XMyejcuf
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Peter Baker
13 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 2:17pm
RT @PhilipRucker: Revealing profile of Mike Pompeo by @sbg1, who uncovered lots of new details about his evolution from Koch-backed congressman warning about Trump's authoritarian impulses to, as one ambassador put it to Susan, "a heat-seeking missile for Trump’s ass.” https://t.co/e7HqQhu8Rn
Peter Baker
14 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 1:14pm
“You’re wrong about Putin,” Trump told Pompeo in 2016 before tapping him for his administration. “No,” Pompeo said. “You’re wrong.” @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25ZlO2nb
Peter Baker
17 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 11:01am
Pompeo has touted himself as a successful businessman but in fact his company was sold to a private equity firm that specializes in distressed businesses. @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25ZlO2nb
Peter Baker
21 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 6:58am
He warned that Trump would be “an authoritarian President who ignored our Constitution.” Now Mike Pompeo has become the president's most loyal soldier and the ultimate survivor in the Trump national security team. A fascinating deep dive by @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25ZlO2nb
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 9:13pm
Meanwhile, the @Nationals have scored 30 runs in the last two games. ⚾️
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:56pm
How about all those who said in 2016 that he was erratic, racist and dangerous and now support him or even work for him. https://t.co/Loc93Rys3e
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:51pm
RT @LallyKathy: Well worth reading https://t.co/OBsEoJjXKx
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:12pm
Fact check: Revenues up, subscriptions at a record high, profits at $37.9 million in the second quarter. https://t.co/ZqWCIsu4Zu
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:36am
Nearly thirty years ago, his first story in Moscow was about Russians protesting for democracy. Now the amazing @willenglund returns and finds people back in the streets, still seeking freedom. https://t.co/ef2C9GmIlL
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:30am
A sea of protesters march through Hong Kong in pouring rain, defying a police ban in a vivid display of the movement’s strength after days of ugly violence and increasingly vehement warnings from Chinese government. @austinramzy @zhonggg https://t.co/CoZY3OaOYL
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 2:11pm
Obama has communicated his frustration that Biden’s closest advisers are too old and out of touch with the current political climate, urging him to include more younger aides. @GlennThrush https://t.co/H9mbHapPJb
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:47am
RT @nytpolitics: Hickenlooper Exits as O’Rourke Presses On: This Week in the 2020 Race https://t.co/HmmARORoeT
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:46am
RT @NewYorker: Manufacturing is now about 1.5 per cent below its December, 2018, level. For a President who promised to restore manufacturing to its former position of prominence, that can hardly be reassuring. https://t.co/HgXz35OPDW
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:45am
RT @NYTNational: In conversations about the 2020 campaign, Barack Obama has stressed to Joe Biden that his advisers are too old and out of touch https://t.co/ALBcXDszsM
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:44am
RT @tackettdc: “Go ahead and file this one under Stories You Probably Didn’t Expect to Read About the White House This Week: President Trump has been thinking about buying Greenland. Greenland says no, absolutely not” @katierogers https://t.co/KQCYdFspI3 via @nytimes
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:44am
RT @nytpolitics: Israel’s Alliance With Trump Creates New Tensions Among American Jews https://t.co/cAidk3wCHo
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:43am
RT @nytpolitics: Joseph Kennedy III Said to Be Eying Edward Markey’s Massachusetts Senate Seat https://t.co/koNceglZ1o
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 4:22pm
Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide. He appeared to have tied a bedsheet to the top of a set of bunk beds, then knelt toward the floor with enough force that he broke several bones in his neck, officials said. @AliWatkins https://t.co/sGA7meFHZN
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 10:05am
Tlaib rebuffs Israeli offer to allow her to visit grandmother in West Bank on condition she not advocate a boycott, saying such limits were objectionable. @halbfinger https://t.co/fNrfpCSNxX
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 9:39am
Top foreign policy advisers have pressed Trump to take a more forceful public stand in favor of Hong Kong's democracy activists but he has resisted, leaving him isolated from Republicans and Democrats. @michaelcrowley @ewong https://t.co/CAMnP2csGh
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 9:32am
The @WSJ editorial that seems to have gotten under Trump's skin: "Someone should tell Mr. Trump that incumbent Presidents who preside over recessions within two years of an election rarely get a second term." https://t.co/5HxxgXQowj
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 9:28am
In private, Trump has expressed his own anxiety about the economy taking a dive, knowing that his electoral fortunes are likely tied to it, even as he vents frustration that his opponents in his view are overstating the troubles. @maggieNYT https://t.co/D10QPJ1n6i
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 8:55pm
Nearly an hour and a half into his rally, Trump is now repeating lines and points he made an hour ago.
