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Devon Heinen
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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.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h
With an impending #Noreaster expected to potentially dump a lot of rain on the East Coast

#GovernmentShutdown #Shutdown
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 4h
A lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program when the government shut down threatens to snarl home sales in the nation’s riskiest floodplains and leave some homeowners without coverage in the middle of hurricane season.
Shutdown Cuts Off Flood Insurance Program During Storm Season
A lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program because of the US government shutdown threatens to snarl home sales in the nation’s riskiest floodplains and leave some homeowners without coverage in the middle of hurricane season.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h
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CNN @cnn.com · 4h
The Trump administration has finalized plans to provide a $20 billion lifeline to Argentina, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Additionally, the US “directly” purchased Argentine pesos, Bessent said, a move that marks the latest step in an attempt to stabilize the country’s financial market.
Bessent says US purchased pesos and finalized framework for $20 billion lifeline for Argentina | CNN Business
The Trump administration has finalized plans to provide a $20 billion lifeline to Argentina, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday via social media. Additionally, the United States “directly”...
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h
The AP didn't do anything of the sort.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h
Right now, yes, pretty much anything she does as she runs CBS News is news.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4h
Big difference.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 5h
JUST IN via @apnews.com:

"#Israel's Cabinet has approved the 'outline' of a deal to release hostages held by #Hamas, PM Benjamin #Netanyahu's office said early Friday, as top Israeli officials debated a tentative deal to pause the devastating two-year war with Hamas."
apnews.com/article/isra...
Israeli Cabinet approves 'outline' of deal to release hostages held by Hamas
Israel’s Cabinet has approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all the remaining hostages held by Hamas, a key step toward ending a ruinous two-year w...
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 6h
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6h
A judge temporarily blocked Trump from federalizing or deploying National Guard members to Illinois.
Breaking | Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Illinois National Guard Deployment
The decision deals a blow for the president’s efforts to use troops in the Chicagoland area
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 6h
She's running the newsroom of one of the major TV network newsrooms in the US. It's newsworthy.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 6h
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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 6h
New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 8h
JUST IN via @CNN.com's Kristen Holmes, Hannah Rabinowitz & Kara Scannell:

"New York Attorney General #LetitiaJames was indicted Thursday in Alexandria, Virginia, as President Donald #Trump's Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents."
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...
Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump in court, indicted by Justice Department | CNN Politics
New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted in federal court on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department continues to pursue charges against his political opponents, two source...
www.cnn.com
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 8h
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 8h
A new poll conducted after Adams’s exit from the mayor’s race shows Andrew Cuomo gaining support while still trailing Zohran Mamdani by double digits.
Mamdani Leads and Cuomo Gains in First Post-Adams Poll
A new poll conducted after Adams’s exit from the mayor’s race shows Andrew Cuomo gaining support while still trailing Zohran Mamdani by double digits.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 9h
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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 10h
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 9h
NEW (#Economy) via @axios.com:

"Twenty-two states are either in a #recession or on the precipice of a downturn, according to an intriguing analysis from Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics."
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios Macro
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 10h
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Politico @politico.com · 10h
The Senate broke a monthlong impasse on its annual defense policy bill and secured a deal that could see the legislation pass as soon as today.
Senate strikes deal to vote on defense bill, breaking impasse
www.politico.com
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 10h
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10h
🚨BREAKING: Belgian federal authorities have arrested three young suspects in connection with what prosecutors said was an attempted terrorist attack on the country’s politicians, including Prime Minister Bart De Wever.

Full story: ow.ly/KqZM50X9mVQ
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 11h
BREAKING
Senate fails to pass procedural motion to advance to considering House GOP's short-term fed-funding leg — 54 yes votes to 45 no votes, w/ 60 yes req.

This is the 7th time the Senate failed to pass this legislation.

We are in Day 9 of a #GovernmentShutdown.

📷: C-SPAN (feed)
#Shutdown
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
Hi! I never said it is or is not benign. I said it isn't what I cover.

As a journalist, I can't partake in activist or any other form of support or being against legislation, a politician or political party because that would mean I'm not being objective. So, I can't call or advocate for or against
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
Appreciated, but AI / tech isn't in my lane of what I cover
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
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axios.com
Axios @axios.com · 12h
Turning Point USA says it will host a rival event to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
Turning Point USA will host a rival to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
One of its music genre choices was "anything in English."
www.axios.com
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
You're welcome. My most recent story is pinned on my Bluesky profile. It's on the woman who owned the abortion clinic in the Supreme Court case that resulted in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. And my current assignment — on the opioid epidemic — will be out, hopefully, within a month or so.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
Hi! While what I cover is national affairs — a hybrid of politics and current events — I write long-form features (10,000-word stories, like you would see in a magazine for a cover story). A potential No Kings protest isn't a 10,000-word kind of story.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
JUST IN (via WH press pool)
#Trump tells journalists during Cabinet meeting that if the #GovernmentShutdown continues, "we're only going to cut Democrat programs.... We'll give them a little taste of their own medicine."

#Shutdown
Trump quote: "We're only going to cut Democrat programs.... we'll give them a little taste of their own medicine."
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
BREAKING
Senate fails to pass procedural motion to advance to considering Senate Dems' short-term federal-funding legislation — 47 yes votes to 50 no votes.

This is the 7th time the Senate failed to pass this legislation.

We are in Day 9 of a #GovernmentShutdown.

📷: C-SPAN (feed)
#Shutdown
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
CNN was live on air on the ground in Portland today.
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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 12h
CNN was live in Portland on air today showing it isn't a war zone
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