Katie Bo Lillis
@KatieBoLillis
Intelligence and national security for @CNN. Recovering racetracker and @simonschuster author, DEATH OF A RACEHORSE, available now. Signal: kblillis.32
When I was like, 11, and a nerd with many books, I wrote a life list. One of the items was to write one of my own. Today, my first book hits the shelves. Like an actual book you can buy in a bookstore, on a subject I’m deeply passionate about. Here it is, EXISTING, in @chbooksdc:
For all its sophistication, drug screening in sports is a limited tool, offering not clarity but endless opportunities to muddy the truth, weasel out of accountability & hide behind uncertainty. Sometimes it may even condemn the innocent. In @AirMailWeekly:airmail.news/issues/2025-6-…
“A complex work, Death of a Racehorse advances multiple narratives and themes in three registers: investigative reporting, cultural critique, and moral allegory. Many readers will deem the book … an ambitious success.” 🏇❤️📚 washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/dea…
A new book about horse racing in the U.S. is a smart look at the industry’s recent past. It's a searing, searching chronicle of the good, bad, and ugly in racing today and an important mark for industry stakeholders to look back on a decade or so from now: tinyurl.com/a5apxesx
A new book about horse racing in the U.S. is a smart look at the industry’s recent past. It's a searing, searching chronicle of the good, bad, and ugly in racing today and an important mark for industry stakeholders to look back on a decade or so from now: tinyurl.com/a5apxesx
I echo Andrew Cohen’s sentiments on this. Death of a Racehorse is certainly a hard read for a racing fan, but ultimately it helped me gain a new perspective on the sport.
A new book about horse racing in the U.S. is a smart look at the industry’s recent past. It's a searing, searching chronicle of the good, bad, and ugly in racing today and an important mark for industry stakeholders to look back on a decade or so from now: tinyurl.com/a5apxesx
Exclusive: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intel assessment. The WH says the assessment is "flat-out wrong." cnn.com/2025/06/24/pol…
New: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early DIA assessment, sources tell @NatashaBertrand @ZcohenCNN and me. cnn.com/2025/06/24/pol…
Assessing Iran’s intent is another layer/part of this — have they pivoted & decided to actually complete the work of building a nuclear weapon? US intel view: Iran has still NOT decided to take that step. Gabbard’s March testimony relevant to this layer & WH spox yesterday. 👇
We reported this week US Intel assessed Iran was up to 3 years away from being able to produce AND deliver a nuclear weapon to a target of its choosing: cnn.com/2025/06/17/pol… A challenge, for Iran, is producing not merely a crude nuclear bomb – which experts say it could…
President Trump says Tulsi Gabbard is “wrong” when asked again about her testimony on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. That’s the second time he’s dismissed her within a matter of days after telling me he didn’t care what his DNI said about Iran’s efforts.
Hey hey! @FT ranks DEATH OF A RACEHORSE as one of its top summer reads for 2025! ft.com/content/29f2c6…
The @courierjournal adds DEATH OF A RACEHORSE to its summer reading list! “This is a character-driven thriller-like read about drugs, power, and money.” courier-journal.com/story/life/202…
Setting aside the question of intent— clearly a matter of dispute—the challenge for Iran is producing not just a nuclear weapon, which experts say it could potentially do within months if it decided to, but producing a working delivery system, which could take longer.
“US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion – not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one to a target of its choosing.” cnn.com/2025/06/17/pol…
“We fight or we die” Deep look inside the buildup to Israel’s strike on Iran from a great CNN team: @betsy_klein @sarahnferris @KatieBoLillis @kylieatwood @alaynatreene cnn.com/2025/06/14/pol…
Initial battle damage assessments indicate that the Israeli strikes on Natanz went far beyond superficial damage to exterior structures, knocking out electricity on the lower levels where the centrifuges to enrich uranium are stored, US officials say, per @KatieBoLillis.
US withdraws some diplomats and military families from Middle East amid Iran tensions. Comes as Trump said earlier today that he is getting "less confident" about reaching an Iran nuclear deal. cnn.com/2025/06/11/pol…
This was one of the most competitive and entertaining Triple Crown seasons I can recall. There doesn’t have to be a Triple Crown on the line for it to special. Cheers to Sovereignty and Journalism for a brilliant five weeks.
Natalie has done some of the most important service journalism to this sport there is. She left a meticulous record without which I can confidently say I would not have been able to write DEATH OF A RACEHORSE. A sterling body of work that should be the envy of any good reporter.
Some big news here at the Paulick Report: Natalie Voss has departed for a job with the United States Equestrian Federation. Chelsea Hackbarth (pictured ponying Breeders' Cup winner Enable) will take over the editor-in-chief role going forward: tinyurl.com/55hazmps
The deployment of the full Marine battalion marks a significant escalation in Trump’s use of the military as a show of force against protesters, but it is still unclear what their task will be once in LA, the sources said. Like the National Guard troops, they are prohibited from…