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NEW: The price tag on current DHS shutdown is at least $2.5 billion, per White House economists. Combined with the last record breaking shutdown, that’s roughly a $93 billion gut punch to the US economy caused by unnecessary political games. @nypost @thatkingthing reports nypost.com/2026/03/18/us-…

Scoop: President Trump was briefed last week on surprising US intelligence that Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay Trump laughed, as did others. But two intelligence community officials say it wasn't a joke nypost.com/2026/03/16/us-…

Scoop: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's top aides Jihun Han and Rebecca Wright are resigning amid an IG probe into allegations that they created a "hostile" workplace and committed "travel fraud" with the Cabinet official nypost.com/2026/03/03/us-…

NEW: President Trump tells me he won’t rule out sending US troops into Iran Trump also said: 'I don't care about polling. I have to do the right thing' nypost.com/2026/03/02/us-…

NEW : @thatkingthing has the latest on the 764 cult that blackmails minors into sex acts, self-harm, and animal torture. “This sick group convinced young girls to perform heinous acts for the group’s perverse entertainment: self-mutilation, online sexual acts, self-immolation, harm to animals, and even suicide and murder,” @JudgeJeanine tells the @nypost . nypost.com/2026/02/06/us-…

Lots of news from @marisa_schultz @stevennelson10 and I’s interview with President Trump. Get all the details at @nypost

Really good read from @thatkingthing on implications of the #scotus Voting Rights Act pending decision -- and the Dems most at risk @nypost nypost.com/2025/12/28/us-…

Happy to report that I'm the new National Politics Editor at the @nypost , leading the sharp team of journalists covering the White House, Congress, and Trump administration. This is a homecoming of sorts after a 6-year hiatus and marks the first time the NYP will have a DC-based politics editor. The move coincides with an exciting expansion, including launching the California Post and having a bigger footprint in DC. Please add me to your lists/send tips: mschultz@nypost.com

"Trump’s Base in Uproar Over His Openness to Joining Iran Fight," NYT blares. But polling suggests that's simply not true. Read @thatkingthing @nypost: "A whopping 65% of 'MAGA Republicans' would back strikes on Iran, compared to a paltry 19% opposed." nypost.com/2025/06/18/us-…

NEW: Trump was very nonchalant and positive Friday morning over the feud with @elonmusk. “Nothing catches me by surprise. Nothing,” he told The Post on the phone. “The numbers are through the roof, the stock market is up..." nypost.com/2025/06/06/us-…

Breaking: White House ends 'wires' spot in press pool following the AP's court win and rolls the 3 wires into 31-outlet print rotation WH also adds second print spot in daily pool nypost.com/2025/04/15/us-…

Scoop: The White House has started to notify key members of Congress of its 'rescissions' plan Major provisions include eliminating 'all' $1.1 billion in pending funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and axing $8.3 billion from USAID nypost.com/2025/04/14/us-…

NEW: The idea of scaling back eye-watering “reciprocal” tariffs rattled around Trump’s head for several days after the April 2 announcement — even as he told staff and reporters he was willing to go full-speed-ahead. latest w/ @stevennelson10

Scoop: Billionaire Palestinian-American developer Bashar Masri -- who was sued by Oct. 7 victims’ families for “aiding and abetting” Hamas -- has resigned from his position on the Dean’s Council at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, a spokesperson confirmed to The Post. “The lawsuit raises serious allegations that should be vetted and addressed through the legal process,” a spokesperson for the Kennedy school said.

🇺🇸 Operation Overshare ▫Trump national security team messaged plans for Yemen strikes to Atlantic editor in chief in stunning breach ▫@SChamberlainNYP @thatkingthing @stevennelson10 @DianaGlebova ▫is.gd/KJloLk #frontpagestoday #USA @nypost 🇺🇸

No one ever accidentally sends me anything. What am I doing wrong

“Hours after President [Minouche] Shafik issued her statement [that the university had become ‘unsafe for everyone‘], an antisemitic mob assaulted 2 janitors inside @Columbia’s historic Hamilton Hall, calling them ‘Jew-lovers,'” @thatkingthing nypost.com/2025/03/17/us-…

Scoop: EPA is starting the process of rescinding Biden-era emissions rules that President Trump and Republicans call the 'electric vehicle mandate' nypost.com/2025/03/12/us-…

🚨@nypost @thatkingthing First with new data on growth of gov't agencies 📈 EPA spending ⬆️almost 5X, FCC spending⬆️more than 10X since 2000! nypost.com/2025/03/06/us-… @johnhart333 @MatthewTyrmand @DOGE @elonmusk @LeeMZeldin @epaleezeldin

My first story has published, so: I’ve returned to journalism as chief investigative correspondent for @JustTheNews! Big thanks to @JSolomonReports for the chance to get back to digging up secrets, pursuing truth, & getting answers & accountability.🇺🇸 👉JDunleavy@JustTheNews.com