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Biden and Trump go on attack in Georgia in dueling rallies

President Biden hammered Trump for cozying up to authoritarian leaders, rolling back women’s reproductive rights and trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Trump delivered an insult-filled, mocking diatribe against the president.

By Tyler Pager and Marianne LeVineUpdated 1 hour ago

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Continuing his embrace of autocratic leaders, Trump meets with Hungary’s Orban

DIVERSITY INITIATIVES

Next front in the assault on affirmative action: State diversity programs

As their legal justification undergoes a reexamination, state programs benefitting a range of professions have become ripe targets for conservative activists.

By Julian Mark

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The backlash against affirmative action began as early as the 1860s

By Julian Mark, Taylor Telford and Emma Kumer

Haitians shot dead in street with no one to take the corpses away

By Widlore Mérancourt and Samantha Schmidt

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Katie Britt’s false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden’s administration

By Glenn Kessler

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Perspective

The Oscars always get it wrong. Here are the real best pictures of the past 50 years.

With the perspective of time, we can now now discern what movie was actually the best. So here we go, year by year...

By Dan Zak and Amy Argetsinger

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Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Worried about the American Express data breach? Here’s what to do.

By Tatum Hunter and Chris Velazco

How to get free movie tickets, baby products and more

By Laura Daily

Advice

Traveling beyond the reach of medical care? Here’s what to do first.

By Jen Rose Smith

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

By Stacey Colino

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Burns pushes for cease-fire agreement in Middle East before Ramadan

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Biden and Trump, in dueling rallies, go on the attack in Georgia

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How Oct. 7 is forcing Jews to reckon with Israel

Many progressive Jews outside Israel may turn toward a Jewishness that is more personal, familial and spiritual and less national-political.

Opinion by Noah Feldman

Why not require a civics test as a rite of passage for all Americans?

Opinion by Daniel Pink

These countries are doing nutrition labels the right way

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Donald Trump, the luckiest politician who ever lived

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Cartoon: Kylie Jenner’s expanding empire

Opinion by Edith Pritchett

New York Times employees fighting over Chick-fil-A? Sounds about right.

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Perspective

I have little time left. I hope my goodbye inspires you.

I am choosing to focus my limited time and energy on doing the things I love with the people I care most about. It’s a formula that works, I think, no matter where you are in your life.

By Amy Ettinger

‘Monumental’ experiment suggests how life on Earth may have started

Scientists at the Salk Institute have taken a small but essential step in showing how RNA might have kick-started life on our planet.

By Mark Johnson

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The airport always wins: The last slots on the way out of Vegas

Most people don’t travel to Las Vegas to gamble at the airport, but Harry Reid’s slots tempt visitors to make last-ditch bets before boarding, like moths to a neon flame.

By Andrea Sachs and Natalie B. Compton

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Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time

Daylight saving time, which starts early Sunday, gives us more light at the end of the day to enjoy spring and summer activities, but it can have a negative impact on our health.

By Aaron Steckelberg and Lindsey Bever

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The Oscars always get it wrong. Here are the real best pictures of the past 50 years.

With the perspective of time, we can now now discern what movie was actually the best. So here we go, year by year...

Analysis

Katie Britt’s false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden

DeSantis faces pushback in Florida as voters tire of war on woke

Biden and Trump, in dueling rallies, go on the attack in Georgia

Perspective

I have little time left. I hope my goodbye inspires you.

election 2024

Biden releases ad addressing age, attacking Trump as campaign shifts

By Tyler Pager

Trump meets with Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader

By Maegan Vazquez

Trump ballot ruling raises new questions even as it answers others

By Patrick Marley

That one last phone call Joe Biden always needs to make

By Tyler Pager

Politics

DeSantis faces pushback in Florida as voters tire of culture wars

By Lori Rozsa

FBI informant accused of smearing Bidens had past credibility issues

By Isaac Stanley-Becker

Analysis

This patient Republican has Biden by the ear, one night a year

By Paul Kane

Government shutdown averted as Senate passes $459 billion funding bill

By Jacob Bogage

Trump Cases

Trump posts $91 million bond while appealing E. Jean Carroll defamation judgment

By Shayna Jacobs and Jonathan O'Connell

Judge Cannon sets hearing next week in Trump documents case

By Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein

Advice

(Nick Galifianakis/For The Washington Post)

Carolyn Hax: ‘Footloose’ boyfriend is anxious about being tied down

Boyfriend doesn’t want to feel tied down, or to break up, or to consider any of his partner’s ideas for a compromise.

By Carolyn HaxMarch 9

Ask Amy: Parents offer advice about emptying the nest

March 9

Miss Manners: Ask me to hang out, not if I’m busy

March 9

Do you have questions about parenting? Ask parenting coach Meghan Leahy.