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 7:48pm
“Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” — President Trump, March 2, 2018 “I never said China was going to be easy.” — President Trump, August 15, 2019
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 10:34am
Trump calls on Israel to bar the entry of two American congresswomen who had planned to visit the West Bank in an extraordinary step to influence an allied nation and punish his political opponents at home. @IKershner https://t.co/PVmxh96lxe
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 10:31am
RT @jeremyhobson: Deep dive today on @NPR @hereandnow into the Clinton Impeachment and how it's playing into the Dems calculations on possible Trump Impeachment with the great @peterbakernyt. Tune in 12:20pm/2:20pm ET
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 10:30am
RT @ddale8: Trump's press secretary just before 9 AM: It's not true that Trump told Netanyahu to deny entry to Omar and Tlaib Trump just before 10 AM: Netanyahu should deny entry to Omar and Tlaib https://t.co/WMcJYzHwyE
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Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 8:38pm
Six Philadelphia police officers were shot in an hourslong standoff with an active shooter at a home about two miles north of Temple University. @gettinviggy @mihirzaveri https://t.co/yjzrB6SPid https://t.co/yjzrB6SPid https://t.co/yjzrB6SPid
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 6:44pm
Dow falls 800 points and S&P shrinks by 3 percent amid rising concerns about the health of the economy. https://t.co/b4slGFe7wO
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:22pm
Don't miss the beginning of the 1619 Project, a powerful look by the @nytimes at the 400 years since slaves were first brought to America. https://t.co/EL1fiLk5nH
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:15pm
In Venezuela, Maduro's embattled government has turned a brutal apparatus of torture and repression against its own military in a desperate bid to hang onto power. @AKurmanaev @IsayenHG https://t.co/Vv0Sv0tIzT
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:07pm
As violence escalates and old animosities are rekindled across Asia, the Trump administration has chosen inaction, ceding America's traditional influence in the world. @ewong https://t.co/58cPlLW1Jg
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:02pm
As it takes on Trump, the Democratic-controlled House has already become party to nine separate lawsuits and is filing briefs in four others, an unprecedented legal clash between executive and legislative branches. @charlie_savage @npfandos https://t.co/cf2t28y8dg
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 12:59pm
Trump's approval rating in his own internal polls has not shifted by more than 1 percent since April 2018, consistently hovering between 43-45 percent, @anniekarni reports https://t.co/kCByhV6EaH
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 9:46am
Stock markets tumble amid rising concern about the economy and data from Germany showing the country could be veering toward a recession. https://t.co/JGAl1ia6k3
Peter Baker
6 days ago: Tuesday Aug 13 - 12:27pm
RT @davidmaraniss: The Bernie Sanders claim is dangerous nonsense and shows his ignorance of journalism at the Post. Marty Baron would resign if Bezos tried to direct news coverage, and so would many others. The paper is imperfect but has deeply ingrained ethical standards. https://t.co/TypCT1MqfA
Peter Baker
6 days ago: Tuesday Aug 13 - 12:27pm
RT @Sulliview: I've never seen or heard a hint of @jeffbezos interfering in @washingtonpost coverage, as @postbaron pointedly states here, responding to @SenSanders: https://t.co/QwO7rBqGw1
Peter Baker
6 days ago: Tuesday Aug 13 - 12:26pm
RT @sbg1: My piece on Vladimir Putin, Brezhnevian stagnation, and why we shouldn’t misoverestimate him is out in new @ForeignAffairs. Written before the wave of protests, which underscore the perils of late-stage Putinism>>> https://t.co/XjYFAJ7Qlm
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Monday Aug 12 - 11:28am
In the midst of our heated debate over immigration, @JasonDeParle publishes his intimate portrait of a Filipino family struggling to escape poverty and the cultural, economic and personal upheavals of their journey in “A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves.” https://t.co/lWc5yWbGnm
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Monday Aug 12 - 10:14am
Trump to penalize legal immigrants who rely on public programs such as food stamps and subsidized housing as part of a sweeping new policy to slow the flow of legal immigration. @esullivannyt @shearm https://t.co/YP4EXMic0c
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Monday Aug 12 - 9:24am
Hong Kong’s airport cancels more than 100 flights after thousands of demonstrators flooded the transportation hub, one of the world’s busiest, in a show of anger over the police’s response to protests the night before. @gerrymullany https://t.co/g6acqmQOM2
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 10 - 12:43pm
RT @swidmeyer: As @realDonaldTrump @VP troll for $$$ in #Nantucket #Hamptons, what cost does #corporateAmerica pay for giving? Click https://t.co/idFOYjFIZc as we unravel the mad summer of #massshootings, #Democratic frenzy with @nytimes @peterbakernyt & @NewYorker @sbg1 https://t.co/Vx2KUnlgL9
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Peter Baker
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 10 - 9:12am
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Peter Baker
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 10 - 8:07am
