Alex Koppelman

"Alex, I expected better of you," wife gchats me after seeing this tweet. "Really?" I respond.

"Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues. The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press.” - Joint statement from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News Media, NBC News

U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

Exclusive from @ckubeNBC with @MoshehNBC: Pentagon leaders are considering a recruiting campaign centered around Charlie Kirk. Possible slogans discussed include "Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors." nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

And now: (Bloomberg) -- ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will be preempted indefinitely, a Disney spokesperson tells Bloomberg.

U.S. diplomats say they are reluctant to share inconvenient truths with the Trump administration Terrific reporting by @dandeluce @Abs_NBC nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

NEW: There's confusion and concern among some delivery drivers in D.C. following a series of videos showing public arrests by federal agents. It has been “five days since working, looking at what to do.” a D.C.-delivery driver told me. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d…

The past week has illustrated how Ukraine sees Europe — not the United States — as its primary partner and advocate, with European powers increasingly taking the lead in military and financial assistance and imposing sanctions on Moscow. nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/…

Exclusive from @NBCNews: Gabbard's considering ways to revamp the intelligence briefing for Trump, which he's been taking infrequently. One idea: Make it into a video that looks like Fox News. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

Exclusive from @NBCNews: The Trump administration is working on a plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya. Details of who would go and how and where they would live are murky, but the admin's serious enough that it's talked to Libya's leadership. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

Between this, hiring Chris Licht, and hiring studio heads he now wants to fire, I think it's clear what the problem is: A mere $51.9 million per year isn't enough to incentivize David Zaslav to do his best work. hollywoodreporter.com/business/digit…

NEW: Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide her family tells NBC News. Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/v…

It’s been a minute since I’ve been on here. I too was part of the layoffs at CNN. I’m going to chill for a bit and spend time with the family but I’m a reporter to my core so I’ll be here.

Stunning admission in a court filing tonight from a Trump ICE official: "While it is true that many of the TdA members removed under the AEA do not have criminal records in the United States, that is because they have only been in the United States for a short period of time.”

Breaking now from @JuliaEAinsley and Courtney Kube on @NBCNews: Trump administration seems to clear migrants out of Guantanamo Bay nbcnews.com/politics/natio…

What a time I chose to take a few days away. The number of resignations today in protest of DoJ’s order to dismiss the Adams case is now triple the number that occurred during the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre, as @ryanjreilly notes. There is shock and dismay across the legal community, regardless of partisan allegiance.

BREAKING | NBC News: Prior to her resignation acting U.S. Attorney for SDNY Danielle Sassoon wrote to AG Pam Bondi. She says that Mayor Adams's attorneys proposed "what amounted to a quid pro quo" which indicated that Adams would assist with DOJ enforcement priorities "only if the indictment were dismissed."

Impossible to overstate how well the Banner has handled this. Not just publishing bulletproof stories, not just not backing down under legal pressure, but also doing what too many outlets don't -- going out to explain exactly how the reporting works. Baltimore's lucky to have it.

A nominee coming to the Capitol to watch their own vote is unusual. Hegseth bringing all of his kids, and his wife, as potential GOP Senators weigh voting against him is notable.

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