March 7

Ask Sahaj: Conservative parents don’t approve of Indian boyfriend I met online

March 7

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Boys struggle with eating disorders. This best-selling author did too.

By Chris Bohjalian

Advice

What grief does to your brain, and how to cope with it

By Christopher W.T. Miller, MD

Advice

When can psychiatric drugs be stopped? Answers about ‘de-prescribing.’

By Richard A. Friedman, MD

Should I use diaper cream on my face?

By Lindsey Bever

Elevated lead found in six ground cinnamon spice brands, FDA warns

By Teddy Amenabar

The Home You Own

We went furniture shopping with a pro thrifter. Here’s what we learned.

By Sophia Solano

Advice

I’m moving out of my rental. How do I patch the holes in the walls?

By Jeanne Huber

10 things you can — and can’t — clean with vinegar

By Stacey Colino

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

By Rachel Kurzius

BOOK WORLDNews, reviews and big ideas for all things fiction and nonfiction

Review

Percival Everett’s sly take on ‘Huck Finn’ upends Mark Twain’s world

By Ron Charles

Red wallpaper overlaid with cutouts of women from the Victorian period in England, their silhouettes filled with old English letters and gold leaf paper

Philippa Gregory, reigning queen of Tudor romance, has a new ambition

By Sophia Nguyen

Review

For Women’s History Month: 3 new audiobooks that celebrate women

By Katherine A. Powers

Review

Agatha Christie she was not, but Carolyn Wells was a mystery novel phenom

By Michael Dirda

Review

This book about Trump voters goes for the jugular

By Mary Jo Murphy

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

Livestock industry co-opts academics to downplay its climate impact, study says

By Anna Phillips

Deforestation, climate change may endanger North American lizards

By Erin Blakemore

Talks to save the Colorado River just hit a logjam

By Scott Dance

For the first time in centuries, a gray whale is spotted in New England

By Andrew Jeong

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How one of the coldest, darkest towns on Earth is trying to get more energy from the sun

By Sarah Kaplan and Bonnie Jo Mount

Storm system is sweeping toward East Coast after socking South

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

What to know about the start of daylight saving time

By Amudalat Ajasa

Perspective

Why traveling to witness a total solar eclipse is so worth it

By Matthew Cappucci

A massive Texas wildfire is finally dying down. Its impact could last years.

By Scott Dance

Justice Dept. opens criminal probe of mid-flight blowout on 737 Max plane

By Spencer S. Hsu, Ian Duncan and Lori Aratani

Medicare announces emergency funds for doctors affected by Change Healthcare hack

By Dan Diamond

Three killed in National Guard helicopter crash in Texas

By Andrew Jeong

U.S. judge rejects GOP lawsuit that tried to stop Biden from paroling in migrants

By Maria Sacchetti

FDA approves weight-loss drug Wegovy to reduce heart-disease risks

By Daniel Gilbert and David Ovalle

WORLD

Signs in Dublin refer to a referendum on changes to the Irish constitution. (Reuters)

Irish leader concedes defeat on ‘women in the home,’ family amendments

By Karla Adam

Wild on the Seine: Animal hospital tackles Paris’s wildlife casualties

By Jess McHugh

A youthquake is propelling a far-right surge across Europe

By Anthony Faiola and Catarina Fernandes Martins

The Taliban once smashed TVs. Now it fosters YouTubers to promote its image.

By Rick Noack

Iran is responsible for Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, U.N. report says

By Victoria Bisset

Middle East Conflict

Burns pushes for cease-fire agreement in Middle East before Ramadan

By Karen DeYoungUpdated 1 hour ago

How the U.S. military will use a floating pier to deliver Gaza aid

By Alex Horton

Canada and Sweden resume UNRWA aid funding

By Kelsey Ables, Adela Suliman, Cate Brown and Itay Stern

U.S. announces ‘emergency mission’ port plan, as cease-fire hopes fade

By Karen DeYoung and Sarah Dadouch

Israel-Gaza war coverage

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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You can’t watch all those Oscar films by tomorrow. Here’s what to watch first.

Need an itinerary for catching up with the Academy Awards best picture nominees? Take our quiz.

By Sonia Rao

Da’Vine Joy Randolph isn’t so sure about this Oscars thing

By Helena Andrews-Dyer

Perspective

The Oscars are about the past. Here’s what I want for the future.

By Ann Hornaday

What to look for as NFL free agency approaches

By Jason La Canfora

Analysis

Breaking down the Commanders’ approach to NFL free agency

By Nicki Jhabvala and Sam Fortier

Analysis

NCAA tournament bracketology: A guide to what’s at stake this weekend

By Patrick Stevens

Nebraska’s Jaz Shelley shoots the Terps out of the Big Ten tournament

By Kareem Copeland

With trade deadline drama behind them, Capitals cruise past Blackhawks

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