RT @maggieNYT: “Aides have long said that Mr. Trump is heavily reactive to news coverage, and when he does something that he believes he should have been praised for — such as Wednesday’s visits to the cities — he grows furious when he does not receive accolades.” https://t.co/ZRn65fnPzb
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 1:48pm
Thanks to Sonny Jurgensen for 39 remarkable years in the booth calling Redskins games. His was the voice that narrated football for generations of DC fans. It will never be the same without him. https://t.co/21O0D4nlLX
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 1:23pm
A perfect late-summer read—“The Outlaw Ocean” by @ian_urbina, out Aug. 20. Ian spent years roaming the seas with traffickers, pirates, mercenaries, vigilante conservationists, seabound abortion providers, oil-dumpers, slaves and stowaways. Pre-order now! https://t.co/4zfp6Lz5YE
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:48am
RT @nytimes: Before the El Paso shooting, the suspect’s mother called the police concerned about whether her 21-year-old son was mature or experienced enough for the powerful AK-style rifle he had ordered, her lawyer said https://t.co/OscQx5phsw
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:48am
RT @nytimes: Much of Kashmir remains incommunicado. Internet service, the cellphone network and even landlines have been disabled. Troops have flooded the streets, imposing a curfew, and some families are reportedly beginning to run out of food. https://t.co/m2qzx5M4cI
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:47am
RT @nytpolitics: Iran's oil traders have been offered vodka, vacations and visas as U.S. sanctions transform the industry into a high-stakes game of espionage https://t.co/lKA6Sdj6RS
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:45am
RT @maggieNYT: Biden Says ‘Poor Kids’ Are Just as Smart as ‘White Kids’ in Iowa https://t.co/dwFdYWYNfp
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:45am
RT @nytimes: Trump’s opponents want to name his big donors. But his supporters say it’s harassment: “I’ve had people say, ‘Hey, we were going to use you for business, but we found out you’re a racist. We hope that you burn in hell and your business will go with you.’” https://t.co/vd6DG8vpxR
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:44am
RT @SherylNYT: The White House and Trump kids are divided on gun control. Hard-liners and Don Jr. worry about about angering Trump's white, rural base. Ivanka pushing for action ahead of 2020. Trump (& McConnell) mulling background checks. w/@maggienyt @jmartnyt https://t.co/2aemC6ftpJ
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 7 - 9:46am
As usual, @jackshafer nails it. https://t.co/q66HZjsM9R
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 7 - 9:10am
RT @DLeonhardt: Thank you, readers. https://t.co/ff18zTCDZm
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Peter Baker
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 7 - 9:04am
The @nytimes added a net 197,000 digital subscriptions in the second quarter to reach a new record total of 4.7 million paid subscriptions.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Monday Aug 5 - 10:30am
Trump: "In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul."
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Monday Aug 5 - 9:08am
Trump advisers conceded he should do more to unify the country in the wake of twin mass shootings but expressed doubt that he would. @shearm @maggienyt https://t.co/rA9kJDLS7U
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 10:07pm
RT @JonLemire: “Never seemingly comfortable consoling a nation in grief, Trump will be carefully watched as authorities investigate whether the El Paso shooter left behind an anti-immigration manifesto that echoes the president’s hardline rhetoric about the border” https://t.co/XMpxlANM59
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 10:06pm
RT @AshleyRParker: “After yet another mass slaying, the question surrounding the president is no longer whether he will respond as other presidents once did, but whether his words contributed to the carnage.” Powerful @PhilipRucker on this weekend’s double mass shootings. https://t.co/Y8VwktRbCF
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 9:05am
Police managed to shoot the gunman in Dayton within one minute of the first shots -- and he still managed to kill 9 and injure dozens more. https://t.co/nwgasmPuzL
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 9:02am
"We’re at a complete standstill on the big stuff": Reid's Senate was gridlocked. McConnell vowed to fix it. Now it's even worse. @SherylNYT https://t.co/Pu1MzucMOU
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Saturday Aug 3 - 12:15pm
RT @nytpolitics: Pentagon Chief in Favor of Deploying U.S. Missiles to Asia https://t.co/RD8JFP1nQj
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Saturday Aug 3 - 10:36am
RT @MichaelCBender: Ratcliffe, Nauert, Puzder, Viola, Marino, McFarland, Jackson, Moore, Cain, Shanahan.... 63 Trump nominees have withdrawn or had nominations pulled, compared to 32 for Obama at same point in presidency. https://t.co/UpC4r4tpCr
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Saturday Aug 3 - 10:36am
RT @ewong: NEW @nytimes investigation: China & others have taken oil from at least 12 Iranian tankers since US began full oil sanctions on May 2, in defiance of Trump. NYT looked at 70 ships. See the stunning animated map. w/ @singhvianjali @DeniseDSLu. https://t.co/l8oteTbpbk https://t.co/wOilARixib
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Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 6:04pm
Trump 2018: “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind.” 2019: "Nice to see that one of my best pupils is still a giant Trump fan. Steve joined me after I won the primaries, but I loved working with him!"
