reporter, @washingtonposthttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3m7yt4ggdp22mJust now: Providence leadership says the city will release the person of interest detained in connection with the Brown shooting — saying there is no longer evidence that he’s a POI. More than 30 hours after the shooting, the investigation is still ongoing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2025 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7yt4ggdp22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3m7xyzxbmb22y🚨The person of interest in the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old originally from Wisconsin. My Signal is 202-412-9091 if you know more about him or what happened in Providence. News, with @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/14/brown-university-shooting-suspect/14 Dec 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7xyzxbmb22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3m27wr6rzuc2l🚨Senior federal officials are privately warning against firings during a government shutdown, saying the strategy may violate appropriations law. Trump & top aides have threatened mass firings if the Dems don't budge. Scoop, with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/02/shutdown-rifs-government-warnings/02 Oct 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27wr6rzuc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lw77kduqxs2jNEW: Inside Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in D.C. 
Trump long had a playbook for such a move and had new motivation after a former aide was injured in an attempted carjacking. Lots of new details, w/ ⁦‪Matt Viser and Perry Stein https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/12/trump-dc-take-over-police-national-guard/12 Aug 2025 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw77kduqxs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lw4x25yev22aAs Trump focuses on crime in DC, I hope you will read this story about a Senate staffer targeted in a random stabbing. Phillip Todd, a GOP aide to Rand Paul, survived — then struggled to square his faith & his party’s response to violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/07/gop-staffer-rand-paul-dc-crime/11 Aug 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw4x25yev22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3ltoxpv4yps2oNEW: Trump officials who felt sidelined on liberal campuses are spearheading a federal crackdown on DEI at their own alma maters. A deep dive into the people and power behind the push to change Harvard and UVA among others https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/11/trump-administration-reshape-alma-mater-universities-harvard/11 Jul 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltoxpv4yps2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lr4pupo7ks2iPresident Trump just now vowed to "have troops everywhere" and said he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to counter protests. Asked how he would determine what qualifies as an insurrection, he said: "The bar is what I think it is."08 Jun 2025 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4pupo7ks2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lqpg6p25oc2b🚨Trump has posted ~ 2,262 times to Truth Social since his inauguration, more than 3X the number of tweets he sent during the same period of his first term. A new look inside the president’s social media habits, with @drewharwell.com @ence.bsky.social https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/03/trump-truth-social-twitter/03 Jun 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpg6p25oc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lossxdxujk26✏️Trump and Musk have used pencils to argue about tariffs. So I went to the last American pencil factory in a town once known as "Pencil City" to see what its workers think. The area is deeply Republican. Here is my dispatch, hope you will read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/10/trump-tariffs-pencils/10 May 2025 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lossxdxujk26https://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lnvcjl2v3c23Today is my first day on @washingtonpost.com's White House team, a dream job at my hometown paper. A big thank you to WaPo's Local desk, the section that shaped me & does crucial work. Who should I meet? Where should I start? My Signal is 202-412-9091. https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/04/28/emily-davies-named-white-house-reporter/28 Apr 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvcjl2v3c23https://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3llfaqbqxws2xScoop: Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies. Officials stressed the estimates were subject to change. If you have more information, my Signal is 202-412-9091. W/ @jeffstein.bsky.social https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/27/federal-worker-layoffs-government-agencies/27 Mar 2025 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3llfaqbqxws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lj62izndgs2pShe hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this. I spent days with Ryleigh Cooper, a federal worker who lives in rural Michigan. Please read her story. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/27/fired-federal-worker-trump-voter/27 Feb 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj62izndgs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lhu6n5sep22wSCOOP: Trump is expected to issue executive order targeting D.C. crime, homeless encampments and graffiti. Early drafts have also focused on home rule and protecting national monuments. More here, w/ @hsu_spencer: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/10/trump-dc-crime-homeless-camps-graffiti-crackdown/10 Feb 2025 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhu6n5sep22whttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lhlvppmids24Signal groups, spoon emojis, barricades inside office buildings. As Trump wages war against the federal bureaucracy, some workers fight back. STORY from me: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/trump-resistance-federal-workers/07 Feb 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlvppmids24https://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lhekscju722fNEWS: Layoffs across federal government are "likely" if not enough workers take deferred resignation offer, internal email warns. A supervisor in a division taken over by Elon Musk told staff to prepare for deep cuts. From @faizsays and me: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/04/federal-government-layoffs-likely-memo/04 Feb 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhekscju722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lhd2wrwkms2yHi everyone, this is Emily Davies with the Washington Post. I cover the federal workforce. I’m hearing a lot about small (and large) acts of resistance from inside the government; I’m eager to hear from those of you finding your lines in the sand. We can talk securely and anonymously on Signal.04 Feb 2025 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhd2wrwkms2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3lgdtpwkzsc2o🚨Federal workers fear job cuts, in-office mandates under Trump orders. If you are a federal worker, I'd love to hear from you. Reach me on Signal at 202-412-9091. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/federal-workers-trump-remote-work/22 Jan 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdtpwkzsc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3le27lo7cic27They planned to spend Christmas Eve together at the church where they got married seven years ago. But now Melva Bonilla was standing on a street corner, and her husband was trapped under the rubble of a nearby building. A tragic story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/12/23/dc-building-collapse-kills-worker/24 Dec 2024 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3le27lo7cic27https://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3ldtetknpps2iCongress has awarded D.C. $90 million to fund federal activities, a historic sum. The allocation is yet another strategic victory in a historic day for D.C. Mayor Bowser, who in the wee hours of Saturday secured control of the decrepit RFK Stadium. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/12/21/congressional-spending-bill-dc/21 Dec 2024 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtetknpps2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3ldckuiybnc2eFor fans at the Army-Navy game, it’s about football, not Trump. Among even the most ardent supporters of Trump and his nominees, the show inside the President-elect’s box couldn’t hold a candle to the game. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/14/army-navy-trump-hegseth/15 Dec 2024 00:33 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldckuiybnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/emilydavies.bsky.social/post/3ld7mkhc6xc2vRep. Flood has introduced a bill that may decrease federal funding for a program offering discounted college tuition to D.C. students. The bill is unlikely to become law but could spell trouble for the D.C. program, one of many on the GOP chopping block. https://flood.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-flood-introduces-no-more-dc-waste-act13 Dec 2024 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:4uzv7uupotlxbg7imkm633vx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7mkhc6xc2v