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Supervising Editor @CNN Washington Bureau. Former @WSJ, @nationaljournal, @washingtonpost & @rollcall. @UCBerkeley alum. L.A. native. Vin Scully forever.

Washington, DC
Joined January 2010
At least 4 people shot in in DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood, police say cnn.com/2026/11/12/us/live-n…
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Democrat Scott Colom will win US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects cnn.com/2026/11/11/politics/…
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Rubio briefed Trump on intelligence that Jensen Huang was in a relationship with a potential Chinese spy as they traveled to China in May, a source familiar told CNN. Trump on Monday publicly denied knowing about the allegations at that time. cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/…
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Reporters at Pentagon briefing given warning to remain professional or be removed cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/…
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California voters will reject one-time wealth tax on billionaires, CNN projects cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/…
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Markwayne Mullin says Trump has encouraged him to work with Democrats on immigration cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/…
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Texas lieutenant governor backs limiting powers of Democrat who defeated him cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/…
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ICYMI Thursday re: Brian Kemp’s interest in 2028 cnn.com/2026/11/05/politics/…
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Days before the midterms, prosecutors ordered Gerald Heikes, a longshot Senate hopeful in Alaska, to appear before a grand jury with any records he has related to political groups and other candidates in the race, according to documents reviewed by CNN. cnn.com/2026/11/06/politics/…
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Trump made his displeasure with his political team known starting at a tense election night reception in the East Room. He vented that deep Republican losses were the result of their strategy. Wiles was among those Trump blamed for the Republican losses. cnn.com/2026/11/06/politics/…
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This is the seventh consecutive "change" election cnn.com/2026/11/06/politics/…
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Three high-profile officials have resigned from the Justice Department in the days since the midterms, including Jason Reding Quiñones, the senior federal prosecutor who led a sprawling investigation into President Donald Trump’s political foes. cnn.com/2026/11/06/politics/…
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JULIA LETLOW will be the first US senator whose name contains exactly one of each vowel since EDWIN S. BROUSSARD (a 94-year gap)
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