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 6:00pm
A majority of House Democrats now support an impeachment inquiry. What does history tell us about impeachment? A brisk but compelling primer with @jeffreyaengel @jmeacham @TimNaftali https://t.co/NKquPIbZ7N
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 3:59pm
Ha! Love it! https://t.co/XLhPbZY1Jr
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 3:16pm
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Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:53pm
Just a day in the Trump White House: * Reagan treaty terminated * Spy chief nominee pulled * North Korea given pass for illegal missile launches * Rapper freed in Sweden * Trump signs deficit-raising spending bill * Top State official fired And it's not even 3 pm yet.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:18pm
Trump's withdrawal of Ratcliffe came after questions were raised about exaggerations on his resume. @charlie_savage https://t.co/mmyd1ALTUf
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:14pm
Trump pulls DNI nomination for Ratclifffe, saying he would be made miserable by media coverage.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:08pm
Identity politics are roiling the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, prompting a huge shake-up this week and an intense scramble to include more minority staff members at the top echelons of the organization. @juliehdavis https://t.co/Hi7XRfXQSo
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:17am
RT @adamgoldmanNYT: Prosecutors quickly determined the case did not warrant charges. https://t.co/mYH8DxuCoR
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:16am
RT @juliehdavis: In an otherwise pretty tough week for the DCCC, this brings Republican retirements in the last two weeks to a half-dozen... https://t.co/EAYWKSm5os
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:15am
RT @nytpolitics: A dual Saudi-U.S. citizen held for 21 months in Saudi Arabia and reportedly tortured is now free, two family friends say https://t.co/EbXfhVL9HP
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:14am
Trump brushes off latest North Korean missile launches without any criticism, saying that even though they violate United Nations restrictions, they do not violate his personal understanding with Kim Jong-UN.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 10:50am
The INF Treaty, signed by Reagan and Gorbachev and a longtime bedrock of Russian-American arms control, is terminated after Trump administration concludes that Russian cheating makes it untenable to remain in the accord. @SangerNYT @ewong https://t.co/dDVw3qTojo
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 10:27am
A Virginia state lawmaker explains why he disrupted Trump’s visit to Jamestown … https://t.co/hAk2eJWYkW … while Trump supporters at his Cincinnati rally tell @elainaplott that they are tired of being called racists. https://t.co/hAk2eJWYkW
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 8:37am
The economy added 164,000 jobs last month, almost exactly as forecast, signaling that the labor market is maintaining its energy during a record-long hiring streak. @PatcohenNYT https://t.co/yr5nedU1VB
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Thursday Aug 1 - 2:37pm
RT @NBCNews: People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook to promote state propaganda and attack regional rivals, Facebook says. https://t.co/jTQjWyz6kD
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Thursday Aug 1 - 2:30pm
During previous rounds of talks, Trump claimed victory by saying China had promised to buy American farm products and stop the flow of fentanyl. Now he has discovered China did neither.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:35pm
RT @GlennKesslerWP: As we have repeatedly noted, this is false --> https://t.co/jaHfOspX5f https://t.co/b48mhJOJB6
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:35pm
Hear hear! @margarettalev is the real deal. But the White House press room will be the poorer for her absence. https://t.co/jZ2FD55eYD
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:33pm
RT @danbalz: Team @washingtonpost is ready for the Detroit debate. https://t.co/PNzKf65VDz
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Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:32pm
RT @nytimesworld: Kelly Knight Craft, previously the ambassador to Canada, is stepping into the U.N. post at a time of broad doubts about the Trump administration’s commitment to global institutions https://t.co/ov3vhbzQFI
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:27pm
RT @ddale8: 2) Booker touted praise he got from the ACLU, late in his mayoral term, over Newark police reform...while not mentioning that this was after the ACLU filed a long complaint about policing in Newark, which was followed by a DOJ investigation that found major Booker-era violations.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:27pm
RT @ddale8: While arguing with each other, Biden and Booker both omitted important context: 1) Biden touted his 2007-onward push to kill the 100-to-1 crack/cocaine sentencing disparity...while not mentioning he was a leading figure behind the 1986 law that created the disparity.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:25pm
RT @maggieNYT: He misquoted it so he could falsely say it’s the same thing he said about New Hampshire. https://t.co/5BRj8sBSqu
5 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 10:28pm
Make that 43 runs in three games. Forty-three. That's more points than the Redskins scored in their last three games last season. https://t.co/ZLlpuoysPn
Peter Baker
5 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 10:17pm
Trump insists the economy is “doing tremendously well,” but behind the scenes, his economic team is pulling together contingency plans in the event the economy weakens further. @maggieNYT @jimtankersley @anniekarni https://t.co/RsDXA7CmCg
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:55pm
RT @vmsalama: I lived in Baghdad when this happened. It shook me to my core. This could have been any of us. Please take a moment today to remember the reporters (both the foreign correspondents and local journalists) who continue to risk their lives in pursuit of the truth. https://t.co/m5kTCTRIxw
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:54pm
RT @NewYorker: A 2016 video obtained by @sbg1 shows Mike Pompeo warning Kansas voters that Donald Trump—like Barack Obama—would be “an authoritarian President who ignored our Constitution.” Read Susan Glasser’s new Profile of the Secretary of State: https://t.co/6Bxs6vOTVm https://t.co/1qvA8DLzFu
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Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:48pm
RT @StevenErlanger: I'm reading The Secretary of Trump via the The New Yorker app . Super piece on Capt Pompeo and his tactics by @sbg1 https://t.co/8RRXGR5Rfz
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:43pm
RT @nytpolitics: President Trump met with top national security officials to review plans for withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan, a prospect that has already prompted fierce political debate but could offer a compelling talking point for Trump's 2020 campaign https://t.co/bTwrVRU0Ch
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:43pm
Looking forward to the book! Good luck and have fun. Nothing better than diving deep. https://t.co/PWh3flLCX4
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:41pm
RT @nytpolitics: Virginia is the only state where partisan control of a legislature is seen as up for grabs this fall. The outcome carries symbolic weight as the nation looks to 2020. https://t.co/ejv18YqMfY
Peter Baker
10 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 5:37pm
RT @shearm: How do you find out new, revelatory things about the most covered people in Washington? Read anything that @sbg1 writes. In particular, find time to devour her latest piece on @SecPompeo in the @NewYorker. Its fantastic. https://t.co/MbHQh6jANC
Peter Baker
11 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 4:44pm
At a social event in late 2017, a guest mentioned Tillerson’s troubles with Trump. “The problem will be solved very quickly if I have my way,” Kushner said. When another guest suggested Pompeo should get the job, Kushner replied, “Of course.” @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25Zm5DeJ
Peter Baker
13 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 2:58pm
Trump, 2017: "Anthony is a person I have great respect for, and he will be an important addition to this Administration." Trump, 2019: "Anthony Scaramucci is a highly unstable 'nut job.'"
