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Features journalist covering US nat'l affairs, freelancing for States Newsroom | 2x Society for Features Journalism award-winner | DMs open ☎️ Signal: DevonHeinen.21 ✉️ [email protected] 🔗 devonheinen.com 📍 New York, NY

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hey, 👋! I'm a journalist, & I cover US national affairs, a hybrid of politics & current events. I specialize in long-form features in the 10,000-word neighborhood.

Here's my most recent story, on the woman who owned the abortion clinic in the Dobbs SCOTUS case: alabamareflector.com/2024/06/24/f....

From Roe to Dobbs and Beyond: Diane Derzis' lifetime in abortion care • Alabama Reflector

Diane Derzis began working in abortion care a few years after Roe. Her clinic was at the center of a devastating U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

alabamareflector.com

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 35m

Edits for long-form feature on the opioid crisis: FILED

Time to resume the weekend.

a man in a suit and tie says partying partying whoa on a piece of paper

Alt: a man in a suit and tie says partying partying whoa on a piece of paper

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 3h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump's tariffs: "It's bumpy. I'm talking to major manufacturing companies that are saying...'We're having problems with these tariffs. And now we're having problems, we can't get supplies'...There's problems."

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 1h

NEW via @nytimes.com's @heatherknightsf.bsky.social:

"[Salesforce C.E.O.] #MarcBenioff Says #Trump Should Send Guard Troops to #SanFrancisco."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 1h

looking forward to your next story!

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CNN @cnn.com · 1h

Federal appeals court rules National Guard troops in Illinois can remain federalized but can't be deployed as the appeals process continues.
https://cnn.it/3KIZEOl

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4h

HUD staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination received layoff notices at field offices across the US.

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2h

Amid shutdown, House Democrats will return to DC next week, despite GOP cancellation of schedule

Rep Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sends letter to colleagues, “It is critically important for House Democrats to once again return to Washington.”

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 3h

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING
#Trump issues stmt saying he's directing Sec Def Pete #Hegseth "to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th" amid the ongoing #GovernmentShutdown.

More from Trump: "We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS."

#Shutdown

Trump stmt: "Chuck Schumer recently said, 'Every day gets better' during their Radical Left Shutdown. I DISAGREE! If nothing is done, because of 'Leader' Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th. That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th. We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS. I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown. The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 3h

🥞, ☕️ and then finishing the edits for my story

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h

all good!

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h

NEW (#Israel) via @washingtonpost.com's David Kenner:

"Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during #Gaza war, files show"
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show

Documents from U.S. Central Command show a series of meetings over the past three years between Israeli and Arab military officials to coordinate on regional threats.

www.washingtonpost.com

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 5h

ICYMI last night, the WH issued a memo re: #Trump's "scheduled follow-up evaluation" Friday:

"Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approx. 14 years younger than his chronological age."

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING
WH issues memo from physician to POTUS re: #Trump's "scheduled follow-up evaluation" today:

"Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health. His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approx. 14 years younger than hsi chronological age."

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 5h

He is at his golf club in Virginia today, like he has a number of weekends recently.

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 5h

NEW (via WH press pool)
#Trump is at his golf club in Sterling, Virginia.

He doesn't have anything on his public schedule, per WH.

Trump stayed at the WH last night, and will do so tonight, too.

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 5h

NEW (via WH press pool)
#Trump is at his golf club in Sterling, Virginia.

He doesn't have anything on his public schedule, per WH.

Trump stayed at the WH last night, and will do so tonight, too.

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 5h

Today, #Trump doesn't have anything on his public schedule, per WH.

He stayed at the WH last night, and will do so tonight, too.

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 18h

Yo, this game is drama.

Also, it's midnight. I want to go to bed.

#Tigers #Mariners

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 19h

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Like, omg, what?

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 19h

What?

#Mariners

Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 20h

Calling it now: The #Mariners are done

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Trump talks re: #China after newly announced add'l 100% #tariff on #China:
• Hasn't canceled upcoming meeting with #Xi Jinping at a summit this month, but doesn't know if meeting will happen
• "We'll see what happens" re: tariff & if China rolls back trade policy