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The Washington Post on Wednesday announced sweeping layoffs that affected nearly every corner of the 150-year-old newsroom. The company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, slashed one-third of its workforce and eliminated entire departments, including the paper’s sports desk. Martin Baron, former executive editor of the Post, sat down with Jen Psaki on Wednesday’s “The

On Friday, when SpaceX filed plans with the FCC for a million-satellite data center network, you might have thought Elon Musk was having a bit of fun with us. But a week later, it is clear that he is dead serious.  The most obvious step, of course, is the formal merger between SpaceX and xAI

Trump says China’s Xi agreed to purchase more U.S. soybeans after call – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump touted his call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, saying China had agreed to purchase more U.S.-farmed soybeans in the coming months. CBS News’ Lana Zak has more.

In a commanding, nearly hour-long Oval Office exclusive with NBC News anchor Tom Llamas, President Donald J. Trump delivered a clear-eyed assessment of his Administration’s remarkable record of achievement and success delivering on his America First agenda. More than one year into his second term, President Trump showcased the game-changing progress on the nation’s most

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Jeff Bezos killed the Washington Post on Wednesday. The paper survives as a husk, but the institution that became one of the cathedrals of world journalism is gone. The biggest mistake one could make

When I was home over Christmas, I was digging through some of my dad’s baseball memorabilia when I came across a copy of the Washington Post from March 7, 1999: “Printing Revolution Spurs New Look,” the lead headline read. The paper was such an incredible artifact that I took photos of each of its pages.

Wildfires have consumed thousands of buildings, killed dozens of people, and smothered millions in choking smoke in recent years. Blazes like the Los Angeles wildfires in 2025 have also revealed that fighting these massive blazes continues to be hampered by bureaucratic traps — which agency is in charge of the response, who is on the

The hard-working readers of Drezner’s World are probably aware that prior to this newsletter, I was a “Postie” — i.e., someone who wrote for the Washington Post. Adam Kushner hired me at PostEverything to write online opinion pieces. We called my column Spoiler Alerts and it started soon after Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post.

If Donald Trump’s presidency has any theme (beyond self-promotion), it’s that his “America First” agenda will Make America Great Again. Unfortunately for the American people, if Trump’s maneuvers and machinations have made any nation greater, it’s been China, not the United States. During Trump’s first term, he treated China as a strategic rival and often

Grok wants Wall Street. Elon Musk‘s xAI is recruiting investment bankers to train its chatbot, offering between $45 and $100 an hour for a remote “Investment Banking Expert” in mergers and acquisitions, debt capital markets, and equity capital markets, according to new job postings. The hires will help train Grok, the company’s chatbot, Jeffrey Weichsel,

HONG KONG — Taiwan’s president said its relations with the United States are “rock solid” on Thursday, after Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed his country’s territorial claims to the island in a call with President Donald Trump. According to a Chinese readout from the wide-ranging call on Wednesday, Xi also warned Trump over U.S. arms

US President Donald Trump warned Iran’s supreme leader should be “very worried,” as both sides prepare for their first formal negotiations since the US bombed Tehran’s nuclear program last year. Tensions between the two countries have escalated sharply in recent weeks following a deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on nationwide anti-government protesters that prompted

Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Iran and other major global issues in separate calls with United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Chinese and US accounts released Wednesday. The calls came as Beijing seeks to solidify relations with Moscow while managing tensions with Washington over trade, Taiwan, and international security. What

In their first call since November, Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned US president Donald Trump to be “prudent” about supplying arms to Taiwan, according to a readout of their call provided by China’s foreign ministry. “President Xi emphasised that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations,” the readout said. “China must

Elon Musk will have to sit for a deposition for lawyers to examine his role in dismantling USAID, a Maryland judge ruled. In an eight-page order released on Tuesday, US District Judge Theodore Chuang rejected a request from Musk and officials linked to the Department of Government Efficiency to forgo a deposition. It ordered him,

State and local officials are weighing in after President Trump doubled down on comments this week that the federal government should take over federal elections in several Democratic-led cities, including Detroit. Earlier this week, Mr. Trump suggested that Republicans should “nationalize” voting during a podcast interview. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump expanded on the comment, saying, “If

TOM LLAMAS: Okay, let’s drill down into the news today, that big change on immigration. Seven hundred officers leaving Minneapolis. Did that come from you? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Yes, it did. But it didn’t come from me because I just wanted to do it. We have— we are waiting for them to release prisoners, give

President Donald Trump interview with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas. (NBC News) WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump sat down with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas in the Oval Office on Wednesday for a one-on-one interview over topics ranging from federal immigration enforcement, rising U.S.-Iran tensions, the American economy, artificial intelligence and more.

President Donald Trump sat down in the Oval Office with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas for a wide-ranging interview that touched on the administration’s immigration operations in Minnesota, his plans for the Federal Reserve and tensions between the United States and Iran. At times, Trump made false, exaggerated or misleading claims while discussing the

(TNND) — This last week has demonstrated, once again, that politics and pop culture are deeply intertwined. Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish got both applause and backlash for speaking out against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during their Grammy speeches over the weekend. Tuesday, conservative lawmakers lambasted steaming giant Netflix for allegedly promoting a liberal