Elon Musk has made personal appeals to Donald Trump to reverse his new wave of sweeping tariffs, The Washington Post reported over the weekend. As tensions rose over a planned 50% tariff on Chinese imports, Musk turned to social media to voice his opposition — while also trying to influence the president directly. Two people…
Eugene Robinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The Washington Post, announced that he’s leaving the newspaper on Thursday after billionaire owner Jeff Bezos’ overhaul to its editorial pages. Robinson — in an email to Post staffers — wrote that Bezos’ plan for a “significant shift” to the opinion section’s mission “has spurred me to decide…
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, an MSNBC contributor and staunch critic of President Trump, said he’s quitting after owner Jeff Bezos’ “significant shift” in the paper’s mission — joining an exodus of journalists at the beleaguered broadsheet. “The announced ‘significant shift’ in our section’s mission has spurred me to decide that it’s time for my…
US President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post in a recent interview. He said Bezos criticized the newspaper’s employees and discussed changes in its opinion section. Trump said he believes Bezos is making efforts to be fair. Bezos Criticized Washington Post Employees In an interview with Clay Travis of…
The relationship between President Donald Trump and billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos continues to grow warmer, with the president complimenting the Washington Post owner for his recent changes to the paper. “I’ve gotten to know him, and I think he’s trying to do a real job,” Trump said about Bezos’ handling of the paper in…
Media Ruth Marcus quit her job at the paper earlier this week after its top executive killed her piece criticizing Jeff Bezos’ MAGA vision for the opinion section. Published Mar. 12 2025 1:02PM EDT Eugene Gologursky/Getty Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Source link
Now-former Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus, in a canceled column that led to her quitting the outlet earlier this week, wrote it was “unwise” for owner Jeff Bezos to revamp his paper’s opinion section. Her axed WaPo column instead ran on Wednesday in The New Yorker and included a lengthy breakdown of what led up…
Trumpland A sneak peek of the delicious gossip in the latest edition of The Swamp—which solves a D.C. mystery Updated Mar. 11 2025 6:50PM EDT / Published Mar. 11 2025 6:28PM EDT exclusive Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/The Washington Post Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here. Source link
The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post once vowed to follow the example of publisher Katherine Graham. He changed his mind after Trump’s election. Tech execs attend Trump’s inauguration Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and other top tech executives attended Trump’s presidential inauguration. If you were a multi-billionaire – or even just…
Ruth Marcus, a columnist and editor for The Washington Post’s opinion section, said she was leaving the newspaper after Will Lewis, the paper’s publisher, killed a column she wrote that was critical of the editorial pages’ new direction. Ms. Marcus announced her resignation in an email to her colleagues at The Post, saying she had…