Desmond Butler
Washington Post
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How I wound up investigating the sport my father made famous
Immersed in the world of bodybuilding at a young age, Post reporter Desmond Butler investigates how the sport in America has changed. → Read More
Exxon lobbyist questions urgency of climate’s catastrophic risks
ExxonMobil says it backs the scientific consensus on climate change. But one executive cast doubt about global warming’s impact while speaking to state regulators earlier this month, according to a recording obtained by The Washington Post. → Read More
In secret tapes, palm oil execs disclose corruption, brutality
Undercover investigators illuminate dark side of the palm oil industry that is clearcutting virgin rainforests. Loss of tree cover and peatlands that help absorb greenhouse gases alarms climate scientists. → Read More
How genetic science helped expose a coronavirus outbreak in Iowa
Workers at an Agri Star meatpacking plant in Iowa were left clueless as the coronavirus spread in their ranks. Genetic data held the answers. → Read More
U.S. sent millions of face masks to China early this year, ignoring pandemic warning signs
U.S. manufacturers shipped millions of dollars of face masks and other protective medical equipment to China in January and February with encouragement from the federal government, a Washington Post review of economic data and internal government documents has found. The move underscores the Trump administration's failure to recognize and prepare for the growing pandemic threat. In those two… → Read More
U.S. pays premium to third-party vendors for N95 masks
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has awarded bulk contracts to third-party vendors in recent weeks in a scramble to obtain N95 respirator masks, and the government has paid the companies more than $5 per unit, nearly eight times what it would have spent in January and February when U.S. intelligence agencies warned of a looming global pandemic, procurement records show. The N95 masks are… → Read More
Anguished nurses say Pennsylvania hospital risked infecting cancer patients, babies and staff with covid-19
Like many hospitals across the country, Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa., wasn’t prepared for the influx of covid-19 patients. → Read More
Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, two Russian-speaking men offered a... → Read More
Ukrainian gas executive cooperating in US probe of Giuliani
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are planning to interview an executive with Ukraine’s state-owned gas company as part of an ongoing probe into the business dealings of Rudy Giuliani and two o… → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
Briefings show that U.S. officials knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden, even though he later denied it in a press conference. → Read More