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Janna Brancolini is an American journalist based in Rome, Italy, covering business, politics, culture, tech and the environment. She writes about financial policy for Bloomberg and covered the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy for the Los Angeles Times. Her articles and essays have also appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Business Insider and more. Janna’s first narrative nonfiction book, "Breaking the Surface," blending science, art and history to tell the story of pioneering underwater archaeologist Honor Frost, is forthcoming from St. Martin's Press.

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Trump’s Own Judge Sister Once Ruled Against Deportation Plan

GUESS HE DIDN’T READ IT

Donald Trump’s late sister Maryanne Trump Barry was a federal judge who ruled that a 1952 law on “deportable aliens” was unconstitutional.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 24, 2025

RFK Jr. Cozies Up to Anti-Vax Crusader Novak Djokovic

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Trump’s secretary of health and human services said during his confirmation hearing that he wasn’t “anti-vaccine.”

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 24, 2025

Red District Town Halls Are in Meltdown as GOP Goes MIA

RAGING IN ABSENTIA

‘Empty chair’ town halls are in uproar as Republican lawmakers refuse to hold public events.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 24, 2025

Musk ‘Financially Retaliated’ After Baby Mama Sued: Lawyer

BABY DRAMA

MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair had sued Musk for sole custody of the baby boy she gave birth to in September.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 21, 2025

Pod Bros: Why Everything We Thought We Knew in ’16 Was Wrong

COMPLETE 180

“A 75-year-old white man was more likely to support Kamala Harris than an 18-year-old white man.”

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 21, 2025

Global Travel in Chaos as Fire Shuts Down London Heathrow

KNOCK-ON EFFECTS

A fire at an electrical substation knocked out power at the world’s fifth-busiest airport.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 21, 2025

Trump Threatens to Send Tesla Vandals to El Salvador Prisons

‘DOMESTIC TERRORISM’

The president also implied attacks on cars were part of a national conspiracy against his megadonor Elon Musk.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 21, 2025

Jon Stewart: This Is What ‘Makes Me So Mad’ at Democrats

GET IN THE GAME

The comedian questioned why “ordinary people” and not their representatives are the ones who are being forced to oppose Elon Musk’s DOGE.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 20, 2025

Trump Shows Off His Oval Office ‘Coke Button’ to Ingraham

PRIDE AND JOY

A button on the Resolute Desk summons a butler to bring the president chilled Diet Coke.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 20, 2025

GOP Rep Laughs Gleefully as Voters Boo Musk’s DOGE

SOAKING UP THE HATE

About 75 percent of the crowd was there to challenge Wyoming congresswoman Harriet Hageman, according to estimates.

Janna Brancolini | Published Mar 20, 2025

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