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Valerie Plesch
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Photojournalist based in Washington, D.C. 🇦🇷/🇻🇳. Previously in Kosovo + Afghanistan. Working for NYT, WaPo, WSJ, Bloomberg + others. VP of Women Photojournalists of Washington, DC (WPOW)
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Maj. Gen. Linda Singh led troops into Baltimore in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray. She's not seeing that level of crisis now as Pres. Trump sends troops to American cities. She and others are speaking out.

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She led troops into Baltimore in 2015 and is now worried about a Trump deployment
High-ranking, retired military officers have warned the president’s use of troops against residents politicizes an apolitical institution and erodes Americans’ trust in its military.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The White House correspondents’ dinner was sedate. No comedian or president. Few celebrities. But around town, media-and-politics types were toasting: some to the First Amendment, some to Substack, and some to Trump over suckling pig and Fake News Fizzes.
It’s Washington’s biggest party weekend. Can anyone see the stars?
Searching for signs of life at the White House correspondents’ dinner and beyond.
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April 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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My coverage for @washingtonpost.com of Saturday’s Hands Off rally in Washington, DC which drew an estimated 100,000 people to the National Mall to protest against President Trump and Elon Musk.

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Mass protests across the U.S. signal opposition to Trump, Musk
Demonstrators in D.C. and other cities decried the administration’s dismantling of federal agencies and imposition of sweeping tariffs.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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For @washingtonpost.com — Omari Woodland, a 4th grader with a physical disability, has missed weeks of class at his new school in MD because they could not accommodate his wheelchair.

Very grateful to photograph this story by Ellie Silverman & Nicole Asbury.

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A school can’t accommodate a child’s wheelchair. He’s missed weeks of class.
A fourth-grader was not able to attend Thomas S. Stone elementary school in Prince George’s County because the principal said the school could not accomodate his wheelchair.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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here's a piece we worked on over the past few days about USAID and the misinformation, Russian-linked propaganda and right-wing disinfo that's fueling the effort to dismantle it www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...
Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work.
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February 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM