Steve Herman

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Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation / Asst. Professor of Practice @olemissjourimc Ex White House bureau chief @VOANews W7DQ

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1	Jun 13, '25	USAGM today urgently called back to work the staff of the Voice of America's Farsi language service. All had been on paid admin leave for the past three months with the rest of VOA	1232×	2.1M	3.6k	1.3k	349
2	Jun 2, '25	(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency’s head said during a briefing that he hadn’t been aware the US has a hurricane season.	353×	608k	1.8k	562	147
3	May 6, '25	Neighbors report two upscale DC restaurants on New Mexico Ave. just raided by DHS/ICE: Chef Geoff's (owned by the husband of CBS News' Norah O'Donnell) and Al Dente.	302×	521k	1.6k	477	57
4	May 17, '23	National Archives has informed the former president it’ll hand over to special counsel Jack Smith 16 records showing Trump and his top advisers knew the correct declassification pr	287×	495k	4.2k	931	27
5	Dec 16, '22	Let's rewind the tape:	88.6×	153k	1.5k	441	12
6	Oct 29, '17	Lone cyclist responds to @POTUS motorcade shortly after departing Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. (Photo: @b_smialowski/@AFP)	51.4×	0	58k	18k	3
7	Jan 8, '21	A @DCPoliceDept officer says off-duty police officers and members of the military, who were among the rioters, flashed their badges and I.D. cards as they attempted to overrun the	28.9×	0	24k	12k	1.2k
8	Apr 30, '20	All of us who traveled with him were notified by the office of @VP the day before the trip that wearing of masks was required by the @MayoClinic and to prepare accordingly.	23.4×	0	27k	8.5k	152
9	Sep 21, '18	View of the line outside Las Vegas Convention Center of those waiting to get into the @realDonaldTrump #MAGA rally. (Photos sent to me from someone who prefers to remain anonymous)	15.5×	0	19k	4.1k	13
10	Oct 30, '19	I've requested details from the @WhiteHouse on this photo. There was no such canine event on today's @POTUS schedule but there is a Medal of Honor ceremony set here for later today	14.7×	0	6.7k	2k	155
11	May 24, '17	In presence of pool reporters @POTUS said to @Pontifex it's "a very great honor." The pope did not say anything. He did not smile.	14.1×	0	13k	6.4k	0
12	Jan 26, '20	House Manager @RepAdamSchiff says he takes this as a threat.	12.7×	0	15k	3.5k	41
13	Jul 4, '20	Notable reaction to @POTUS mentioning Frank Sinatra in his speech at Mt. Rushmore.	11.1×	0	15k	3.4k	100
14	Nov 14, '19	Both @SenatorRisch and @marcorubio have initiated a process for the Senate to quickly pass their Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (S. 1838).	9.4×	0	6.5k	5.9k	0
15	Jul 26, '17	It's confirmed by @ENERGY that @SecretaryPerry spent 22 minutes speaking with Russian prankster he thought was #Ukraine prime minister.	8.9×	0	7.1k	3.7k	0
16	Aug 10, '21	Those in hurricane-prone areas should get vaccinated now, says @POTUS, explaining that "if you wind up having to stay in shelter you don't want to add COVID-19 to the list of dange	8.4×	0	13k	2k	24
17	Oct 30, '19	@WhiteHouse @POTUS Photoshopped from the first Medal of Honor @realDonaldTrump awarded (to James McCloughan of the @USArmy for conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War).	7.9×	0	6.8k	3.2k	129
18	Aug 21, '17	In response to my question about the USS John S. McCain collision @POTUS at @WhiteHouse South Portico replies “that’s too bad.”	7.7×	0	3.5k	3.7k	0
