lori aratani

@loriara

Planes, trains, scooters, automobiles, eVTOLs -- I write stories about how people get around (and sometimes don't) for The Washington Post.

washington, d.c. washingtonpost.com/people/lori-ar… Joined November 2007

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www.wsj.com Exclusive | United Airlines Is Banning AI Bots From Booking Flights The carrier says automated assistants present data-privacy risks; “I don’t want to create another middleman.”

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www.washingtonpost.com Flying by pricey military jet, Rubio rarely misses a Florida football game The secretary of state, who is required to travel by government plane, defended his trips to his alma mater to see his son play.

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Kennedys Join Suit to Block Trump’s Arch, Saying It Would Mar J.F.K. Gravesite nytimes.com/2026/11/10/us/… via @NYTimes

www.nytimes.com Kennedys Move to Block Trump’s Arch, Saying It Would Disturb J.F.K. Gravesite The legal filing argues that the arch would cast a shadow on Kennedy family graves and disrupt the sightline from the eternal flame memorializing the former president.

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www.latimes.com They fled California for Republican Texas. Then the blue wave hit the Lone Star State Hundreds of thousands of conservative Californians moved to Texas, hoping for a change of political scenery. Now they find themselves in a blue state.

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Soft light minutes before sunset yesterday cast a warm glow over the Tidal Basin.

I wrote a @capitalweather post showing more photos of the peak fall foliage, which should run in a day or two.

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