Doug MacMillan

Washington, D.C.

Corporate Accountability Reporter at The Washington Post

Corporate accountability reporter @washingtonpost. Formerly @WSJ @Bloomberg @BW. Same thing we do every night, Pinky 🐭 [email protected]

Articles

Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Lerman |Doug MacMillan

Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring. (washingtonpost.com) Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring. By Rachel Lerman; Douglas MacMillan 2025040923164500 Less than four hours before President Donald Trump's announcement that he was pausing his tariffs on most countries sent markets soaring, he told his 9.4 million followers on his social media platform that it was a good time to buy.
Companies warn investors that DOGE’s federal cuts might hurt business

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Doug MacMillan |Aaron Schaffer |Daniel Gilbert

Elon Musk’s sweeping makeover of the federal government in recent weeks is reverberating across the private sector, where companies have started expressing fear and uncertainty about disruptions these changes might inflict on their businesses.
Trump officials to reopen Texas detention center for migrant families

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Maria Sacchetti |Arelis R. HernÃ¡ndez |Doug MacMillan

The Trump administration is reopening a sprawling detention center in South Texas for migrant families facing deportation, resuming the practice of detaining children four years after the Biden administration ended it, according to the private prison contractor that runs the facility.
Private prison firms prepare to reopen closed facilities to hold immigrants

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Marianne LeVine |Doug MacMillan |Silvia Foster-Frau

The Trump administration is racing to dramatically expand the nation’s capacity for immigrant detainees, enlisting the United States military and the private prison industry to reopen or repurpose shuttered and aging facilities, many of which have been accused of poor care. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday it would reopen Delaney Hall in Newark, a facility owned by private prison giant GEO Group that shut down in 2023.
Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches

Jan 13, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Doug MacMillan |David Ovalle |Aaron Schaffer
'Deny, defend, depose': Words on bullet casings hint at motive as online sleuths racing to catch CEO's killer

Dec 5, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Drew Harwell |Caitlin Gilbert |Doug MacMillan

This handout image released by the New York Police Department (NYPD) on December 5, 2024 shows the individual sought in connection to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. - Photo / NYPD via AFPAmateur internet sleuths are racing to identify the gunman who killed the chief of the United States’ largest health insurer in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, hoping to piece together clues and beat police investigators at their own high-profile manhunt.
Online sleuths are racing to catch the UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer

Dec 5, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Drew Harwell |Caitlin Gilbert |Doug MacMillan

Amateur internet sleuths are racing to identify the gunman who killed the chief of the nation's largest health insurer in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, hoping to piece together clues and beat police investigators at their own high-profile manhunt. The shooter seemingly vanished after being caught on video in one of the world's most surveilled cities, offering an online community of wannabe detectives a tantalizing case.
Election 2024 latest news: Trump to hold rally in Wisconsin; Harris, Walz plan media rounds this week

Oct 6, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Doug MacMillan |Ariana Eunjung Cha |Praveena Somasundaram |Cleve R. Wootson Jr. |Isaac Arnsdorf |Justine McDaniel

Listen0 minShareSaveFormer president Donald Trump is planning to hold a rally this afternoon in Juneau, Wis., about 60 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The event comes a day after Trump staged a dramatic return to the fairgrounds in Butler, Pa., where he was hit by an attempted assassin’s bullet July 13. The Harris-Walz campaign is planning several events with national media outlets this week. Vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz will be on “Fox News Sunday” this morning.
FEMA’s capacity could be tested as another hurricane heads for Florida

Oct 6, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Maxine Joselow |Doug MacMillan

A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task force searches a flood-damaged property with a canine on Oct.
Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrests

Oct 5, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Doug MacMillan |David Ovalle |Aaron Schaffer

Hundreds of Americans have beenarrested after being connected to a crime by facial recognition software, a Washington Post investigation has found, but many never know it because police seldom disclose their use of the controversial technology. Police departments in 15 states provided The Post with rarely seen records documenting their use of facial recognition in more than 1,000 criminal investigations over the past four years.