19	May 31, '22	Looks like tomorrow’s @WhiteHouse briefing by @PressSec will be brief as 30 minutes after it starts @POTUS is to meet with #BTS in the Oval Office.	7.0×	0	6.8k	3.3k	199
20	Oct 30, '19	@WhiteHouse @POTUS "It's photoshopped," acknowledges a @WhiteHouse official. The dog is not here at the @WhiteHouse -- yet.	6.9×	0	7k	1.7k	32
21	May 26, '22	K-pop group @BTS_twt will join @POTUS next Tuesday "to discuss Asian inclusion and representation, and to address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more p	6.9×	0	8.3k	2.7k	62
22	Mar 17, '21	I was the one holding the lighter-colored fuzzy microphone and thus literally in front of @POTUS on the South Lawn. It's all real. Who actually believes this 'faked moon landing' t	6.8×	0	8k	1.7k	225
23	Dec 25, '21	“I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech" for expressing "my frustrations in a joking manner,” complains Jared Schmeck, the #Oregon father of four who told @POTUS: '	6.6×	0	2k	423	151
24	May 31, '22	"Forget about me," begins @PressSec as she welcomes #BTS to the @WhiteHouse briefing room for recognition of #AAPIHeritageMonth.	6.2×	0	7k	2.6k	215
25	Jan 5, '20	Apparent hacking by an #Iran-linked group of a US government website (the little-known Federal Depository Library Program). is currently offline.	5.7×	0	5.1k	2.2k	111
26	Aug 1, '20	“As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from the United States,” said @POTUS.	5.7×	0	5.8k	937	44
27	Aug 30, '20	"Do you seriously wonder, Mr. President, why this is the first time in decades that America has seen this level of violence?" asks @tedwheeler. "It is you..."	5.2×	0	5.5k	1.9k	49
28	Oct 2, '18	Official @WhiteHouse transcripts misquotes @POTUS today chiding @CeciliaVega (compare video to text). I was sitting just behind her in the Rose Garden and we all clearly heard him	5.1×	0	3.8k	2.1k	22
29	May 31, '22	"We're devastated by the recent spate of hate crimes" in the US, is one of the #BTS messages today at the @WhiteHouse. "Music is always a wonderful unifier."	4.6×	0	5.1k	2.1k	103
30	Oct 30, '19	@WhiteHouse @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @USArmy And @nytimes has a story out on this:	4.5×	0	3.5k	1.8k	67
31	Jan 14, '19	Marine One blows snow on @WhiteHouse press corps.	4.5×	0	4.5k	1.1k	26
32	Jul 9, '19	US District Court Judge Jesse Furman denies request of @TheJusticeDept to change lawyers handling #2020Census case, calling it "patently deficient" and providing no "satisfactory r	4.2×	0	3.9k	1.7k	33
33	Mar 22, '20	Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, now one of New York's most notorious prison inmates after being sentenced for sexual assault, has tested positive for #COVID19, according to	4.1×	0	2k	1k	24
34	Aug 9, '19	On Air Force One, @LindseyGrahamSC tells reporters he owns an AR-15 in case "there's a hurricane, a natural disaster, no power, no cops, no anything" and looters will know not "to	3.9×	0	1.5k	641	27
35	Mar 31, '21	Two ⁦@CapitolPolice⁩ veterans who were on duty during the #CapitolSiege sue Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting the violent mob that injured officers.	3.9×	0	5.3k	1.1k	42
36	Oct 27, '18	"All these Jews need to die," suspect tells police on scene at Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.	3.8×	0	1.3k	1.8k	15
37	Jul 6, '20	Several of us in the room, who had not been able to ask questions, still had our hands patiently raised when the briefing ended at the 22-minute mark.	3.6×	0	4.7k	757	28
38	Jul 11, '19	After the @POTUS statement, I queried @SebGorka (former deputy assistant to @POTUS) in the @WhiteHouse Rose Garden about why he blocks so many journalists (including me) on Twitter	3.5×	0	2.4k	986	66
