David Nakamura

We asked 1,000 Americans who is to blame for the shutdown. Here’s what they said. More Americans blame Trump and Republicans than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds.

New Wash Post poll finds significantly more Americans blame President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans for the shutdown than Democrats, though many say they are not sure.
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Column | I was a political columnist. Here’s why I’m now searching for hidden beauty. The first installment of a new weekly column about reclaiming our humanity, restoring our connections and reviving our sense of awe.

“I begin today a new column dedicated to reclaiming the humanity we are losing to the savagery of politics, the toxicity of social media and the amorality of artificial intelligence.” Important read from @danamilbank.bsky.social
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Trump officials to link child deaths to covid shots, alarming career scientists The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.

Exclusive: Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting who should get the shots. The findings appear to be based on unverified reports submitted to an online reporting system which is open to anyone.

National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

RFK Jr. hearing live updates: Kennedy defends CDC director firing, vaccine changes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before a congressional committee about upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. vaccine policy.

About 8 in 10 Florida parents support school vaccine mandates www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

New Washington Post-Schar School poll: Most D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump’s city police takeover, with crime concerns continue a sharp decline and statehood support reaches a record high. Story w/ @joeheim.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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.”

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is living free of charge in military base home typically reserved for head of Coast Guard, via Marianne LeVine @danlamothe.bsky.social Liz Goodwin

New chatbot on Trump’s Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him An “answer engine” on Trump’s social media site says the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, tariffs aren’t boosting the stock market and Barack Obama is seen favorably.

I asked the Truth Social AI search tool if crime in D.C. is "totally out of control," as Trump said last week, and it said no, absolutely not, noting that there have been substantial declines in violent crime and other serious offenses through 2024 wapo.st/4mG7q9A

Trump’s birthright citizenship order faces more bans than before Supreme Court ruling Weeks after the Supreme Court said judges should scale back nationwide injunctions, four lower courts have maintained or imposed such bans on Trump’s executive order.

Trump’s birthright citizenship order now faces more bans than before the Supreme Court's ruling against nationwide injunctions -- after four lower courts since June have reimposed or expanded orders blocking implementation across the country

‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the mega prison where the U.S. deported migrants Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.

‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the mega prison where the U.S. deported migrants

ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors A June 9 memo directed ICE field officers to significantly expand the number of immigrants under round-the-clock surveillance.

The more I dig into the unfolding immigration crackdown at ICE, the more I find evidence of a business motive at play. My latest story details a new policy to sharply expand the number of immigrants on GPS ankle monitors -- and make $$$ for a Florida private prison conglomerate. wapo.st/3TY4bOf

They’re rich. They’re anti-Trump. And they don’t want their big tax cut. Many of the biggest beneficiaries of the GOP tax law say they are getting millions of dollars they don’t want or need.

They’re rich. They’re anti-Trump. And they don’t want their big tax cut. Via @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack The officials were heard saying Trump’s strike on Iran proved less devastating than expected. The administration calls the intelligence insignificant.

Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack, scoop via @johnphudson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed. Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.

Exclusive: The Trump administration has agreed to release from prison a three-time felon and spare him from deportation in exchange for his cooperation in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego García.
@mariasacchetti.bsky.social reports:
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Trump races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.

Trump races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Just another Thursday…

ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants The ICE officers and deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the East African nation of Djibouti. They also face the threat of malaria and rocket attacks.

Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face threats of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen, @mariasacchetti.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Tallying Trump’s online posting frenzy: 2,262 ‘truths’ in 132 days In his current term, the president has left his own record for social media missives in the dust. He posts day and night.

Tallying Trump’s online posting frenzy: 2,262 ‘truths’ in 132 days via @drewharwell.com @emilydavies.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Kennedy Center subscription sales fall 36 percent from previous year Sales for ticket packages are down about $1.6 million year over year, a window into the arts center’s challenges following President Donald Trump’s takeover.

Kennedy Center subscription sales fall 36 percent from previous year, via @travismandrews.bsky.social

Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government Prosecutors are criminally charging unauthorized immigrants who have not signed up on a little-known government registry. Some judges rejected the charges.

Migrants criminally charged after failing to register with U.S. government via @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social and Marianne LeVine www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump administration to crack down on Chinese visas, Rubio says Rubio said the State and Homeland Security departments will work to “aggressively revoke” visas of Chinese students in the United States, “including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Par...

"I studied in the U.S. because I loved what America is about: it’s open, inclusive and diverse. Now my students and I feel slapped in the face" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... @davidnakamura.bsky.social

Beyond excessive force: How police abuse women, the poor, the homeless Justice Department investigations, often launched after controversial police killings, show how other forms of abusive policing can harm communities.

The Trump administration is abandoning federal intervention into local policing, including in Minneapolis and Louisville. In December, I wrote about how DOJ investigations documented broad alleged police misconduct beyond deadly use of excessive force: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I don’t know it this is their uncle; I’ll try to check. This is the photo Norman sent me along with the caption and book cover

thank you for the kind words

Thank you for reading and for your kind words. Your experience with the DEA agents sounds crazy.

The little-known history of birthright citizenship - The Washington Post The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday about birthright citizenship. Today we explore the history of this constitutional right and meet the man who has become an unlikely spoke...

New today: I joined Post Reporte podcast to discuss the history of the Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark decision cementing birthright citizenship and my story on his great grandson fighting to protect his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.

His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. His mother was jailed in WWII internment. Now, Norman Wong has become an unlikely spokesman in the fight for American citizenship, with its presumed guarantees of civil rights, free speech and due process. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings

Update: @DOGE removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong.

The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them.

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His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.

His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. His mother was jailed in WWII internment. Now, Norman Wong has become an unlikely spokesman in the fight for American citizenship, with its presumed guarantees of civil rights, free speech and due process. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Curtis Yarvin helped inspire DOGE. Now he scorns it. The neo-monarchist muse of Silicon Valley helped inspire Elon Musk’s DOGE. Now he compares it to an orchestra of chimpanzees.

Curtis Yarvin helped inspire DOGE. Now he scorns it. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...