Isa Domínguez

I wrote another POLITICO Magazine Venezuela story. This time, it’s personal: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Scoop in @politico with @diana_nerozzi: The Venezuelan Defense Ministry under now-ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in 2020 allocated funds to purchase a ballistic missile system from Iran valued at more than $400 million.

Happy five-year anniversary to the day the head of my college sent an email saying that Yale will be introducing an Avatar: The Last Airbender class that I fully believed up until I read “happy April fools” at the bottom. Never had I ever felt so foolish.

More on the Ed. move: The union chapter representing Ed. Department employees isn’t buying the Trump administration's economic case for handing off the agency's headquarters to the Energy Department.

NEWS: The Education Department is moving out of its headquarters, with the Energy Department slated to take over the lease for the Lyndon B. Johnson building. (I can only describe this as quite the crossover moment for a former Energy reporter now covering Education.)

Featured in today’s Morning Education newsletter by @macwilkes and @biancaquilan: “Trump’s push to dismantle diversity programs has tied up cash intended for colleges serving students of color. Now he’s facing resistance from an unexpected source: congressional Republicans.”

McMahon is also gearing up for budget hearings on Capitol Hill in April.

Tidbit from today’s Morning Education newsletter by @heyitspsalma: Title I and IDEA funding is next on the Education Department’s docket. “At this point, what we are doing is advocating for more money to be funded,” Secretary Linda McMahon said at a @CCSSO conference Monday.

The Education Department said Wednesday that the District of Columbia Public Schools system violated federal antidiscrimination laws protecting students with disabilities, via @IsaMDominguez subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

From @TheAthletic: For the first time in the 20-year history of the World Baseball Classic, Venezuela can call itself the champions of the baseball world. They beat the greatest collection of American baseball players ever assembled. nyti.ms/40DrjoK

At El Arepazo, cars are honking, people are waving around the Venezuelan flag, and the music is LOUD!!!! (Photo courtesy of my family in Doral) ‼️

TEAM VENEZUELA 🇻🇪 CHAMPS 🏆 #WORLDBASEBALLCLASSIC

3-2 VENEZUELAAAAAAAAA

The news is out — I’m joining @politico’s education team to host the Morning Education newsletter. Let’s get coffee!

@pavanmacharya @politico Welcome to the team, Pavan!!

Some personal news: After a fantastic 7+ months covering transportation, today marks my first day reporting on energy policy for @politico. I'm looking forward to diving in. Feel free to reach me at my email (pacharya@politico.com) or via Signal (pacharya.14) to say hi!

I’m among today’s Washington Post layoffs. It was an absolute dream to cover everything — from immigration, to Venezuela to politics to national breaking news — over the past 5 years. If you’re hiring or know of someone who is: mpaulrangel(at)gmail(dot)com