39	Mar 3, '20	We’re underway. No audio or video permitted but photos OK per @WhiteHouse.	3.0×	0	1.2k	651	40
40	Jun 29, '19	At #ROK Blue House @POTUS, @IvankaTrump and @jaredkushner greeted by @moonriver365 and K-Pop boy band Exo. (Radio pool photo: @karentravers)	2.9×	0	2k	1.9k	3
41	May 22, '18	This week I’ve been observing a sinkhole on the @WhiteHouse North Lawn, just outside the press briefing room, growing larger by the day.	2.7×	0	1.9k	513	10
42	May 31, '22	An alert has been issued by @CISAgov to election officials warning of vulnerabilities in @DominionVoting systems used in 16 states that hackers could exploit, reports @AP.	2.6×	0	1.6k	955	98
43	Jun 9, '18	The breakfast is underway, hosted by @JustinTrudeau, who says time is tight and they'll get started without waiting for any "stragglers." (@POTUS has not yet been spotted in the ro	2.5×	0	3k	762	5
44	May 23, '21	Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick enough in Nov. 2019 that they sought hospital care, according to a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report, rep	2.5×	0	2k	993	163
45	Oct 17, '19	The @WhiteHouse principal deputy press secretary, @hogangidley45, just spoke at length to @foxnews — but says he has no time to answer even a single question on #Turkey or any othe	2.5×	0	1.9k	935	11
46	Jul 8, '17	Huge mistake in readout just issued by @WhiteHouse for @POTUS-Xi pre-bilat remarks: "PRESIDENT XI OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA"	2.4×	0	1.4k	974	1
47	Dec 18, '20	The @WhiteHouse media pool was summoned to gather and then was dismissed with no explanation.	2.4×	0	2.6k	372	11
48	Mar 31, '20	Absolutely critical to follow the guidelines for the next 30 days, according to @POTUS who says, "it's a matter of life and death."	2.3×	0	2.3k	684	22
49	Jun 20, '20	On the firing of SDNY Prosecutor Berman, @POTUS tells reporters that it's all up to Attorney General Barr, "I'm not involved."	2.3×	0	1.8k	687	23
50	Nov 17, '17	"The Navy holds its aircrew to the highest standards and we find this absolutely unacceptable, of zero training value and we are holding the crew accountable." @KREM2	2.3×	0	1.7k	856	0
51	Feb 5, '17	Here’s the entire @nbcsnl skit of the impersonation of @PressSec by @melissamccarthy.	2.2×	0	2.2k	934	0
52	Jun 13, '19	Federal watchdog agency determines @WhiteHouse counselor @KellyannePolls violated #HatchAct on numerous times by “disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in h	2.2×	0	1.9k	802	5
53	Jun 15, '20	Both @VOANews Director @abennett and Deputy Director @slsugawara have just resigned.	2.2×	0	2k	914	29
54	Sep 3, '20	Currently, @JoeBiden is in a private meeting with Jacob Blake’s family, according to pool reporters.	2.2×	0	3.4k	420	3
55	Oct 4, '20	Just released by the @WhiteHouse: Two official Joyce Boghosian photos showing #coronavirus patient @POTUS working inside his @WRBethesda hospital site.	2.2×	0	1.6k	506	34
56	Oct 20, '20	Former @GOP and @realDonaldTrump donor Elliott Broidy enters guilty plea; admits to acting as an unregistered foreign agent for interests of #China and #Malaysia and accepting mill	2.1×	0	1.7k	992	30
57	Feb 16, '19	First known lawsuit filed against the #NationalEmergencyDeclaration by @POTUS.	2.0×	0	2.5k	674	3
58	Mar 31, '20	"Our country is in the midst of a great national trial unlike any we have faced before," begins @POTUS.	2.0×	0	2.3k	430	25
59	Oct 15, '18	One other revelation from tonight's @LesleyRStahl interview with @POTUS is 'The Republican Club' portrait by cowboy painter Andy Thomas is on a wall in the @WhiteHouse.	2.0×	0	1.6k	439	35
