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Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said.

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs

The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune Win 2026 Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting The Washington Post won the 2026 Toner Prize for national political reporting. The Chicago Tribune won for local political reporting. Ceremony set for March 23 in Washington, D.C.

Congrats to star Washington Post reporters @hannahnatanson.bsky.social , William Wan and @merylkornfield.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Toner Prize for Excellence in National Reporting for their series on “The year Trump broke the federal government” tinyurl.com/2sk3xphw

In Trump’s Case for War, a Series of False or Unproven Claims

All of the claims the Trump administration made this week to justify possible U.S. military action against Iran were either false or unproven: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.

Birds are disappearing faster than before! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/c...

Is it a coincidence that in my first week working at @nytimes.com I’ve set personal bests in both the Wednesday and Friday crosswords or are they subliminally feeding me answers in Slack somehow

Boston’s World Cup games hang in balance amid finger pointing over a missing $7.8m "We still have no idea where this money's coming from," a Foxboro select board says. And until it's paid, FIFA has a problem

Perhaps these could move to Washington www.nytimes.com/athletic/707...

The Athletic Welcomes New Colleagues | The New York Times Company We’re excited to announce the hiring of several Washington Post journalists as The Athletic expands its coverage of the Commanders, launches a new Nationals beat and adds to its growing roster of…

Wow, glad to see a whole bunch of my former @washingtonpost.com Sports colleagues will soon be corporate cousins of mine here at the @nytimes.com www.nytco.com/press/the-at...

With the Olympics done, my time at The Post is also done. It’s been an amazing five-plus years. The people I worked with weren’t just supremely talented, they were also great humans. This was truly a dream job and I’m eternally grateful I got this opportunity. And I’ll be keeping my WaPo subscription because while what happened was horrific and nonsensical, there are still great journalists in that building doing essential work. This country needs them, especially in these times.

The last sports editor at the Washington Post signs off.

Jose Mourinho sank to a new low with absurd and offensive claims about Vinicius Junior Mourinho was, in effect, telling Vinicius Jr that he didn’t hear what he says he heard, which was alleged racist abuse from a Benfica player

I have a longstanding dislike of Real Madrid and therefore Vinicius Jr., but leave it to Jose Mourinho — here excusing racism and blaming the victim — to be even worse www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...

Did not receive an answer when I emailed the Post’s HR to ask if they’d pay me for my accrued/unused 2026 vacation time. Now it’ll just be a fun guessing game!

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adorable young cats Saturday’

Good #content on the neighborhood email list this morning because of this entertaining typo

IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax data to DHS The tax agency only recently discovered it improperly disclosed tax information on thousands of the wrong people to immigration enforcement.

Still scoop o’clock on my old team even without me and after all the terrible layoffs at the Post www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

When Bezos Questioned His Will Before The Washington Post slashed a third of its newsroom, Jeff Bezos rejected Will Lewis’ initial layoff plan in a previously unreported meeting, Status has learned. Meanwhile, a Bezos confidante ha...

Before The Washington Post slashed a third of its newsroom, Jeff Bezos rejected Will Lewis’ initial layoff plan in a previously unreported meeting, Status has learned. Meanwhile, a Bezos confidante has re-emerged behind the scenes.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos...

The newsroom cuts weren’t the only ones, either — big slice from the tech staff

Going to celebrate the beginning of my break between jobs by… finally liberating our second car from the ice it’s been encased in in the back of our driveway for two and a half weeks

I won’t work for the Post anymore after this week, but I look forward to continuing to read it and I really, truly hope my friends are able to help it find its way back to financial stability and keep doing great stories

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

And our former international colleagues are also in need of help now that they’re losing their jobs: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you’ve decided to cancel your @washingtonpost.com subscription because of this week’s layoffs, that’s obviously your choice — but it would be great if you’d consider donating the cost of the subscription to the Guild’s fundraiser for laid-off colleagues www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

This is 5 year old Lincoln Fox Ramadan. Lincoln is a model who is half Egyptian, half Argentinean and just finished the gig of a lifetime… the Super Bowl halftime show! What an amazing experience! ❤️❤️

www.instagram.com/the_lincfox?...

Really doesn’t seem like they needed to show Vonn’s crash again right after the Super Bowl

In fairness, it was only three years in the making because you kept breaking too much other news for your editor to get around to working on it

The disappearing art gallery in your post office The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.

👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?

What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?

What if I told you that I found them?

A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):

Thinking today of this statement Bezos made in 2019, when the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with compromising photos. See the highlighted portion below, about his "unswerving" support of The Post's mission.
medium.com/@jeffreypbez...

I think the guy in the lede is demonstrating a counterpoint to the Turning Point stuff, but I guess my meta point is that what you didn’t like about the story may BE a result of the layoffs, but because they were very disruptive in the newsroom, not because of some ideological project or ignorance

Yeah, that’s true, he maybe would have been best focus for the story. The backlash doesn’t seem totally fake, though, even if it’s cynical — there are people who aren’t going to watch the halftime show, because they think (wrongly) that Bad Bunny isn’t American or because he spoke out against ICE.

I didn’t work on it and I’m on my last few days at the Post, but I thought your (admittedly funny) post was a little unfair to the people who did

But it is also a piece about the broader politics of immigration, including the fact that Turning Point felt compelled to organize a counter-show because of a backlash against Bad Bunny

One of the reporters on that (good) story about the reaction of some conservatives to Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican. I think this is more likely a subhead that could maybe have been written better if someone hadn’t decided to unceremoniously cut the staff in half a few days ago.