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Mark Scheffler retweeted
Iran has struck at least 11 U.S. military facilities since Saturday. @heytherehaley @riley_mellen and I found damage on or near communications and radar systems at 7 of them (no paywall link here) nyti.ms/4upLCnl
Mark Scheffler retweeted
More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since @pressfreedom began collecting data more than three decades ago. Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024. cpj.org/special-reports/reco…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
BREAKING: Multiple oil tankers hit by U.S. sanctions appear to be making a coordinated attempt to break the U.S. naval blockade on Venezuela’s energy exports by departing all at once. w/ @AKurmanaev nyti.ms/4sreZEs
Mark Scheffler retweeted
"Gen. Dan Caine (...) said forces arrived at Maduro’s compound at 2:01 a.m. (...) A video verified by the Times shows fires burning in Caracas and helicopters descending towards Fuerte Tiuna, said to be taken at 1:58 a.m."
nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
Border Patrol leadership says the agency’s aggressive immigration enforcement can drive up deportations, deter lawbreakers & limit clashes with bystanders. Our visual investigation of a raid in LA shows it unleashes chaos for federal agents, local law enforcement & U.S. citizens.
nyti.ms/3KHipSP
Mark Scheffler retweeted
Here's the letter NYT lead newsroom attorney David McCraw sent to Trump. The paper said: "No retraction is needed. No apology will be forthcoming. We told the truth to the best of our ability. We will continue to do so."
NEW: Trump Threatens to Sue The New York Times and CNN Over Iran Reporting nytimes.com/2025/06/26/busin…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
Bassam Hassan, a top advisor to Assad who has been accused of facilitating chemical weapons attacks and is the subject of an international arrest warrant, is speaking with the FBI and CIA. He claimed that Austin Tice has been killed. nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/po…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
On Friday, five Proud Boys sued the US government for $100 million for their “political persecution” as “allies of President Trump.”
A reminder of how they instigated multiple breaches during the Capitol riot. Our visual investigation: youtube.com/watch?v=-DfLbrUa…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
SCOOP: We obtained video footage showing Israel attacked the convoy of aid workers in Gaza with a barrage of bullets, a paramedic frantically says his prayers of death. The ambulances had lights on & were marked refuting Israel's claim. w/ @ckoettl
nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
We used radio traffic, flight data and leaked footage of an air traffic control radar screen to build out a timeline of the moments before an American Airlines flight and a US Army helicopter collided over DC last Wednesday.
With @robinnyc7 @dim109 @ajcardia
Mark Scheffler retweeted
For nearly two years, a shadowy paramilitary group – the Rapid Support Forces – has been terrorising Sudan. We spent months collecting evidence that identified commanders and revealed potential war crimes happening under their watch. (no paywall) nyti.ms/4fDY5eb
Mark Scheffler retweeted
New investigation on Wagner's losses in Mali + what that portends, from @trbrtc @ElianPeltier @riley_mellen + I out now, shepherded by @bottidavid nytimes.com/2024/11/01/world…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
Inside Trump’s Truth Social Conspiracy Theory Machine
An analysis of Trump’s Truth Social posts reveals the paranoid and unfounded content the former president amplifies each day.
w/ @LazaroGamio @ishaan_jhavs @devonjlum @heytherehaley @karenyourish
nytimes.com/interactive/2024…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
On yesterday's videos showing IDF soldiers throwing three Palestinians, who seemed to be dead, off of roofs in northern Qabatiya. From @RajaAbdulrahim and (to a much lesser extent) me.
nytimes.com/2024/09/20/world…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
We’re excited to announce that @trbrtc has been promoted to senior video journalist in Visual Investigations. nytco.com/press/promotion-fo…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
"Fair winds and following seas to Brian. We'll miss you."
Tribute to C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb on his last day in the office. He will continue to host Booknotes+ podcast: c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
A network of fake accounts are posing as young American women, posting pro-Trump content and disinformation, but they’re hiding behind, and manipulating, the images of European fashion influencers.
Our latest investigation at @Cen4infoRes. Details in this thread 🧵👇
Mark Scheffler retweeted
A fly-on-the-wall account of Twitter’s transformation by @kateconger @RMac18 from their upcoming book Character Limit
nytimes.com/2024/08/24/techn…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
NEW on CNN: Michele Morrow, the GOP nominee to run North Carolina’s K-12 public schools and its $11 billion budget was at January 6 and posted a video on Facebook that night calling for pro-Trump military coup.
cnn.com/2024/08/09/politics/…
Mark Scheffler retweeted
The New York Times has a team on the ground across Venezuela to cover Venezuela's election and the questions about its legitimacy.
Here's the story explaining what we know so far. More to come.
From @AKurmanaev, @FrancesRobles and @julieturkewitz: nytimes.com/2024/07/28/world…
