@aviswanatha

Washington enterprise editor @WSJ | [email protected]

 Washington, DC
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Joined July 2008
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So many great details from @jdawsey1 @rebeccaballhaus in here including that Stephen Miller told the officer taking his badge at 12pm on Jan 20 2021 that he would be back in four years
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@jdawsey121 Jun 2025
GIFT LINK: Stephen Miller’s fingerprints are on everything in Trump’s second term. a dive with the great @rebeccaballhaus: wsj.com/politics/policy/step…

Stephen Miller’s Fingerprints Are on Everything in Trump’s Second Term

The president ’s deputy chief of staff has played an outsize role in immigration—and amassed more power than almost anyone else at the White House.

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the best kicker of the day, from @MaggieSeverns about who is buying suits from the hot new MAGA tailor wsj.com/style/fashion/tailor…
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People who know Katie Miller said she has a tattoo on the inside of her lip that says “YOLO,” which stands for “You Only Live Once.” More on the Republican at the center of the war between Trump and Musk, w/⁦@meridithmcgraw⁩ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩: wsj.com/politics/policy/the-…

The Republican at the Center of the War Between Trump and Musk

Katie Miller, a longtime Trump aide married to Stephen Miller, is now an adviser to Musk.

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We started with a question: why are so many national security officials claiming the Pentagon had a secret program to reverse engineer UFOs, when the Pentagon is denying it? The answer was crazier than we thought. Part 1 of the epic saga, @joel_schectman : wsj.com/politics/national-se…

The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology

U.S. military fabricated evidence of alien technology and allowed rumors to fester to cover up real secret-weapons programs.

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Looking forward to this! @drewhinshaw @JoeWSJ
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@drewhinshaw6 Jun 2025
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Let us tell you a story about this young girl in Harry Potter shoes–an Argentine who was set to start 6th grade last summer when she was whisked onto a CIA jet with her mom Sophie didn’t know her family was Russian–or their place in a global shadow war
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Things I learned from @Kristinapet hilarious Ahed - Kamala Harris travels with her own herbs and JD Vance can cook both channa masala and malai kofta wsj.com/us-news/kamala-harri… via @WSJ

Vance and Harris: Rivals in Politics, Equals in the Kitchen

Democratic nominee travels with her own herbs, while the GOP VP contender ‘is a really excellent biscuit chef’

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Paul Beckett@paul4thepress15 May 2024
59 weeks and counting. It is time for @evangershkovich to come home to his family and to the @WSJ newsroom where he belongs. Enough. #Istandwithevan
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Looking forward to reading this, ⁦@BrodyMullinsDC⁩! my dad was so intrigued he insisted on taking my copy first!
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Some news from me: I’m taking on a new role at WSJ!
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Hunter Biden is set to be indicted this month. @wsj's @aviswanatha goes over the evidence with us, and @Politico’s @JonLemire looks at what it all means for President Biden’s reelection bid. open.spotify.com/episode/6Da…
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Kate O'Keeffe@Kate_OKeeffe13 Aug 2023
NEW: U.S. officials forged an uneasy compromise to let DuPont sell its biomaterials business to a Chinese company while ensuring the tech behind it never left the U.S. It didn't go as planned. wsj.com/articles/a-dupont-ch… with @aviswanatha

WSJ News Exclusive | A DuPont China Deal Reveals Cracks in U.S. National-Security Screening

U.S. officials crafted a compromise to address worries about China’s military. It didn’t go as planned.

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drew hinshaw
@drewhinshaw15 Jun 2023
Very grateful to have won the Society of Publishers in Asia's feature writing award, w/@JoeWSJ & @aviswanatha Our story concerns a global hostage diplomacy crisis that has now swept up our own colleague–Evan Gershkovich, held in Russia for 11 weeks, 1 day. wsj.com/articles/huawei-chin…

Inside the Secret Prisoner Swap That Splintered the U.S. and China

The detention of a Chinese executive to stand trial in the U.S. provoked a standoff between global rivals and opened an acrimonious new era. “You are lapdogs of the United States.”

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The Society of Publishers in Asia
@sopasia15 Jun 2023
Replying to @sopasia
🏆 A tremendously well-researched, even-handed and important piece that perfectly captures the nature of the growing China-US decoupling and rivalry, congratulations @WSJ for winning Excellence in Global Feature Writing. #SOPAwards2023 📰 wsj.com/articles/huawei-chin…
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@WSJ9 Jun 2023
🎧 Listen: In today's episode of The Journal podcast, @aviswanatha discusses the 37-count federal indictment against Donald Trump and what it means for his presidential run on.wsj.com/45Tci3p
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In a sep­a­rate case that points to the po­ten­tial le­gal peril for Trump - a 32 year Air Force vet­eran was sen­tenced to three years in prison last week in Tampa for having 300 clas­si­fied docs at his home and a stor­age pod in his dri­ve­way wsj.com/articles/doj-donald-…

Trump Lawyers Seek to Persuade Justice Department Not to Indict Former President

The meeting is the latest indication that special counsel Jack Smith has wrapped up his classified-documents probe.

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Matthew Luxmoore@mjluxmoore17 May 2023
Today marks a depressing 50 days since our @WSJ colleague & friend @evangershkovich was arrested in Russia simply for doing his job as a reporter. Hard to believe it’s been this long. Some thoughts on the major significance of his work, in today’s paper. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan
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@WSJ3 May 2023
🧵 On #WorldPressFreedomDay, we’re offering resources for those want to show their support for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in prison #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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@WSJ26 Apr 2023
🧵 We’re offering resources for people who want to show their support across social media for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on March 29 during a reporting trip and remains in prison #IStandWithEvan on.wsj.com/3NbR8GH

How You Can Use Social Media to Support Evan Gershkovich

The Wall Street Journal is offering resources for people who want to show their support across social media for the jailed WSJ reporter.

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what an incredible story
FAN Wenxin@xinwenfan17 Apr 2023
A 🧵: Since 2022, more Asian faces showed up in Panama's Darien jungles, a route crossed for years by Latin Americans to go to USA. The new group is from China, world's 2nd largest economy. This is their story. With ⁦@shenlulushen⁩ wsj.com/articles/determined-…

Determined to Flee China, Thousands Take a Long, Dangerous Route to the Southern U.S. Border

In search of economic opportunity or political freedom, Chinese contend with smugglers, bandits and the treacherous jungle of the Darién Gap on the trek through Latin America.

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james graff@lathram14 Apr 2023
WSJ reporters demonstrating on behalf of @evangershkovich at the World Bank. We're super busy but never too busy to stand up for our beloved colleague illegally detained in Russia for doing his job. #IStandWithEvan nytimes.com/2023/04/14/world…

Russia’s ambassador says the U.S. threatened ‘retaliatory measures’ unless a jailed reporter is...

American officials and The Wall Street Journal have vehemently denied the accusation that Evan Gershkovich was engaged in any kind of spying activity.

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