Ian Kullgren

Senior reporter covering DOGE and the federal workforce for Bloomberg @blaw @bgov @tax. Board of Governors, National Press Club. Signal: IanKullgren.38

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When I had lunch with @ChicagosMayor a few months ago, he called this a crime against humanity.

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

Statement from Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren:

[Celine Castronuovo @cecelou18]

President Donald Trump’s executive order reclassifying 8,000 federal employees includes hundreds of attorneys who advise the government on matters ranging from patent law to assault investigations.

More here for @BLaw, with @IanKullgren & @MarenFagan: https://t.co/pVkTRgQxL7

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

Honestly, it looks like the hiring recession is over.

US average job gains in 2025: 10,000 a month
US average job gains in 2026: 114,000 a month
Job gains in the past 3 months: 188,000

Almost every industry is hiring again except tech and finance. There are a lot of encouraging signs for the labor market heading into summer. (Unfortunately, inflation is a lot worse).

[Laura Matsue @lauramatsue]

No one is more annoyed by the AI revolution than people who can actually write a sentence. Basically, having any ability to write now is suspect - you will get accused of being AI at some point. It feels like you are being accused of being a witch, of holding a type of rare magic that only the machines are now allowed to have.

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

We’re far from the shallow now

[Katie Robertson @katie_robertson]

NEWS: A federal judge has blocked NOTUS from rebranding tomorrow as "The Star," granting a temporary restraining order at the request of its rival, The Washington Star

[Daniel Wortel-London @dlondonwortel]

Gay Talese’s “storyboard” for his immortal 1966 article “Frank Sinatra has a Cold” for @esquire

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

A departure from the administration's normal talking points, to say the least.

[U.S. DOGE Service @USDS]

During Public Service Recognition Week, we honor the people who keep our country running. Public servants take the oath and show up every day, often without recognition, and shoulder that duty.

They respond when it matters most, and deliver for the American people in ways many never see.

We may help build the technology, but the heart of it lives inside the agencies carrying out the mission, on the front lines and behind the scenes.

It goes beyond one week. Our respect for those who serve is 365 days a year, and so is their impact.

[John Hudson @John_Hudson]

Bravo to @hannah_natanson, whose Pulitzer Prize reporting overcame an outrageous and chilling FBI raid on her home, a threat to journalism in this country

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

Few things are as cool as seeing one of your intern buddies win a Pulitzer. Congrats @sara_dinatale!

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

@MSUGreenline

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

RIP kids who make fundraising calls

[gio🦁 @Clapped_Dre]

Found a list of every scandal thats happened at MSU in a seniors time there

[Sam Stein @samstein]

ATTENTION TO anyone in the WH press corps.

We asked WH for comment this morning with a 1230 deadline. they asked us for a few more hours to track the story down. we were gracious about it. they then gave it to Fox News (which doesn't have nearly the same deets we do)

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

@MerylKornfield

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

Look for the helpers

[Weijia Jiang @weijia]

The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.

[Steven Overly @StevenOverly]

If you want to know what journalists do in an emergency — even one that threatens their immediate safety — they hunker down and bring you the news.

This is my @politico colleagues reporting moments after a shooting shut down the #WHCD. Read their work:

https://t.co/87xU1fRtbw

[Luther Lowe @lutherlowe]

So proud of @weijia. She was on the stage less than an hour ago presiding over the abrupt end of the dinner and now she’s in the front row of the White House briefing room waiting to for the President to speak.

[Nathaniel Reed @ReedReports]

WHITE HOUSE POOL REPORT via @JeffMordock:

There’ was  several loud bangs and the Secret Service with guns drawn rushed the pool out of the room. 

They Secret Service pushed us back screaming “Shots fired.”

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

WH pool report says there was a shooter now in custody

[White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool]

In Town Pool Report #7 - Appearant shooter in custody

We just heard Secret Service say alleged shooter is in custody.

RFK JR and Cheryl Hines. RFK was limping. No word on POTUS

also Jeanine Pirro were ushered past us.

secret service is holding pool back.

Jeff Mordock
The Washington Times
Sat. Apr. 25, 8:43 PM

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

Unacceptable in a free society with a free press

[Michael S. Schmidt @nytmike]

NEW and BREAKING: The FBI began investigating New York Times reporter Elizabeth Williamson earlier this year after she published a story about how Kash Patel was using FBI personnel to provide his girlfriend with govt security and transportation. FBI agents interviewed Patel's girlfriend about Williamson, queried databases for info on the reporter and recommended moving forward to determine whether the reporter broke federal stalking laws. https://t.co/5TqbkghSyI

[Ian Kullgren @IanKullgren]

Lori Chavez-DeRemer was angling to be JD Vance's running mate in 2028. And then it all came crashing down.

Our deep dive into the ballooning scandal that brought down Trump's Labor Secretary. w/@parker_purifoy https://t.co/Ta8W1rYX47