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In Belgorod, Russian city hit hardest by war, Putin is still running strong

Anti-Kremlin militias attacked ahead of Russia’s presidential election aiming to show that Vladimir Putin can’t protect his country, but residents said the strategy was backfiring.

By Francesca Ebel

Trump cases

Nathan Wade resigns as lead prosecutor in Trump Ga. case

Judge Scott McAfee ruled that District Attorney Fani T. Willis could continue with the prosecution only if Wade exited the case.

By Holly Bailey and Amy Gardner

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Analysis: A significant setback for Fani Willis

Donald Trump, left, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. (AFP/Getty Images)

Trump hush money trial delayed 30 days to consider new evidence

By Shayna Jacobs and Devlin Barrett

What to know about the National Association of Realtors settlement

By Rachel Siegel

After 787 dive, Boeing alerts airlines to issue with pilot-seat switches

By Ian Duncan and Lori Aratani

Ginsburg family blasts plan to give RBG Award to Musk, Murdoch, others

By Samantha Chery

Mike Pence says he will not endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024

By Patrick Svitek and Marianne LeVine

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Chinese students, academics say they’re facing extra scrutiny entering U.S.

Despite efforts to ease bilateral tensions, Chinese students say they’re increasingly being questioned, detained and even deported at the American border.

By Lily Kuo and Cate Cadell

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

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You don’t have to be old to go on a cruise

By Brad Japhe

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Old gadgets aren’t just nostalgic. Sometimes they’re just better for you.

By Chris Velazco

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More car owners are underwater on loans because of lower trade-in values

By Michelle Singletary

7 St. Patrick’s Day recipes, including stew, shepherd’s pie and coffee

By Anna Luisa Rodriguez

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By Raquel Laneri

Lionel Messi is out vs. D.C. United. Fans aren’t the only ones bummed.

The superstar’s absence will disappoint Washington area fans who missed out on seeing him play last season; Miami’s one visit to D.C. came just before he joined the squad.

By Steven Goff

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If you visit an Irish pub this St. Patrick’s Day, chances are good it has one of these names

Like a Celtic font, a Guinness-branded umbrella or a four-leaf clover design, the name on a pub’s facade can instantly mark it as Irish. But are Irish pub names in America as repetitive as they seem?

By Carson TerBush

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Festival sparks fly, lightning strikes in Uruguay and more of the week’s best photos

See 13 top images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

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For the country’s sake, Vice President Harris should step aside

This is not a partisan suggestion. I said the same about Sarah Palin.

After 787 dive, Boeing alerts airlines to issue with pilot-seat switches

Fani Willis can stay on Trump Georgia case, judge rules, as Wade resigns

Realtors’ settlement could dramatically change cost of housing sales

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Carolyn Hax: What does boyfriend’s mom mean by giving him a book on marriage?

election 2024

Biden’s obsessive search for the right words

By Tyler Pager

The Campaign Moment: Key X factors in the Biden vs. Trump rematch

By Martine Powers

Fact CheckerAnalysis

Trump has a bunch of new false claims. Here’s a guide.

By Glenn Kessler

Biden offers advice to boy with stutter while campaigning in Milwaukee

By Mariana Alfaro

Analysis

19,000 Georgia GOP primary voters voted in the 2020 Democratic primary

By Philip Bump and Lenny Bronner

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Trump Cases

Trump aide Peter Navarro asks Supreme Court to keep him out of prison

By Ann E. Marimow

Tracking the Trump investigations and where they stand

By Derek Hawkins, Nick Mourtoupalas and Natalie Vineberg

Manhattan DA suggests one-month delay in Trump hush money trial

By Devlin Barrett and Shayna Jacobs

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Carolyn Hax: What does boyfriend’s mom mean by giving him a book on marriage?

Boyfriend’s mom sent him a book of tips for a successful marriage. Is there a message in that?

By Carolyn HaxMarch 16

Ask Amy: High schooler wants to avoid ex’s drama

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Miss Manners: Am I expressing empathy or making it about me?

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Ask Sahaj: I resent that my parents have relied on me my entire life. I’m so tired.

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Work Advice: I’m a foreign-born woman making less than my male direct report

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Sharp rise in ER visits by kids ingesting melatonin products, CDC says

By Caren Chesler

St. Patrick’s Day green foods and menopause brain: The week in Well+Being

By Tara Parker-Pope

Is it true that you will never die in your own dreams?

