Steve Herman
@newsguy.bsky.social
Exec. Director, Jordan Ctr. for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @pressclubdc.bsky.social, @juristnews.bsky.social;
Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow
Board: @pressclubdc.bsky.social, @juristnews.bsky.social;
Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow
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From license-stripping threats to sedition talk, Trump’s media crusade isn’t just bluster — it fits a troubling American pattern. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/...
Airbus says more than 600 of its A320 planes may need inspections for a metal plate "quality issue."
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Airbus says more than 600 of its A320 planes may need inspections for a metal plate "quality issue."
NBC - Defense Secretary Hegseth today was given a final copy of the completed DoD Inspector General report that examined his sharing sensitive military information on a Signal group chat back in March. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nati...
Pentagon inspector general investigation into 'Signalgate' is complete
The report was given to Defense Secretary Hegseth on Tuesday and could be released publicly later this week.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
NBC - Defense Secretary Hegseth today was given a final copy of the completed DoD Inspector General report that examined his sharing sensitive military information on a Signal group chat back in March. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nati...
State Department's decision to finalize the separation of Foreign Service members through RIFs, effective Dec. 5 "flies in the face of the current funding law, which clearly prohibits using any federal resources to carry out layoffs during this period." - AFSA afsa.org/afsa-state-departmen...
AFSA: State Department Intends to Violate Congressional Mandate | American Foreign Service Association
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December 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
State Department's decision to finalize the separation of Foreign Service members through RIFs, effective Dec. 5 "flies in the face of the current funding law, which clearly prohibits using any federal resources to carry out layoffs during this period." - AFSA afsa.org/afsa-state-departmen...
Police say they've thwarted a planned jihadist attack at the University of Delaware and a barber, who is a native of Pakistan, is in custody. 6abc.com/post/man-found-guns-...
Student found with guns, body armor, diagram of Univ. of Delaware police department: authorities
Authorities say a University of Delaware student was arrested with weapons and a notebook with detailed drawings of the campus police department.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Police say they've thwarted a planned jihadist attack at the University of Delaware and a barber, who is a native of Pakistan, is in custody. 6abc.com/post/man-found-guns-...
The Pentagon's press secretary excoriates the mainstream press, particularly The Washington Post, at a news briefing for newly credentialed media representatives, the first since DoD press restrictions spurred a mass exodus of established news organizations. wapo.st/4owTBdQ
Pentagon upbraids mainstream media in briefing with pro-Trump press corps
DOD press secretary excoriates "legacy media.” especially The Washington Post, at a news conference solely for the Pentagon’s new largely right-wing outlets.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Pentagon's press secretary excoriates the mainstream press, particularly The Washington Post, at a news briefing for newly credentialed media representatives, the first since DoD press restrictions spurred a mass exodus of established news organizations. wapo.st/4owTBdQ
Sometimes you just need to sleep it off. www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/...
Raccoon found passed out in bathroom of Virginia ABC Store after breaking in, ransacking shelves
A raccoon was found passed out in the bathroom of the Virginia ABC Store in Ashland after breaking in and ransacking shelves, according to Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sometimes you just need to sleep it off. www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/...
Sometimes you just need to sleep it off. www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/...
Raccoon found passed out in bathroom of Virginia ABC Store after breaking in, ransacking shelves
A raccoon was found passed out in the bathroom of the Virginia ABC Store in Ashland after breaking in and ransacking shelves, according to Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.
www.wtvr.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sometimes you just need to sleep it off. www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/...
President Trump, along with the Dell family, announces "Trump Accounts" for American newborns.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
President Trump, along with the Dell family, announces "Trump Accounts" for American newborns.
The Voice of America's Burmese Service contributor Sithu Aung Myint has been released from Insein Prison in Myanmar after 4+ years of unjust detention. But he won't have a job to go back to as nearly all of VOA's language services have been silenced by DOGE and Kari Lake, achieving what authoritaria
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Voice of America's Burmese Service contributor Sithu Aung Myint has been released from Insein Prison in Myanmar after 4+ years of unjust detention. But he won't have a job to go back to as nearly all of VOA's language services have been silenced by DOGE and Kari Lake, achieving what authoritaria
"We've only just begun striking narco boats," says Defense Secretary Hegseth in today's Cabinet meeting. "We've had a bit of a pause because it's hard to find boats to strike right now."
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We've only just begun striking narco boats," says Defense Secretary Hegseth in today's Cabinet meeting. "We've had a bit of a pause because it's hard to find boats to strike right now."
"I took my physical. I got all A's," President Trump tells his Cabinet, with journalists in the room, adding that on the cognitive test "I got every single question right."
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"I took my physical. I got all A's," President Trump tells his Cabinet, with journalists in the room, adding that on the cognitive test "I got every single question right."
