Daniel Croft
Washington Correspondent · Politics & Policy
Daniel Croft covers Politics & Policy for BreakWire News. Daniel Croft is BreakWire's Washington Correspondent, covering Congress, the executive branch, and the regulatory agencies that shape American economic and social life. He spent nine years at NPR's political desk.
Areas of expertise: U.S. Politics, Fiscal Policy, Regulatory Affairs, Congress
Recent Articles
- Trump’s Washington Overhaul Disrupts Capital Landmarks and Streets
Washington is being torn up in plain sight. Around the White House, fencing, demolition and renovation have turned familiar civic space into a construction zone.
- US strike on Pacific boat kills three
A US military strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific killed three people Thursday. The attack adds to a fast-growing death toll in the administration’s campaign against alleged "n…
- Vance Takes Point on Trump’s Iran Deal Defense
JD Vance has become the administration’s most visible defender of Donald Trump’s Iran plan. That’s telling on the policy, and maybe even more telling on the politics.
- LAPD Releases Video in Dog Shooting Case
The LAPD has now put out the footage at the center of a week of anger. What it shows will sharpen, not settle, the questions about how officers use force against animals.
- Elderly San Francisco couple found dead beside highway
Judith Sheldon and her husband, Wylie, set out for Oregon on a hot day and never made it. Investigators are still trying to determine how the San Francisco couple ended up dead bes…
- Raskin presses Harvard and Bard over Epstein ties
Jamie Raskin is reopening scrutiny of how Harvard and Bard handled their connections to Jeffrey Epstein. His request is narrower than a subpoena, but it points at a familiar instit…
- Knicks Accept Trump White House Invitation After Title
The Knicks are headed to the White House, if James Dolan is to be taken at his word. That would make them the first NBA champions to visit President Donald Trump during his current…
- Six Aboard Jet in Laredo Crash
A small jet went down on a highway in Laredo, killing one person and leaving five others to scramble out. A bystander’s video caught the first chaotic seconds of the rescue.
- Trump announces narrow U.S.-Iran framework deal
The U.S. and Iran reached a framework only after a late scramble. The hard parts weren't solved; they were deferred, and that matters more than the ceremony.
- Judge orders prisons to provide hormones to inmates
A federal judge told the Bureau of Prisons it can't swap out prescribed hormone treatment for therapy and antidepressants. The ruling cuts directly at how the government tried to r…
- DC mayoral hopefuls make Trump a governing test
Washington is about to choose a new mayor for the first time in more than a decade. Hanging over the race is a practical question, not a slogan: how the next mayor would deal with …
- Trump pressed to denounce UFC fighter’s White House slur
A White House UFC appearance turned into something else when fighter Josh Hokit used the microphone to smear Michelle Obama. Trump was standing there. He hasn't publicly condemned …
- Delaney Hall dress code blocks family visits
At Delaney Hall in Newark, families say seeing detained relatives can turn on a pair of Crocs or a child's onesie. The rulebook exists. Visitors say the rules on the ground keep ch…
- Medical examiner rules Haitian asylum seeker’s death homicide
Daphy Michel died of hypothermia at a Pittsburgh bus shelter days after leaving ICE custody. A medical examiner has now ruled her death a homicide, and her family’s lawyer says a l…
- DACA Renewal Delays Cost Dreamers Work Authorization
DACA renewals once turned around in weeks. Now some recipients are waiting months, and the lapse is costing them jobs, paychecks and legal certainty.
- Church Kept Priest Despite Misconduct Reports for Years
Catholic church leaders were warned for years about Anthony Odiong. They still moved to keep him in ministry until a Texas jury convicted him.
- Mangione Returns to Court as Defense Fund Swells
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers are back in a New York courtroom this week. Outside the courthouse, the money and attention around his case have only grown.
- Farmers Revise CSA Plans to Match Buying Habits
The old CSA pitch was simple: pay upfront, share the harvest, take what the farm grows. More farmers now say that model needs editing if it’s going to keep working.
- Trump Says U.S.-Iran Framework Deal Nears Signing
The U.S. and Iran say they have a framework to stop a 15-week war. The harder part starts now: 60 days of technical talks over sanctions, the nuclear file and the Strait of Hormuz.
- Trump Plans July 4 Washington Anniversary Rally
Donald Trump says he wants a July 4 rally in Washington built around the country’s 250th anniversary. The plan, as he described it, is part campaign event, part patriotic stagecraf…
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