All posts tagged "Washington Post"

President Donald Trump identified The New York Times and The Washington Post as the next news outlets in his sights Friday, in the aftermath of banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and warning that other outlets would follow.

Asked what he meant by others to come, Trump named both papers immediately.

"The New York Times is fake news. Washington Post is fake news," he said. "They're crummy papers, both doing very poorly."...

The rehiring of a Washington Post columnist fired for criticism of Charlie Kirk dealt an "embarrassing defeat" to MAGA cancel culture.

During a Saturday episode of Power Lines, media reporters Jon Passantino and Oliver Darcy discussed the "bizarre and surprising" arbiter ruling that forced The Post to rehire Karen Attiah and give her back pay. The arbiter found that Attiah, the former global opinions editor, had been wrongfully terminated for posts on social media in the wake of Kirk's killing.

"She went on social media and posted that she was refusing to tear her clothes and smear ashes on her face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is not the same as violence," Passantino explained. "She didn't directly name Charlie Kirk, but it came in the hours afterward, and people kind of connected the dots."...

President Donald Trump threw a Truth Social tantrum on Thursday over mounting reports that he's losing control of a crucial conflict.

Trump teared into the The Washington Post, accusing the storied news organization of treason for reporting on a Camp David clash between Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over munition shortages in the Iran war.

"This rumor was started by The Washington ComPost, one of the worst Media Outlets in the business, despite our telling them their story is completely FALSE," Trump wrote. "In actuality, I really believe their fake 'reporting' is treasonous!"...

The White House has been struggling to sell its highly priced gold card visa that only the wealthy can afford, according to new court filings revealed in a Washington Post report on Wednesday.

Just 165 people have paid the non-refundable $15,000 fee to start processing the application, according to legal filings. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted last week that only one person has paid the final $1 million fee to secure the gold card.

The gold card, branded with Trump's face, is supposed to allow any foreign national who can afford its $1 million fee to enter the country. Pundits have joked that the lone customer who secured one so far is Russian President Vladimir Putin. ...

Will Lewis—a man with a controversial past in the British tabloid hacking scandals—has stepped down from his position as publisher of the Washington Post after being accused of systematically dismantling the paper’s credibility for several years.

WaPo's White House bureau chief Matt Viser broke the news on X, writing, "Will Lewis just sent a note to staff at The Washington Post announcing that he is stepping down as publisher."

The note itself says, "All - after two years of transformation at the Washington Post, now is the right time for me to step aside. I want to thank Jeff Bezos for his support and leadership throughout my tenure as CEO and Publisher."...

Outrage erupted Wednesday after The Washington Post announced it would lay off more than 300 people from its newsroom — including a reporter in the middle of a warzone in Ukraine.

The reporter received the news under harsh conditions while covering the war in Ukraine.

"I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated," reporter Lizzie Johnson wrote on X....