Abigail Hauslohner

Washington, D.C.

National Reporter at The Washington Post

I cover national security on Capitol Hill for @washingtonpost. Former nat'l correspondent, Mideast correspondent. Get in touch: [email protected]

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Trump names allies to Holocaust Museum board after firing Biden appointees

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Joe Heim |Herb Scribner |Abigail Hauslohner

Trump names allies to Holocaust Museum board after firing Biden appointees (washingtonpost.com) Trump names allies to Holocaust Museum board after firing Biden appointees By Joe Heim; Herb Scribner; Abigail Hauslohner 2025050211393800 In a social media post late Thursday, President Donald Trump announced eight new appointees to the board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to replace the board members he ordered removed days earlier, all of whom had been appointed by President Joe Biden....
Democrats eager to grill Waltz during confirmation hearing for U.N. post

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Abigail Hauslohner

Democrats eager to grill Waltz during confirmation hearing for U.N. post (washingtonpost.com) Democrats eager to grill Waltz during confirmation hearing for U.N. post By Abigail Hauslohner 2025050123121300 Senate Democrats who have complained of a Trump administration impervious to their pleas for oversight and accountability, following recent national security blunders, will soon have the opportunity to interrogate the man at the heart of it all.
Trump replaces Waltz with Rubio, for now, after series of missteps

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | John Hudson |Karen DeYoung |Adam Taylor |Abigail Hauslohner |Michael Birnbaum

Trump replaces Waltz with Rubio, for now, after series of missteps (washingtonpost.com) Trump replaces Waltz with Rubio, for now, after series of missteps By John Hudson; Karen DeYoung; Adam Taylor; Abigail Hauslohner; Michael Birnbaum 2025050116302700 President Donald Trump ordered the biggest personnel shake-up of his new administration on Thursday, replacing his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will carry out the job on an interim basis...
Senators enjoin Hegseth account for civilian harm | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Abigail Hauslohner

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. Three Senate Democrats called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday to account for the scores of civilians reportedly killed in recent U.S. military strikes meant to target Houthi militants in Yemen. Sens.
Senators challenge Hegseth on civilian deaths in Yemen strikes

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Missy Ryan

Senators challenge Hegseth on civilian deaths in Yemen strikes (washingtonpost.com) Senators challenge Hegseth on civilian deaths in Yemen strikes By Abigail Hauslohner; Missy Ryan 2025042420205400 Three Senate Democrats called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday to account for the scores of civilians reportedly killed in recent U.S. military strikes meant to target Houthi militants in Yemen. Sens.
Hegseth amps up criticism of ‘leakers’ after more scrutiny of Signal usage

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Patrick Svitek |Abigail Hauslohner

Hegseth amps up criticism of ‘leakers’ after more scrutiny of Signal usage (washingtonpost.com) Hegseth amps up criticism of ‘leakers’ after more scrutiny of Signal usage By Patrick Svitek; Abigail Hauslohner 2025042215252600 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday launched a new broadside against "leakers" whose ouster from the Pentagon has drawn intense scrutiny amid reports he used the commercial messaging application Signal to talk about military attack plans. "Once a leaker, always a...
U.S. begins troop drawdown in Syria as allies boost new government

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Karen DeYoung

U.S. begins troop drawdown in Syria as allies boost new government (washingtonpost.com) U.S. begins troop drawdown in Syria as allies boost new government By Abigail Hauslohner; Karen DeYoung 2025041709003300 As his administration begins to draw down U.S. troops based in Syria and has stopped some humanitarian aid programs to the war-battered country, President Donald Trump is increasingly at odds with allies in Europe and the Middle East that have moved to shore up the new Syrian government....
Trump’s Joint Chiefs chairman pick tells senators he wants to earn trust

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Abigail Hauslohner

Trump’s Joint Chiefs chairman pick tells senators he wants to earn trust (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s Joint Chiefs chairman pick tells senators he wants to earn trust By Dan Lamothe; Abigail Hauslohner 2025040114532600 President Donald Trump's surprise selection for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff faced questions before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday morning about his fitness for the position, telling lawmakers that he is an "unconventional nominee" for the position "but...
'Friday night massacre': DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters

1 month ago | detroitnews.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Derek Hawkins

POLITICSAbigail Hauslohner, Derek HawkinsWashington PostView Comments The Trump administration summarily fired the staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace late Friday night, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded organization’s president and installing in his place an agent of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service aimed at cutting the size of government.
DOGE fires nearly all staff at U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Derek Hawkins

The Trump administration summarily fired the staff of the U.S. Institute of Peace late Friday night, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded organization’s president and installing in his place an agent of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service aimed at cutting the size of government. USIP employees told The Washington Post that between 200 and 300 people – nearly the entirety of the institute’s headquarters staff – had been fired.