Karoun Demirjian

Washington, D.C., United States

Congressional Correspondent at The New York Times

Reporter, globetrotter, language collector, part-time musician. Stories @nytimes 👵🏻, formerly @WaPo & coauthor of UNCHECKED 📚

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Tucker Carlson destroys Ted Cruz over Iran, deepening rift among Trump loyalists

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Karoun Demirjian

By Karoun Demirjian June 19, 2025 — 8.16am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: Texas Senator Ted Cruz, one of the Republican’s most outspoken hawks, and Tucker Carlson, a right-wing media personality and a vocal isolationist, were unlikely to see eye to eye when it came to whether and how deeply the US should involve itself in Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran.
New Report Highlights Air Traffic Control Staffing Woes

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian

A new report released on Wednesday highlighted the Federal Aviation Administration’s struggles to address critical staffing shortages among air traffic controllers and called on Congress to help the agency reverse the trend. The report by a nonprofit that does research for Congress faulted some towers for inefficient practices.
Tucker Carlson Berates Ted Cruz Over Bellicose Stance on Iran

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. In an interview that highlighted a rift on the far right over the role of the United States in confronting Iran, the host confronted the senator over his hawkish stance, suggesting he was ill-informed.
Over 260 Dead After Air India Crash, Official Says, With One Survivor - The New York Times

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Suhasini Raj |Isabella Kwai |Pragati K.B |John Yoon |Mujib Mashal |Jacob Judah | +12 more

The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India. The airline confirmed that only one of the 242 people aboard survived. The victims included students at a medical college where the plane crashed.
President Trump’s pick to lead the FAA faces Senate grilling

2 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Karoun Demirjian

WASHINGTON — Bryan Bedford, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, told senators Wednesday that he would make air travel safety his top priority if confirmed as the agency’s next administrator. Bedford, who spent decades running and revamping regional commercial airlines, pressed his credentials before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in a confirmation hearing that comes at a critical juncture for the agency.
Trump's Pick to Lead the F.A.A. Faces Senate Grilling

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian

The confirmation hearing for Bryan Bedford, a commercial airline executive, comes as the agency confronts critical staffing shortages and questions about passenger safety. Bryan Bedford, President Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, will face questions from senators on Wednesday at a critical juncture for an agency confronting staffing shortages and mounting concerns about passenger safety.
Trump Administration Ends 'Quiet Skies' Traveler Surveillance Program

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian |Julian Barnes

The program had briefly ensnared Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman and now President Trump's director of national intelligence, who has vocally criticized it as politicized. Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, announced on Thursday that the Trump administration was ending a counterterrorism program used to conduct surveillance on air travelers, contending that the program had been exploited to target political conservatives while failing to stop any attacks.
Hegseth Orders Navy to Review Ship Name Honoring Gay Icon Harvey Milk

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian |John Ismay

The names of several other vessels that honor civil rights leaders and Supreme Court justices might also be changed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to review the names of vessels honoring prominent civil rights leaders, including Harvey Milk, who was one of the country's first openly gay elected officials and a Navy veteran.
End of the Penny Grows Near

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Alan Rappeport |Karoun Demirjian

The Treasury Department is winding down the production of pennies, after ordering a last batch of the blanks used to print the coins this month. The end of penny production, reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal, comes a few months after President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop producing them as a cost-saving measure, pointing out that pennies have long been more expensive to manufacture than they are worth.
Trump Administration Caps Flights in and Out of Newark Airport

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Karoun Demirjian |Niraj Chokshi

Commentary: Who's responsible for the aviation mess? Transportation Secretary Duffy says it's everyone but himPicking out the worst performer among Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees is a tough job — it’s a competitive race, after all— but one member who deserves to be in the running by almost any measure of incompetence is Sean Duffy, the secretary of Transportation. Duffy is a classic example of someone …