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“Flávio has given up,” a Bolsonaro family adviser told The Washington Post. “He’s terrified. He is worried his father will die in jail, that he himself will be jailed this week, and that he may have a long prison term ahead”

At least some of the remains turned over to the Gang Suppression Force appear not to be the four Salvadoran soldiers who went missing last week

“Flávio has given up,” a Bolsonaro family adviser told The Washington Post. “He’s terrified. He is worried his father will die in jail, that he himself will be jailed this week, and that he may have a long prison term ahead”

At least some of the remains turned over to the Gang Suppression Force appear not to be the four Salvadoran soldiers who went missing last week

Lula wins Brazilian record fourth term, defies Latin America’s rightward shift, is first to win runoff after finishing second in opening round, will face hostile Congress; Flávio has not yet conceded (his father still hasn’t conceded 2022)

Just a quick moment to say that I am so proud of our tiny team at LNI as we work our ass off to produce a twice-a-week newsletter, daily short-form videos and a weekly long-form show. www.LNI.media

Bukele sends 200 special forces troops to search for Salvadoran soldiers missing in Haiti since Sunday, warns gang leaders to return them alive: “We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you, too.”

Bukele sends 200 special forces troops to search for Salvadoran soldiers missing in Haiti since Sunday, warns gang leaders to return them alive: “We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you, too.”

Nicolas Den Den. a pudgy white bear, skips and shambles through the streets of Santiago 🇩🇴 during Carnaval. The original Nicolas is said to have been part of a circus which visited the city in days gone by. When the circus pulled out, he was left behind. (📸 courtesy The City College Library, CUNY)

Fifty-nine years ago today, the Vietnam-era March on the Pentagon produced perhaps the anti-war movement’s most powerful image: A young man, the M14 rifles of the 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne) trained on him, delicately placing carnations in their barrels

So...hard as this may be for some of y'all to believe, but last night was my first time ever watching BEETLEJUICE. It was pretty entertaining. However. It's disturbing to think that for millions of people around world, Burton's film may still represent their *only* exposure to #calypso

The city’s economy has taken a hit as Haitian immigrants sequester in their homes or leave after the Trump administration canceled their temporary protected status. wapo.st/4z1bS9l

New: We found cops who kept using Flock to spy on women after they left the force. One used it for five years after retirement, tracking his wife during a custody battle. Another ran searches while he was suspended (and later fired) after killing a 15-year-old boy. Free to read: wapo.st/3UEwWU7

Not even half a Scaramucci

Heidi Levine is intrepid, brave and fiercely protective of everyone around her. She had just returned from Ukraine and was back in the West Bank, where she has been dedicated to reporting on the settlers. Heidi is beloved at The Post and among the press corps generally

NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

How the Grinch Stole Christmas for Tax Purposes

I still remember the first time I voted, in 1976. I was so excited to take part in the Great Experiment, and I still am. Please vote.

Ballroom-size scoop from @washingtonpost.com’s Jonathan O’Connell, Sarah Blaskey and @aaronschaffer.com: the secret list of major donors to Trump’s flagship project Among the revelations — $25M apiece from Apple and Nvidia, and numerous gifts from people + firms with business before Trump

Our poll gets results! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Here's Cat Murphy, a student journalist with the University of Maryland's Capital News Service, refusing to honor Rep. Andy Harris's false claim that she could not legally record his comments in this public setting @merrillcollege.bsky.social @cnsmd.bsky.social

Accounts of Leif Erikson's voyage to present-day Canada were known to Europeans in Columbus' time

Speaking of Columbus…

“Just a few days after President Donald Trump doxed Sen. Tom Cotton for blocking a bill to make daylight saving time year-round, Trump’s minister of manliness, Pete Hegseth, announced that he will set the moral clock back a few centuries” And that’s just the start from @philipkennicott.bsky.social

Behold the best thing I ever got in Colombia, not Columbia

The FlyDubai co-pilot who is accused of attacking his pilot and attempting to take over their Israel-bound flight last week planned to crash the aircraft into the passenger terminal at Ben-Gurion International Airport, the United Arab Emirates says.

A right-wing surge in Brazil appears set to give presidential front-runner Flávio Bolsonaro the leverage not only to free his imprisoned father but also to grant amnesty to supporters who stormed the capital J6-style and impeach the Supreme Court justices who have held them accountable

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico says the Coast Guard came under fire near the border. Claudia Sheinbaum says prove it

Drone incursions, online disinformation, cyberattacks, sabotage, nuclear threats: Putin is working to hasten a collapse in European support for Kyiv

Trump's uncharacteristic silence on Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy was a strategic decision, a White House adviser says: “The thinking was, ‘Just sit quiet.' If an endorsement is going to be counterproductive, don’t do it. ... "Trying to proactively help just helps Lula"

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These judgey motherfuckers.

BREAKING Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished first and second in the opening round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday to set up a rematch, of sorts. Here's five takeaways from the first round

ELECTION DAY IN BRAZIL Authorities have grown increasingly concerned that Trump, a Bolsonaro ally, might attempt to intervene in the vote

The first time Michael Goessling spoke to his biological father, he asked what he did for a living. Musician, he said. In fact, he was on tour and was coming to St. Louis. “And I’m looking, and the voice, and it all starts coming together,” Goessling said. “Are you Michael McDonald?”

Role model

Poll questions on which party people want to control the Senate are so hot right now (from Post-Schar School Michigan poll and NYT-Siena polls) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump-appointed judge wrote that the media outlets had shown a “high likelihood of success” in their Fifth Amendment claim that their access was revoked without due process; public interest in a free press also weighed in their favor: “This is a high bar, but Plaintiffs have met it”

The Trump administration deported a US citizen to Mexico. It took nearly five months & a federal lawsuit for him to return to his own country. Brian José Morales García is now part of a long, largely uncounted history of citizens swallowed by the immigration system. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

🧵Families sold homes, drained savings & spent thousands for a chance to immigrate legally. Then the Trump administration halted visa issuances. Two federal courts ordered processing to resume. Now, attorneys say the government is running out the clock. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

Spelling Bee not accepting anything today

THE WASHINGTON POST IS NOT PUBLISHING PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRESIDENTIAL EVENTS, including Trump’s departure from the White House and his events at the U.N. General Assembly, joining with other newsrooms in support of the outlets the White House has banned

Networks to stop pool coverage of presidential events after the White House bans CNN, Fox News Washington bureau Bryan Boughton says CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing over alleged violations of First Amendment press freedom rights and Fifth Amendment due process rights @scottnover.bsky.social

President Trump’s sprawling family business empire has become increasingly intertwined with the boom in artificial intelligence, at the same time that he has resisted calls to slow the development of the technology, a Post analysis found.

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