Ledyard King

1 month ago | nationaljournal.com | Tom DeFrank |Ledyard King |Philip Athey

On March 28, she went on the Daily Beast Podcast with comedian Samantha Bee and co-host Joanna Coles. Again, she mocked the correspondents for asking her not to target only one party. “They were like, ‘You need to be equal and make sure that you give it to both sides,’ and I was like, ‘There’s no way I’m going to be freaking doing that,'” she said.

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Ledyard King |Savannah Behrmann |Erin Durkin |Cristina Maza

Don Maston is president of the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, which has more than 130,000 members delivering mail to rural and suburban communities throughout the U.S. Maston spoke with Ledyard King about President Trump’s push to privatize the U.S. Postal Service, his thoughts on recently departed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, and why he thinks rural America needs its letter carriers more than ever. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Natalie Jackson |Cristina Maza |Erika Filter |Ledyard King

The Trump administration has claimed it convinced Russia and Ukraine to enter a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea, a crucial body of water for grain shipping. But almost a week after the announcement, no one seems to know when the ceasefire will begin or how it will be implemented. The White House announced the Black Sea deal on March 25 after teams from all three countries met in Saudi Arabia.

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Ledyard King

Amidst staffing layoffs and efforts to modernize the nation’s organ-transplant process, stakeholders worry a loss of knowledge and expertise could detrimentally impact an already fragile system. The current organ-transplant system is far from perfect, with 17 people per day dying while awaiting a transplant and more than 100,000 men, women, and children on the national waiting list. Every eight minutes, a person is added to that list.

Mar 3, 2025 | nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Ledyard King |Savannah Behrmann |Erin Durkin

Following a disastrous Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance, Europe is scrambling to support Kyiv and simultaneously salvage the flailing transatlantic relationship.