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Peter Baker

@peterbakernyt
18 posts
2026-02-24
About $1.7 billion flowed from two accounts at Binance, whose founder was pardoned by Trump, to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups, a possible violation of global sanctions, investigators discovered. @yaffebellany @PekingMike https://www.nytimes.com/...
2026-02-24 View on X
Wall Street Journal

How Binance staffers found $1B was sent to sanctioned Iranian entities via the exchange, which dismantled their probe and suspended them after Trump pardoned CZ

Weeks after Trump pardoned Binance's founder, the company dismantled probe and suspended the investigators; Binance denied inquiry ended or staff fired for the concerns

2025-08-20
In other unsurprising news: It looks like Elon Musk won't be starting a third party after all. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
2025-08-20 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: Elon Musk is quietly pumping the brakes on his plans to start a US political party, telling allies he wants to focus his attention on his companies

The billionaire has sought to maintain ties with JD Vance, a potential heir to Trump's MAGA political movement

2025-03-25
The must-read of the week (recognizing it's only Monday): What happens when the president's national security team accidentally includes a journalist on a theoretically highly secret group chat about an upcoming military operation. @JeffreyGoldberg https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
2025-03-25 View on X
The Atlantic

Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic's EIC to a Signal group chat about the US' Houthi war plans; Signal is not approved for sharing classified info

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen.  I didn't think it could be real.

2023-08-01
When the ⁦@nytimes⁩ reported that a contractor had bought a spy tool made by NSO, the White House put the FBI in charge of figuring out who did it. Now the FBI figured it out: It was the FBI ⁦@MarkMazzettiNYT⁩ ⁦@ronenbergman⁩ Adam Goldman https://www.nytimes.com/...
2023-08-01 View on X
New York Times

The FBI says a contractor misled the agency and used NSO's Landmark to track people in Mexico without consent; the FBI terminated the contract in April 2023

After a Times report, the bureau canceled its contract with a government contractor that used the tool on its behalf.  But questions remain.

2022-12-27
Shares in Elon Musk's Tesla have fallen 18% this week alone and 65% over the course of 2022. ⁦@timkhiggins⁩ https://www.wsj.com/...
2022-12-27 View on X
Wall Street Journal

How Elon Musk's finances got more complicated as TSLA dropped 65%+ in 2022, shrinking his borrowing power and his fortune from an estimated $340B peak to $140B

2022-12-26
Shares in Elon Musk's Tesla have fallen 18% this week alone and 65% over the course of 2022. ⁦@timkhiggins⁩ https://www.wsj.com/...
2022-12-26 View on X
Washington Post

Former Twitter employees and people in Elon Musk's orbit detail his erratic leadership; Musk wanted “full access” for Bari Weiss, which staff refused to grant

Musk's intense focus on his social media company purchase has devolved into the culture wars.  Meanwhile, Tesla is tanking.

2021-08-11
Senate passes infrastructure bill on a strong bipartisan 69-30 vote, with 19 Republicans including McConnell defying Trump to back the plan for building roads, bridges, trains, high-speed internet and more. @ESCochrane https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-08-11 View on X
CoinDesk

Senate sends $1T infrastructure bill to the House after a 69-30 vote; the bill contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax provision critics see as too broad

2021-07-09
The Trump presidency was a trying period for Facebook and for its leaders, testing a central relationship between Zuckerberg and Sandberg as she became increasingly isolated. An excerpt from the long-awaited book “An Ugly Truth” by @sheeraf @ceciliakang https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-07-09 View on X
New York Times

Book excerpt shows how Zuckerberg and Sandberg's partnership deteriorated during the Trump era, as Zuckerberg increasingly made the biggest policy decisions

it feels ... familiar. And excited to read this tome tonight. https://twitter.com/... @seyitaylor : I'm assuming this is what the “Agrestes” episode was based on? https://twitter.c...

The Trump presidency was a trying period for Facebook and for its leaders, testing a central relationship between Zuckerberg and Sandberg as she became increasingly isolated. An excerpt from the long-awaited book “An Ugly Truth” by @sheeraf @ceciliakang https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-07-09 View on X
New York Times

Book review of An Ugly Truth: an effective examination of every major Facebook scandal and shortcomings in Facebook's leadership, structure, and accountability

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.  —  AN UGLY TRUTH Tweets: @carolleonnig , @marietjeschaake , @sarahfrier , @shee...

