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Opinion | How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ became a global phenomenon The hit film shows how remixing South Korean culture with an American eye can have universal appeal.

WaPo asked me to pen an essay about K-POP DEMON HUNTERS and I wrote about why hybrid identities and respectful cultural crossovers fueled KPDH's explosive success—and are the superpower that made Hollywood the biggest force in global pop culture.
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The online activists trying to stop ICE from making arrests The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.”

The Trump administration claims sites tracking immigration officers are putting law enforcement at risk. The creators say they’re helping shield people from a modern-day “Gestapo.”
Robert Klemko reports for @washingtonpost.com
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Analysis | Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off? Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it.

Musk says he wants a new political party, and many agree. Can he pull it off? Would-be independent candidates have been searching for what they say is a sensible center of the electorate for a long time. No one has found it, by @danbalz www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Democratic fissure over Israel hits a moderate swing state An anti-Israel resolution in North Carolina points to a growing rift between the party’s voters and its leaders.

The divide between Democratic voters and elected leaders over Israel isn’t just happening in New York.

@patrickdmarley on why it’s also rattling a moderate swing state

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Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)

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In India’s deportation drive, Muslim men recount being tossed into the sea India’s recent deportation drive targeting its Muslim minority was marked by home demolitions, arbitrary detentions, allegations of torture and a lack of due process.

Wow this story www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Grok’s Nazi tirade sparks debate: Who’s to blame when AI spews hate? Antisemitic outbursts from the chatbot promoted by Elon Musk shows how AI companies often face minimal consequences when their projects go rogue.

He's used to trash talk but Grok's changes have made it way worse, like "we're on a roller coaster and he decided to take the seatbelts off."

"Who wants to be known as a person who got sexually threatened by a robot?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The Trump staffers who set out to reshape their alma maters Architects of pressure campaigns targeting U-Va. and Harvard were shaped by experiences as ideological minorities in liberal campus communities.

Trump officials who felt sidelined on liberal campuses are spearheading a federal crackdown on DEI at their alma maters. A deep dive into the people and power behind the push to change Harvard and U-Va. & others, via @emilydavies.bsky.social & @DanRosZiff
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Miami postponed its 2025 elections.

The move would schedule city elections to coincide with even-year midterms and presidential elections, but is opposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and others, by @sabrod123.bsky.social
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The floods have devastated a touchstone of Texas culture: Summer camp Summer camp in the flood-prone Hill Country has long been a rite of passage for young people from Texas and beyond.

Camp Mystic, which has been attended by the daughters of LBJ as well as former first lady Laura Bush, gave many girls space to forge an identity. That idyll was shattered this week, via @jjouvenal.bsky.social, @EvaRuth & @bradydennis.bsky.social
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For Democrats, handcuffs are the latest symbol of resistance to Trump Democratic officials are increasingly being detained, arrested or indicted, highlighting the president’s use of federal law enforcement and raising their profiles.

For Democrats, handcuffs are the latest symbol of resistance to Trump. By Toluse Olorunnipa www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How Trump finally got the military parade he always wanted The year-long effort will culminate next weekend with a few lingering uncertainties, including how many spectators will show up.

How Trump finally got the military parade he always wanted, via @mviser @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social @danlamothe.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House security staff warned Musk’s Starlink is a security risk The U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex t...

More amateur hour inside the White House.

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Gabbard placed top adviser inside the ODNI’s watchdog office, officials say Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard installed one of her top advisors within the office of the inspector general of the intelligence community, compromising the watchdog office’s integrity...

Intel chief Tulsi Gabbard placed a top adviser inside the ODNI’s watchdog office, compromising the watchdog's integrity as it probes Signalgate, officials say, by @merylkornfield.bsky.social & @ellenwapo.bsky.social

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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.

The Justice Department is wielding a little law dating to WWII to criminally charge unauthorized immigrants who have failed to register their presence in the country, report @marianne_levine + @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social
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Two refugee families. Two very different experiences under Trump. A South African family was given a fast track to entering the U.S. as refugees. A family from Myanmar is struggling amid cuts to resettlement agencies under Trump.

Two refugee families - one from South Africa, the other from Myanmar. Two very different experiences under Trump.

@silviafosterfrau.bsky.social reports from the city both are now starting over in: Birmingham.

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Trump used pencils to sell tariffs. This factory in ‘Pencil City’ is split. At Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville, Tennessee, politics rarely came up before this year. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed that.

At Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville, Tennessee, politics rarely came up before this year. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have changed that. via @emilydavies.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

An award for #FactChecker....

What makes auroras glow? This comic is your guide. Visualize the science behind the glow of the northern lights, as it travels from the Sun to the Earth.

What makes auroras glow? This comic is your guide.

Amazing visual journalism by Kasha Patel and Kay Sohini ⬇️

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Catholic leaders recoil from Trump’s pope post “It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” one cardinal said. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?”

“It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” Cardinal Anders Arborelius, the bishop of Stockholm, told The Post. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?”

@michelleboorstein.bsky.social and Anthony Faiola report from Rome

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Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution The president also downplayed fears of a recession and spoke of potential successors when his four-year term ends in an NBC interview.

Why, just a hundred days ago, he promised to

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Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison The administration rounded up some of the Venezuelans two days before the flights took off, pressing forward even as Venezuela agreed to accept deportees.

A look inside Trump's 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison, from @blaskey_s, @schmidtsam.bsky.social, @silviafosterfrau.bsky.social, @AnaVHerrero, @arelisrhdz.bsky.social @marialuisapaul.bsky.social & @karendeyoung1
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Trump won these independent voters. Now some are souring on his second term. Unaffiliated voters are starting to turn against Trump and his disruptive agenda, demonstrating its political risks for the president and his party.

Trump won these independent voters. Now some are souring on his second term.

“Economically, he’s not the same person,” one said.

Read @knowleshannah.bsky.social on signs of political danger for Trump and his party: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Sensitive documents, including White House floor plans, improperly shared with thousands The inadvertent sharing of a Google Drive folder with the entire staff of the General Services Administration was the latest instance of sloppy handling of sensitive documents under both Biden and Tru...

EXCLUSIVE from @hannahnatanson.bsky.social: White House floor plans and other sensitive documents were improperly shared with thousands: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Grassley on his bill w/ Cantwell allowing Hill approval/disapproval of tariffs

“Trade wars can be as devastating, which is why the Founding Fathers gave Congress the clear Constitutional authority over war and trade. This bill reasserts Congress’s role over trade policy"

So good. 🤡

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Analysis | The false things Trump said about tariffs during his announcement The president relied on claims that have been debunked many times before.

Need to sort through Trump's lies & falsehoods in his tariff announcement?

@glennkessler.bsky.social breaks them down: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...

ANOTHER WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprints @alexhorton.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters D.C. employees of the institute, founded and funded by Congress, received late-night termination notices, though most of its overseas staff were left in place.

DOGE terminated nearly all HQ employees in D.C. at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Workers at the congressionally funded organization are calling it the “Friday night massacre,” via @abigail-washpost.bsky.social & @d-hawk.bsky.social
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GOP states embrace DOGE — but pursue far fewer cuts than Elon Musk More than a dozen states have moved to adopt DOGE-style tactics but have shied from setting concrete goals that the public could use to track their success.

More than a dozen states have moved to adopt DOGE-style tactics but have shied awy from setting concrete goals, by @patrickdmarley @yvonnewingett.bsky.social @mariana-alfaro.bsky.social

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