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Two writers were finalists for awards: Greg Jaffe in feature writing and Lee Hockstader in editorial writing.

The Washington Post had two finalists and no wins.

© Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images Attorney Rudy Giuliani appeared before Michigan House Oversight Committee Lansing Michigan • December 2, 2020 One of the primary plagues of corporate journalism, which I have documented more times than I can count, just reared its ugly head again to deceive millions of people with fake news. When one large news outlet publishes a false story based on whispers from anonymous security state agents with the CIA or FBI, other news outlets quickly purport that th...

One of the primary plagues of corporate journalism, which I have documented more times than I can count, just reared its ugly head again to deceive millions of people with fake news. When one large news outlet publishes a false story based on whispers from anonymous security state agents with the CIA or FBI, other news outlets quickly purport that they have “independently confirmed” the false story, in order to bolster its credibility ( oh, it must be true since other outlets have also conf...

One of the legacies of the Afghanistan war ought to be “greater humility about what the best military on the planet can achieve and more thoughtfulness about how we deploy it.”

As I write, news is appearing that Captain Phillips of the Maersk Alabama has been freed from his Somali pirate captors. This may mark the end of the extraordinary American passivity towards this major public menace. Maybe even President Obama will be tempted by the celebration to speak on the issue. (My theory on his silence: given the choice between black pirates and white American sailors, he sides with the former.) An aspect of Somalia which does interest the Administration, however, is t...

Police have ramped up security for Thursday, a date important to followers of the QAnon extremist ideology

Your morning review of the issues and players behind Florida politics.

INTO THE BREACH: In search of transparency after hacks Top executives from Microsoft and FireEye on Tuesday urged Congress to create mandatory breach reporting requirements for companies following the massive Russian hack of the federal government that extended to the private sector. “We need to impose a clear, consistent disclosure obligation on the private sector,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, noting that “silence ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., declared that “the Trump movement is alive and well.”