Brad Heath
@bradheath.bsky.social
DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
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Brad Heath
@bradheath.bsky.social
· Nov 12
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Email: Brad.heath@tr.com
Phone, Signal: 202 527-9709
WhatsApp: 703 835-7998
1333 H St., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005
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Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
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Breaking News: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it would cease operations, signaling the end of a newspaper whose origins date to 1786.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations
The family-owned company that operates the newspaper cited mounting losses and labor constraints. A final edition is expected on Sunday, May 3.
nyti.ms
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Breaking News: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it would cease operations, signaling the end of a newspaper whose origins date to 1786.
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Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
The owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced Wednesday that the newspaper will cease publication Sunday, May 3.
Over the past 20 years, Block Communications...
www.post-gazette.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3
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In a breathtaking reversal of reality, Trump uses a taxpayer funded website to whitewash the history of Jan. 6, blaming Capitol Police, Democrats and Pence -- everyone but himself and the mob that stormed the Capitol. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
White House Posts False Jan. 6 Narrative on Riot’s 5th Anniversary
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
In a breathtaking reversal of reality, Trump uses a taxpayer funded website to whitewash the history of Jan. 6, blaming Capitol Police, Democrats and Pence -- everyone but himself and the mob that stormed the Capitol. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
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Per @reuters.com , US now seizing Russian-flag Venezuelan tanker Bella-1 / Marinera
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: US seizing Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
The United States is attempting to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic and as a Russian submarine and warship were cl...
www.reuters.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Per @reuters.com , US now seizing Russian-flag Venezuelan tanker Bella-1 / Marinera
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Government officials in Caracas and Washington are discussing exporting Venezuelan crude to refiners in the United States, five government, industry and shipping sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Government officials in Caracas and Washington are discussing exporting Venezuelan crude to refiners in the United States, five government, industry and shipping sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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In the five days that I've been monitoring this stuff on X, I've not detected any significant slow-down.
January 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
In the five days that I've been monitoring this stuff on X, I've not detected any significant slow-down.
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I really encourage folks to check out the document he sent me. Once you know it's fake, the mistakes are easy to spot. But it still amazes me to think that he likely generated this within a few minutes www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Fake Reddit Post
www.documentcloud.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I really encourage folks to check out the document he sent me. Once you know it's fake, the mistakes are easy to spot. But it still amazes me to think that he likely generated this within a few minutes www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOJ says it has detailed "over 400 lawyers" to reviewing files related to Jeffrey Epstein, a huge commitment of resources that will continue "for the next few weeks."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
DOJ says it has detailed "over 400 lawyers" to reviewing files related to Jeffrey Epstein, a huge commitment of resources that will continue "for the next few weeks."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has been on a "mass digital undressing spree."
Users uploaded photos of women and the bot undressed them, "generating images of women in dental-floss-style or translucent bikinis and, in at least one case, covering a woman in oil."
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Users uploaded photos of women and the bot undressed them, "generating images of women in dental-floss-style or translucent bikinis and, in at least one case, covering a woman in oil."
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has been on a "mass digital undressing spree."
Users uploaded photos of women and the bot undressed them, "generating images of women in dental-floss-style or translucent bikinis and, in at least one case, covering a woman in oil."
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Users uploaded photos of women and the bot undressed them, "generating images of women in dental-floss-style or translucent bikinis and, in at least one case, covering a woman in oil."
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Can the U.S. government get a warrant to search for evidence that people violated "a statute that does not appear to exist"?
Seems it did.
Seems it did.
January 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Can the U.S. government get a warrant to search for evidence that people violated "a statute that does not appear to exist"?
Seems it did.
Seems it did.
One in three Americans approve of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country's president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
One in three Americans approve of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country's president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
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64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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Speaking of typos, someone should direct Ms. Dhillon to U.S. v. Murphy, 406 F.3d 857, 859 n.1 (7th Cir. 2005), aka the greatest footnote in appellate court history.
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Speaking of typos, someone should direct Ms. Dhillon to U.S. v. Murphy, 406 F.3d 857, 859 n.1 (7th Cir. 2005), aka the greatest footnote in appellate court history.
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
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For those who asked for an update.
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
For those who asked for an update.
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I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
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NEW:
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NEW:
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
One brought a gun home.
One moved.
Others improved home security.
Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
About the card Jeffrey Epstein purportedly sent to Larry Nassar:
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
Justice Department releases card mentioning Trump, purportedly sent from Epstein to Nassar
The U.S. Justice Department released an image on Tuesday of a card that makes a crude reference to President Donald Trump, purportedly written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar...
www.reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
About the card Jeffrey Epstein purportedly sent to Larry Nassar:
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
* The postmark is from Virginia, not New York where Epstein was jailed
* The return address is incorrect and doesn't include his register number
* FBI sought a handwriting analysis. Don't know outcome.
www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...
During President Trump’s second term, ICE’s public affairs arm has rapidly transformed into an influencer-style media machine, churning out flashy videos of tactical operations and immigration raids.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
During President Trump’s second term, ICE’s public affairs arm has rapidly transformed into an influencer-style media machine, churning out flashy videos of tactical operations and immigration raids.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
The DOJ's latest release of Epstein files includes an email from a federal prosecutor saying Trump flew aboard the sex offender's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The DOJ's latest release of Epstein files includes an email from a federal prosecutor saying Trump flew aboard the sex offender's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there:
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I have seen DOJ do some strange redactions before, but this is up there: