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Hannah Natanson
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Reporter for The Washington Post covering the Trump administration's reshaping of the government and its effects. Reach me on Signal at 202 580-5477.
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Hannah Natanson @hannahnatanson.bsky.social · 2d
Come with me to Lander, Wyo. to meet Bill, Lee and Barb. They were supposed to be retired from the Forest Service. But they're back as volunteers — driving 100s of miles a week, cleaning 5 bathrooms a day — determined to protect forests Trump abandoned. wapo.st/4r4727z
They retired from the government. Now they’re back, protecting forests Trump abandoned.
The U.S. Forest Service lost thousands of workers under Trump. Volunteers and retirees are trying to help — but things are breaking.
wapo.st
hannahnatanson.bsky.social
Come with me to Lander, Wyo. to meet Bill, Lee and Barb. They were supposed to be retired from the Forest Service. But they're back as volunteers — driving 100s of miles a week, cleaning 5 bathrooms a day — determined to protect forests Trump abandoned. wapo.st/4r4727z
They retired from the government. Now they’re back, protecting forests Trump abandoned.
The U.S. Forest Service lost thousands of workers under Trump. Volunteers and retirees are trying to help — but things are breaking.
wapo.st
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Fantastic design and graphics work to show off gorgeous photos from Wyoming on this great @hannahnatanson.bsky.social story about how retired Forest Service volunteers are filling gaps left by the Trump administration's staff cuts www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
They retired from the government. Now they’re back, protecting forests Trump abandoned.
The U.S. Forest Service lost thousands of workers under Trump. Volunteers and retirees are trying to help — but things are breaking.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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POST EXCLUSIVE Pressured by the largest U.S. deployment off Venezuela in decades, Nicolás Maduro is asking friends Russia, China and Iran for help

Anthony Faiola @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @ilyushina.bsky.social and Ana Vanessa report

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
As U.S. ramps up the pressure, Venezuela pleads with Moscow, Beijing for help
Documents show Maduro drafted letter asking Russia for missiles, radars and upgraded aircraft as U.S. forces amass in the Caribbean.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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The government shutdown is entering its 4th week. Join me,
@jacobbogage.bsky.social and @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
tomorrow at 11 AM ET to answer your questions live (and/or submit your questions in advance below) www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
When will federal workers get paid? Ask us your shutdown questions.
Our reporters covering the shutdown will answer your questions during a live chat on Thursday at 11 a.m. Eastern time.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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🚨Senior federal officials are privately warning against firings during a government shutdown, saying the strategy may violate appropriations law.

Trump & top aides have threatened mass firings if the Dems don't budge.

Scoop, with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social:

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Senior government officials privately warn against firings during shutdown
The Trump administration has said mass firings are coming, but officials have quietly warned several agencies that the move could violate appropriations law.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Senior government officials privately warn against firings during shutdown, warning the strategy may violate appropriations law - another exclusive from my Post colleagues @emilydavies.bsky.social & @hannahnatanson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Senior government officials privately warn against firings during shutdown
The Trump administration has said mass firings are coming, but officials have quietly warned several agencies that the move could violate appropriations law.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Edward Brandon Beckham tried three times to take the federal government's deferred resignation offer while his wife was dying, but the administration kept turning him down. It tested his faith — in God, and in Trump. Terribly sad story, deeply reported, by @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
One federal worker was rejected three times from the administration’s early resignation offer. Would he blame the president he voted for?
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September 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least one of its research offices to immediately pause almost all research and stop publishing their studies.
EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.
wapo.st
September 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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mikemadden.bsky.social
“The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, according to four people familiar with the matter, including a historic photograph of a formerly enslaved man showing scars on his back.”

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National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
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September 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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told lovingly and beautifully by the brilliant @teoarmus.bsky.social
juliagelatt.bsky.social Julia Gelatt @juliagelatt.bsky.social · Sep 11
Wapo article does a good job covering two realities: How deeply watching a parents‘ immigration arrest affects kids, and how DC residents are organizing “walking buses” and neighborhood lookouts to help kids with immigrant parents get safely to school. wapo.st/3VNYZ08
They watched ICE detain their dad. Now D.C. neighbors escort them to school.
Immigrant neighborhoods across the District have organized “walking school buses” to shuttle kids to classes during President Donald Trump’s federalization of D.C. police.
wapo.st
September 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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EXCLUSIVE www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expands use of tariffs to reach national security goals
The Trump administration is using trade negotiations to achieve national security goals, including containing China’s strategic influence, documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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matthewhaybrown.bsky.social
POST EXCLUSIVE (GIFT LINK) The Trump administration intends to dramatically limit U.S. government criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia, all with extensive records of abusing human rights @mradamtaylor.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social report

