Craig Whitlock

⬇️A wild slideshow of Fat Leonard photos that the US Navy tried to keep hidden 📽️

Reuters found that companies controlled by a US Army Special Forces veteran operated a fleet of aging Boeing aircraft that flew to key logistics hubs used by the Rapid Support Forces during the Sudan war reut.rs/4vuf5eQ @specialreports

Phenomenal reporting on the Reflecting Pool debacle. A bad paint job, not vandals, caused the peeling, satellite imagery shows. via @osviz_jarrett @mmkelly22 @KlaraAuerbach @MauraJudkis Gift link: wapo.st/3REsxis

Anyone who tells you that they are the "most transparent" anything is usually trying to hide something embarrassing from you.

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A traditional technique used by young shepherds of Ethiopia’s Banna tribe. They use stilts to watch over their livestock in tall grass, move through wetland areas, and avoid snakes and predators like lions and leopards. It requires strength, balance, and training from a young age.

SCOOP: Less than a month after the opening of a $69 million exhibit beneath the Lincoln Memorial, Park Service officials are raising alarm bells. They say rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment are being kept in temperatures above 80 degrees. Preservation experts tell me that's hot enough to damage the documents, which date back to the 1860s and bear Lincoln's signature. It’s the latest in a string of troubles involving upgrades to the National Mall as part of America’s 250th birthday celebrations. An NPS spokesperson told me the documents are being properly cared for. They did not answer when I asked why there was a fan pointed toward the display case. dc.citycast.fm/news/lincoln-m…

For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year. nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/…

RIP. For 40 years now, this blown-up Oliphant cartoon, drawing from Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” to poke fun at my dad and Rehnquist, has adorned my family’s basements—first my parent’s, now mine. It’s more light-hearted than skewering or acidic and was signed by friends at my dad’s confirmation party, so the sentimental value is high.

My @WSJ story with @tggrove on how Putin's Ukraine war handed Xi the leverage to finish a power shift already underway--turning a partnership of rough equals into one China now dominates. wsj.com/world/x-putin-… via @WSJ

@orlandogotay He didn’t receive incarceration credit for the time he spent on home confinement - only for time in jail/prison in US and Venezuela. And he’s at FCI Lompoc, not Terminal Island.

@CraigMWhitlock The whole thing was a joke. Getting full incarceration credit for years in his SD apt. And now at FCI Terminal Island. Not bad. He will leave soon one way or the other, and not a pauper.

It took me 12 years, but I finally wheedled my way into a federal prison for a long sit-down interview with Fat Leonard. The big man had some secrets to tell. Gift link 👇

FWIW - McConnell is pictured holding a copy of today’s Washington Post sports section, not an insignificant choice given rampant online speculation about his health.

Exclusive: The @washingtonpost’s @TaraCopp & @AlexHortonTX with an extraordinary deep-dive on the Iranian drone attack that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait on day two of the war. Free link: wapo.st/4vty9Ku

NYT top newsroom lawyer David McCraw: “This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.” nytimes.com/2026/07/11/bus…

Trump on Iranian leaders, June 16: "We’re dealing with people that I think are very rational people. They were nice to deal with. They were strong people, smart people." Trump on Iranian leaders, today: "They're scum. They're sick people. They're led by sick people."

I spoke with the family of the woman seen in the Reuters photo. She’s a 33-year-old mother and a D.C. native. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/…

Ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner says he removed condoms without consent during sex washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

A federal judge last week ruled in favor of The Washington Post, throwing out a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed in 2023 by President Donald Trump’s social media company, Trump Media and Technology Group. washingtonpost.com/business/2026/…

Woman alleges Graham Platner raped her in 2021 while they were dating, which he denies Our exclusive TV interview with Jenny Racicot airs on @TheLeadCNN cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/…