2021-07-08
The Trump presidency was a trying period for Facebook and for its leaders, testing a central relationship between Zuckerberg and Sandberg as she became increasingly isolated. An excerpt from the long-awaited book “An Ugly Truth” by @sheeraf @ceciliakang https://www.nytimes.com/...
2021-07-08 View on X
New York Times

Book excerpt shows how Zuckerberg and Sandberg's partnership deteriorated during the Trump era, as Zuckerberg increasingly made the biggest policy decisions

The company they built is wildly successful.  But her Washington wisdom didn't hold up, and neither did their close working relationship.

2020-12-21
Trump once again seeks to absolve Russia amid allegations of hostile action, contradicting Pompeo and other US officials by saying Beijing not Moscow may have been behind cyberattack and insisting it was not as a big a deal as reported. ⁦@SangerNYT⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-12-21 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Analysis finds 24+ organizations that installed SolarWinds code, including Cisco, Intel, Nvidia, VMware, Belkin, a CA hospital, and Kent State university

A Wall Street Journal analysis identified at least 24 organizations that installed software laced with malicious code by Russian hackers

Trump once again seeks to absolve Russia amid allegations of hostile action, contradicting Pompeo and other US officials by saying Beijing not Moscow may have been behind cyberattack and insisting it was not as a big a deal as reported. ⁦@SangerNYT⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-12-21 View on X
Axios

Trump downplayed the massive cyberattack on the US government, claiming that China may be responsible and the “Fake News Media” is exaggerating its extent

2020-12-20
Trump once again seeks to absolve Russia amid allegations of hostile action, contradicting Pompeo and other US officials by saying Beijing not Moscow may have been behind cyberattack and insisting it was not as a big a deal as reported. ⁦@SangerNYT⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-12-20 View on X
Axios

Trump downplayed the massive cyberattack on the US government, claiming that China may be responsible and the “Fake News Media” is exaggerating its extent

President Trump downplayed a massive cyberattack on U.S. government departments and agencies and private companies on Twitter Saturday …

Pompeo says it is clear that Russia was behind the widespread hacking of US government systems, becoming the first member of the Trump administration to publicly link the Kremlin to the cyberattack. ⁦@nytstevek⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-12-20 View on X
Axios

Trump downplayed the massive cyberattack on the US government, claiming that China may be responsible and the “Fake News Media” is exaggerating its extent

President Trump downplayed a massive cyberattack on U.S. government departments and agencies and private companies on Twitter Saturday …

Trump once again seeks to absolve Russia amid allegations of hostile action, contradicting Pompeo and other US officials by saying Beijing not Moscow may have been behind cyberattack and insisting it was not as a big a deal as reported. ⁦@SangerNYT⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-12-20 View on X
Washington Post

Mike Pompeo says Russia is “pretty clearly” behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign, the first Trump administration official to publicly blame the country

and Chose Not to Fix Them Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News : Secretary of State Pompeo says hack was ‘pretty clearly’ Russian Oriana Gonzalez / Axios : Pompeo says Russia is “pret...

Pompeo says it is clear that Russia was behind the widespread hacking of US government systems, becoming the first member of the Trump administration to publicly link the Kremlin to the cyberattack. ⁦@nytstevek⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-12-20 View on X
Washington Post

Mike Pompeo says Russia is “pretty clearly” behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign, the first Trump administration official to publicly blame the country

and Chose Not to Fix Them Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News : Secretary of State Pompeo says hack was ‘pretty clearly’ Russian Oriana Gonzalez / Axios : Pompeo says Russia is “pret...

2020-03-16
Trump declared that Google would have a coronavirus test screening web site done “very quickly,” but Verily, a subsidiary of Google's parent company, says it is still “in the early stages of development.” ⁦@shearm⁩ ⁦@daiwaka⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-03-16 View on X
CNBC

Alphabet's Verily launches a coronavirus screening website limited to the San Francisco Bay area, requires users to log in with their Google account

- Alphabet's Verily on Sunday night launched a pilot of a COVID-19 screening and testing website in the San Francisco Bay Area, a day earlier than it said it would.

Trump declared that Google would have a coronavirus test screening web site done “very quickly,” but Verily, a subsidiary of Google's parent company, says it is still “in the early stages of development.” ⁦@shearm⁩ ⁦@daiwaka⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-03-16 View on X
Reuters

Google says it is working with the US government to develop a nationwide COVID-19 website on symptoms, risks, and testing info, in addition to other measures

but Not Like Trump Said New York Times : Trump Oversold a Google Site to Fight Coronavirus Sean Collins / Vox : Despite his experts' grave warnings, Trump wants everyone to just “r...