Author: The Washington Post
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HQ2 decision: Amazon splits prize between D.C. area and New York
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Amazon will open major new outposts in Northern Virginia’s Crystal City and New York City, splitting its much-sought investment of up to 50,000 jobs between the two East Coast sites, according to people close to the decision-making process.people familiar with the discussions. An announcement could come early as Tuesday, according to the people, who spoke…
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Democrats win control of U.S. House; Senate remains in GOP hands
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By Philip Rucker, Matt Viser, Anne Gearan and David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post Democrats claimed control of the U.S. House of Representatives early Wednesday and picked up some governorships, but Republicans were poised to expand their majority in the Senate, delivering a split verdict in the first national referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency. The…
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Amazon in advanced talks about putting HQ2 in Northern Virginia
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By Jonathan O’Connell and Robert McCartney, The Washington Post Amazon.com Inc. has held advanced discussions about the possibility of opening its highly sought-after second headquarters in an area across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., including how quickly it would move employees there, which buildings it would occupy and how an announcement about the move…
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Where Bezos’ jet flies most — and what it might say about Amazon’s HQ2 winner
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By Jonathan O’Connell and Andrew Ba Tran, The Washington Post Amazon.com Inc. executives have tour ed all 20 of the finalist locations the company is considering for its second headquarters and its 50,000 jobs – including Denver. But how many of the cities has company founder Jeffrey P. Bezos visited himself in search of the…
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Matthew Shepard, a symbol of gay rights, is interred at National Cathedral
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By Michelle Boorstein and Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post Bells chimed softly, a flute slowly played “Morning Has Broken” and thousands filled the soaring nave of the Washington National Cathedral for the interment service of Matthew Shepard, the young man whose murder 20 years ago horrified the nation and became a milestone in the fight…
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Colorado’s intense fight over oil and gas setbacks could set national precedent
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By Jennifer Oldham, The Washington Post A years-long fight in Colorado over how close oil and gas drilling can safely be to places where people live and work is coming to a head with an unprecedented November ballot measure that would ban such operations within at least half a mile of homes, schools, businesses and…
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Judicial misconduct complaints against Kavanaugh referred to federal appeals court in Colorado
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday referred more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints filed recently against Brett M. Kavanaugh to a federal appeals court in Colorado. The 15 complaints, related to statements Kavanaugh made during his Senate confirmation hearings, were initially filed with the federal appeals court in Washington, where Kavanaugh served…
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FBI interviews Deborah Ramirez, Brett Kavanaugh’s Colo. accuser
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UPDATE 9/30: This story has been updated to report that the FBI has interviewed Deborah Ramirez of Boulder and to add Saturday’s comments about the investigation from President Trump. By Shane Harris, Matt Zapotosky, Tom Hamburger and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post The FBI has begun contacting people as part of an additional background…
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Trump attacks Kavanaugh accuser from Colo., saying she ‘has nothing’ and was ‘totally inebriated’
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By John Wagner, The Washington Post President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked Deborah Ramirez of Colorado, the second woman who has publicly accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, dismissing her account because she was “totally inebriated and all messed up.” Trump also accused Democrats of playing a “con game” in an attempt to…
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US denies passports to Americans along the border, questioning their citizenship
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by Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post PHARR, Tex. – On paper, he’s a devoted U.S. citizen. His official American birth certificate shows he was delivered by a midwife in Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas. He spent his life wearing American uniforms: three years as a private in the Army, then as a cadet…