Peter Baker
13 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 2:18pm
RT @ewong: There are many great details in @sbg1 story on @SecPompeo, including him hiding his business failures in Kansas. He's like Trump that way. But these lines are the sharpest — Pompeo is a captain who takes orders, not a general, and that's what Trump wants. https://t.co/JLDiNN4Ylh https://t.co/I8XMyejcuf
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Peter Baker
13 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 2:17pm
RT @PhilipRucker: Revealing profile of Mike Pompeo by @sbg1, who uncovered lots of new details about his evolution from Koch-backed congressman warning about Trump's authoritarian impulses to, as one ambassador put it to Susan, "a heat-seeking missile for Trump’s ass.” https://t.co/e7HqQhu8Rn
Peter Baker
14 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 1:14pm
“You’re wrong about Putin,” Trump told Pompeo in 2016 before tapping him for his administration. “No,” Pompeo said. “You’re wrong.” @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25ZlO2nb
Peter Baker
17 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 11:01am
Pompeo has touted himself as a successful businessman but in fact his company was sold to a private equity firm that specializes in distressed businesses. @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25ZlO2nb
Peter Baker
21 hours ago: Monday Aug 19 - 6:58am
He warned that Trump would be “an authoritarian President who ignored our Constitution.” Now Mike Pompeo has become the president's most loyal soldier and the ultimate survivor in the Trump national security team. A fascinating deep dive by @sbg1 https://t.co/fd25ZlO2nb
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 9:13pm
Meanwhile, the @Nationals have scored 30 runs in the last two games. ⚾️
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:56pm
How about all those who said in 2016 that he was erratic, racist and dangerous and now support him or even work for him. https://t.co/Loc93Rys3e
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:51pm
RT @LallyKathy: Well worth reading https://t.co/OBsEoJjXKx
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:12pm
Fact check: Revenues up, subscriptions at a record high, profits at $37.9 million in the second quarter. https://t.co/ZqWCIsu4Zu
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:36am
Nearly thirty years ago, his first story in Moscow was about Russians protesting for democracy. Now the amazing @willenglund returns and finds people back in the streets, still seeking freedom. https://t.co/ef2C9GmIlL
Peter Baker
1 day ago: Sunday Aug 18 - 8:30am
A sea of protesters march through Hong Kong in pouring rain, defying a police ban in a vivid display of the movement’s strength after days of ugly violence and increasingly vehement warnings from Chinese government. @austinramzy @zhonggg https://t.co/CoZY3OaOYL
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 2:11pm
Obama has communicated his frustration that Biden’s closest advisers are too old and out of touch with the current political climate, urging him to include more younger aides. @GlennThrush https://t.co/H9mbHapPJb
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:47am
RT @nytpolitics: Hickenlooper Exits as O’Rourke Presses On: This Week in the 2020 Race https://t.co/HmmARORoeT
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:46am
RT @NewYorker: Manufacturing is now about 1.5 per cent below its December, 2018, level. For a President who promised to restore manufacturing to its former position of prominence, that can hardly be reassuring. https://t.co/HgXz35OPDW
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:45am
RT @NYTNational: In conversations about the 2020 campaign, Barack Obama has stressed to Joe Biden that his advisers are too old and out of touch https://t.co/ALBcXDszsM
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:44am
RT @tackettdc: “Go ahead and file this one under Stories You Probably Didn’t Expect to Read About the White House This Week: President Trump has been thinking about buying Greenland. Greenland says no, absolutely not” @katierogers https://t.co/KQCYdFspI3 via @nytimes
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:44am
RT @nytpolitics: Israel’s Alliance With Trump Creates New Tensions Among American Jews https://t.co/cAidk3wCHo
Peter Baker
2 days ago: Saturday Aug 17 - 9:43am
RT @nytpolitics: Joseph Kennedy III Said to Be Eying Edward Markey’s Massachusetts Senate Seat https://t.co/koNceglZ1o
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 4:22pm
Medical examiner rules Epstein death a suicide. He appeared to have tied a bedsheet to the top of a set of bunk beds, then knelt toward the floor with enough force that he broke several bones in his neck, officials said. @AliWatkins https://t.co/sGA7meFHZN
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 10:05am
Tlaib rebuffs Israeli offer to allow her to visit grandmother in West Bank on condition she not advocate a boycott, saying such limits were objectionable. @halbfinger https://t.co/fNrfpCSNxX
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 9:39am
Top foreign policy advisers have pressed Trump to take a more forceful public stand in favor of Hong Kong's democracy activists but he has resisted, leaving him isolated from Republicans and Democrats. @michaelcrowley @ewong https://t.co/CAMnP2csGh
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 9:32am
The @WSJ editorial that seems to have gotten under Trump's skin: "Someone should tell Mr. Trump that incumbent Presidents who preside over recessions within two years of an election rarely get a second term." https://t.co/5HxxgXQowj
Peter Baker
3 days ago: Friday Aug 16 - 9:28am
In private, Trump has expressed his own anxiety about the economy taking a dive, knowing that his electoral fortunes are likely tied to it, even as he vents frustration that his opponents in his view are overstating the troubles. @maggieNYT https://t.co/D10QPJ1n6i
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 8:55pm
Nearly an hour and a half into his rally, Trump is now repeating lines and points he made an hour ago.
