Joe Heim
@JoeHeim
Washington Post reporter. Proud father. Lucky husband. Philly sports fan. Also a fan of my parents. Buy my book on Amazon - just kidding, I don't have a book.
José Andrés: The World Cannot Stand By With Gaza on the Brink of Famine nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi… via @NYTOpinion
HEAT ALERT: Bowser issues Extreme Heat Alert for DC until Thursday morning. Listen to WTOP Radio every 10 minutes on the 8s for the latest traffic and weather updates. wtop.com/weather-news/2…
An extreme heat alert has been issued for today (7/27). Temps are expected to have a high near 93 degrees and a heat index as high as 105. Drink water, find shade, & check on your friends. Learn more about cooling centers and resources 🔗 heat.dc.gov #ReadyDC
"Food is unaffordable. There is nothing": In Gaza, a third of the population has not eaten for multiple days in a row, according to the World Food Program. @rawanshaikh @IKershner @abubakrbashir4 nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor…
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
The case of Dahud Hanid Ortíz, a dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen and convicted murderer who was brought home in last week’s prisoner swap, has angered American allies and sown division in the State Department. wapo.st/4lHNgf1
Gazans Are Dying of Starvation nytimes.com/2025/07/24/wor… via @NYTimes
Just an insane story. Excellent reporting by @LilaShroff. Gift link here because everyone should read it: theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
NEW: ICE has directed officers to sharply increase the number of immigrants they shackle with GPS-enabled ankle monitors, as the Trump administration widens surveillance of people it is targeting for deportation @dmac1 + @SilviaElenaFF report: washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026 washingtonpost.com/style/2025/07/…
Here legally since 1999, thousands of immigrants have 60 days to leave wapo.st/4obhHfx
Hank Burchard, Post reporter and newsroom gadfly, dies at 85 washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…
The fireman was asked why he was laughing while saving this old woman. He said that the old woman had told him: - You reminded me of my wedding night.
Under Trump, the government mobilizes in response to fringe theories. How Trump officials have assigned government workers and spent taxpayer dollars to address conspiracy theories and easily disproven assertions, by @NaftaliBendavid washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
Illuminating story from my colleague @teoarmus about immigrants who see their futures dimming in the U.S., sending their money home: washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…
Chilling kicker quote from Joseph Uscinski, a professor who researches conspiracy theories: "When you start chasing phantoms, you will end up chasing real people if you can’t find the phantoms." Story via @NaftaliBendavid:
Wildfires that forced Grand Canyon evacuations spread unabated washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…
The Archdiocese of Miami condemns Florida’s controversial migrant detention facility — which state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” — calling it “unbecoming of public officials” and “corrosive of the common good.” nbcnews.com/news/latino/mi…