Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

Washington, D.C., United States

National Staff Writer at The Washington Post

Washington Post National Staff writer, Former bureau chief in Africa and India.1/2 queens,1/2 jersey- all heart!

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Veterans Recoil At Trump Plan To End Afghans’ Deportation Protection

1 month ago | nny360.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

The Trump administration’s move to end deportation protections for wartime allies who fled to the United States after the fall of Afghanistan has infuriated veterans of the 20-year conflict there, who say the U.S. government is betraying a sacred promise made to some of America’s most vulnerable partners. This month Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L.
Veterans Recoil At Trump Plan To End Afghans' Deportation Protection

1 month ago | southfloridareporter.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

The Trump administration's move to end deportation protections for wartime allies who fled to the United States after the fall of Afghanistan has infuriated veterans of the 20-year conflict there, who say the U.S. government is betraying a sacred promise made to some of America's most vulnerable partners. This month Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L.
Veterans recoil at Trump plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

Veterans recoil at Trump plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection (washingtonpost.com) Veterans recoil at Trump plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection By Abigail Hauslohner; Emily Wax-Thibodeaux 2025052510000300 The Trump administration's move to end deportation protections for wartime allies who fled to the United States after the fall of Afghanistan has infuriated veterans of the 20-year conflict there, who say the U.S. government is betraying a sacred promise made to some of...
Veterans recoil at Trump plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

1 day agoA UK Special Forces officer personally rejected 1,585 resettlement applications from Afghans with credible links to special forces, newly released documents say. The files, disclosed by the Ministry of Defence in court on Thursday, show the unnamed UKSF officer rejected every application referred to …
Veterans recoil at plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection

1 month ago | stripes.com | Abigail Hauslohner |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux |Joe Fleming

Afghan refugees evacuated from Kabul board a bus after arriving at the Al Udeid military base in Qatar on Aug. 31, 2021.
For US Jews, the DC museum killings deepen resolve and fear

1 month ago | postguam.com | Michelle Boorstein |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux |Molly Hennessy-Fiske |Rachel Hatzipanagos

For Rabbi Ruth Balinsky Friedman, who teaches Jewish texts at a D.C.-area high school, the killings of two Israeli Embassy workers this week have deepened the isolation she’s felt as an American Jew in recent years. Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent attacks on Gaza - followed by divisions around the world over what caused the conflict and who was at fault - left the 40-year-old mother of three feeling confused, with no clear solution to the war in sight.
For U.S. Jews, D.C. museum killings deepen resolve — and fear

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Michelle Boorstein |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux |Molly Hennessy-Fiske |Rachel Hatzipanagos

For U.S. Jews, D.C. museum killings deepen resolve — and fear (washingtonpost.com) For U.S. Jews, D.C. museum killings deepen resolve — and fear By Michelle Boorstein; Emily Wax-Thibodeaux; Molly Hennessy-Fiske; Rachel Hatzipanagos 2025052315384700 For Rabbi Ruth Balinsky Friedman, who teaches Jewish text at a D.C.-area high school, the killings of two Israeli Embassy workers this week have deepened the isolation she's felt as an American Jew in recent years. Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct....
Trump grants white South Africans refugee status in the US

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Teo Armus |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

By Teo Armus and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux May 13, 2025 — 11.57am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: A group of about 50 white South Africans arrived in the US as refugees, a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide.
Trump grants white South Africans refugee status in the US

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Teo Armus |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

“They can’t provide any proof of any persecution because there’s not any,” Ronald Lamola, the country’s international relations and cooperation minister said in Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital. “There is not any form of persecution to white South Africans.”The group of mostly Afrikaner families landed at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia on Monday afternoon.
White South Africans arrive at Dulles as refugees under Trump order

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Teo Armus |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux

White South Africans arrive at Dulles as refugees under Trump order (washingtonpost.com) White South Africans arrive at Dulles as refugees under Trump order By Teo Armus; Emily Wax-Thibodeaux 2025051217531100 A group of about 50 White South Africans landed at Dulles International Airport on Monday as refugees, coming to the United States under a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide....

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