Joe Heim

Jameis Winston discussing the situation with Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter:

The enduring mystery of a couple’s World War II letters wapo.st/4ffhZQo

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

SCOOP: Trump admin is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf. The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects notus.org/trump-white-ho…

Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait, according to four current and former employees. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Over the last year the Navy has not promoted a single female officer from Captain to one-star admiral - an important read from @TaskandPurpose taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-wome…

Tech Sgt. Ashley Pruitt and Master Sgt. Nicole Amor gave their lives in Operation Epic Fury. They were strong women, loving moms and signs of not only how war has changed but also of who in our country serves. Grateful for the trust of their grieving spouses to learn about their lives. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

The great Rebecca Porter at the Pie Shop in DC tonight

Chicken joint owner and wildlife center, once friendly neighbors, locked in feud washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/…

A teen umpire tossed a baseball coach in a now-viral video. Here’s his side of the story nytimes.com/athletic/72844…

Working for WaPo’s Middle East team was an honour. But I made the heartwrenching decision to leave the paper last month. I’m still in Lebanon and open for new opportunities. If your newsroom is looking for narrative-driven accountability reporting (or other things!) do reach out

Inbox: Sonia Rao Joins the WNYC / Gothamist Newsroom as Culture Reporter WONDERFUL NEWS @misssoniarao !

Federal commission, packed with Trump allies, approves his towering triumphal arch wapo.st/4e0X3uj

@drewharwell @Fritschner “Looks good. Add a toolbox filled with thingamajigs.”

The longer you look at this, the worse it gets

The first edition of my @CityCast_DC newsletter, DC Dispatch, is out now! I wrote about the politics behind the Malcolm X Park fountain repair, the viral Navy Yard Chipotle brawl and D.C.'s latest Heated Rivalry look-alike contest. Subscribe here: dc.citycast.fm/news

SCOOP; White House resisted letting doctor with Ebola return to U.S. Our story. Me and @Laurenweberhp washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05…

Within one 24 hour period, Trump: - got out of a $100 million IRS fine - secured "immunity" from all future tax investigations for his family and friends - created a $1.8 billion slush fund for lawbreaking supporters - was reported for likely insider trading worth nearly $1 billion All of the obvious things to say about this are true. It's bad. Nobody even tries to defend it. The closest thing to a defense you get is something about how "but Democrats suck" and "woke was also bad," which is not a defense, but rather a kind of moral blank check made out to the administration to give them the right to do anything. But what I'm most curious about is whether this sort of lurid corruption creates a countermovement that successfully returns government to rule of law or whether it's establishing a norm of executive imperialism that every future administration will use to achieve its ends, which can always be justified by the moral blank check of "the other side is worse, so let us do whatever we want."

the analysis and insights of @TerryMoran are a treasure. not just highly-skilled on TV; he also writes like a dream

Will say it again: There are numerous sports leagues that use athletic fields at West Potomac Park, some of the only greenspace left in downtown D.C. Trump, in a Truth Social post, said this morning that the park is a "totally BARREN field of Prime Waterfront Real Estate along our Mighty Potomac River." In reality, it's busy with people most days with warm weather.

when the world record for fireworks was set in 2016 in Manila the show lasted a little over an hour. Planners for this year's DC 4th of July fireworks plan to break the record of 809,000 fireworks. Unclear how long the show will last.