60	Aug 18, '20	On Air Force One, @POTUS tells reporters that on Tuesday there’ll be a pardon for “very, very important figure” but it won’t be @Snowden or @GenFlynn.	2.0×	0	1.9k	554	13
61	May 25, '22	A Border Patrol agent who was nearby when the #UvaldeSchoolShooting began rushed into the school without waiting for backup and shot and killed the gunman, who was behind a barrica	1.9×	0	2.5k	446	50
62	Feb 13, '20	The sharp rise in Hubei #coronavirus cases is supposedly due to the use of new methodology. That aside, it reveals a much more serious situation there than previously revealed.	1.8×	0	2.1k	676	21
63	Jan 13, '18	Saturday front pages of NYC tabloids.	1.8×	0	1.7k	845	0
64	Jun 21, '20	“Protesters did not stop people from going to that rally. The fact is people didn’t show up," says Chris Wallace on @FoxNewsSunday.	1.8×	0	2.4k	552	3
65	Jan 20, '19	There’s been a bucket on display in a @WhiteHouse window for several days now.	1.8×	0	1.4k	374	7
66	Sep 17, '18	FISA documents declassified by @POTUS.	1.7×	0	1.3k	722	3
67	Mar 27, '20	NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE SELECTED RESERVE AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE OF THE ARMED FORCES TO ACTIVE DUTY -- @WhiteHouse	1.7×	0	1.4k	788	42
68	Mar 25, '17	No details from @WhiteHouse on today's @POTUS "meetings." Attire and mode of transport suggest more leisurely pursuits at his golf course.	1.7×	0	1.5k	817	1
69	Sep 16, '20	The video replaces the @LuisFonsi song @JoeBiden actually played on his phone with one from #NWA. How do I know this? I was in the room for the Hispanic event in Osceola County, #F	1.7×	0	1.9k	472	17
70	Nov 2, '20	A federal judge has ordered @USPS to use its Express Mail Network this week to deliver ballots for #Election2020, reports @Reuters.	1.6×	0	1.9k	583	14
71	Jul 7, '20	US “looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including @tiktok_us, @SecPompeo tells @FoxNews, cautioning that people should only download that app “if you want your private i	1.6×	0	1.6k	475	26
72	Jun 13, '19	Former @realDonaldTrump campaign Deputy Campaign Manager Rick Gates and former @WhiteHouse National Security Advisor Michael Flynn for subpoenaed by @HouseIntel.	1.6×	0	1.5k	607	6
73	Nov 8, '20	Former President George W. Bush says he has called @JoeBiden to extend congratulations.	1.6×	0	2.5k	281	5
74	Aug 13, '17	Being held without bail on murder, other charges in Charlottesville hit-and-run: James Alex Fields, Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio.	1.5×	0	1.1k	836	1
75	May 31, '22	Members of #BTS making brief remarks at the @WhiteHouse briefing room lectern.	1.5×	0	1.7k	630	36
76	Sep 18, '20	Asked just before boarding Marine One if he’s looking to replace @FBI Director Wray, @POTUS replies: “We’re looking at a lot of different things...I did not like his answer the oth	1.5×	0	1.3k	587	12
77	Sep 27, '19	Friday @nytimes and @NYDailyNews front pages.	1.5×	0	1.6k	608	19
78	Jul 2, '19	Balochistan Liberation Army added to @USTreasury terrorism list. #Pakistan	1.4×	0	1.4k	539	6
79	Oct 31, '18	Unsealed after nearly 45 years: Grand jury was prepared to indict President Richard Nixon on four criminal counts:	1.4×	0	1.2k	658	30
80	Jul 14, '20	First term @GOP congressman from #Kansas, @Rep_Watkins, charged with voter fraud.	1.3×	0	1.2k	548	9
81	Sep 10, '20	Federal court rules @POTUS order to exclude undocumented immigrants from #2020Census for apportioning congressional districts is unlawful.	1.3×	0	1.5k	512	5