By Lindsey Bever

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Not everyone needs therapy

By Emily Edlynn

The Home You Own

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I think wasps may be nesting in my walls. How can I get rid of them?

By Jeanne Huber

Yes, you can make syrup in the city. Urban tree-tappers share how.

By Ashley Stimpson

Cats aren’t jerks. They’re just misunderstood.

By Colleen Grablick

7 paint colors that will give your bedroom a soothing vibe

By Kathryn O'Shea Evans

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A historical novel highlights the workers who built the Panama Canal

By Edna Bonhomme

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The lives and legacies of the Clotilda slave ship survivors

By Paul C. Taylor

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The CIA’s former master of disguise tells her story

By Tim Weiner

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The two best American fantasy writers you’ve probably never heard of

By Michael Dirda

A slightly comical illustration depicts two gangsters dragging a teenage boy, hostage, towards an isolated rural house in Ireland.

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‘Wild Houses’ is an electric thriller built on tense moments

By Ron Charles

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

How you should think about those Google Flights pollution numbers

By Nicolás Rivero

U.S. moves to save imperiled bird of the West by limiting oil drilling

By Maxine Joselow

EPA curbs cancer-causing chemical used to sterilize medical devices

By Maxine Joselow

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You’re not crazy. Spring is getting earlier. Find out how it’s changed in your town.

By Harry Stevens

Want a more sustainable meat for the grill? Try a 13-foot python steak.

By Rachel Pannett

Four ways total solar eclipses helped us learn more about our universe

By Kasha Patel

Follow a mile-by-mile map of the total solar eclipse

By Dylan Moriarty and Kevin Schaul

Major winter storm blankets Colorado: Here’s how much snow fell

By Ian Livingston

‘Gorilla hail’ and tornadoes pound Plains as storm risk shifts into Midwest

By Matthew Cappucci and Naomi Schanen

How a cheap, generic drug became a darling of longevity enthusiasts

By Daniel Gilbert

Tyre Nichols’s death sparked reform. His parents must fight for it again.

By María Luisa Paúl

David Mixner, champion of gay rights, dies at 77

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Prosecutors: Sam Bankman-Fried should get 40 to 50 years in prison

By Julie Zauzmer Weil

Dan Wakefield, novelist, reporter and spiritual chronicler, dies at 91

By Harrison Smith

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U.S. anticipates grim course for Ukraine if aid bill dies in Congress

By Missy Ryan, John Hudson, Michael Birnbaum and Dan Lamothe

As voting begins in Russian presidential election, so do the protests

By Robyn Dixon

U.S.-Hungary relationship reaches new low, with public rebukes and snubs

By Loveday Morris

Pope Francis, in first autobiography, says he will not choose to retire

By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli

How the gang leader ‘Barbecue’ became one of Haiti’s most powerful men

By Adela Suliman and Widlore Mérancourt

Middle East Conflict

At least 20 killed awaiting aid in Gaza as new cease-fire offer debated

By Kareem Fahim, Miriam Berger and Hazem Balousha

A barge of food reaches Gaza, testing new aid corridor as famine looms

By Abigail Hauslohner

Israel faces crisis of its own making as chaos and hunger engulf Gaza

By Shira Rubin and Yasmeen Abutaleb

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On Gaza aid, U.S. seeks complex workarounds to straightforward problem

By Sammy Westfall

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Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ marked a specific event. What does it say today?

Picasso’s “Guernica” has long been called to speak during wartime. Our critic visited Spain to take its measure.

By Sebastian Smee

Review

Kacey Musgraves made a wellness lifestyle album that isn’t Goop-core

By Chris Richards

The surreal, singular, ‘slightly delusional’ comedy of Julio Torres

By Sonia Rao

Lionel Messi is out vs. D.C. United. Fans aren’t the only ones bummed.

By Steven Goff

After sweeping changes, Spirit enters new era with patience and optimism

By Ella Brockway

In Nationals’ ‘Spring Breakout’ game, nerves and talent share stage

By Spencer Nusbaum

Rams star Aaron Donald announces his retirement from the NFL

By Mark Maske

College Football Playoff reportedly agrees to new contract with ESPN

By Glynn A. Hill

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