How Walmarts and blue-sky thinking were the making and then the undoing of Will Lewis at the Washington Post

By Rob Crilly

Published February 10, 2026 11:55am ET

Welcome to Washington Secrets, your guide to who’s up and who is less up. Today, we take a look at Will Lewis’s two years at the Washington Post and rate the chances of a full funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security — spoiler: 1% if you are lucky. Plus there’s more from the three-way Republican car-wreck in Texas. Is it only Tuesday?

The fallout from the Washington Post evisceration continues.