Tony Romm

economic policy and accountability reporter, The Washington Post

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Senior editor of policy and politics for Recode.

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Russell Vought is known in conservative circles for being an architect of Project 2025. Now he has the job to implement its goals of remaking the government.

Russell Vought: The man Trump picked to remake government agencies

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We’ve known for a while that Russia used social media to influence the 2016 presidential election. But there’s been less information on exactly how they did it and who they targeted.

Russians used social media to target African Americans during 2016 election

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Amazon wants to build a second headquarters, and it’s invited U.S. cities to make an offer.

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