Michael Tackett

@tackettdc

Deputy Bureau Chief Associated Press

Washington, D.C.

Joined May 2011

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 11 h

Family says MLK Jr. was 'relentlessly targeted' by FBI 'surveillance campaign' apnews.com/live/donald-tr…

tackettdc's tweet card. Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | July 21, 2025

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 12 h

JUST IN: Trump administration releases thousands of FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr., despite his family's opposition apnews.com/live/donald-tr…

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 13 h

A pilot made sharp turn to avoid a B-52 bomber over North Dakota, then took to the mic to explain apnews.com/article/airlin…

tackettdc's tweet card. A SkyWest pilot made a sharp turn during a flight over North Dakota to avoid a military plane he said was in his path.

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 13 h

Trump attacks the judge hearing Harvard's funding case apnews.com/live/donald-tr…

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 13 h

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 'Cosby Show' actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning apnews.com/article/malcol…

tackettdc's tweet card. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died at 54. He was known for playing Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.”

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 15 h

Judge says she will take Harvard case under advisement apnews.com/live/donald-tr…

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 18 h

As Trump's raids ramp up, a Texas region's residents stay inside — even when they need medical care via @amandaseitz @Jacquelyn_M apnews.com/article/trump-…

tackettdc's tweet card. As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have lived in Texas’s southern tip for decades — are unwilling to leave their...

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 19 h

Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don't switch back to Redskins apnews.com/article/trump-…

tackettdc's tweet card. President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a stadium deal for Washington's football team if it doesn't restore its old name.

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · 19 h

Republicans can't stop talking about Joe Biden via @BillBarrowAP @mrbrownsir apnews.com/article/republ…

tackettdc's tweet card. Republicans can't stop talking about former President Joe Biden. The GOP-controlled House of Representatives has launched investigations that assert Biden’s closest advisers covered up a physical and...

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 20

With gavel in hand, Trump chisels away at the power of a compliant Congress Via ⁦@LisaMascaro⁩ apnews.com/article/trump-…

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 20

The 2026 Senate map is tough for Democrats, but Republicans have their own headaches via ⁦@TomBeaumont⁩ apnews.com/article/trump-…

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 19

Trump's tariff threat pushes Lula's popularity and worsens legal troubles for Brazil's ex-leader apnews.com/article/brazil…

tackettdc's tweet image. Trump's tariff threat pushes Lula's popularity and worsens legal troubles for Brazil's ex-leader

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 19

“But even if those records become public, it’s far from certain they will appease critics enraged over the administration’s unfulfilled promises of full transparency about evidence against the wealthy financier” ⁦@aedurkinricher⁩ apnews.com/article/trump-…

tackettdc's tweet image. “But even if those records become public, it’s far from certain they will appease critics enraged over the administration’s unfulfilled promises of full transparency about evidence against the wealthy financier” ⁦@aedurkinricher⁩

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 18

Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults via ⁦@dsupervilleap⁩ ⁦@LNeergaard⁩ apnews.com/article/trump-…

tackettdc's tweet image. Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults via ⁦@dsupervilleap⁩ ⁦@LNeergaard⁩

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 18

Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz' apnews.com/article/alliga…

tackettdc's tweet image. Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 18

In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask apnews.com/article/ice-ma…

tackettdc's tweet card. Immigration enforcement agents are detaining people and taking them into custody, at times under public anger and outcry.

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 18

Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his 'Late Show' in May 2026 apnews.com/article/stephe…

tackettdc's tweet card. CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of President Donald Trump's most prominent late-night critics.

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 17

In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandal via @JJCooper apnews.com/article/trump-…

tackettdc's tweet card. When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 17

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE apnews.com/article/immigr…

tackettdc's tweet card. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

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Michael Tackett@tackettdc · Jul 17

“Only about one-quarter of US. adults say that President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues, including the economy, immigration” ⁦ apnews.com/article/poll-t…

tackettdc's tweet card. Just 1 in 4 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump’s policies have helped them. That's according to a new AP-NORC poll that finds underwhelming marks for the Republican president on key issues,...

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