Ashley Thomas

Wedding brought to you by ⁦@DJNF⁩, which made me an AP intern back in 2008, and ⁦@AP⁩, where we both work and which gave us time off for our 8.14.21 wedding! 📸 by Jeff and Mollie Weddings in Savannah, Georgia

Trump’s tariffs are hurting American manufacturers instead of helping them, @joshboak reports: apnews.com/article/trump-…

Headed home today after a week in DC so I can cover former President Joe Biden as he attends a @scdp event in Columbia SC tonight. Apparently I picked a popular flight this morning!

My bothers and sisters in newsrooms keeping an eye on things on primary and election nights this year, take note:

One Extraordinary Photo: How @AP photojournalist Jacquelyn Martin Captured Lindsey Vonn's crash apnews.com/article/2026-l…

SCOOP: Nursing home firms donated $4.8M to Trump's super PAC in Aug-Sept. Their executives got a lunch in Aug. at Trump's golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect. His administration revoked the rule nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/…

Congratulations to @JuliePace and @vijayiyer, the newest members of the Pulitzer Prize Board! (And don't forget tonight's 2026 Journalism entry deadline.) pulitzer.org/news/22884

AP statement at the end of today's appeals court oral argument: "Today AP once again stood up for the public's right to speak freely without government retaliation. That’s what we’ve been doing throughout this case – defending this fundamental freedom for all Americans and all those who value freedom of speech. The First Amendment doesn’t stop at the Oval Office door."

It's an example of a news industry leader fighting instead of folding under Trump pressure — though the fight is not without risks; an adverse ruling could further embolden the White House.

AP executive editor Julie Pace says they're fighting "for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences." apnews.com/article/associ…

@StevenTDennis I am so, so, so sorry.

It hurts so much more than I thought it would. We lost my mother Carolyn Dennis about 5:40 pm yesterday. She died peacefully surrounded by family.

The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came. Now Lesotho’s care system is crumbling. Clinics shut down, workers were let go, and patients stopped treatment. Experts are sounding alarms. apnews.com/projects/Lesot…

Pope Leo XIV encouraged international news agencies on Thursday to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation, as he strongly backed a free, independent and objective press. He praised reporters on the ground in Gaza and Ukraine.

stunning images.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie. apnews.com/article/myanma…

⁦@AP⁩ reporting calls into question why and how Israel attacked a Gaza hospital apnews.com/article/israel…

Mariam Dagga, our freelancer who was killed today by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, had bylined this powerful piece on malnourished children in Gaza just last week apnews.com/article/palest…

Mariam Dagga, visual freelance journalist for AP, chronicled the wounded & dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital. Dagga was killed today by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital. A gallery of her photos, curated by AP photo editors: apnews.com/photo-gallery/…

ProPublica reporter Rob Davis began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed? To find the answer, he had to travel across the Pacific Ocean. propublica.org/article/nike-l…

Hats off to @michellelprice - the whole article is a great read apnews.com/article/trump-…

BEST OPENING LINE TO A STORY THIS YEAR: "Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up." Bravo, @APNews. 10/10, no notes.