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U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia
Leaked draft reports show the Trump administration is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption, LGBTQ+ discrimination and other claims.
wapo.st
August 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Leaked draft reports show the Trump administration is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption, LGBTQ+ discrimination and other alleged abuses. @mradamtaylor.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia
Leaked draft reports show the Trump administration is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption, LGBTQ+ discrimination and other claims.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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SCOOP: Leaked drafts of the State Dept's annual human rights reports on El Salvador, Israel & Russia show the Trump admin is planning to eliminate or downplay accounts of prisoner abuse, corruption & LGBTQ discrimination www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
hannahnatanson.bsky.social
Oodles of deeply reported, exclusive stories you can read first and only in the
@washingtonpost.com
this morning: Top Hegseth aide tried to oust senior White House liaison from Pentagon, scoops
@danlamothe.bsky.social t.co/AzvsTV1WBl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/04/hegseth-buria-white-house-liaison-mcnitt/
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August 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Latest in a string of stories you can read only/first from the @washingtonpost: The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work right now, under the Trump admin's resignation program w/ @merylkornfield.bsky.social @laurameckler.bsky.social
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The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work
Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.
wapo.st
July 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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mikemadden.bsky.social
We sought this number for months, and we finally got it this week when @merylkornfield.bsky.social and @hannahnatanson.bsky.social presented their own tally — compiled through reporting from sources and constant calls to more than a dozen agencies. No one else has been able to report it until now.
July 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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mikemadden.bsky.social
The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work, in the name of cost-cutting www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work
Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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On Page 1 of @washingtonpost.com today, another exclusive:

Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House

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Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House
The polygraph tests of Pentagon officials occurred as the defense secretary sought to stamp out unflattering leaks to the media.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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NEW: In a time of travel bans and visa fees, Trump is moving to let Argentine tourists into the US without a visa — a political gift to his friend Javier Milei.

But a State Dept cable acknowledges that Argentina doesn’t meet a key requirement for that exemption.

w/ @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
In move to lift Argentina visa restrictions, Trump rewards Milei’s friendship
Argentina does not meet a key requirement for the U.S. visa waiver program, a State Department cable acknowledges.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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White House officials paused — then released — billions of dollars in NIH research funding on Tuesday

Comes amid Trump's broader crackdown on NIH funds, which has alarmed Democrats and even unsettled some in GOP

w @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social
Trump administration halts, then releases, NIH research funding
The decision temporarily froze $15 billion in federal funding, according to one senator. It came as Trump officials wrestle over federal spending levels.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
hannahnatanson.bsky.social
SCOOP: DOGE has built an AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations. The goal is to kill 100,000 regs by the one year anniversary of Trump's inauguration. wapo.st/451U8wD

w/ @jeffstein.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social @rachelsiegel25.bsky.social
DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations
The U.S. DOGE Service is using a new AI tool to eliminate federal regulations, aiming to cut 50 percent of rules by the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
wapo.st
July 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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New & scoopy: Documents obtained by WaPo show political appointee overruled NIH career experts after Trump-mandated biosafety review @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Trump officials halt ‘dangerous’ research, overriding NIH career scientists
The Trump administration’s actions on NIH gain-of-function research have raised concerns among scientists, who argue the move could block experiments that are safe and potentially lead to new treatmen...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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ddiamond.bsky.social
NIH has fired its new chief operating officer — who had been helping lead Trump-era crackdowns on NIH workers — amid a probe into whether he tried to steer a contract to get his wife a job.

with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social (and me pitching in from paternity leave)
NIH leader fired amid probe of contract used in attempt to hire spouse, officials say
NIH chief operating officer Eric Schnabel was fired as officials were looking into whether a $3.3 million contract could have benefited his spouse.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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The @washingtonpost.com assigned around 20 staffers to this account of the Texas flood, with one jawdropping anecdote after another

One thing that becomes clear: The extraordinary courage of camp counselors, who evacuated their girls as older adults floundered and stalled

Free link wapo.st/44N1cNI
Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later.
More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep in cabins by the Guadalupe River.
wapo.st
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM