Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced changes to the newspaper's opinion section, stating that it will write in support of personal liberties and free markets. This move appears to align the paper with the US political right. Bezos had previously taken a hands-off approach to the paper's editorial policy, but this changed during the US presidential election when he blocked the Post's endorsement of Kamala Harris. The newspaper lost subscribers and employees over Bezos's direction. Bezos also announced that the Post's opinion editor David Shipley has stepped away, though it is unclear if he resigned or was fired.