Erin Cunningham
@erinmcunningham.bsky.social
🪬Middle East News Editor @washingtonpost; previous life as a correspondent in Cairo, Kabul, Gaza, Istanbul, Baghdad. Now in D.C. All the pieces matter.
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The arrests of Lemon and Fort are intended to deter journalists from doing work we need them to do, and that the First Amendment was meant to protect. DOJ should drop these prosecutions or the courts should throw them out. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
Knight Institute Condemns Arrest of Journalists Reporting on Minneapolis Protests
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January 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The arrests of Lemon and Fort are intended to deter journalists from doing work we need them to do, and that the First Amendment was meant to protect. DOJ should drop these prosecutions or the courts should throw them out. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
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Worth emphasizing that all of these military options for attacking Iran—without congressional authorization—would be flagrantly illegal under both US and international law.
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Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran
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January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Worth emphasizing that all of these military options for attacking Iran—without congressional authorization—would be flagrantly illegal under both US and international law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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Tragic day for the rudderless Washington Post.
And with these announced cuts to the local section, it's a good time to remember that the paper's biggest investigation ever—and arguably the most consequential in US history—was led by two reporters on the *Metro* desk.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
And with these announced cuts to the local section, it's a good time to remember that the paper's biggest investigation ever—and arguably the most consequential in US history—was led by two reporters on the *Metro* desk.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
January 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Tragic day for the rudderless Washington Post.
And with these announced cuts to the local section, it's a good time to remember that the paper's biggest investigation ever—and arguably the most consequential in US history—was led by two reporters on the *Metro* desk.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
And with these announced cuts to the local section, it's a good time to remember that the paper's biggest investigation ever—and arguably the most consequential in US history—was led by two reporters on the *Metro* desk.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
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I guess we're just arresting journalists now.
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I guess we're just arresting journalists now.
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Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
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Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, his lawyer said Friday, days after a magistrate judge refused to approve charges against him for documenting a protest at a church in Minnesota earlier this month.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested after protest at Minnesota church – US politics live
Lemon taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles where he was covering the Grammy awards on Thursday night, his lawyer says
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, his lawyer said Friday, days after a magistrate judge refused to approve charges against him for documenting a protest at a church in Minnesota earlier this month.
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For many years the work of Washington Post foreign correspondents has been essential to my work and to my ability to understand the world at large. Its loss would leave us all--Jeff Bezos included--so much the poorer.
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 30, 2026 at 12:13 AM
For many years the work of Washington Post foreign correspondents has been essential to my work and to my ability to understand the world at large. Its loss would leave us all--Jeff Bezos included--so much the poorer.
Our int’l correspondents and local reporters around the world are the finest, most impressive and dedicated people I’ve ever had the privilege of working with. It is beyond belief that WaPo leaders could end all of this as soon as next week, retreating from the globe at such a perilous moment.
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Our int’l correspondents and local reporters around the world are the finest, most impressive and dedicated people I’ve ever had the privilege of working with. It is beyond belief that WaPo leaders could end all of this as soon as next week, retreating from the globe at such a perilous moment.
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For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
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It's this attitude that I loved (and still miss) about my time at The Post--a building full of experts whom I could rush up to at any time, who were always willing to share their expertise and ask me for mine, who understood how our work was intertwined even when management didn't
With widespread layoffs expected at The Washington Post, reporters are sending letters to Jeff Bezos, urging him to reverse course. The newest letter is from the Post's White House reporters, who are defending the desks that are facing major cuts... www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/m...
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
It's this attitude that I loved (and still miss) about my time at The Post--a building full of experts whom I could rush up to at any time, who were always willing to share their expertise and ask me for mine, who understood how our work was intertwined even when management didn't
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With widespread layoffs expected at The Washington Post, reporters are sending letters to Jeff Bezos, urging him to reverse course. The newest letter is from the Post's White House reporters, who are defending the desks that are facing major cuts... www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/m...
January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
With widespread layoffs expected at The Washington Post, reporters are sending letters to Jeff Bezos, urging him to reverse course. The newest letter is from the Post's White House reporters, who are defending the desks that are facing major cuts... www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/m...
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“What’s the plan after this?” a former Post reporter wondered. “You cut however many hundreds of people to solve the fact that you’re still losing lots of money. Then what?”
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Inside the Washington Post’s Existential Meltdown
“There’s no vision for why it should exist.”
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January 28, 2026 at 5:35 PM
“What’s the plan after this?” a former Post reporter wondered. “You cut however many hundreds of people to solve the fact that you’re still losing lots of money. Then what?”
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As this story notes, three executives charged by CEO Will Lewis with leading the Washpost's most-publicized revenue efforts have left the company in the past year.
January 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
As this story notes, three executives charged by CEO Will Lewis with leading the Washpost's most-publicized revenue efforts have left the company in the past year.
Oh look. This package near the top of The Washington Post homepage is a collaboration between International and Sports (and ties directly to the U.S. political moment), two desks we hear are about to be obliterated by what could be some of the worst layoffs in the history of the paper.
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Oh look. This package near the top of The Washington Post homepage is a collaboration between International and Sports (and ties directly to the U.S. political moment), two desks we hear are about to be obliterated by what could be some of the worst layoffs in the history of the paper.
