Jess Bravin
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Senior special writer, The Wall Street Journal. Author, "The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay"; "Squeaky: The Life & Times of Lynette Alice Fromme." Founder: Raymond Chandler Square, L.A. City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 597.
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Jess Bravin
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Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme
Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme - Kindle edition by Bravin, Jess. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme.
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50 Years Ago Today: Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed a loaded .45 at President Ford; my book, "Squeaky," tells the incredible story of a life gone wrong: www.amazon.com/Squeaky-Time...
"A very cautious man": Chief Justice Roberts faces a defining challenge from as he enters his third decade leading the Supreme Court www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com
Chief Justice Roberts Faces Career-Defining Decision on Trump
The Supreme Court’s tariff case comes as the chief justice is under pressure from the president, the public and other judges.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"A very cautious man": Chief Justice Roberts faces a defining challenge from as he enters his third decade leading the Supreme Court www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com
President Trump’s global tariffs ran headlong into a skeptical Supreme Court on Wednesday www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@GavinBade
Trump’s Tough Day at Supreme Court Puts Tariffs in Jeopardy
The prospect of a loss by the administration raises questions about the president’s alternatives—and what happens to money that has already been collected.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
President Trump’s global tariffs ran headlong into a skeptical Supreme Court on Wednesday www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@GavinBade
Tariffs at SCOTUS: Trump’s Position Appears to Be on the Ropes www.wsj.com/livecoverage... via @wsj
Trump’s Position Appears to Be on the Ropes
President Trump’s case for tariffs looked in trouble after the first hour of argument, after justices across the ideological spectrum expressed skepticism, if not incredulity, of his claim that a 1977...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Tariffs at SCOTUS: Trump’s Position Appears to Be on the Ropes www.wsj.com/livecoverage... via @wsj
The 50-Year-Old Ruling That Could Matter for the Tariffs Case www.wsj.com/livecoverage... Follow Our Live Team Coverage:
The 50-Year-Old Ruling That Could Matter for the Tariffs Case
There are no prior court decisions addressing whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or Ieepa, the 1977 law Trump invoked, gives the president unilateral power to impose tariffs. The...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The 50-Year-Old Ruling That Could Matter for the Tariffs Case www.wsj.com/livecoverage... Follow Our Live Team Coverage:
A federal appeals court will allow President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Ore., despite objections from state and local officials www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com
Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to Deploy National Guard in Portland
The decision lifts a temporary order that had stopped the dispatch of state Guard members to the Oregon city in response to protests.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A federal appeals court will allow President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Ore., despite objections from state and local officials www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com
Following @princeton.edu, @georgetownuni.bsky.social selects a former law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens as its president. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Following @princeton.edu, @georgetownuni.bsky.social selects a former law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens as its president. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
“I’ve got no problem with gruel.” Under orders from Trump, officials seek to make the life sentences of 37 convicted killers more like a living hell. The men were spared the death penalty by Biden. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Biden Spared 37 Killers From Execution. Trump Ordered Up a Lifetime of Torment.
Even America’s harshest federal prison, where inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, was too good, one official said. “I’ve got no problem with gruel.”
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October 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“I’ve got no problem with gruel.” Under orders from Trump, officials seek to make the life sentences of 37 convicted killers more like a living hell. The men were spared the death penalty by Biden. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
War Resister: @WSJ Stylebook conscientiously objects to bellicose rebranding of DoD. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Vol. 38, No. 8: Department of War
In the latest Wall Street Journal stylebook bulletin, a note on the revival of an old name for what is still officially the Defense Department.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
War Resister: @WSJ Stylebook conscientiously objects to bellicose rebranding of DoD. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Illinois officials sued to stop Trump from deploying National Guard forces to Chicago wsj.com/us-news/illi...
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Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s National Guard Deployment
The lawsuit, filed by the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, comes as the administration’s confrontation with Democratic-led states escalated nationwide.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Illinois officials sued to stop Trump from deploying National Guard forces to Chicago wsj.com/us-news/illi...
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Mendocino journalist @mattlafever.bsky.social draws on my first book, SQUEAKY, to reconstruct the Manson Family's failed plot to expand to Northern California. www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a... @sfgate.com
Manson Family's plot to expand to Northern Calif. may have ended in murder
Northern California's fog and forests still carry Manson's shadow.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Mendocino journalist @mattlafever.bsky.social draws on my first book, SQUEAKY, to reconstruct the Manson Family's failed plot to expand to Northern California. www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a... @sfgate.com
LISTEN: Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal? I join Vera Bergengruen and host Caitlin McCabe WSJ's What's News podcast to discuss the president's militarization of a criminal law problem. www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal? - What’s News - WSJ Podcasts
In the past month, the Trump administration has ordered a trio of military attacks against boats suspected to be transporting drugs from South America to the U.S. However, little information has been ...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
LISTEN: Are Trump’s Lethal Attacks on Drug Boats Legal? I join Vera Bergengruen and host Caitlin McCabe WSJ's What's News podcast to discuss the president's militarization of a criminal law problem. www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
Comey Case Explained: The Trump administration charged the former FBI director with making a false statement and obstruction when he testified in 2020 about testimony he gave in 2017 regarding a @WSJ story published in October 2016. A closer look: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
What to Know About the Criminal Case Against James Comey
Prosecutors allege the former FBI director lied to Congress, but legal experts say there are significant hurdles to overcome.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Comey Case Explained: The Trump administration charged the former FBI director with making a false statement and obstruction when he testified in 2020 about testimony he gave in 2017 regarding a @WSJ story published in October 2016. A closer look: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Farewell to a great writer and even better human being whose columns helped so many.
