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Washington, D.C.

National security reporter

Education: City University, London, MA in international journalism; University of California at Berkeley, BA in humanities

Ellen Nakashima is a national security reporter for The Washington Post. She covers intelligence and national security issues. She has written about the security aspects of the U.S.-China relationship, the west's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and classified intelligence leaks. She has been a member of three Pulitzer-prize winning teams at The Post, including in 2022 for an investigation of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, in 2018 for digging into Moscow’s efforts to influence the 2016 election, and in 2014 for exploring the hidden scope National Security Agency surveillance.

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Supporters of Yemen's Houthi movement rally against Israel in the capital, Sanaa, on Oct. 25.

The U.S. Capitol, under heavy security, ahead of President Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021.

U.S. and China flags in 2022.

President Donald Trump looks at his phone at the White House in June 2020.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a summit in Laos on Oct. 11.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the general debate of the 79th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, on Sept. 27.

FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in January.

U.S. and Chinese flags in Beijing in 2018.