Data Reporting Director, The Washington Post
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Meghan Hoyer
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Nearly 93 percent of all border wall spending over the past decade happened in this year and last, according to our analysis. The spike in border wall spending goes mostly to 2 firms with GOP, White House ties. wapo.st/3PMfxqi
Labor Department data from March showed that 1 in 3 men across the U.S. are not working or looking for a job.
A recent appointee to a sensitive counterterrorism job in the DoD was filmed during the Jan. 6 riot climbing through a broken window holding a metal pole to enter the U.S. Capitol. From @joyceshlee.bsky.social, @abtran.bsky.social & Salvador Rizzo:
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The Justice Department will remain blocked from examining electronic devices seized from a Post reporter, a federal judge ruled.
The ruling marks the second time a court rejected efforts to sift through Hannah Natanson’s devices.
"Preliminary data from Maryland’s department of health shows that firearm suicides overtook homicides in 2025."
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We @us.theguardian.com wanted to know: who's being pulled into Trump's mass deportation deportation dragnet. And we ended up having to sue the government to find out. Now we've made the data public. @wcraft.bsky.social explains how he got these records, and how you can use it in your reporting...
Yesterday was fun. Congratulations to the data team's Emmanuel Martinez for having a byline on the Post's Pulitzer finalist entry for national reporting on immigration
Just how much has gambling changed our experience of watching sports? We measured all the on screen and spoken references to casinos, online gaming and betting during games — and it’s a LOT.
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Amazing visuals!
The steady rise in sea levels over recent decades challenge homes and infrastructure along the vulnerable coastline in the Outer Banks
From @bradydennis.bsky.social, @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social & @johnmuyskens.bsky.social:
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FEMA last year dramatically slowed distribution of grants aimed at preventing environmental disasters. After facing legal scrutiny, the agency reversed course - but still hasn't provided Colorado or Calif. much $$, by @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social & Brianna Sacks:
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The share of American men working or searching for a job recently hit the lowest level since 1948, aside from the pandemic, Labor Department data shows.
The billions of dollars in advertising invested annually by sports betting companies have profoundly changed televised sports in the U.S., the analysis showed.
