John Hendren

Hi from @united #1134, SFO-LAX. I need a nap

Greetings from @united #1372, LAX-SFO, after a laaaate DC-LA flight last night. We’re en route to report on the Silicon-Valley-industrial complex.

The latest volley in the Trump administration’s war on the richest and most powerful state in the union, which didn’t vote for him: Trump Administration Will Withhold $1.3 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/… via @NYTimes

Greetings from @united #2567, LAX-Dulles, and several days in Washington, DC. Say hi if you’re around.

🚨 Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang in California has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China in the United States. Mayor Wang admitted to acting as a foreign agent from at least 2020 through 2022 - promoting PRC propaganda in the U.S. and acting at PRC’s direction to promote their interests. She has agreed to resign from office and plead guilty. @FBI and our federal partners continue to move aggressively to root out this kind of influence in American institutions all over the country. nypost.com/2026/05/11/us-…

Here’s the video of how the motorcycle landed on the light pole. It looks like he tried to stop but couldn’t quite do it. He is so lucky to have made it.

California's learning a lesson in dependence on imported oil. On "This is America" with @VanierCyril we report from the Port of Long Beach, the busiest port in the U.S., where the last pre-war shipment of oil just arrived @AJEnglish mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/6BMbezg7…

My turn to lead off our mini-show, This Is America today mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/lYk4Gv2F…

A page ripped from the authoritarian playbook, the FCC is once again being used as President Trump’s personal vendetta machine. Today’s order is a clear authoritarian tactic to intimidate and threaten ABC and other media. This undermines the FCC’s independence, as the agency abuses its regulatory powers to target broadcasters at the command of the President and punish the President’s perceived enemies. The agency must start taking its responsibility to respect freedom of the press and freedom of expression seriously. nytimes.com/2026/04/28/bus…

Fact check: “86” does not mean to kill. I worked in restaurants and we used it to mean “cancel order.” Merriam Webster: ‘Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang…” x.com/thejusticedept….

Fact check: “86” does not mean to kill. I worked in restaurants and we routinely used it to mean “cancel that order.” Merriam Webster’s definition: “Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang …

Crowded Democratic field risks Republican shutout in California governor... youtu.be/GUvqxStPAKc?si… via @AJEnglish

BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be fired from the Trump administration, a WH official tells POLITICO.

Hi from the @united lounge @Dulles, homebound after 12 days in DC covering the Iran war and the one-day negotiation to end it. Soundtrack: Morrissey, The Last of the Famous International Playboys “In my lifetime those who kill/The news world hounds them to stardom” (not untrue!)

นักบินอวกาศทั้งสี่คนบนยานอาร์เทมิส 2 ได้สร้างสถิติระยะทางใหม่ โดยเดินทางไกลถึง 406,788 กิโลเมตร (252,760 ไมล์) จากโลก ซึ่งเป็นสถิติที่คงอยู่มานานถึง 55 ปี รายงานโดย @johnhendren จากอัลจาซีรา

BREAKING: Iran says it will withdraw from the US ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to violate it by attacking Lebanon. Source: Iran’s Tasnim news agency

@ktbresnahan @AJEnglish You have a point there, Kevin. I've always said it the other way but you're never to old to learn you've been doing it the wrong way. 👍

@johnhendren @AJEnglish Excellent work. Now look at the Long O vowel in your phonetic spelling. That dash over the O indicates it is pronounced like "owe." Then listen to the AI voice in the post again. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II have set a new distance record, travelling 406,788 km (252,760 miles) from Earth—a mark that has stood for 55 years. Al Jazeera's @johnhendren reports.

Iranians formed human chains at power plants and key infrastructure sites Tuesday following threats from President Donald Trump to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by midnight or face civilizational destruction bloom.bg/3OqyMos

Historic! This is the highest quality video ever taken of the moon!

@ktbresnahan @AJEnglish g·no·ble /iɡˈnōb(ə)l/ 📷 adjective 1.not honorable in character or purpose.

@AJEnglish @johnhendren Ignable, though?