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Trump’s big delegate lead expected to grow as Super Tuesday voters head to polls

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

By Dan Keating, Adrián Blanco and Derek Hawkins

Analysis

How many never-Trump Republicans are there, really? Plus three other things to watch this Super Tuesday.

How many delegates are at stake, and where?

U.S. caps most credit card late fees at $8 in new Biden crackdown

The credit card rules are part of new efforts to promote competition and crack down on “junk fees,” which President Biden has blasted as inflation remains high.

By Tony Romm

Artificial Intelligence

Authors decry an ‘explosion’ of knockoff books on Amazon

On Amazon, new books such as Kara Swisher’s memoir now routinely vie with imitators in search results. Some authors are fed up.

By Will Oremus

Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations

By Nitasha Tiku

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Want to electrify your home? It might need this upgrade first.

Electrifying your home means having enough power for all your appliances: 48 million homes (like mine) need more. Here’s how to fix that.

By Michael J. Coren

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

What are 7 signs of ‘high-functioning’ depression? A viral video explains.

By Teddy Amenabar

Photo illustration of an open suitcase with a houseplant, light bulb, bathrobe and tea kettle

How to make a temporary home feel like it’s really yours

By Jaime Stathis

Why is hotel room service so hard to stomach?

By Hannah Sampson and Andrea Sachs

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We tested Amazon’s new shopping chatbot. It’s not good.

By Shira Ovide

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Middle East Conflict

U.N. experts report ‘convincing’ information that Hamas raped, tortured hostages

An expert team found “reasonable grounds to believe” that sexual violence was committed on Oct. 7, but the report stopped short of an official investigation.

By Karen DeYoung and Sammy Westfall

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U.S. planning more airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza

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The improbable U.S. plan for a revitalized Palestinian security force

By Miriam Berger, Sufian Taha, Heidi Levine and Loveday Morris

Appeals court blocks Florida’s ‘Stop Woke Act,’ calls it a ‘First Amendment sin’

A three-judge panel on Monday ruled that the “Stop Woke Act,” backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, “exceeds the bounds” of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

By Anumita Kaur

Style

How worried should we be about the Drunk Elephant tweens?

By Danny Nguyen and Ashley Fetters Maloy

Cookie Monster’s ‘shrinkflation’ woes get White House response

The beloved “Sesame Street” character griped on social media that his cookies were getting smaller. “Me hate shrinkflation,” he said. Some politicians agreed.

By Kelsey Ables

Father of Oxford school shooter to begin trial following wife’s conviction

By Kim Bellware

Air Force employee shared classified intel on foreign dating site, DOJ says

By Annabelle Timsit

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The Supreme Court did Trump no favors. He’ll be facing a fall trial.

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How a laid-back beach town became California’s MAGA stronghold

Huntington Beach has long been associated with conservative beliefs, but its evolution in recent years shows how the bitter polarization of national politics has crept into even the most mundane municipal matters.

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Supreme Court ballot ruling darkens critics’ hopes for a judicial curb on Trump

By Sarah Ellison and Toluse Olorunnipa

Schiff’s insider support trumps Porter’s outsider appeal

By Maeve Reston

Why Californians have to vote twice in this Senate race

By Azi Paybarah

Trump Cases

Longtime Trump executive pleads guilty again, this time to perjury charges

By El M. Calabrese and Mark Berman

Pro-Trump lawyers central to alternate-elector plot settle Wisconsin lawsuit

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

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Carolyn Hax: When stepsiblings fight, parent feels guilty for blending family

A parent feels guilty that the children in their blended family must live with the consequences of adult decisions.

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Ask Amy: Should she tell friends she was unaware of her ex-husband’s crimes?

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Miss Manners: I want to celebrate my pregnancy without gifts

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Ask Elaine: Telling my abusive siblings they’re not invited to my son’s wedding

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Ask Sahaj: I don’t want kids. Should I have them to make my parents happy?

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Should I take ashwagandha for sleep? Here’s what the science says.

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

This common precursor to dementia often gets diagnosed late. Experts say that needs to change.

By Katherine Ellison

Yogurt can lower diabetes risk, FDA allows makers to claim, with caveats

By Andrew Jeong

How to ease chronic back pain with or without medication

By Hallie Levine

What are 7 signs of ‘high-functioning’ depression? A viral video explains.