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 7:48pm
“Trade wars are good, and easy to win.” — President Trump, March 2, 2018 “I never said China was going to be easy.” — President Trump, August 15, 2019
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 10:34am
Trump calls on Israel to bar the entry of two American congresswomen who had planned to visit the West Bank in an extraordinary step to influence an allied nation and punish his political opponents at home. @IKershner https://t.co/PVmxh96lxe
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 10:31am
RT @jeremyhobson: Deep dive today on @NPR @hereandnow into the Clinton Impeachment and how it's playing into the Dems calculations on possible Trump Impeachment with the great @peterbakernyt. Tune in 12:20pm/2:20pm ET
Peter Baker
4 days ago: Thursday Aug 15 - 10:30am
RT @ddale8: Trump's press secretary just before 9 AM: It's not true that Trump told Netanyahu to deny entry to Omar and Tlaib Trump just before 10 AM: Netanyahu should deny entry to Omar and Tlaib https://t.co/WMcJYzHwyE
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Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 8:38pm
Six Philadelphia police officers were shot in an hourslong standoff with an active shooter at a home about two miles north of Temple University. @gettinviggy @mihirzaveri https://t.co/yjzrB6SPid https://t.co/yjzrB6SPid https://t.co/yjzrB6SPid
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 6:44pm
Dow falls 800 points and S&P shrinks by 3 percent amid rising concerns about the health of the economy. https://t.co/b4slGFe7wO
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:22pm
Don't miss the beginning of the 1619 Project, a powerful look by the @nytimes at the 400 years since slaves were first brought to America. https://t.co/EL1fiLk5nH
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:15pm
In Venezuela, Maduro's embattled government has turned a brutal apparatus of torture and repression against its own military in a desperate bid to hang onto power. @AKurmanaev @IsayenHG https://t.co/Vv0Sv0tIzT
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:07pm
As violence escalates and old animosities are rekindled across Asia, the Trump administration has chosen inaction, ceding America's traditional influence in the world. @ewong https://t.co/58cPlLW1Jg
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 1:02pm
As it takes on Trump, the Democratic-controlled House has already become party to nine separate lawsuits and is filing briefs in four others, an unprecedented legal clash between executive and legislative branches. @charlie_savage @npfandos https://t.co/cf2t28y8dg
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 12:59pm
Trump's approval rating in his own internal polls has not shifted by more than 1 percent since April 2018, consistently hovering between 43-45 percent, @anniekarni reports https://t.co/kCByhV6EaH
Peter Baker
5 days ago: Wednesday Aug 14 - 9:46am
Stock markets tumble amid rising concern about the economy and data from Germany showing the country could be veering toward a recession. https://t.co/JGAl1ia6k3
Peter Baker
6 days ago: Tuesday Aug 13 - 12:27pm
RT @davidmaraniss: The Bernie Sanders claim is dangerous nonsense and shows his ignorance of journalism at the Post. Marty Baron would resign if Bezos tried to direct news coverage, and so would many others. The paper is imperfect but has deeply ingrained ethical standards. https://t.co/TypCT1MqfA
Peter Baker
6 days ago: Tuesday Aug 13 - 12:27pm
RT @Sulliview: I've never seen or heard a hint of @jeffbezos interfering in @washingtonpost coverage, as @postbaron pointedly states here, responding to @SenSanders: https://t.co/QwO7rBqGw1
Peter Baker
6 days ago: Tuesday Aug 13 - 12:26pm
RT @sbg1: My piece on Vladimir Putin, Brezhnevian stagnation, and why we shouldn’t misoverestimate him is out in new @ForeignAffairs. Written before the wave of protests, which underscore the perils of late-stage Putinism>>> https://t.co/XjYFAJ7Qlm
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Monday Aug 12 - 11:28am
In the midst of our heated debate over immigration, @JasonDeParle publishes his intimate portrait of a Filipino family struggling to escape poverty and the cultural, economic and personal upheavals of their journey in “A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves.” https://t.co/lWc5yWbGnm
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Monday Aug 12 - 10:14am
Trump to penalize legal immigrants who rely on public programs such as food stamps and subsidized housing as part of a sweeping new policy to slow the flow of legal immigration. @esullivannyt @shearm https://t.co/YP4EXMic0c
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Monday Aug 12 - 9:24am
Hong Kong’s airport cancels more than 100 flights after thousands of demonstrators flooded the transportation hub, one of the world’s busiest, in a show of anger over the police’s response to protests the night before. @gerrymullany https://t.co/g6acqmQOM2
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 10 - 12:43pm
RT @swidmeyer: As @realDonaldTrump @VP troll for $$$ in #Nantucket #Hamptons, what cost does #corporateAmerica pay for giving? Click https://t.co/idFOYjFIZc as we unravel the mad summer of #massshootings, #Democratic frenzy with @nytimes @peterbakernyt & @NewYorker @sbg1 https://t.co/Vx2KUnlgL9
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Peter Baker
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 10 - 9:12am
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Peter Baker
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 10 - 8:07am
RT @maggieNYT: “Aides have long said that Mr. Trump is heavily reactive to news coverage, and when he does something that he believes he should have been praised for — such as Wednesday’s visits to the cities — he grows furious when he does not receive accolades.” https://t.co/ZRn65fnPzb
