Virginia Hughes (@virginiahughes) 's Twitter Profile
Virginia Hughes

@virginiahughes

editor on the investigations desk @NYTimes

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Elon Musk Whole Mars Catalog Elon Musk is just lashing out because he doesn't like our article. We provided Musk with multiple opportunities to reply or rebut this reporting before publication and he declined, opting instead to try to distract with a social post and no evidence.

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Musk: "I'm a little stuck in a bind, where I'm like, well, I don't wanna, you know, speak up against the administration, but I also don't wanna take responsibility for everything this administration's doing." cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk…

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In the US, embryo editing is barely studied, making a CRISPR baby is prohibited, and there's no startups on the scene. Yet...gene-edit tech continues to advance. Now, billionaire Brian Armstrong says he's ready to fund the defining U.S. embryo-editing company. 👇

In the US, embryo editing is barely studied, making a CRISPR baby is prohibited, and there's no startups on the scene. Yet...gene-edit tech continues to advance. 

Now, billionaire Brian Armstrong says he's ready to fund the defining U.S. embryo-editing company. 👇
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I cannot say enough positive things about “The Protocol,” the new The New York Times podcast about youth gender medicine. A model of nuanced, sensitive, fair and compelling reporting by Azeen Ghorayshi and others. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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Thomas Crooks was a nerdy engineering student on the dean’s list. He stockpiled explosive materials for months before his attack on Donald Trump, as his mental health eroded. nytimes.com/2025/06/08/us/…

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"In recent months, tech journalists at NYT have received messages sent by people who claim to have unlocked hidden knowledge with the help of ChatGPT, which then instructed them to blow the whistle on what they had uncovered" disturbing piece by Kashmir Hill nytimes.com/2025/06/13/tec…

Hamed Aleaziz (@haleaziz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

SCOOP: The Trump admin has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling ICE officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three U.S. officials. nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/…

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According to the WEF report, nine million jobs are expected to be “displaced” by A.I. and other emergent technologies in the next five years. But the same report says that, by 2030, the technology will also lead to some 11 million new jobs. nytimes.com/2025/06/17/mag…

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Here's the letter NYT lead newsroom attorney David McCraw sent to Trump. The paper said: "No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so."

Here's the letter NYT lead newsroom attorney David McCraw sent to Trump. The paper said: "No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so."
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In midnight deal, Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million to settle lawsuit that most experts viewed as baseless. The deal is the clearest sign yet of Trump’s ability to intimidate major American institutions. Ben Mullin Lauren Hirsch Michael M. Grynbaum nytimes.com/2025/07/02/bus…

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“Prescription drug denials by private insurers in the United States jumped 25 percent from 2016 to 2023, according to a new analysis of more than four billion claims,” Sarah Kliff reports: nytimes.com/2025/07/18/hea…

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"I know the feeling — of reward and hard-won clarity — that writing produces for me. But if you never build those muscles, will you grasp what’s missing when an L.L.M. delivers a chirpy but shallow reply?" nytimes.com/2025/07/18/opi…