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NEW: ‘Save the Post’: Washington Post journalists urge Bezos to protect foreign desk
The Post maintains one of the most extensive overseas reporting networks among US newspapers, including Middle East bureaus in Istanbul, Cairo and Dubai. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
The Post maintains one of the most extensive overseas reporting networks among US newspapers, including Middle East bureaus in Istanbul, Cairo and Dubai. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
‘Save the Post’: Washington Post journalists urge Bezos to protect foreign desk
The Post maintains one of the most extensive overseas reporting networks among US newspapers, including Middle East bureaus in Istanbul, Cairo and Dubai.
www.al-monitor.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:09 PM
NEW: ‘Save the Post’: Washington Post journalists urge Bezos to protect foreign desk
The Post maintains one of the most extensive overseas reporting networks among US newspapers, including Middle East bureaus in Istanbul, Cairo and Dubai. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
The Post maintains one of the most extensive overseas reporting networks among US newspapers, including Middle East bureaus in Istanbul, Cairo and Dubai. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Heartbreaking that Washington Post is weighing drastic cuts to its foreign coverage and staff. From Jerusalem to Baghdad, Kyiv and Gaza, colleagues at the Post put their lives on the line to get the story out. #SaveThePost www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
‘Save the Post’: Washington Post journalists urge Bezos to protect foreign desk
The Post maintains one of the most extensive overseas reporting networks among US newspapers, including Middle East bureaus in Istanbul, Cairo and Dubai.
www.al-monitor.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Heartbreaking that Washington Post is weighing drastic cuts to its foreign coverage and staff. From Jerusalem to Baghdad, Kyiv and Gaza, colleagues at the Post put their lives on the line to get the story out. #SaveThePost www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Recent news about The Washington Post is alarming, to say the least.
When we cover major news abroad, our national security team works hand in hand with our colleagues overseas.
When we cover unrest in Washington, we rely on our Metro colleagues for insight and street smarts.
When we cover major news abroad, our national security team works hand in hand with our colleagues overseas.
When we cover unrest in Washington, we rely on our Metro colleagues for insight and street smarts.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Recent news about The Washington Post is alarming, to say the least.
When we cover major news abroad, our national security team works hand in hand with our colleagues overseas.
When we cover unrest in Washington, we rely on our Metro colleagues for insight and street smarts.
When we cover major news abroad, our national security team works hand in hand with our colleagues overseas.
When we cover unrest in Washington, we rely on our Metro colleagues for insight and street smarts.
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The sports section at The Washington Post is one of the few remaining where the goal is to cover the whole of sports in the same way an organization covers news. And that is huge. If it is sabotaged, the sports ecosystem loses a huge chunk of serious reporting and meaningful commentary.
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The sports section at The Washington Post is one of the few remaining where the goal is to cover the whole of sports in the same way an organization covers news. And that is huge. If it is sabotaged, the sports ecosystem loses a huge chunk of serious reporting and meaningful commentary.
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New: Just how furious are Americans about ICE? Sewing influencers, bourbon vloggers and the mod of r/catbongos are all taking a political stand. "I refuse to wake up in five or 10 years and look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘You had a platform and did nothing,'" a golf YouTuber told me
Outrage over ICE has spilled into typically apolitical online spaces
Fury over Alex Pretti’s killing has flooded the internet’s most apolitical venues, reflecting a growing outrage over the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:56 AM
New: Just how furious are Americans about ICE? Sewing influencers, bourbon vloggers and the mod of r/catbongos are all taking a political stand. "I refuse to wake up in five or 10 years and look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘You had a platform and did nothing,'" a golf YouTuber told me
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The Washington Post is my local newspaper and I depend on the hundreds of journalists and other workers busting their butts there every single day to bring us the news. #SaveThePost
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Washington Post is my local newspaper and I depend on the hundreds of journalists and other workers busting their butts there every single day to bring us the news. #SaveThePost
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The Washington Post is my hometown newspaper. I grew up reading it. The work of its foreign correspondents was a big inspiration for my own career as one for The New York Times. The Washington Post and its reporters are an American treasure.
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The Washington Post is my hometown newspaper. I grew up reading it. The work of its foreign correspondents was a big inspiration for my own career as one for The New York Times. The Washington Post and its reporters are an American treasure.
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As Washington Post leadership prepares to cut hundreds of staffers, many on the foreign and sports desks, Post reporters are publicly pleading with Jeff Bezos to save the paper and their jobs
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 PM
As Washington Post leadership prepares to cut hundreds of staffers, many on the foreign and sports desks, Post reporters are publicly pleading with Jeff Bezos to save the paper and their jobs
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As @washingtonpost.com international & local correspondents, we have risked our lives, side by side, because we believe reporting from the ground serves the public good. To choke that engine of brave, committed colleagues would be devastating. If you value our work, tell Jeff Bezos to #SaveThePost.
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
As @washingtonpost.com international & local correspondents, we have risked our lives, side by side, because we believe reporting from the ground serves the public good. To choke that engine of brave, committed colleagues would be devastating. If you value our work, tell Jeff Bezos to #SaveThePost.
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It has never been more important to understand what is happening in our world, and @washingtonpost.com's foreign reporters regularly sacrifice their own wellbeing and safety to bring us those vital stories. I'm so proud to share a newsroom with them. We need them more than ever. #SavethePost
January 26, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It has never been more important to understand what is happening in our world, and @washingtonpost.com's foreign reporters regularly sacrifice their own wellbeing and safety to bring us those vital stories. I'm so proud to share a newsroom with them. We need them more than ever. #SavethePost
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Gaza: www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Iran: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Ukraine: www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
#SaveThePost
Iran: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Ukraine: www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
#SaveThePost
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM