Ellie Kaufman

journalist & writer // dog mama // opinions are my own // she/her

[Sophie Vershbow @svershbow]

What is Zohran going to do about this?

[Patrick Oppmann CNN @CNN_Oppmann]

Three months of no oil and hard to see what was accomplished other than making life even more difficult for ordinary Cubans rather than the people at the top here.

[Idrees Ali @idreesali114]

MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its ‌previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday.

[Shannon Kate Kingston @shannonkreports]

On GMA this morning, Secretary of State Rubio won’t say who the administration is taking to within Iran because it could get those people “in trouble”—says “there are some fractures going on.”

[Ellie Kaufman @EllieCKaufman]

Reuters: Oil prices extended gains with Brent headed for a record monthly rise. Brent soared 59% this month, the steepest monthly jump, exceeding gains seen during the 1990 Gulf War.

[Konstantin Toropin @KToropin]

NEW: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — Iranian missile attack wounds several US troops and damages several planes at Saudi air base, AP source says.

h/t to @WSJ for first reporting

[julia @juumelo_]

(flirting) so what’s your favorite war

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨A U.S. official told me the Command element of the 82nd airborne division has been directed by the Pentagon to deploy to the Middle East together with an infantry brigade consisting of several thousand troops
🚨This is another significant troops reinforcement in the region ahead of a possible ground operation in Iran

[Barbara Starr @bstarrreports]

On the morning of 9-11 @ 9:38 a lone Pentagon police officer came running down the Pentagon Correspondents Corridor yelling “Get out! Get out! Everybody get out! We’ve been hit!” @PFPAOfficial kept journalists safe that day. @SecWar @SeanParnellASW want to close it down. But the work of reporters goes on.

[Ellie Kaufman @EllieCKaufman]

“There has been outreach between the United States and Iran, initiated by Washington, in recent days, but nothing that has reached the level of full-on negotiations,” the source said.

[Ellie Kaufman @EllieCKaufman]

An Iranian source told CNN on Tuesday that there had been “outreach” between the United States and Tehran and that Iran is willing to listen to “sustainable” proposals to end the war via @fpleitgenCNN

[Barbara Starr @bstarrreports]

First things first: there is NO regulation, policy or restriction that will ever stop the Pentagon press corps from reporting the news. Months of your restrictions and the scoops keep coming. Are reporters security risks? You have screening methods already. Have you applied that to the favored reporters you allow in? Somehow I am going to guess your new policy may not be what the judge had in mind. You really will NEVER stifle the most talented press corps ever seen in DC.

[Konstantin Toropin @KToropin]

The Pentagon responds to the ruling that blocked their policy limiting news reporters’ access to the building -

[Ellie Kaufman @EllieCKaufman]

I absolutely adore watching NCAA basketball with no sound. It is pure art

[Ellie Kaufman @EllieCKaufman]

The Trump administration has declared a wartime emergency to bypass Congress and push through more than $23 billion in weapons sales to allies in the Middle East via @nytimes https://t.co/9JyZmJZRLa

[Phil Stewart @phildstewart]

(Reuters) - Cuba's national electric grid collapsed ​on Saturday, the ‌country's grid operator said, leaving around ​10 million ​people without power amid ⁠a U.S.-imposed ​oil blockade that ​has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system.

The ​power failure ​was the second nationwide ‌since ⁠the beginning of the blockade, with the previous ​one occurring ​last Monday. ⁠Grid operator UNE announced ​the outage ​on ⁠social media and said it would ⁠continue ​giving ​updates.

[Phil Stewart @phildstewart]

(Reuters) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan affirmed in a phone call that continued Iranian attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries represent a dangerous escalation threatening regional security and stability, Saudi state media reported on Monday.

[Idrees Ali @idreesali114]

SYDNEY, March 16 (Reuters) - Australia will not send naval ships to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a government minister said on Monday.

[Ellie Kaufman @EllieCKaufman]

With the Iran war nearing its third week, the soaring costs of energy are rippling through the world's fourth-largest economy (the US) via @latimes @ldarmiento front page this am

[Ellie Kaufman @EllieCKaufman]

@CNN_Oppmann @Substack I’ll be following Patrick! Thinking of you and your family.