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Michael D. Shear @shearm

White House Correspondent for The New York Times and co-author of “BORDER WARS: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration”

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NEW: The man at the center of the scandal that threatens to bring down British PM Keir Starmer. What the files say about his ties to Epstein, and how that differs from what he told the UK. w/ @jane__bradley nytimes.com/2026/02/10/world…

The Ties That Bound a Fixture of British Politics to Jeffrey Epstein

For years Peter Mandelson, a senior British politician, concealed the depth of his friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, until new files were released.

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Adding my voice to those urging @JeffBezos not to fire the @washingtonpost's foreign correspondents. I worked for the Post for 18 years. I am now a foreign correspondent at @nytimes. The world needs more great writers and reporters like those at the Post right now, not fewer.
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Our months long investigation on the increasingly violent tactics of Israeli settlers, supported by the IDF, to seize land from Palestinians in the West Bank. nytimes.com/interactive/2025…

Land Grab: Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank

Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.

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The settlers wouldn’t talk to us. But we did get responses from the Israeli military, which generally said their actions were designed to reduce tensions and increase security. The Palestinians we talked to don’t see it that way.
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I hope our efforts help to provide a real understanding of what has been going on in the West Bank while the world’s attention was (rightly) focused on Gaza.
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Scoop: President Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion for what his lawyer calls "false, defamatory, malicious, disparaging, and inflammatory statements" in a documentary that included comments Trump made on Jan 6, 2021. nytimes.com/2025/11/10/world…

Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary

A lawyer for President Trump said the BBC’s editing of a speech he gave was “defamatory.” The broadcaster apologized on Monday for an “error in judgment.”

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People who were with @potus in the weeks before the debate say there have increasingly been moments where he appeared confused or listless, or would lose the thread of conversations. Our story just published: nytimes.com/2024/07/02/us/po…

Biden’s Lapses Are Said to Be Increasingly Common and Worrisome (Published 2024)

People who have spent time with President Biden over the last few months or so said the lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after Thursday’s debate, more worrisome.

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Congrats to @thedabneydc (my favorite place to eat) for being named one of DC’s top 25 restaurants in the @nytimes. nytimes.com/article/dc-best-…
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I’ve emailed the support folks at @Apt2B but haven’t heard back. Not sure how exactly to get rid of it. (The bulk trash pickup at my condo is not for another couple of months.)
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I’ve emailed the support folks at @Apt2B but haven’t heard back. Not sure how exactly to get rid of it. (The bulk trash pickup at my condo is not for another couple of months.)
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Just got this in my inbox. Really looking forward to a cup of coffee tomorrow morning @PetiteCeriseDC .
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From pool report:
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17 Oct 2023
Senior administration official says President Biden will not go to Jordan after visiting Israel tomorrow. The White House had planned a summit with leaders of Jordan, Egypt and Palestinian Authority.
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Senior administration official says President Biden will not go to Jordan after visiting Israel tomorrow. The White House had planned a summit with leaders of Jordan, Egypt and Palestinian Authority.
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Jon and I were neighbors for several years, when Hersh was just a toddler. I desperately hope that he, and all the missing or taken, are reunited soon.
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8 Oct 2023
'Since 8:11am on Saturday morning, we have had no communication with him' says Jon Polin, Father of missing Hersh Goldberg-Polin The story of yet another young Israeli who attended Nova Festival in the south, where Hamas terrorists attacked on Saturday morning
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On this day each year I am always proud of my great uncle, Joachim Prinz, who spoke on the Washington Mall immediately before the Rev. Martin Luther King at the March on Washington. His message: "the most tragic problem is silence."
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BREAKING -- The US and Iran have reached a deal to win the freedom of five Americans who have been detained in Iran. The prisoners are in house arrest. When they are released to the US, the US will release some Iranian prisoners and $6 billion in assets. nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/po…

U.S. Reaches Deal With Iran to Free Americans for Jailed Iranians and Funds (Published 2023)

Five American detainees will eventually be allowed to leave Iran in exchange for Tehran gaining access to $6 billion for humanitarian purposes and the United States freeing several jailed Iranians.

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Thinking of everyone in Lahaina, Maui right now. It’s one of my favorite places, and it seems like so much of it is devastated. Crossing my fingers that Kimo’s — an institution in the downtown — survives.
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