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After a decade of building the future, Silicon Valley is moving in a new direction: American defense

To some among this new crop of tech workers and start-up founders, defense contracting is a higher calling to extend American ideals into the next century.

By Nitasha Tiku and Elizabeth Dwoskin

Biden administration weighs slowing the shift to electric vehicles

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Schumer, McConnell exit Ukraine-Israel aid deal to familiar political rivalry

By Paul Kane

Trans adults on edge as legislatures broaden focus beyond children

By Casey Parks

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The resurgence of Michael Cera

By Thomas Floyd

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Heart health, women and the limits of exercise

By Gretchen Reynolds

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Don’t use a space heater this winter. Do this instead.

By Allyson Chiu

We bring lots of hang-ups into the kitchen. Here’s how design can help.

By Amanda Long

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What to do (and avoid) after you’ve been scammed

By Heather Kelly

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Senate, accept it: The House got the child tax credit right

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Obamacare worked. The nation should double down.

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LIVE BRIEFING: ISrael-Gaza War

Netanyahu says further cease-fire talks are pointless

By Niha Masih, Jennifer Hassan, Steve Hendrix, Sarah Dadouch and Lior SorokaUpdated 1 hour ago

Europe’s security elite braces for Trump, searches for back-up plans

By Emily Rauhala, Michael Birnbaum and Souad Mekhennet

Rare armor unearthed at site of 17th-century fort in Maryland

Archaeologists found a rare piece of armor at the site of the fort at St. Mary’s, the first White settlement in Maryland.

By Michael E. Ruane

As DEI gets more divisive, companies are ditching their teams

Zoom and Snap are among companies that have cut roles in recent weeks.

By Taylor Telford

Perspective

A cancer patient had decided how to die. Here’s what I learned from her.

For those with a terminal diagnosis, it’s getting easier to control death, but the process remains complex.

By Steven Petrow

Planes top 800 mph as near-record winds sweep high over Mid-Atlantic

By Jason Samenow

Paramore rejects Tenn. honor after Allison Russell denied same recognition

By Jonathan Edwards and Tobi Raji

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Trump, facing multimillion-dollar fines, is now selling $399 shoes

The shoes are not the first product line the former president has hawked to his base of followers.

Seeing Haley’s attacks on Trump, some claim her as a member of the resistance

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Manhattan district attorney gets Bragg-ing rights

Trump’s anger at courts, frayed alliances could upend approach to judicial issues

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Politics

Ronny Jackson, left, then White House physician, in 2017. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)

White House Medical Unit flouted rules for years, reports find

In both the Trump and Obama White Houses, the team passed out drugs without prescriptions, gave free care to ineligible staffers, and used aliases to disguise those patients’ identities, four former employees said.

By Dan Diamond and Michael Kranish

Trump yet to condemn Navalny’s sudden death

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Democrats attack Trump over report that he favors a 16-week abortion ban

By Patrick Svitek and Josh Dawsey

Facing multimillion-dollar fines, Trump is now selling $399 sneakers

By Mariana Alfaro

Trump Cases

Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million after civil fraud trial

By Shayna Jacobs and Mark Berman

Hefty fines, penalties will rock Trump family’s business and fortune

By Jonathan O'Connell

What to know about Trump’s civil fraud verdict and its possible impact

By Jonathan O'Connell, Shayna Jacobs and Mark Berman

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: She’s dating a new guy and mortified by her own snoring

She just discovered she snores and now wants to avoid all overnights with the new guy she is dating.

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Ask Amy: I want to visit my ex from long ago who is ill

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Miss Manners: My friend keeps sending me photos of her tacky outfits

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Ask Sahaj: We’ve been dating for over a year but haven’t said, ‘I love you’

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Medical Mysteries: How a sore throat led to life-threatening bleeding

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5 ways to build or enhance one close friendship this year

By Emma Nadler

These 5 science-based tips can improve your relationship

By Richard Sima

Stress is driving teens’ drug use, new federal study suggests

By Erin Blakemore

Is it true that oysters can be an aphrodisiac?

By Lindsey Bever

The Home You Own

Dreaming of expat life? Here’s what it takes to buy a home in Europe.