The Federal Reserve chairman is incompetent, a real dope and stubborn as an ox, says President Trump in a Cabinet meeting, adding he'll announce a replacement for Jerome Powell early next year.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Federal Reserve chairman is incompetent, a real dope and stubborn as an ox, says President Trump in a Cabinet meeting, adding he'll announce a replacement for Jerome Powell early next year.
Taiwan's prosecutors indict a subsidiary of Tokyo Electron over the alleged theft of TSMC's 2nm technologies and are seeking a fine of nearly US$4 million. focustaiwan.tw/business/20251...
Prosecutors seek NT$120M fine against Tokyo Electron Taiwan in TSMC case - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan's prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Tokyo Electron Taiwan Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan-based chip equipment supplier Tokyo Electron Ltd., over the alleged theft of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s (TSMC) 2-nanometer (2nm) technologies, and are seeking a fine of NT$120 million (US$3.82 million).
focustaiwan.tw
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Taiwan's prosecutors indict a subsidiary of Tokyo Electron over the alleged theft of TSMC's 2nm technologies and are seeking a fine of nearly US$4 million. focustaiwan.tw/business/20251...
The lawyer for Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who had been convicted in the US of drug trafficking charges, says his client had been released from a federal prison in West Virginia after receiving a full pardon from President Trump. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The lawyer for Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who had been convicted in the US of drug trafficking charges, says his client had been released from a federal prison in West Virginia after receiving a full pardon from President Trump. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/...
President Trump went on a manic Truth Social posting spree last night that saw him fire off 150 messages in a few hours. www.the-independent.com/news/...
Trump’s wild midnight Truth Social posting binge features over 150 messages
Despite his hour-long posting spree that ended around midnight, the president was back at it just before 6 a.m. Tuesday morning
www.the-independent.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
President Trump went on a manic Truth Social posting spree last night that saw him fire off 150 messages in a few hours. www.the-independent.com/news/...
Wired - While media reports suggest DOGE has fizzled, its affiliates are scattered across the federal government "burrowed like ticks," working as developers, designers and even leading agencies in powerful roles. www.wired.com/story/what-is-d...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Wired - While media reports suggest DOGE has fizzled, its affiliates are scattered across the federal government "burrowed like ticks," working as developers, designers and even leading agencies in powerful roles. www.wired.com/story/what-is-d...
Japanese and Chinese vessels today engaged in a fresh standoff around disputed islands. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/202...
Japan Coast Guard reports standoff with Chinese vessels near Senkaku Islands
Relations have been strained since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested last month that Japan could intervene militarily in a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
www.japantimes.co.jp
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Japanese and Chinese vessels today engaged in a fresh standoff around disputed islands. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/202...
NYT - The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in NYC today. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/ny...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
NYT - The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in NYC today. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/ny...
Costco files a lawsuit asking for a full refund of tariffs the warehouse club giant has paid since President Trump imposed "reciprocal" and "fentanyl" tariffs. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/costc...
Costco sues Trump admin seeking tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules if they're illegal
Costco joined dozens of other companies that are seeking to protect their rights to refunds of Trump's tariffs without first waiting for the Supreme Court.
www.cnbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Costco files a lawsuit asking for a full refund of tariffs the warehouse club giant has paid since President Trump imposed "reciprocal" and "fentanyl" tariffs. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/01/costc...
A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleads guilty in a US drug trafficking case, months after his brother struck a similar deal. www.reuters.com/legal/litigat...
Son of 'El Chapo' pleads guilty in US drug prosecution
A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday pleaded guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother struck a similar deal.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleads guilty in a US drug trafficking case, months after his brother struck a similar deal. www.reuters.com/legal/litigat...
President Trump's latest cardiovascular MRI shows he's in "excellent health" and there are "no acute or chronic concerns." - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
President Trump's latest cardiovascular MRI shows he's in "excellent health" and there are "no acute or chronic concerns." - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
A federal appeals court says Alina Habba had been serving unlawfully as the US attorney in New Jersey. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/ny...
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A federal appeals court says Alina Habba had been serving unlawfully as the US attorney in New Jersey. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/ny...
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia
MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trial
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. www.theguardian.com/world/202...
Authorities in Georgia, the former Soviet republic, used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests. www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr...
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Authorities in Georgia, the former Soviet republic, used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests. www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr...
President Trump when asked by reporters on Air Force One today whether his airspace comments meant strikes against Venezuela are imminent, replied: "Don't read anything into it." www.reuters.com/world/america...
Trump confirms conversation with Venezuela's Maduro
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
President Trump when asked by reporters on Air Force One today whether his airspace comments meant strikes against Venezuela are imminent, replied: "Don't read anything into it." www.reuters.com/world/america...