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Supreme Court to weigh Trump’s immunity claim in D.C. 2020 election trial

Justices set oral argument for the week of April 22, likely delaying Donald Trump’s D.C. election-obstruction trial until at least late spring or summer.

By Ann E. Marimow

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Mapping the Texas governor’s effort to control the border at Eagle Pass

Donald Trump is expected to travel to Eagle Pass, Tex., a city that has become the front line of the state’s battle with the federal government over President Biden’s immigration policies.

By Laris Karklis, Arelis R. Hernández and Nick Miroff

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

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Gaza Health Ministry says death toll exceeds 30,000

In Israeli-occupied Hebron, Palestinians describe living in ‘a prison’

Troop splits with Girl Scouts after legal threats over Gaza bracelet fundraiser

Leap Day

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How the world’s leap-day customs took hold, from evil omens to true love

Feb. 29 brings bad luck in Greece, marriage proposals in Ireland and pig trotter noodles in Taiwan. Here’s the history behind the world’s leap year customs.

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Why do we have leap years? Without them, Halloween would be in the spring.

By Anumita Kaur

What is a leap day? Here’s what to know about Feb. 29.

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

PFAS chemicals to be phased out of food packaging. Here’s how to avoid them.

By Teddy Amenabar

This simple technique could remove 90% of the microplastics from your water

By Maggie Penman

Q&A

Should you worry about oil or vinegar’s expiration dates? Your cooking questions, answered.

By Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal

How to hang art and photos to please the eye and the brain

By Stacey Colino

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House prepares to vote to prevent approaching government shutdown

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Idaho halts serial killer’s execution after 8 failed attempts to insert IV

By Niha Masih

CDC recommends older adults get 2nd updated coronavirus shot

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Ultra-processed foods linked to 32 health problems in review: What to know

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Analysis

Senate Republicans will face leadership struggle between Trump, McConnell views

“There’s no doubt it’s time to turn the page,” one Republican senator said Wednesday.

By Paul Kane

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Here’s who could replace Mitch McConnell as Senate’s top Republican

Amazon’s expansion into health care is distressing patients and providers

Earlier this month, Amazon laid off hundreds of employees across Amazon Pharmacy and One Medical and announced a corporate restructuring.

By Caroline O'Donovan

Richard Lewis, who mined life and neuroses for dark comedy, dies at 76

He was a mainstay of HBO’s long-running show “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” arguing and kvetching with his childhood friend Larry David.

By Harrison Smith and Brian Murphy

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From the archives: Richard Lewis is not as miserable as he appears. But he’s still miserable.

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What the early primaries tell us about Trump’s changing base

Trump’s voters are older and more conservative than in 2016. Key groups like suburban voters, evangelical voters and Republican women are sticking with him.

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Why won’t the wife just humor her condescending in-laws?

Supreme Court to weigh Trump’s immunity claim in D.C. 2020 election trial

Republicans used to back Ukraine. Then came middle fingers in Alabama.

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election 2024

Illinois judge removes Trump from primary ballot

By Patrick Svitek

Biden’s doctor declares him ‘fit’ and able to carry out his duties

By Matt Viser

New congressional map adopted in N.Y., a state central to deciding control of House

By Azi Paybarah

Republican House candidate who disparaged Special Olympians says he’s still running

By Patrick Svitek

Pro-Kennedy super PAC says his name will be on ballots in Ariz., Ga.

By Azi Paybarah, Meryl Kornfield and Michael Scherer

Politics

Leaders in Congress strike deal to delay government shutdown deadlines

By Jacob Bogage and Marianna Sotomayor

McConnell to step down as Republican Senate leader in November

By Liz Goodwin and Amy B Wang

Here’s who could replace Mitch McConnell as Senate’s top Republican

By Mariana Alfaro

Hunter Biden testifies that he never involved his father in business

By Matt Viser and Jacqueline Alemany

Trump Cases

Analysis

Trump said he had $400M in cash. Now his lawyers say bond is a struggle.

By Aaron Blake

Judge won’t delay Trump financial penalty but lets sons remain atop company for now

By Shayna Jacobs and Mark Berman

Judge Cannon rejects Trump’s evidence request in classified docs case

By Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein

Mark Meadows is denied fresh hearing in Georgia election interference case

By Amy Gardner

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Carolyn Hax: Why won’t the wife just humor her condescending in-laws?

She refuses to take her spouse’s constant advice on how to surrender to her in-laws’ constant advice.

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Ask Amy: I can’t forgive myself for how I acted during my wife’s pregnancy

February 29

Miss Manners: She didn’t thank me for shoveling out her parking space

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We want our kids to work service jobs as teens. Our friends are horrified.

February 28

Carpet stains seem to go away, then they reappear. What can I do?

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Why the long-term success of weight-loss drugs may depend on exercise

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How drinking coffee may lower your risk for diabetes

By Anahad O’Connor

Advice

Is menopause getting worse? Scientists say it is.

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

Adding extra salt to meals can increase kidney disease risk up to 11 percent

By Linda Searing

Red meat can be part of a healthy diet. Here’s how.

By Sally Wadyka

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

Snow and ice are a way of life here. See how a lost winter upended that.

