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Washington Post paying for ads on X featuring pro-Democrat, anti-Trump content, critics say
The Washington Post has come under fire from critics who allege its ads on X are politically skewed in amplifying pro-Harris and anti-Trump content.
In recent weeks, conservatives have shared screenshots of posts from the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” paper of articles that were being monetized as ads.
One was an excerpt from an op-ed by President Biden touting his court reform proposal, with the quote, “We can and must prevent the abuse of presidential power. We can and must restore the public’s faith in the Supreme Court. We can and must strengthen the guardrails of democracy.”
“Is the @washingtonpost going to register with the FEC to run ads like this?” GOP strategist Matt Whitlock asked. “What is this ridiculous promotion of Biden’s desperate and stupid court-packing plan? You can’t even argue this is good for WaPo business because a boring op-ed isn’t driving new subscribers.”
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Critics are accusing The Washington Post of boosting pro-Dem, anti-Trump content in its ads on X. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Another one that was flagged was an article about Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s “rocky debut” as former President Trump’s running mate with the post reading, “JD Vance has had a challenging start as the GOP’s vice-presidential nominee, leaving the Trump campaign to try to clean up his controversial past comments.”
Donald Trump Jr. reacted with a screenshot of a third post offering glowing coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris that read, “Throughout her life, Kamala Harris has had her share of firsts. Now, her next first could be the presidency.”
“While the @washingtonpost is spending thousands of dollars running paid ads attacking JD Vance, they’re also running positive ads promoting Kamala Harris,” Trump Jr. wrote. “How is this any different than a Super PAC? The Washington Post should be forced to register with the @FEC. So corrupt!!!”
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One of The Washington Post’s ads on X read, “Throughout her life, Kamala Harris has had her share of firsts. Now, her next first could be the presidency.” (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
A source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that high-performing posts shared on X by The Post are later promoted as ads. The paper’s far-left readership is likely driving the partisan nature of its ads.
Ruthless podcast co-host Michael Duncan took aim at a Post ad fact-checking Vance’s claims against Harris.
“How is this not an in-kind contribution to her campaign?” Duncan wondered.
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Other posts X users flagged include one that read, “Donald Trump has grown increasingly angry about Kamala Harris’s surging poll numbers and media coverage since replacing Joe Biden on the ticket.” Another ad pushed the “Republicans pounce” trope against Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, over his scrutinized military service claims.
Among the negative stories boosted in Washington Post ads include former President Trump being “increasingly angry” about Harris’ surge in the polls and Sen. JD Vance’s “rocky start” as his running mate. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Vance himself slammed the Post’s ads targeting him and Trump.
“You’ll see The Washington Post pay for advertisements for stories that attack me and attack Donald J. Trump,” Vance told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Thursday. “That’s not the activity of a media organization. That’s the activity of a SuperPAC. And I hope the FEC looks into it.”
Fox News Digital reached out to The Washington Post for comment.
Trinity Rodman signs record deal with Washington Spirit
USWNT forward Trinity Rodman signed a three-year deal with the NWSL’s Washington Spirit. The deal makes Rodman the highest-paid female footballer in the world.
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Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury has announced that she and her husband Matt are expecting a baby in July.
The couple made the announcement in a video on the Spirit’s social media channels, holding a baby goalkeeper jersey on the pitch at Audi Field.
Kingsbury becomes the most recent Spirit star to go on maternity leave, following defender Casey Krueger, midfielder Andi Sullivan and forward Ashley Hatch.
Sullivan gave birth to daughter Millie in July, while Hatch welcomed her son Leo in January.
Krueger announced she was pregnant with her second child in October.
Kingsbury has served as the Spirit’s starting goalkeeper since 2018, and has been named the NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year twice (2019 and 2021).
The 34-year-old has two caps with the U.S. women’s national team, and was named to the 2023 World Cup roster.
The club captain will leave a major void for the Spirit, who have finished as NWSL runner-up in back-to-back seasons.
Sandy MacIver and Kaylie Collins are expected to compete for the starting role while Kingsbury is on maternity leave.
The Spirit kick off their 2026 campaign on March 13 against the Portland Thorns.
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima could soon take a major step toward redesigning Sixth Avenue after the Washington State Public Works Board awarded the city a $985,600 loan.
The loan was approved for the design engineering phase of the Sixth Avenue project. The funding can also be used along Sixth Avenue for utility replacement and updated ADA use.
The Yakima City Council must decide whether to accept the award. If the council accepts it, the city’s engineering work will move forward with the design of Sixth Avenue.
The cost of installing trolley lines is excluded from the plan. The historic trolleys would need to raise the funds required to add trolley lines.
The award is scheduled to be discussed during next week’s City Council meeting.
Microsoft will ramp up its investment in the University of Washington.
Brad Smith, the company’s president, made the announcement at a press conference with University of Washington President Robert Jones on Tuesday.
That means hiring more UW graduates as interns at Microsoft, he said.
And he said all students, faculty, and researchers should have access to free, or at least deeply-discounted, AI.
“ Some of it is compute that Microsoft is donating, and some of it is pursuant to an agreement where, believe me, we give the University of Washington probably the best pricing that anybody’s gonna find anywhere,” Smith said. He assured the small group of reporters present that it would be “many millions of dollars of additional computational resources.”
The announcement today didn’t include any specific numbers.
But Smith said Microsoft has already invested $165 million in the UW over several decades.
He pointed to Jones’ vision to spur “radical collaborations with businesses and communities to advance positive change,” and eliminate “any artificial barriers between the university and the communities it serves.”
Microsoft’s goal is for AI to help UW researchers solve some of the world’s biggest problems without introducing new ones.
At Tuesday’s announcement, several research students were present to demonstrate how AI supports their work.
Amelia Keyser-Gibson is an environmental scientist at the UW. She’s using AI to analyze photographs of vines, to find which adapt best to climate change.
It’s a paradox: AI produces carbon emissions. At the same time, it’s also a new tool to help reduce them.
So how do those things square for Keyser-Gibson?
“ That’s a great question, and honestly, I don’t know the answer to that,” she said. “I’m highly aware that there’s a lot of environmental impact of using AI, but what I can say is that this has allowed us to make research innovations that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.”
“If we had had to manually annotate every single image that would’ve been an undergrad doing that for hours,” Keyser-Gibson continued. “And we didn’t have the budget. We didn’t have the manpower to do that.”
“AI exists. If we don’t use it as researchers, we’re gonna fall behind.”
Microsoft reports on its own carbon emissions. But like most AI companies, it doesn’t reveal everything.
That’s one reason another UW student named Zhihan Zhang is using AI to estimate how much energy AI is using.
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