Brian Mann

President Trump asserts federal control of Washington, D.C. : The NPR Politics Podcast President Trump announced plans Monday to exercise more federal control over Washington, D.C., including by taking control of the city’s police department and sending in National Guard troops. We disc...

I join host @sarahmccammon.bsky.social and @npr.org White House correspondent @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social to dive deep into the political implications of Trump's move to mobilize the National Guard and take over DC's police. www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...

Trump asserts control of Washington DC police, will deploy National Guard in nation's capital President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

My latest for NPR. Trump will deploy National Guard troops on streets of the US capital despite crime dropping to 30 year low last year. www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...

Federal agents spread out across D.C. streets amid Trump vow to crackdown on crime President Trump promised a weekend crackdown of Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

I join @npr.org's A Martinez today on Morning Edition and Up First to talk about this reporting done in partnership with member station @wamu.org.web.brid.gy www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...

Federal agents spread out across D.C. streets amid Trump vow to crackdown on crime President Trump promised a weekend crackdown of Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

My latest for NPR: Federal agents spread out across D.C. amid Trump vow to crackdown on crime www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...

Night work

USA 2025. Washington DC

Never ever know where a day will take me. 🏃✔️

Cab ride to Newark definitely the most dangerous thing I've done so far this year. 😑😬

Days 14-16, 0 miles. Day 17, 4 miles city walking. 🏃🗽

Love getting lost in this place 💙

NPR audio postcard?😆

Remedios Varos from the 1950s 🔥

Found this place today ❤️🔥

St Patrick's Cathedral

Weekend activated 😎

Lake Placid ski jumping World Cup is canceled LAKE PLACID — One of this village’s most well-attended events, the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, which was scheduled for mid-December, has been canceled and relocated, due to needed repairs to the Olympi...

A tough news cycle for ORDA. www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-n...

Auditors: Olympic authority loses record $50 million last year Lake Placid's Olympic authority loses record $50 million despite revenue gains. Audit shows event spending and personnel costs drive mounting deficits.

Remarkable. As NYS ORDA venues expand in the #Adirondacks and Catskills, red ink keeps growing. Despite a taxpayer subsidy of roughly $100 million in 2024, the Olympic Regional Development Authority *lost* "a record $50 million in the last year." www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/audi...

Justice Department launches grand jury probe of N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James James prosecuted the president and his companies, winning millions in fines linked to fraud allegations. Her attorney called the probe a "desperate example of the president's campaign of retribution."

James prosecuted the president and his companies, winning millions in fines linked to fraud allegations. Her attorney called the probe a "desperate example of the president's campaign of retribution." From @carriejohnson.bsky.social

Trump administration cuts McGruff the Crime Dog's fentanyl campaign The National Crime Prevention Council is questioning federal cuts to McGruff the Crime Dog's campaign to sniff out fake pills. The group says McGruff's work that started in 1980 isn't over.

The National Crime Prevention Council is questioning federal cuts to McGruff the Crime Dog's campaign to sniff out fake pills. The group says McGruff's work that started in 1980 isn't over.

After nearly 24 years, NYC officials identify 3 more 9/11 victims Using advanced DNA-analysis techniques researchers in New York City identified three more victims of the 9/11 terror attacks that occurred nearly 24 years ago.

So strange and sad to be back in NYC a quarter century later still bearing witness to how all the sorrow of 9/11 has played out. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Nearly a million more deaths than births in Japan last year Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called the situation a "quiet emergency", as birth rates continue to plummet.

A million more deaths than births in Japan last year. Astonishing pivot in human behavior. Not caused by war or poverty or lack of social support. www.bbc.com/news/article...

After nearly 24 years, NYC officials identify 3 more 9/11 victims Using advanced DNA-analysis techniques researchers in New York City identified three more victims of the 9/11 terror attacks that occurred nearly 24 years ago.

My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Summer ☀️ ❤️

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I'm working on an NPR story about the Trump administration's plan to expand civil confinement and mandated medical care for Americans experiencing addiction, homelessness and mental health challenges. If you or someone in your family faced this process I'd like to hear from you. bmann@npr.org 🙏

DHS took 5 days to fund Texas flooding hotline, federal records show Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

Funding for FEMA's disaster survivor hotline lapsed the day after the Texas floods, federal records show. It took DHS Secretary Kristi Noem five days to approve more money.

Kamala Harris has decided she'd rather not. Barack Obama appears firmly retired. Prominent Democratic governors are hunkered down in their embattled fiefdoms. Democratic US Senators voice sporadic outrage (often at each other) then cut deals with Trump. Is there an opposition party in the MAGA era?

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

From @npr.org Former Jan. 6 defendant who called cops 'Nazis' gets DOJ job www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Found this place today ❤️🙂