"Fired" by Trump on the Celebrity Apprentice. Sentenced to prison for corruption. Prison sentence commuted by Trump in 2020 and pardoned in February.

Now, Rod Blagojevich has a new gig: Foreign agent for the Republic of Srpska.

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Distressed Ukrainian troops, veterans and families — including some on the brink of suicide — relied on a U.S.-funded hotline to get help. After Trump suspended almost all U.S. foreign aid programs for 90 days, the line went dark. @siobhanogrady.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Johnson aide advised against subpoena of Cassidy Hutchinson over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ lawmakers sent her www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The decision will hand the keys to the government’s most cherished secrets to whomever Trump desires: how Trump’s security clearances order could make the U.S. vulnerable www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

EXCLUSIVE: Internal files detail frantic bid to contain fallout from Tulsi Gabbard meetings with Syrian dictator Assad. Her 2017 trip is expected to be a focus of questions from senators weighing her nomination to be director of national intelligence.

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The Capitol Rotunda saw a concentration of wealth on Monday so rare as to be historic: a caste of magnates worth more than $1 trillion, gathered to salute Trump. w/ excellent new teammate @cqzakrz.bsky.social
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Some news: I'm joining the @washingtonpost.com's White House team to cover Trump alongside an all-star crew. Largest White House team in Post history. Couldn't be more excited. www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/01/2...

GREENLAND IS NOT FOR SALE but might it be for rent?

The great Bill Booth among the Trump-curious in Nuuk

Pictures by Sebastien Van Malleghem

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Breaking news: Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, in a major breakthrough including the release of Israeli hostages, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations.

More than 360 tons of mustard gas. A swimming pool of sarin precursors lost "due to traffic accidents." The race is on to find Syria's missing chemical weapons, and @jobywarrick.bsky.social tells you everything you need to know. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Syrian rebel fighters’ lightning advance was aided by better organization, the weakening of Bashar al-Assad’s military allies and, possibly, luck: Few expected the Syrian army to collapse as quickly as it did. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1... @leloveluck.bsky.social & @kareemf.bsky.social

NEW: The White House is engaged in an 11th-hour scramble to provide Ukraine with billions of $ in additional weaponry, a massive effort that is generating internal concerns about its potential to erode U.S. stockpiles and sap resources from other flash points. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Inside Biden's race to boost Ukraine's position before Trump takes office. Some allies ask why it didn't come earlier, when Kyiv was in a better position. Delay “gives Russia a sense of impunity,” Kurt Volker says. By Yasmeen Abutaleb, me, Ellen Francis www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A U.S. businessman with past ties to Russia says he'll "de-Russify" the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if he buys it. But “there is nothing about a Nord Stream 2 revival that is in U.S. interests right now,” a U.S. official tells @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...