
Lisa Rein
@fedgirlwapo
Washington Post Nat'l reporter covering federal agencies, federal workforce, holding gov't accountable. Find me on Signal at 202-821-3120 or [email protected]
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12-01-2025 01:07:45
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Watchdog agency tells fired federal workers they have no legal basis for complaints. The Office of Special Counsel says it cannot pursue allegations by more than 2,000 federal employees who have filed formal objections to their removals, by Meryl Kornfield washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦

My colleague ā¦Faiz Siddiquiā© wrote a great book on a certain famous person and it is on sale today!!!


One of the stranger things weāve covered at Social Security under Trump: the sweeping of millions of people into a database that says they are dead, prompted by some false claims of Elon Musk. Most are dead but not everyone. Here are two stories:


.ā¦Veterans Affairsā© chief Doug Collins asks staffers to report anti-Christian bias. Via Maegan Vazquez and Tim Craig washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦

How Peter Navarro went from Democrat to inmate to Trumpās tariff guru. The man behind the presidentās tumultuous tariff policies has sought for decades to set off the ultimate trade war with China, by Michael Kranish Jeff Stein washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦

NEW: Democrats seize on a new issue to use against the GOP: ā¦Social Securityā© via ā¦Naftali Bendavidā© - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦

Democrats seize on a new issue to use against the GOP: Social Security. As Democrats link Trump to Social Securityās struggles, Trump promises to protect the agencyās benefits while carrying out sweeping staff and spending cuts, by Naftali Bendavid washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦

Devoted congressman to the tens of thousands of federal employees in his Northern Virginia district, Rep. Gerry Connolly is always fighting for the civil servants now under attack by the Trump administration

From Pencil City, USA. At Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville, Tennessee, politics rarely came up before this year. President Donald Trumpās tariff policies have changed that. via Emily Davies washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦



NEW:How DOGEās grand plan to remake ā¦Social Securityā© is backfiring. Musk-driven changes have been reversed after proving ineffective, while others are badly damaging customer service and satisfaction, by Hannah Natanson Lisa Rein Meryl Kornfield washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦

Audio of 2023 Biden interview with Hur reveals pauses, halting replies. Although a transcript of the interview had already been released, the recording is striking and fleshes out the picture of the high-stakes session, by Naftali Bendavid washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/ā¦

So moved by Scott Pelly speaking on CNN with Anderson Cooper about Edward R Murrow and the role of journalism in a democracy. Love these guys

EXCLUSIVE: Tulsi Gabbard's special team has expressed interest in gaining access to emails and chat logs of the largest U.S. spy agencies to root out āweaponization,ā according to multiple people familiar. By Ellen Nakashima Warren Strobel & Aaron Schaffer wapo.st/4eEqfa1



This interview is riveting. Especially where Tyler Pager gets Bidenās cell phone number and his aides freak out and disconnect it

Do not mess with Ellen Nakashima, one of the best National security reporters out there learning the truth