Ted Hesson

NOT FAIR, NOT RIGHT: @Reuters management wants our members to accept a measly annual wage increase of only 0.5%. Watch this new video of our members who are speaking out! #WeareReuters

🔊 ‘She said that they would not be welcome there if they were using aggressive tactics like they've used in other states such as Minnesota.’ @tedhesson talks to Reuters World News about Maine’s governor as Trump steps up his immigration crackdown reut.rs/4qyLf7n

Today we braved the cold to share an important message with those heading in to attend today's session of #ReutersNext: We deserve a fair contract that includes AI job protections. We stand for people-powered journalism. #NewsNotSlop

NOT RIGHT, NOT FAIR: @Reuters management wants to control who gets raises. We are the value behind @Reuters and all of us deserve annual wage increases that recognize our work! We passed out flyers in multiple offices to spread the word.

What @Reuters management is doing – refusing to negotiate unless they get their way on everything – is wholly unacceptable and is a clear violation of our rights....

SCOOP: In early July, the US embassy in Pretoria asked Washington if non-whites can apply for Trump’s refugee program geared towards white South Africans. In response, State Dept’s top refugee official said the program was intended for white people. W/@tedhesson

🔊 ' I interviewed a woman in Pennsylvania... and she had a final order of removal. She's from El Salvador, and she'd been in the US for about 10 years.' @tedhesson on Trump’s plan to fine migrants who don’t leave the US after a final deportation order reut.rs/4dn3UND

'Democrats have been saying… this is an unfair move to allow them to jump the line and come in as refugees while other groups are blocked.' Listen to @tedhesson on the mixed reactions in Washington, D.C., as white Afrikaners arrive with refugee status reut.rs/4maU7ya

@hassankanu @politico Congrats! Look forward to seeing your work there

PERSONAL NEWS: excited to share that I’m taking on a new role as a reporter w the truly excellent legal team @politico. I’ll be covering regulatory law, including the Trump admin’s efforts to overhaul the administrative state, and litigation related to DOGE & the fed agencies.

🔊'You have a law that ... was best known for the justification for internment of Japanese Americans, Italian Americans, and others during World War II.' @tedhesson on the law being used to justify the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members reut.rs/4idiPM4

NEW: Trump officials launch ICE effort to deport unaccompanied migrant children - reuters.com/world/us/trump… w/ Kristina Cooke and @tedhesson

Caught in the dragnet: Riyer, a 27-year-old Venezuelan detained by ICE in the Atlanta area who fought back tears as he worried about how his 22-year-old partner and their 5-month-old son would survive without him. By Kristina Cooke @tedhesson @KevinMohatt reuters.com/investigates/s…

NEWS: The meeting between Trump border czar and Canada’s top public safety official offers Canada its last chance to make its case before Trump announces his decision on tariffs. W/⁦@tedhesson⁩ reuters.com/world/americas…

BREAKING via @idreesali114 @reuters: Three soldiers were on board U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter, official says

@AndrewRestuccia @learyreports @vmsalama @AnnieLinskey @tparti @schwartzbWSJ @natalieandrews @meridithmcgraw Congrats!

After 17 years in the reporting trenches, I'm trying something new. I'm now the Journal's White House editor. Grateful that I get to work with an all-star team of White House reporters: @learyreports @vmsalama @AnnieLinskey @tparti @schwartzbWSJ @natalieandrews @meridithmcgraw

According to our math, Ice under Biden performed 467 arrests on average per day in 2023 (although the average fell to 310 in 2024) @anthonydb

@Rafael_Bernal_ @thehill Congrats! Look forward to hearing about what comes next. Best of luck!

Some personnel news: After 9 years, I will be leaving @thehill next week It's bittersweet to leave such a talented and kind team, led by some of the greatest unsung heroes in the news industry. Stay tuned for an announcement on my next adventure-I really couldn't be more excited.

US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation reuters.com/world/us/us-fa…

NEW: U.S. farm groups want Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally. My latest with @tedhesson: reuters.com/world/us/us-fa…

Trump’s Day One: Deportations, border wall - reuters.com/world/us/trump…