Liz Essley Whyte

After her water broke early, doctors told Fatima Goines to prepare for her newborn’s death. Doctors told her no hospital could save such a premature baby. But they were wrong. 🧵on my latest investigation into the options we give parents of extremely premature newborns….

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This obit is wonderful (and makes me a little nostalgic for a vivacious, bustling and irreverent newsroom.) washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

It was Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion. She turned to Epstein’s family and friends. One of them was Donald Trump. Maxwell collected letters from Trump and dozens of Epstein’s other associates for a 2003…

Exclusive from @annawmathews Insurers are seeking hefty 2026 rate increases for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, the coverage known as Obamacare wsj.com/health/healthc… via @WSJ

Manhattan Project waste sites linked to higher cancer risk in people who lived nearby as children, new study finds. @Brabbott42 reports for #WSJHealth wsj.com/health/healthc… via @WSJ

Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C

The U.S.’s dramatic research and funding cuts as well as changes to skilled-worker immigration policies threaten one of its greatest economic advantages: people-powered innovation wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ

Juul Labs has won authorization from federal regulars for its e-cigarettes to remain on the U.S. market wsj.com/business/fda-a… via @WSJ

Exclusive: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer plan to sell the widely used blood thinner Eliquis directly to patients at a discounted cash price on.wsj.com/4lIqHqD

New from us below: The tax law retools Opportunity Zones, trying to push more money into rural areas largely left behind by a program for left-behind areas.

Exclusive: The captain of the doomed Air India flight likely switched off fuel flow, a black-box recording indicates, remaining calm while the first officer panicked on.wsj.com/44y4tBA

"Janudi Perera spent all spring looking for a retail job, but had no luck. So the college sophomore in Queens, N.Y., did what many around her do when a situation doesn’t go their way: She paid a witch on Etsy to cast a spell." wsj.com/lifestyle/etsy…

WSJ piece below from @ashleaebeling details the complexity of new Trump accounts. One thing I hadn't quite grasped is that the $1,000 for newborns and other untaxed contributions get taxed on withdrawal but after-tax contributions don't. Can't choose which $$ comes out, though.

WSJ exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a program that people briefed on the talks described as a center for conservative scholarship, possibly modeled on Stanford’s Hoover Institution wsj.com/us-news/educat…

SCOOP: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship, sources say, possibly modeled on Stanford’s Hoover Institution, as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

My colleague Aaron Parsley and his family were swept away in their home by the Guadalupe River. His harrowing story and their loss are described in one of the most important pieces @TexasMonthly has ever published. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

“Pigs get fat, and hogs get slaughtered.” As lobbying booms in Trump’s DC & there are seemingly few rules, some consultants & lobbyists wonder how much is too much? And what constitutes going too far? Latest w/@rebeccaballhaus & @MaggieSeverns: GIFT LINK: wsj.com/politics/polic…

Tonight my 3-year-old went to bed clutching his most precious possession: his library card.