Jonathan Clements, a longtime WSJ columnist who penned more than 1,000 personal-finance columns and was a favorite of readers, has died. He was 62.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Farewell to a great writer and even better human being whose columns helped so many.
Disarray continues at the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission @America250, which fired its exec director, a 25-year-old ex-Fox News producer the White House had recommended, for a slew of alleged improper actions www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw
Exclusive | Group Organizing America’s 250th Birthday Fires Executive Director
A bipartisan commission terminated Ariel Abergel after an Instagram post related to Charlie Kirk, he said.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Disarray continues at the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission @America250, which fired its exec director, a 25-year-old ex-Fox News producer the White House had recommended, for a slew of alleged improper actions www.wsj.com/politics/pol... w/@meridithmcgraw
Supreme Court to reconsider limits Congress has imposed on the president’s power to fire top officials www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@WheelerLydia
Supreme Court to Reconsider Limits on President’s Power to Fire Top Officials
The justices for now have allowed Trump to remove the FTC’s last remaining Democratic commissioner.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Supreme Court to reconsider limits Congress has imposed on the president’s power to fire top officials www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... w/@WheelerLydia
Listen 🎧: President Trump says he’s ready to order more National Guard troops to American cities. Natalie Andrews and I discuss the nation’s mixed reactions and possible legal and political futures on @wsj.com's What's News podcast: on.wsj.com/3o375VH
WSJ What’s News
What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Listen 🎧: President Trump says he’s ready to order more National Guard troops to American cities. Natalie Andrews and I discuss the nation’s mixed reactions and possible legal and political futures on @wsj.com's What's News podcast: on.wsj.com/3o375VH
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it remove Fed governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board while a lawsuit challenging the president’s effort to fire her proceeds www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of Fed Governor Lisa Cook
The emergency request comes after a lower court rejected the administration’s bid to lift an order stopping the president from removing Lisa Cook from her post.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it remove Fed governor Lisa Cook from the central bank’s board while a lawsuit challenging the president’s effort to fire her proceeds www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @wsj.com
Farewell, Condor: youtu.be/FVfELXJZpXQ?...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Farewell, Condor: youtu.be/FVfELXJZpXQ?...
A year ago, Sadie Gurman and I wrote about the increasing expectation of violence in America's political climate: www.wsj.com/politics/ele... via @wsj.com
Essay | American Politics Takes a Violent Turn
A second assassination attempt against Trump is part of a rising tide of threats and harassment against public officials across the political spectrum
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September 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A year ago, Sadie Gurman and I wrote about the increasing expectation of violence in America's political climate: www.wsj.com/politics/ele... via @wsj.com
On Tuesday, I spoke with KCRW-FM's Elise Hu about an earlier era of political violence: www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
50 years ago in CA, a US president was almost assassinated 2 different times
As the trial for an alleged assassin of President Trump begins this week, KCRW looks back on September 1975, when two different women planned to kill President Gerald Ford.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
On Tuesday, I spoke with KCRW-FM's Elise Hu about an earlier era of political violence: www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
Dissenters Call It Racial Profiling: The U.S. Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to remove restrictions on immigration raids in Los Angeles while litigation continues www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com
Supreme Court Lifts Limits on Immigration Raids in Los Angeles
The order lets the Trump administration proceed with patrols that earlier targeted largely Latino areas.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dissenters Call It Racial Profiling: The U.S. Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to remove restrictions on immigration raids in Los Angeles while litigation continues www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com
Justice Amy Coney Barrett says that when it comes to executive power cases, she imagines she's ruling on President Biden or Bush, not the actual president, Donald Trump. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com
Justice Barrett Declares Her Independence Ahead of Trump-Dominated Term
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is on tour promoting her new book before the Supreme Court reconvenes in October.
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September 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Justice Amy Coney Barrett says that when it comes to executive power cases, she imagines she's ruling on President Biden or Bush, not the actual president, Donald Trump. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... via @wsj.com
50 Years Ago Today: Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed a loaded .45 at President Ford; my book, "Squeaky," tells the incredible story of a life gone wrong: www.amazon.com/Squeaky-Time...
Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme
Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme - Kindle edition by Bravin, Jess. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
50 Years Ago Today: Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed a loaded .45 at President Ford; my book, "Squeaky," tells the incredible story of a life gone wrong: www.amazon.com/Squeaky-Time...
Women fleeing domestic abuse overseas will have a tougher time obtaining asylum in the U.S., under decisions this week by Attorney General Pam Bondi www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Administration Tightens Asylum Rules for Women Fleeing Domestic Abuse
Attorney General Pam Bondi, in her role as the head of the immigration-court system, intervened in several cases to alter the criteria for granting asylum.
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September 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Women fleeing domestic abuse overseas will have a tougher time obtaining asylum in the U.S., under decisions this week by Attorney General Pam Bondi www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Posse Comitatus Interruptus: A federal judge ruled that President Trump illegally sent troops to enforce his immigration policies in Los Angeles www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump’s Deployment of Troops to Los Angeles Violates Federal Law, Judge Rules
A federal judge sided with state officials who contend the operation violated a 19th-century law barring the U.S. military from undertaking domestic law enforcement.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Posse Comitatus Interruptus: A federal judge ruled that President Trump illegally sent troops to enforce his immigration policies in Los Angeles www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...