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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.
Barb Gustin is 69. After Trump cut staff, the Forest Service office she manned for 20 years closed — so she came back to keep it open. But because she was a volunteer, she couldn't sell anything. People walking in had to order the maps and supplies they could see in store online.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Del Nelson is 81. This summer marked his 50th living in a Forest Service cabin by Louis Lake, this time as a volunteer. For $50 a day, he cleaned five bathrooms daily, using exactly one piece of paper towel per set of bathrooms, to save supplies after Trump slashed the budget.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Bill Lee is 73. He drives through the Shoshone National Forest 2x a week, scanning for what's broken. He keeps track in a notebook. Each repair forces a decision. If he fixes it, the Trump administration can better justify its cuts to staff. If he doesn't, people could get hurt.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The White House has now told me my reporting is "false" because, before government officials entered the 6,000 living immigrants into Social Security's death database, they renamed the database
April 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Per several sources: This photo is being displayed on TVs throughout the headquarters of the Housing and Urban Development agency in D.C. this morning.
February 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM