Anumita Kaur

Washington, D.C.

Staff writer, general assignment desk

Education: University of California at Santa Barbara, BA in sociology

Anumita Kaur is a general assignment reporter for The Washington Post. Before joining The Post in 2023, Kaur was a reporting fellow with the Los Angeles Times' D.C. bureau, where she helped cover the Biden-Harris administration, the Jan. 6 hearings, federal housing efforts and more. Prior to that, she was a reporter in Guam with Pacific Daily News, where she followed the U.S. military's impacts on the island. Kaur was born and raised in California.
Latest from Anumita Kaur

NBCUniversal CEO departs after ‘inappropriate relationship’

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is leaving the company after a probe into inappropriate conduct, Comcast said Sunday.

April 23, 2023

Why SpaceX’s Starship explosion is a low-key success

The sheer scale of Starship, which is deemed the world’s most powerful rocket, and its successful liftoff is a feat in itself.

April 20, 2023

Rare hybrid solar eclipse appears for first time in a decade

Hybrid eclipses are rare among eclipses and occur only a few times a century.

April 19, 2023

Alabama birthday party shooting leaves 4 dead, 28 injured

Four people died and 28 suffered injuries, some critical, after a shooting in Dadeville, Ala., during a 16-year-old’s birthday party, community leaders say.

April 16, 2023

Louisville shooter’s mother warned 911 her son was heading to bank

“We don’t even own guns. I don’t know where he would’ve gotten a gun,” the shooter's mom told a 911 dispatcher in one of 12 calls released by Louisville police.

April 12, 2023

Body cam video shows tense shootout at Louisville bank

The shooting was a targeted attack by a full-time employee who had not been fired and who used a legally purchased AR-15, authorities said.

April 11, 2023

What we know about the Louisville shooting victims

Five people were killed in a shooting at Old National Bank on Monday in Kentucky. Here’s what we know about the victims.

April 10, 2023

Texas governor wants to pardon man who killed Black Lives Matter protester

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott aims to pardon Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was convicted Friday of murdering a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin in 2020.

April 10, 2023

New Indian textbooks purged of nation’s Muslim history

The Taj Mahal is iconic. But not all Indian students will be taught who built it.

April 6, 2023

As a monstrous tornado neared Rolling Fork, residents say sirens were silent

Many Rolling Fork residents say they didn't hear sirens before the Mississippi tornado. Questions now remain about warning systems in poor, rural communities.

March 29, 2023