Zurie Pope

I'm proud to announce that, among hundreds of applicants, I was selected for the @IBWellsSociety's internship program. I am overjoyed to begin this next chapter of my life, and can't wait to learn more about investigative journalism. idabwellssociety.org/news/ida-b-wel…

New: Sen. Rand Paul’s son drunkenly accosted and hurled anti-Semitic insults at Rep. Mike Lawler at a Capitol Hill bar on Tuesday night. His son told Lawler that if Rep Thomas Massie loses, it’s going to be because of “your people.” “My people?” Lawler asked Paul. “Yeah, you Jews,” Paul responded.  “Do you think I’m Jewish?” Lawler asked. “I’m not.” “Oh wow, I’m so sorry for calling you a Jew,” Paul said.  He then said that Jews were “anti-American” and how Lawler and his “Jewish supporters” served Israel more than America. notus.org/congress/willi…

Exclusive: Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad daylight, on one of Mexico’s busiest highways, just outside of its capital city. It was a targeted assassination facilitated by CIA ops officers on the ground. Since last year, CIA operatives inside Mexico have directly participated in deadly attacks on several, mostly mid-level cartel members—a lethal campaign that's gone largely unnoticed. Me with @ZcohenCNN @evanperez and Mauricio Torres: cnn.com/2026/05/12/pol…

HUGE NEWS: ProPublica is launching a new investigative reporting hub in California, our sixth regional unit. Read more: propublica.org/atpropublica/p…

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of the 2025 IRE Awards! We’re so proud to recognize these journalists, whose work represents the very best in investigative reporting. Awards will be presented at the 2026 IRE Conference in National Harbor, MD on Friday, June 19, during the Awards Luncheon. Full list of winners and finalists: bit.ly/4cS2qfN

AP's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation is the kind of work that executive editor Julie Pace says “highlights the unique strengths of AP’s global, multiformat newsroom.” But those strengths are being hacked away as management leaves U.S. staffers in the dark on impending layoffs. Tell AP you stand with the guild if you want more reporting like the one honored today with journalism’s most prestigious award.

I cannot believe I'm saying this, but I am a Pulitzer Prize winner.

We won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting @chicagotribune! Our entire newsroom covered Midway Blitz with everything we had. I’ve never been prouder of the Tribune or its commitment to the truth. It’s an honor to be part of this team.

Pulitzer Committee has announced a special citation to Julie K. Brown for her reporting on Jeffrey Epstein.

Almost all of these news influencers build their brand by commenting on reporting done by real journalists at legacy outlets.

BREAKING: Supreme Court Guts Key Voting Rights Protection in Landmark Case The ruling paves the way for Republicans to redraw congressional maps in their favor and weaken the political power of Black communities across the US. Read now: zeteo.com/p/supreme-cour…

Per this report: The big boss of Politico, Mathias Döpfner, was told by a Politico employee that he should justify his contention that Iran is the aggressor in this war, and Döpfner said that's like needing to justify "America is the biggest democracy in the world ... I don’t have to prove that." Did any brave staffer say: "Sir, India?"

Mexico says US agents killed in crash weren't permitted to operate there bbc.in/48i8hIM

Also, some credit where it's due. It wasn't Washington Post or Intercept who got the exclusive they were CIA, but the compa @LuisKuryaki got there first... (although some good follow up by those media outlets)

President Sheinbaum said today the Mexican federal government was unaware that Chihuahua state officials were working closely with US agencies. I'm skeptical that the Mexican federal government was unaware. I visited Chihuahua last October and state officials made no secret about their close collaboration with CBP, the DEA, HSI, FBI, ATF and State Dept INL. @LuisKuryaki is reporting that the two US officials who died yesterday were CIA employees. Chihuahua state officials are building a massive surveillance tower in Ciudad Juárez. Chihuahua officials frequently share intelligence with the Mexican National Guard, SEMAR, SEDENA, as well as US agencies, as I reported for @restofworld and @typeinvestigate this month. None of the information about Chihuahua's collaboration with the US govt was told to me off-the-record or on-background — in fact, they were proud of their work with US agencies... restofworld.org/2026/mexico-se…

(Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she was not aware U.S. embassy officials were working with the northern state of Chihuahua to combat drug cartels and said her government would review whether national security law was broken, after the officials died in a car crash. Two U.S. officials and two Mexican state officials were killed in a car crash on Sunday where they had been working to destroy clandestine drug laboratories. Speaking at her daily morning press conference, Sheinbaum said she would ask U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson to meet with Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco to discuss the incident. The role of U.S. personnel in anti-cartel missions is highly sensitive in Mexico and Sheinbaum has repeatedly said that while intelligence sharing and security cooperation are essential to fighting organized crime, Mexico will not accept U.S. boots on the ground. In contrast, U.S. President Donald Trump has called for greater use of U.S. military force to combat Mexican cartels. The embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Mexican officials killed in the accident were the director of the state's investigation agency and an officer, state authorities said on Sunday. Ambassador Johnson, in a post on X mourning the incident, did not identify the U.S. embassy staff that died.

Secret memos by Supreme Court justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how they decided to bypass time-tested procedures and create the modern “shadow docket,” a controversial new way of doing business. nyti.ms/4csrD0l

Destroying the @InternetArchive's @WayBackMachine would be the equivalent of the burning of the Library of Alexandria - one of the worst losses of knowledge in history. Media giants are now threatening to do this. We can't let this happen. Pass it on.

Breaking News: Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat on Sunday in a high-stakes general election in Hungary. His defeat is a blow to the global nationalist revival promoted by President Trump. nyti.ms/4c8AmV6

I'm heartened to see so much appreciation for the exhaustive, careful reporting by @akoseff + @sophiabollag. Real journalism costs real money. Please consider subscribing to @sfchronicle. subscription.sfchronicle.com/checkout/2018/…

A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell told the Chronicle she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent. sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…