82	Jan 19, '21	"Extremism is not tolerated in any branch of the United States military," says @USArmy General Dan Hokanson, who is the chief of the National Guard Bureau.	1.3×	0	1.6k	291	34
83	May 22, '19	Update: @DeutscheBank says it'll abide by the court order.	1.2×	0	1.4k	385	1
84	Feb 19, '19	Former Acting AG @MattWhitaker46, who earlier this month told a congressional committee @realDonaldTrump had never pressured him over the various investigations, "is now under scru	1.2×	0	1.4k	477	3
85	Aug 27, '21	Personal thread: Departing my @WhiteHouse assignment today that spanned two presidents and five press secretaries over 1,643 days (~149 Scaramuccis).	1.2×	0	1.9k	122	10
86	Aug 1, '20	In a @washingtonpost op-ed this morning, recently retired @USArmy Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says: "At no point in my career or life have I felt our nation’s values under greater t	1.2×	0	1.4k	360	3
87	Jun 5, '22	#Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's trip to Belgrade has been cancelled after countries around #Serbia close their airspace to his aircraft, a senior foreign ministry source t	1.2×	0	1.7k	213	12
88	Oct 27, '18	The municipality building in Tel Aviv is lit in the colors of the American flag in solidarity with the victims of the #TreeOfLifeSynagogue shooting. (Photo: @Reuters/Nir Elias)	1.1×	0	1.4k	414	1
89	Aug 19, '20	"I am not going to comment on security matters," replies @PressSec when asked if the @POTUS limousine will still be using @goodyear tires.	1.1×	0	1.4k	264	9
90	Oct 24, '20	Asked if he’s seen the #Borat2 footage and if he’s worried about security breaches, @POTUS replies: “I don’t know what happened. But years ago, you know, he (@SachaBaronCohen) trie	1.1×	0	1.2k	162	27
91	Apr 26, '18	"Look how nice your parents are behaving. I can't believe this," @POTUS says to children of @WhiteHouse journalists. "They're not screaming. They're not going wild."	1.1×	0	1.2k	332	0
92	Oct 28, '19	Remarkable ad addressed to @Nationals fans from an @astros fan in the sports section of this morning’s @washingtonpost. #WorldSeries	1.1×	0	1.5k	294	8
93	Oct 27, '19	“The President of the United States will be making a major statement tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock from the White House,” according to @WhiteHouse statement.	1.0×	0	989	403	3
94	Dec 11, '17	Judge orders @PaulManafort to remain under house arrest for now.	1.0×	0	1.1k	384	0
95	Oct 10	Sam Cooke sang “don’t know much about history,” but you will after listening to the fascinating lesson spanning the centuries about educating the republic in this weekend’s episode	1.0×	1.7k	3	4	0
96	Dec 5, '17	Top four tweeted elected US officials not a surprise (@realDonaldTrump, @VP, @SpeakerRyan and @BarackObama), but in 5th place is a #California congressman: @RepTedLieu.	1.0×	0	1.6k	163	0
97	Mar 18, '21	A view of the @WhiteHouse right now. #StPatricksDay	1.0×	0	1.4k	225	4
98	Mar 29, '19	#Mexico "has to grab it and they have to stop it," says @POTUS of caravans. "If they don't stop 'em, we're closing the border. And we'll close it for a long time. I'm not playing g	1.0×	0	1.3k	304	1
99	Aug 18, '20	Asked about @JohnKasich speaking at the #DemocraticConvention, @POTUS replies: “He was a loser as a Republican, and he’ll be a loser as a Democrat.”	1.0×	0	1.3k	235	1
100	Apr 30, '20	View post on X	0.9×	0	1.3k	219	0
101	Nov 2, '22	#Arizona judge issues temporary restraining order against a group of ‘ballot watchers’ accused of intimidating voters.	0.8×	0	1.1k	213	0

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