By Teddy Amenabar

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

‘On stolen land’: Tribes fight clean-energy projects backed by Biden

By Maxine Joselow

Squashing lantern flies isn’t enough. Here’s how to kill them.

By Dino Grandoni

These Amazon villages are powering up without electric poles or cables

By Isabel Alarcon

A new watchdog satellite will sniff out methane emissions from space

By Nicolás Rivero

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She built one of the most energy-efficient homes in D.C. Here’s how.

By Rachel Kurzius

Detroit, Buffalo set record highs in 70s as warm air swarms Great Lakes

By Ian Livingston

Sierra Nevada buried by up to 11 feet of snow, and more is coming

By Dan Stillman

Tumbleweeds invade towns as severe weather sweeps Western states

By Jennifer Hassan and Jason Samenow

Maps of the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle

By Dylan Moriarty and Aditya Jain

I tried TurboTax and H&R Block’s new tax advice AI. It went poorly.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

Review

We tested Amazon’s new shopping chatbot. It’s not good.

By Shira Ovide

Your tax return is secret by law. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy.

By Shira Ovide

Technology

Analysis

Moms’ group launches grassroots fight against social media ‘addiction’

By Cristiano Lima-Strong

Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations

By Nitasha Tiku

European court favors strong encryption, calling it key to privacy rights

By Joseph Menn

National

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ISIS executed her son. Her new book describes confronting his kidnapper.

By Jonathan Edwards

Responding to subpoena, Harvard describes efforts to fight antisemitism

By Susan Svrluga

Nashville plane crash near interstate kills all five aboard, police say

By Naomi Schanen

A dog ran a mile to her doggy day care for help after a car crash

By Cathy Free

Richard Truly, astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86

By Emily Langer

WORLD

A security state on display

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Despite ‘challenges,’ China sets ambitious goal for economic growth

By Christian Shepherd

International Criminal Court issues warrant for two Russian military leaders

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Germany says missile conversation leak was a fluke, not a security breach

By Kate Brady

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

Biden’s rift with Netanyahu grows wider

By Ishaan Tharoor

Foreign tourist is gang-raped in India as violence against women persists

By Anant Gupta

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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The Oscars’ In Memoriam bit will break your heart (one way or another)

For 30 years, the montage for the recently deceased has touched, confounded and angered just about everyone.

By Travis M. Andrews

Inside an inventive and eventful Paris Fashion Week

By Rachel Tashjian and Photographs by Jonas Gustavsson1 hour ago

A top pipeline for local journalists is saying no to hedge funds

By Jeremy Barr

Mr. Darcy’s wet shirt — yes, that one — is up for auction

By Adela Suliman

A man wanted to see ‘Dune 2’ before he died. The director sent his laptop.

By Annabelle Timsit

Eleanor Collins, Canada’s first lady of jazz, dies at 104

By Harrison Smith

TV Review

‘The Regime’: Kate Winslet shines as a hilarious and unstable autocrat

Why hospitals in many states with legal abortion may refuse to perform them

By Rachana Pradhan and McKenzie Beard

Opill, first U.S. over-the-counter birth control pill, to hit stores: What to know

By Sabrina Malhi and Kendra Nichols

Analysis

Biden’s got a taker for one of his gun safety proposals: California

By Samantha Young and McKenzie Beard

Science

Exhausted parents turn to baby sleep consultants. But do they work?

By Meeri Kim

Secondhand smoke linked to rise in some dogs’ cancer risk

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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As final year of his deal begins, Patrick Corbin is trying something new

By Chelsea Janes

Nationals’ new $5 ticket program is exclusive to D.C. fans

By Scott Allen

The Commanders lost their stadium naming rights deal. Now what?

By Nicki Jhabvala1 hour ago

Broncos to release Russell Wilson, altering QB market before free agency

By Mark Maske

LIV Golf ends quest for OWGR points, keeping many players out of majors

By Matt Bonesteel and Rick Maese1 hour ago

Business

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German police investigating suspected arson against Tesla site

By Kate Brady1 hour ago

Analysis

The most physically demanding jobs in America

By Andrew Van Dam

JetBlue, Spirit end bid to merge after antitrust objections

By Lori Aratani

The IRS’s new free site for tax filing is now up and running

By Julie Zauzmer Weil

Rent is driving inflation. But there’s something off in the data.

By Rachel Siegel

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