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Post Reports is the daily podcast from The Washington Post. Unparalleled reporting. Expert insight. Clear analysis. Everything you’ve come to expect from the newsroom of The Post, for your ears. Martine Powers and Elahe Izadi are your hosts, asking the questions you didn’t know you wanted answered. Published weekdays around 5 p.m. Eastern time.

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Investigative reporter for The Washington Post, focusing on issues related to juvenile justice and public safety.
David Nakamura is an immigration reporter for The Washington Post, covering immigration policy, legal issues, and related topics.
Justin Jouvenal is a reporter for The Washington Post, covering the Supreme Court and legal issues.
Arelis R. Hernández is a reporter for The Washington Post, covering immigration and community issues.
William Wan is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post, covering issues related to mental health and public health.
Style reporter at The Washington Post, specializing in culture and social issues, providing insights into how anonymous testimony works and its implications in the trial.

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0:00 28:03

Serving dead time

Hosts
Martine Powers Elahe Izadi
Guests
Nicole Dungca
Keywords
juvenile justice Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services restorative justice youth crime detention center rehabilitation programs

Washingtons juvenile justice agency appeared to finally be reformed. After decades of court monitoring, a judge declared in late 2020 that the long-troubled Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services could return to the mayors control.


Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) promised a focus on restorative justice, love, and empowerment that would serve and improve the lives of our young people, their families, and our entire community.


Instead, progress at the agency charged with setting serious and repeat teen offenders on a better path unraveled as youth crime spiked, a Washington Post investigation found.


Today on the show, investigative reporter Nicole Dungca tells Post Reports co-host Elahe Izadi about some of the teens and children who spent months in a violent detention center as waits grew longer for rehabilitation programs.


Read more here. If you value this reporting, please subscribe to The Washington Post. 


Todays episode was produced by Peter Bresnan with help from Sean Carter, who also mixed the show. It was edited by Reena Flores. Thank you to Lisa Gartner and David Fallis.

0:00 23:25

How Trump tried to build a lawsuit-proof travel ban

Hosts
Martine Powers Elahe Izadi
Guests
David Nakamura
Keywords
Trump travel ban immigration policy legal challenges immigrant rights Muslim-majority countries African nations public grief asylum seekers

On Monday, President Donald Trump restricted the entry of travelers to the United States from more than a dozen countries, resurrecting and expanding sweeping restrictions from his first term that are expected to draw swift legal challenges.

The travel ban has been criticized by immigrant rights groups for targeting several African and Muslim-majority nations, and for appearing to capitalize on a moment of public grief: Earlier this month, a man seeking asylum in the United States threw an incendiary device at an event organized by a Jewish group in Boulder, Colorado. Trump cited the attack in his announcement of the ban.

Today on Post Reports, host Elahe Izadi speaks with immigration reporter David Nakamura about who will be most affected by this ban, how the Trump administration crafted it to hold up in court, and why the public response to this iteration has felt muted

Todays show was produced by Emma Talkoff, with help from Rennie Svirnovskiy and Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval. It was edited by Ariel Plotnick and mixed by Sam Bair. Thanks to Lucy Perkins and Christine Armario. 

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0:00 18:05

Trumps crackdown in L.A. sets up a legal crisis

Hosts
Martine Powers Elahe Izadi
Guests
Justin Jouvenal Arelis R. Hernández
Keywords
Trump L.A. National Guard ICE raids immigration protests California lawsuit presidential powers immigration enforcement

Demonstrators turned out in Los Angeles to oppose ICE raids. Trump called in the National Guard.


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Over the weekend, President Donald Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to intervene in protests over federal immigration sweeps.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called the move unconstitutional and on Monday sued the administration.

Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in a statement. The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends.

Today on Post Reports, host Colby Itkowitz talks with Supreme Court reporter Justin Jouvenal about the move the first time in about 60 years that an American president has taken such action without a governors consent, and a chilling sign that Trump is prepared to send troops into other cities in response to protests.

We also hear from reporter Arelis R. Hernndez about the people detained by ICE, and the people who turned out to defend them.

Todays show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Maggie Penman, with help from Lucy Perkins. It was mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Ariel Plotnick, Peter Bresnan, Efrain Hernandez Jr. and Susan Levine.

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0:00 26:30

‘We want to put them in trauma’

Hosts
Martine Powers Elahe Izadi
Guests
William Wan
Keywords
federal government Trump administration federal workers mental health mass firings public health suicide prevention

When President Donald Trump took office in January, 2.4 million people worked for the federal government. It was America’s largest employer. 

Four months later, Trump — and Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service — have hacked off chunks of government in the name of efficiency, with tactics rarely seen in public or private industry: Some federal workers have found themselves fired, rehired, then let go again. Many have been ridiculed as “lazy” and “corrupt.” They’ve been locked out of offices by police, fired for political “disloyalty,” and told to check their email to see if they still draw a paycheck.

More than 30 former and current federal workers told The Washington Post that the chaos and mass firings had left them feeling devalued, demoralized and scared for themselves and the country. Many described problems they’d never experienced before: insomnia, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts. Others with a history of mental struggles said they’d found themselves pushed into terrifying territory.

Today on “Post Reports,” host Colby Itkowitz speaks with investigative reporter William Wan about the administration’s immense toll on federal workers’ mental health. We hear from the husband of Caitlin Cross-Barnet, a public health worker who died by suicide in March. And, in the second half of the episode, Wan reflects on years spent covering the nation’s mental health crisis for The Post

Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was mixed by Sean Carter, and edited by Maggie Penman. 

If you or someone you know needs help, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. You can also reach a crisis counselor by messaging the Crisis Text Line at 741741.

Contact William Wan at [email protected] or (202) 725-2121 on Signal.

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0:00 28:31

The Diddy trial: The alleged $100,000 hotel video

Hosts
Martine Powers Elahe Izadi
Guests
Anne Branigin
Keywords
Diddy trial Sean Diddy Combs hotel incident 2016 Los Angeles encounter Cassie Ventura cover-up payoff witness testimony hotel security alleged victims anonymous testimony

As the government has built its case against Sean “Diddy” Combs over the past few weeks, they have called witnesses to build out the story around an incident that many are familiar with –  the violent 2016 encounter at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. A video of it was first released by CNN last year, and depicts Combs dragging and kicking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway. Witnesses, including former hotel security employees, have alleged that Combs and his employees attempted to cover up the incident through a $100,000 payoff.  

This week, another one of Combs’s alleged victims, “Jane,” took the stand and began delivering harrowing testimony about encounters she had with him and male escorts – similar to what Ventura alleged she experienced. She’s testifying under a pseudonym. Style reporter Anne Branigin explains how this anonymous testimony works and how the 2016 hotel incident ties into many of the government’s charges.

Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Reena Flores and mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Carla Spartos.

Follow our coverage of the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Spotify here.

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