Sarah Blaskey

Washington, D.C., United States

Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post

Investigative reporter @washingtonpost | Former: @miamiherald | Co-author of "The Grifter's Club"

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Articles

USDA’s $1B in cuts leaves farmers and schools bracing for impact

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Ben Brasch |Praveena Somasundaram |Sarah Blaskey

The Trump administration last week moved to cut more than $1 billion in programs that helped schools and food banks buy fresh food and meat, leaving farmers and educators across the country worried about wide-ranging impacts. Some local and state leaders said they worry that the loss of funding will make it more difficult to feed hungry people in their areas. Farmers and those who work in food security said they fear the cuts could shutter farms and ranches that depended on those federal dollars.
USDA’s $1B in cuts leaves farmers and schools bracing for impact

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ben Brasch |Praveena Somasundaram |Sarah Blaskey

With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror and the next transaction period coming with July's free agency, an upcoming Florida Panthers free …
Inside the USDA, staffers struggle with Trump’s funding freeze

1 month ago | msn.com | Sarah Blaskey |Shawn Boburg

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Inside the USDA, staffers struggle with Trump’s funding freeze

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Blaskey |Shawn Boburg

The day after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt efforts to freeze trillions of dollars in U.S. government spending, a group of middle managers at the Department of Agriculture discussed the court action: Could they go ahead and release money promised to farmers and other grant recipients? The short answer, their boss told them, was no.
Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Aaron C. Davis |Sarah Blaskey |Andrew Tran

When visibility is good, pilots of regional airline jets bound for Reagan National Airport expect to hear a familiar request from air traffic control as they fly north up the Potomac River: Can the flight crew divert to Runway 33? Pilots who agree initiate a swooping turn that on final approach brings them northwest and low across the river — the path American Airlines Flight 5342 was on last week when it collided with an Army helicopter.
How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

Jan 13, 2025 | detroitnews.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samuel Oakford |Jarrett Ley |Jonathan O'Connell

As New Orleans officials deployed to protect thousands of revelers they knew would flock to the city’s famed French Quarter on New Year’s Eve, they parked a police SUV to block the main entrance to Bourbon Street, a packed pedestrian thoroughfare long seen as vulnerable to a vehicular-ramming attack. But the SUV left a large gap. That allowed the driver of a pickup truck to turn onto Bourbon Street hours after midnight, video shows, in the first moments of a deadly Islamic State-inspired rampage.
How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

Jan 13, 2025 | torontosun.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samuel Oakford |Jarrett Ley |Jonathan O'Connell

But the SUV left a large gap. That allowed the driver of a pickup truck to turn onto Bourbon Street hours after midnight, video shows, in the first moments of a deadly Islamic State-inspired rampage. It was not a momentary security lapse: At various times earlier that evening, the gap between the police SUV and the nearest structural obstacle was more than twice the width of the attacker’s truck, a Washington Post examination of visual evidence found.
How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

Jan 13, 2025 | msn.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samuel Oakford |Jarrett Ley |Jonathan O'Connell

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How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

Jan 13, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Sarah Blaskey |Samuel Oakford |Jarrett Ley |Jonathan O'Connell

Major security lapses preceded the vehicular-ramming attack that left 14 dead, according to a Post examination of visual evidence and accounts from witnesses. As New Orleans officials deployed to protect thousands of revelers they knew would flock to the city's famed French Quarter on New Year's Eve, they parked a police SUV to block the main entrance to Bourbon Street, a packed pedestrian thoroughfare long seen as vulnerable to a vehicular-ramming attack. But the SUV left a large gap.
How a mass shooter became Miami prosecutors’ informant

Dec 31, 2024 | miamiherald.com | Brittany Wallman |Charles Rabin |Sarah Blaskey