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Maye joins the list of football stars who have lived humbly, even after receiving a generous paycheck.

The brief but heated exchange is the second time this week that the president has deflected questions by attacking female reporters

Watergate reporter says colleagues and readers ‘deserve more’ after newspaper lays off hundreds of workers

At least seven children from the same school district have been detained by federal agents in recent weeks

The Washington Post conducted its largest layoffs in history, impacting one-third of its staff, including a woman on maternity leave. After sharing her experience online, the former employee faced hateful and xenophobic attacks from internet users. She expressed her dismay at the cruelty she encountered, explaining why she limits personal…

Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman digest their experience at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner, which came at a time of trauma for journalists on the day of mass layoffs at The Washington Post and otherwise frayed nerves in the nation’s capital.  Show Notes:

The Washington Post – WaPo for short – has inspired journalists of several generations, thanks in part to Hollywood. Two Oscar-nominated movies have been made about the paper and its people. The first was All the President’s Men, based on the story of how the paper broke the mother of…

The FBI was unable to access a reporter’s iPhone after it was protected with Apple’s Lockdown Mode.

Pranshu Verma, the Washington Post’s Delhi bureau chief, learned on Wednesday that his contract was being terminated. He was among nearly 300 editorial staffers laid off as Jeff Bezos gutted the newspaper’s newsroom – a purge that has almost ended the Post’s presence in South Asia.

On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos

The Post's financial struggles predate Lewis' tenure, but have been compounded by a series of unforced errors over the past two years.