Annie Gowen
@anniegowen
National correspondent covering the Midwest and rural America for The Washington Post. Former India Bureau Chief, 2013-2018.
The entire State Dept office of multilateral nuclear affairs was dismissed last week, Alexandra Bell tells @CFR_org. “These were people responsible for efforts to ban explosive nuclear testing, the production of weapons grade material, people working on nuclear disarmament…
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
Everyone’s citing different reasons for Kansas City’s public grocery store failing, but few realize it’s simply because there are already 2 grocers in this neighborhood, which has a declining population. There are simply not enough customers, & nobody is desperate for a grocer.
I really think local governments, in particular, should try to focus on the fundamentals of delivering necessary public services rather than trying to think up new problems to take on. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so. nyti.ms/4500xIU
Zohran Mamdani wants city owned grocery stores. Kansas City’s has lost millions and may close washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" waste, fraud, etc: it costs $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Inflation picked up in June, a sign that President Trump’s tariffs are beginning to push up costs of everyday goods across the economy. wapo.st/3Iut0yP
1/Read our @washingtonpost investigation on how the leaders of Camp Mystic got a 'life threatening' flood alert from the National Weather Service at 1:14 am on July 4 - but didn't evacuate for more than an hour later, as the camp descended into chaos washingtonpost.com/nation/interac…
The Kerrville mayor lecturing the press for wanting answers for a coms breakdown where over 100 died is just 🤯
the Kerrville mayor seems like a real peach
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
Sad
White House Rose Garden disappears as iconic lawn completely paved over newsweek.com/white-house-ro…
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year ksat.com/news/texas/202…
The news surrounding the Texas floods is heart-breaking -- as at least 59 people have died and 11 girls attending a summer camp remain missing. Some things to understand: * The National Weather Service issued timely watches and warnings for the devastating rains that fell;…
“Girls were forced to scramble up a rock face to reach the top of a hill in the dark… But something went wrong at Twins and Bubble cabins — where the camp’s youngest slept.” @arelisrhdz at Camp Mystic washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…
'He went to the cabin and looked over the waterlogged stuffed animals, grabbed some charm bracelets and looked at the photos stuck on the wall.' Read this @Arelishdz dispatch from Kerr County, Tex. even though it is hard. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…
Michael McCown, father of Linnie, went to Camp Mystic to walk and search. He needed to find his daughter. I respectfully share this short dispatch about a grieving father and am so grateful to him for letting me in. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…
Just a year ago, the U.S. was better at predicting storms’ tracks than it had ever been. But now, @ZoeSchlanger reports, the country is rapidly losing state-of-the-art forecasting, just in time for hurricane season’s busiest months: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
New analysis from @Cato finds the tax bill adds *+$6 trillion* to the debt Honestly a bit surprising to me how much of Washington’s conservative establishment — Cato, Tax Foundation, AEI, Manhattan Institute — has been strongly & publicly critical of the legislation
Statement from Executive Editor Matt Murray: “For three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fair-minded, and highly regarded reporters covering national security. Reaching out to potential sources rather than relying solely on official government press…
It has come to my attention that Washington Post reporter @nakashimae appears to be actively harassing ODNI staff. Instead of reaching out to my press office, she is calling high level Intelligence Officers from a burner phone, refusing to identify herself, lying about the fact…
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost *14M* lives thru 2030. thelancet.com/journals/lance…