The Washington Post has consistently produced high-quality, news cycle-leading reporting over the first year of Donald Trump’s chaotic and unpredictable second administration. The sections most likely to be affected by the cuts include sports, metro and foreign, according to staffers who spoke with the Guardian. “We know what happens when newspapers slash their international sections: they lose reach and they lose relevance,” the staffers wrote. “I was the Washington Post’s Olympics beat writer from 1988-96,” wrote veteran sports columnist Christine Brennan in a post on X. Some current and former Post staffers who spoke with the Guardian conveyed a sense that Bezos, who acquired the Post in 2013 from family ownership, is missing in action.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2026 13:55 UTC