Anita Kumar

@anitakumar01

Head of Standards & Practices @POLITICO Ex-managing editor & White House correspondent Prior: @McClatchyDC @WashingtonPost @TB_Times @NewsandRecord @newsadvance

Washington, D.C.

Joined June 2009

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · Jun 11

Opinion | Trump’s Next Deal for Rare Minerals Should Be with North Korea politi.co/3SMouh3 via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. The right kind of deal might leverage rare earth minerals for commitments on nuclear arms.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · Jun 29

Senate Republicans put megabill on track for likely Monday passage politi.co/44iat1n via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. The vote came after a daylong scramble by GOP leaders to win over several Republican holdouts.

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POLITICO@politico · Jun 25

Zohran Mamdani set to topple Andrew Cuomo in NYC mayoral race ow.ly/37YH106cPKp

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · Jun 22

MAGA largely falls in line on Trump’s Iran strikes politi.co/3HTvMxl via @politico

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · Jun 22

US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says politi.co/3ZGuA6D via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. “Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success,” the president said in a White House address.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · Jun 19

Congrats!

NNancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف@nancyayoussef · Jun 19

I have some exciting news to share! I’m joining @TheAtlantic! Also, thanks to @WSJ for an amazing eight years and for all the fabulous colleagues I had the honor of sharing a byline with during that time.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · Jun 8

Ken Martin privately expressed doubt about ability to lead DNC, blaming David Hogg politi.co/3TcbLEq via @hollyotterbein

anitakumar01's tweet card. Ken Martin expressed frustration and self-doubt in a meeting with other party leaders, according to a two-minute recording obtained by POLITICO.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 29

Marco Rubio: US to ‘aggressively’ revoke visas of Chinese students politi.co/43jOXc3 via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. The announcement didn’t specify how many would lose the ability to study in the country.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 29

Federal court strikes down Trump's tariffs on countries around the world politi.co/3Sqb8a8 via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled unanimously that the president overstepped his powers in imposing the tariffs on dozens of trading partners, most of which he's since paused.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 28

Termination notices expected to go out to all remaining Voice of America employees this week politi.co/3SrT9A6 via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. The move would add to the grueling battle between the network and Trump administration.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 27

California Republicans would love Kamala Harris to run for governor politi.co/4dBkREb via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. Harris could nationalize the governor’s race and create a fundraising bonanza for longshot GOP hopefuls.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 25

Trump’s contract-cutting blitz rattles a once-flourishing DC industry politi.co/4dAohXN via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. The General Services Administration, which oversees government contracting, is leading a review of more than 20,000 consulting agreements for what is “non-essential.”

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 22

House Republicans pass ‘big, beautiful bill’ after weeks of division politi.co/4ko4blG via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. The sweeping measure heads to the Senate, where Republicans are expected to make changes.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 22

Meet the crypto investors who bought a dinner with Trump politi.co/4jbBnvN via @declanharty

anitakumar01's tweet card. The event — billed as the “most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the World” — is the latest example of the president’s stunning pivot from crypto scourge to evangelist.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 10

India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire politico.eu/article/india-…

anitakumar01's tweet card. The two nuclear-armed countries agreed to start talks on a “broad set of issues at a neutral site,” U.S. says.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 9

David Souter, former Supreme Court justice, dead at 85 politi.co/44uNAIv via @politico

anitakumar01's tweet card. He was known as an independent voice on the Supreme Court.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 8

Robert Prevost becomes first American pope politico.eu/article/new-po…

anitakumar01's tweet card. The Chicago-born clergyman will now lead the Catholic Church, with its 1.4 billion followers around the world.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 7

Cardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the actual conclave politico.eu/article/cardin…

anitakumar01's tweet card. The 2024 movie is proving a useful primer for clerics about to take part in the real thing to choose the next pope.

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Anita Kumar@anitakumar01 · May 6

He was protected from deportation by a legal settlement. Trump deported him anyway. politi.co/4m8ygHY via @joshgerstein

anitakumar01's tweet card. Court documents, news reports and pleas from his family reveal new details about the 20-year-old Venezuelan man a judge ordered returned from El Salvador.

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Dasha Burns@DashaBurns · May 2

🚨NEW: Rubio’s powerful dual role as national security adviser AND Secretary of State is not short-term. Three White House officials tell me he will serve a minimum of 6 months, and others should stop campaigning for the role. @politico politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

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