By Gabe Bullard

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A lightbulb broke off when I tried to remove it. What can I do?

By Jeanne Huber

7 paint colors for kitchen cabinets (that aren’t white or gray)

By Kathryn O'Shea Evans

A conceptual illustration of a person leading their romantic partner into a large, upright book. The book contains their bedroom which is filled with warm, glowy lights, blankets on the bed, and a few pieces of clothing on the floor.

Yes, your home can be sexy, according to romance authors. Here’s how.

By Rachel Kurzius

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A.J. Finn had a spectacular rise and fall. Now he has a new novel.

By Nora Krug

Review

This book may make you hate malls — or remember why you loved them

By Maura Judkis

5 new works of historical fiction offer a window into other times

By Carol Memmott

Review

Her debut was unforgettable — 27 years later, she’s finally back

By Jacob Brogan

Review

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and the Hollywood gamble that paid off

By Glenn Frankel

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

Ross Gelbspan, author who probed roots of climate change denial, dies at 84

By Brian Murphy

Parts of Amazon rainforest could tip toward collapse by 2050, study warns

By Andrew Jeong

A ‘collapse’ is looming for Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, scientists say

By Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney

Coral bleaching is now so extreme, scientists had to expand their scale for it

By Amudalat Ajasa

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These farmworkers created America’s strongest workplace heat rules

By Nicolás Rivero

Yet another atmospheric river to slam California with rain, snow, wind

By Matthew Cappucci

Planes top 800 mph as near-record winds sweep high over Mid-Atlantic

By Jason Samenow

Perspective

Snow forecast for D.C. area was a bust. Here’s why.

By Jason Samenow

Meteorologists on cloud 9 after film trailer of ‘Twisters,’ coming this summer

By Matthew Cappucci

Texas builds base near border where the state is quarreling with feds

By Ben Brasch

Matchstick sculptor’s dream to set a world record nearly goes up in flames

By Jonathan Edwards and Justine McDaniel

High-risk patients alarmed by CDC’s plan to ease covid isolation guidance

By Fenit Nirappil and Lena H. Sun

They kissed on a school bus. Now, 77 years later, they’re reconnected.

By Sydney Page

Utah senior center tackles loneliness with a 60,000-piece puzzle

By Cathy Free

World

A member of the Ukrainian Security Service waits at an Avdiivka chemical plant. (Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Post)

What to know about Avdiivka as Russia claims control of strategic city

By Annabelle Timsit, David L. Stern, Natalia Abbakumova and Kostiantyn Khudov

Putin, riding high before Navalny’s death, seems unstoppable

By Catherine Belton

Putin’s dead critics: A journalist, a tax adviser, a politician

By Bryan Pietsch

Hundreds risk arrest, and Kremlin’s wrath, to lay flowers for Navalny

By Francesca Ebel1 hour ago

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‘Navalny’ director blames Putin for opposition leader’s ‘murder’

Daniel Roher chronicled Alexei Navalny’s investigation into his own poisoning. Now he’s speaking for his friend and his fight for a democratic Russia.

By Jada Yuan

Harrison Ford left behind a Star Wars script. It just sold for $13,600.

By Rachel Pannett

Can you run for president as an openly old man?

By Jesús Rodríguez and Kara Voght

Black history is ‘being attacked.’ These parents found alternatives.

By Rachel Hatzipanagos and Emmanuel Felton

He unearthed his roots. Now he digs up lost stories of enslaved people.

By Sydney Page

A learning kit misidentified civil rights leaders. Here’s who they were.

By Tobi Raji

New ‘Peanuts’ special will finally let Franklin sit by White friends

By Samantha Chery

SPORTS

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Abe Pollin’s son to Ted Leonsis: ‘I really hope you will change your mind’

By Rick Maese

What to know about the plan to move the Capitals, Wizards to Virginia

By Teo Armus

James Wood isn’t trying to be perfect. He knows baseball won’t allow it.

By Andrew Golden

Has the NBA’s scoring boom gotten out of hand?

By Ben Golliver

Stephen Curry, Sabrina Ionescu steal the show on NBA All-Star Saturday

By Ben Golliver and Candace Buckner

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