UPI Slashes DC Bureau

United Press International is cutting 11 positions from its Washington, D.C., bureau, including its lone White House correspondent, Richard Tomkins. The move marks the first time in its history that UPI will have no one on that beat.

“I have been expecting it for some time,” said Tomkins, a seven-year UPI veteran who has covered the White House since 2003. “The company is not doing well. For the first time in UPI history, there is no White House correspondent.”