Jon Passantino
Jon Passantino is the Los Angeles bureau chief for BuzzFeed News.
Contact this reporter at jonathan.passantino@buzzfeed.com
An Airline Employee Stole A Plane From Seattle Airport And Was Chased By Fighter Jets Before Crashing
“I’m just a broken guy. I’ve got a few screws loose, I guess. I never really knew it until now,” the rogue pilot said to air traffic control.
Jon Passantino
• 5 months ago
Here's The Full Transcript Of Trump's Rambling Remarks To His Cabinet While Melania Visited The Border
"They walk through Mexico like it's walking through Central Park. It's ridiculous."
Jon Passantino
• 6 months ago
Trump's Nominee To Run The Veterans Affairs Department Has Dropped Out
Ronny Jackson had faced allegations of excessive drinking, overprescribing drugs, and leading a "toxic" work environment.
Jon Passantino
• 8 months ago
The Comey Memos Have Been Released. Here’s What He Said About Trump.
"He then said he was trying to run the country and the cloud of this Russia business was making that difficult," James Comey wrote of the president.
Chris Geidner
• 9 months ago
LeBron Just Pulled Off The Nastiest Play And You Have To See It To Believe It
The most underpaid athlete in the history of planet Earth.
Jon Passantino
• 10 months ago
Here's The Full Video And Text Of President Trump's First State Of The Union Address
"This is our new American moment," Trump declared.
Jon Passantino
• 11 months ago
Tropical Storm Don Formed And Everyone Erupted With Trump Jokes
"A bigly tropical storm, not yet a hurricane. Sad!"
Jon Passantino
• One year ago
At Least 3 People Have Been Killed In A Honolulu High-Rise Apartment Fire
More than 100 firefighters battled the five-alarm blaze that started on the 26th floor. The building does not have a sprinkler system, the fire chief said.
Jon Passantino
• One year ago
CNN Is Imposing Strict New Rules On Its Russia Coverage
The decision came after the network deleted and retracted a story on Friday.
Jon Passantino
• One year ago
CNN Deleted A Story Linking Trump And Russia, Then Issued A Retraction After Questions Were Raised
The now-retracted story was a "massive, massive fuck up and people will be disciplined," a source close to the network told BuzzFeed News.
Jim Dalrymple II
• One year ago
VX Nerve Agent Was Used To Assassinate Kim Jong Un's Half Brother, Police Say
Kim Jong Nam, who was known for his criticism of North Korea's leadership, was killed with a chemical weapon last week at an airport in Malaysia.
Alicia Melville-Smith
• One year ago
Iconic California Tunnel Tree Toppled During Powerful Storm
The Pioneer Cabin Tree may have been more than 1,000 years old. "The storm was just too much for it."
Jon Passantino
• 2 years ago
Trump Jr. Suggested Women Who Can't Take Harassment “Don’t Belong In The Workforce"
"If you can’t handle some of the basic stuff that’s become a problem in the workforce today, then you don’t belong in the workforce," Trump Jr. said in a 2013 interview.
Jon Passantino
• 2 years ago
US Believes Russian Jets Carried Out Airstrikes On Syrian Aid Convoy
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the attack that left at least 20 people dead as "sickening, savage, and apparently deliberate."
Hayes Brown
• 2 years ago
13 Dead After Militants Storm American University In Afghanistan
Officials said more than 30 people were also injured during an hourslong siege on the campus in Kabul.
Tamerra Griffin
• 2 years ago
Stabbing Attack Leaves 19 Dead In Japan's Worst Mass Killing Since WWII
The attack took place at a facility for the disabled outside Tokyo. The suspect later turned himself in to police, saying, "I want to get rid of the disabled from this world."
Jon Passantino
• 2 years ago
State Department Reopens Clinton Emails Investigation
The probe comes after the FBI determined that Clinton and her team at the State Department were "extremely careless" in their handling of classified information.
Jon Passantino
• 2 years ago
Florida Official Fired For Facebook Comments On Orlando Attack
“All Orlando nightclubs should be permanently closed. With our without random gunmen they are zoos, utter cesspools of debauchery."
Jon Passantino
• 2 years ago