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 1:48pm
Thanks to Sonny Jurgensen for 39 remarkable years in the booth calling Redskins games. His was the voice that narrated football for generations of DC fans. It will never be the same without him. https://t.co/21O0D4nlLX
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 1:23pm
A perfect late-summer read—“The Outlaw Ocean” by @ian_urbina, out Aug. 20. Ian spent years roaming the seas with traffickers, pirates, mercenaries, vigilante conservationists, seabound abortion providers, oil-dumpers, slaves and stowaways. Pre-order now! https://t.co/4zfp6Lz5YE
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:48am
RT @nytimes: Before the El Paso shooting, the suspect’s mother called the police concerned about whether her 21-year-old son was mature or experienced enough for the powerful AK-style rifle he had ordered, her lawyer said https://t.co/OscQx5phsw
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:48am
RT @nytimes: Much of Kashmir remains incommunicado. Internet service, the cellphone network and even landlines have been disabled. Troops have flooded the streets, imposing a curfew, and some families are reportedly beginning to run out of food. https://t.co/m2qzx5M4cI
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:47am
RT @nytpolitics: Iran's oil traders have been offered vodka, vacations and visas as U.S. sanctions transform the industry into a high-stakes game of espionage https://t.co/lKA6Sdj6RS
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:45am
RT @maggieNYT: Biden Says ‘Poor Kids’ Are Just as Smart as ‘White Kids’ in Iowa https://t.co/dwFdYWYNfp
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:45am
RT @nytimes: Trump’s opponents want to name his big donors. But his supporters say it’s harassment: “I’ve had people say, ‘Hey, we were going to use you for business, but we found out you’re a racist. We hope that you burn in hell and your business will go with you.’” https://t.co/vd6DG8vpxR
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Friday Aug 9 - 7:44am
RT @SherylNYT: The White House and Trump kids are divided on gun control. Hard-liners and Don Jr. worry about about angering Trump's white, rural base. Ivanka pushing for action ahead of 2020. Trump (& McConnell) mulling background checks. w/@maggienyt @jmartnyt https://t.co/2aemC6ftpJ
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 7 - 9:46am
As usual, @jackshafer nails it. https://t.co/q66HZjsM9R
Peter Baker
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 7 - 9:10am
RT @DLeonhardt: Thank you, readers. https://t.co/ff18zTCDZm
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Peter Baker
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 7 - 9:04am
The @nytimes added a net 197,000 digital subscriptions in the second quarter to reach a new record total of 4.7 million paid subscriptions.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Monday Aug 5 - 10:30am
Trump: "In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul."
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Monday Aug 5 - 9:08am
Trump advisers conceded he should do more to unify the country in the wake of twin mass shootings but expressed doubt that he would. @shearm @maggienyt https://t.co/rA9kJDLS7U
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 10:07pm
RT @JonLemire: “Never seemingly comfortable consoling a nation in grief, Trump will be carefully watched as authorities investigate whether the El Paso shooter left behind an anti-immigration manifesto that echoes the president’s hardline rhetoric about the border” https://t.co/XMpxlANM59
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 10:06pm
RT @AshleyRParker: “After yet another mass slaying, the question surrounding the president is no longer whether he will respond as other presidents once did, but whether his words contributed to the carnage.” Powerful @PhilipRucker on this weekend’s double mass shootings. https://t.co/Y8VwktRbCF
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 9:05am
Police managed to shoot the gunman in Dayton within one minute of the first shots -- and he still managed to kill 9 and injure dozens more. https://t.co/nwgasmPuzL
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Sunday Aug 4 - 9:02am
"We’re at a complete standstill on the big stuff": Reid's Senate was gridlocked. McConnell vowed to fix it. Now it's even worse. @SherylNYT https://t.co/Pu1MzucMOU
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Saturday Aug 3 - 12:15pm
RT @nytpolitics: Pentagon Chief in Favor of Deploying U.S. Missiles to Asia https://t.co/RD8JFP1nQj
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Saturday Aug 3 - 10:36am
RT @MichaelCBender: Ratcliffe, Nauert, Puzder, Viola, Marino, McFarland, Jackson, Moore, Cain, Shanahan.... 63 Trump nominees have withdrawn or had nominations pulled, compared to 32 for Obama at same point in presidency. https://t.co/UpC4r4tpCr
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Saturday Aug 3 - 10:36am
RT @ewong: NEW @nytimes investigation: China & others have taken oil from at least 12 Iranian tankers since US began full oil sanctions on May 2, in defiance of Trump. NYT looked at 70 ships. See the stunning animated map. w/ @singhvianjali @DeniseDSLu. https://t.co/l8oteTbpbk https://t.co/wOilARixib
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Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 6:04pm
Trump 2018: “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind.” 2019: "Nice to see that one of my best pupils is still a giant Trump fan. Steve joined me after I won the primaries, but I loved working with him!"