By Scott Dance

South African city copes with climate change by chopping down trees

By Katharine Houreld

Deadly bird flu discovered on Antarctica, threatening penguin colonies

By Naomi Schanen and Dino Grandoni

A simple way to get microplastics out of your water

By Maggie Penman

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The ‘greenest’ car in America might surprise you

By Shannon Osaka

How Texas’s Smokehouse Creek Fire became state’s second largest ever

By Scott Dance, Amudalat Ajasa, Matthew Cappucci and Kasha Patel

Historic winter heat wave smashes records in central U.S., fuels tornadoes

By Ian Livingston

Sierra bracing for extreme blizzard with 10 feet of snow, 100 mph winds

By Matthew Cappucci and Diana Leonard

D.C.’s cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom 10 days early, we predict

By Jason Samenow

I’m begging you not to Google for airline customer service numbers

By Shira Ovide

I used AI work tools to do my job. Here’s how it went.

By Danielle Abril

Phones are getting packed with AI features. But how helpful are they?

By Chris Velazco

Technology

Each of these AI videos seems shockingly realistic at first. But soon you’ll spot the weirdness.

By Gerrit De Vynck, Jhaan Elker and Tyler Remmel

Despite issues, NASA calls Intuitive Machines’ lunar landing a success

By Christian Davenport

Musk’s X is fighting to preserve a federal lawsuit in California

By Joseph Menn

National

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Supreme Court divided over gun-rights challenge to Trump bump stock ban

By Ann E. Marimow

Despite doubts about evidence, Texas executes man convicted of killing two

By Ben Brasch and María Luisa Paúl

Alabama judge says God opposes IVF. Here’s what different religions teach.

By Michelle Boorstein

A piglet was found being tossed like a football. Now he has a home.

By Andrew Jeong

Why some student loan borrowers are locked out of Biden’s debt relief efforts

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

WORLD

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French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first

By Karla Adam

Navalny’s widow warns in E.U. speech of arrests at husband’s funeral

By Francesca Ebel

Prince Harry not owed full royal security protection, U.K. court says

By Karla Adam

PETA says it ‘rescued’ racing pigeons from King Charles, urges end to sport

By Jennifer Hassan

Russia seizes more villages in Ukraine, raising fears of growing momentum

By David L. Stern

Middle East Conflict

In Israeli-occupied Hebron, Palestinians describe living in ‘a prison’

By Loveday Morris, Lorenzo Tugnoli and Sufian Taha

Hamas leader hiding in Gaza, but killing him risks hostages, officials say

By Shane Harris

‘Wounded Child, No Surviving Family’: Gaza’s doctors spell out a crisis

By Niha Masih1 hour ago

Israeli filmmaker engulfed in backlash after antiwar speech in Berlin

By Leo Sands

Israel-Gaza war coverage

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Review

‘Elsbeth’ is a well-executed, frothy delight

“Elsbeth” is a fish-out-of-water story whose chief pleasure turns out to be the title character’s flair for cheerfully besting insufferable New Yorkers.

By Lili Loofbourow1 hour ago

‘Mary Poppins’ gets higher age rating as U.K. reckons with racism in classics

By Frances Vinall

Of course he knows about dictators. He wrote for ‘Succession.’

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Cat Janice, singer of viral song ‘Dance You Outta My Head,’ dies at 31

By Praveena Somasundaram

Sex assault survivors to music titans: Do better or lose your fortunes

By Manuel Roig-Franzia

‘It can be painful and sad’: Wendy Williams documentary producers speak

By Samantha Chery

Movie Review

‘Dune: Part Two’ is 166 minutes of brilliant casting and sand

By Ann Hornaday

D.C., MD. & VA.

Black History Month

How the first all-Black rowing team went from pioneers to D.C. champions

By Kim O'Connell

‘Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine’ still sets the bar for cookbook memoirs

By Kristen Hartke

Charles V. Hamilton, scholar who helped define ‘Black Power’, dies at 94

By Brian Murphy

How Virginia Ali made Ben’s Chili Bowl, and herself, a symbol of D.C.

By Tim Carman

Health

More eye products recalled over infection risk worries

By Washington Post staff

U.S. launches probe into possible fraud by organ collection groups

By Lenny Bernstein, Mark Johnson and Lisa Rein

Analysis

For J.B. Pritzker, the fight for reproductive freedom is personal

By McKenzie Beard

Science

Indigenous people accuse radiologists of secretly studying their organs

By Leo Sands

These giant, invasive spiders appear built to thrive in the U.S.

By Erin Blakemore

Perspective

A 13-year-old beat Tetris, but there’s more to the game than winning

By Leah McCoy

SPORTS

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FedEx ends naming-rights deal for Commanders’ stadium two years early

By Nicki Jhabvala and Mark Maske

The NFLPA graded team working conditions. The Commanders? Last, again.

By Nicki Jhabvala and Mark Maske

Caitlin Clark breaks ‘the real’ scoring record set by Lynette Woodard

By Des Bieler

‘It’s go time’ for Luis García Jr., who is still hungry at Nats spring training

By Andrew Golden

Nats’ Mason Thompson needs Tommy John surgery, will miss 2024 season

By Chelsea Janes

Business

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Teamsters reach tentative deal with Anheuser-Busch, likely averting strike

By Lauren Kaori Gurley

U.S. launches investigation of Chinese vehicles, citing security risks

By Jeanne Whalen1 hour ago

Proposed rule aims to improve air travel for wheelchair users

By Lori Aratani1 hour ago

FAA ups pressure on Boeing to improve quality control

By Lori Aratani

The economy is roaring. Immigration is a key reason.

By Rachel Siegel, Lauren Kaori Gurley and Meryl Kornfield

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