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 6:00pm
A majority of House Democrats now support an impeachment inquiry. What does history tell us about impeachment? A brisk but compelling primer with @jeffreyaengel @jmeacham @TimNaftali https://t.co/NKquPIbZ7N
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 3:59pm
Ha! Love it! https://t.co/XLhPbZY1Jr
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 3:16pm
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Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:53pm
Just a day in the Trump White House: * Reagan treaty terminated * Spy chief nominee pulled * North Korea given pass for illegal missile launches * Rapper freed in Sweden * Trump signs deficit-raising spending bill * Top State official fired And it's not even 3 pm yet.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:18pm
Trump's withdrawal of Ratcliffe came after questions were raised about exaggerations on his resume. @charlie_savage https://t.co/mmyd1ALTUf
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:14pm
Trump pulls DNI nomination for Ratclifffe, saying he would be made miserable by media coverage.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 2:08pm
Identity politics are roiling the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, prompting a huge shake-up this week and an intense scramble to include more minority staff members at the top echelons of the organization. @juliehdavis https://t.co/Hi7XRfXQSo
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:17am
RT @adamgoldmanNYT: Prosecutors quickly determined the case did not warrant charges. https://t.co/mYH8DxuCoR
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:16am
RT @juliehdavis: In an otherwise pretty tough week for the DCCC, this brings Republican retirements in the last two weeks to a half-dozen... https://t.co/EAYWKSm5os
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:15am
RT @nytpolitics: A dual Saudi-U.S. citizen held for 21 months in Saudi Arabia and reportedly tortured is now free, two family friends say https://t.co/EbXfhVL9HP
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 11:14am
Trump brushes off latest North Korean missile launches without any criticism, saying that even though they violate United Nations restrictions, they do not violate his personal understanding with Kim Jong-UN.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 10:50am
The INF Treaty, signed by Reagan and Gorbachev and a longtime bedrock of Russian-American arms control, is terminated after Trump administration concludes that Russian cheating makes it untenable to remain in the accord. @SangerNYT @ewong https://t.co/dDVw3qTojo
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 10:27am
A Virginia state lawmaker explains why he disrupted Trump’s visit to Jamestown … https://t.co/hAk2eJWYkW … while Trump supporters at his Cincinnati rally tell @elainaplott that they are tired of being called racists. https://t.co/hAk2eJWYkW
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Friday Aug 2 - 8:37am
The economy added 164,000 jobs last month, almost exactly as forecast, signaling that the labor market is maintaining its energy during a record-long hiring streak. @PatcohenNYT https://t.co/yr5nedU1VB
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Thursday Aug 1 - 2:37pm
RT @NBCNews: People connected to the government of Saudi Arabia have run a network of fake accounts and pages on Facebook to promote state propaganda and attack regional rivals, Facebook says. https://t.co/jTQjWyz6kD
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Thursday Aug 1 - 2:30pm
During previous rounds of talks, Trump claimed victory by saying China had promised to buy American farm products and stop the flow of fentanyl. Now he has discovered China did neither.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:35pm
RT @GlennKesslerWP: As we have repeatedly noted, this is false --> https://t.co/jaHfOspX5f https://t.co/b48mhJOJB6
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:35pm
Hear hear! @margarettalev is the real deal. But the White House press room will be the poorer for her absence. https://t.co/jZ2FD55eYD
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:33pm
RT @danbalz: Team @washingtonpost is ready for the Detroit debate. https://t.co/PNzKf65VDz
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Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:32pm
RT @nytimesworld: Kelly Knight Craft, previously the ambassador to Canada, is stepping into the U.N. post at a time of broad doubts about the Trump administration’s commitment to global institutions https://t.co/ov3vhbzQFI
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:27pm
RT @ddale8: 2) Booker touted praise he got from the ACLU, late in his mayoral term, over Newark police reform...while not mentioning that this was after the ACLU filed a long complaint about policing in Newark, which was followed by a DOJ investigation that found major Booker-era violations.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:27pm
RT @ddale8: While arguing with each other, Biden and Booker both omitted important context: 1) Biden touted his 2007-onward push to kill the 100-to-1 crack/cocaine sentencing disparity...while not mentioning he was a leading figure behind the 1986 law that created the disparity.
Peter Baker
2 weeks ago: Wednesday Jul 31 - 11:25pm
RT @maggieNYT: He misquoted it so he could falsely say it’s the same thing he said about New Hampshire. https://t.co/5BRj8sBSqu