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Flood of Chinese imports could renew trade tensions, threaten U.S. jobs

China’s export surplus of cars and electronics helps the fight against inflation. But lower-priced Chinese goods threaten Biden’s hopes of boosting U.S. factory jobs.

By David J. Lynch

Supreme Court refuses to delay prison time for Trump aide Peter Navarro

By Ann E. Marimow

Cannon tells lawyers to weigh if Trump conduct can’t be reviewed by courts

By Devlin Barrett

A student takes a practice test for the digital SAT. (AP)

Changes to SAT requirements add stress to college admissions process

Some colleges are reinstating SAT and ACT mandates. Others remain test-optional, for now. The mix of policies is wreaking havoc on students, parents and counselors.

By Hannah Natanson and Susan Svrluga

Cast and crew members of “The Last Repair Shop” took a school bus to the Academy Awards. (Molly O’Keeffe)

Los Angeles schools get sudden donations after ‘The Last Repair Shop’ wins Oscar

“The attention has been overwhelming, and we’re honored,” said Steve Bagmanyan, part of a small team that repairs instruments for Los Angeles school students.

By Cathy Free

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

It’s never been cheaper to buy an EV. Here’s why.

By Nicolás Rivero

13 new and weird travel gadgets we actually want to try

By Andrea Sachs

The intermittent fasting trend may pose risks to your heart

By Anahad O’Connor

How to declutter 8 tricky spots in the kitchen

By Jamie Killin

THE 7 MORNING BRIEFING

Opinions

Spring: Abstraction as ruin

Artist Amy Sillman’s animated video conjures our unfurling world

Opinion by Amy Sillman and Marina Rosenfeld

In Rafah, my mother-in-law’s unnecessary death

Opinion by Atef Abu Saif

Trump can’t find anyone to spot him $464 million. Would you?

Opinion by Catherine Rampell

Earth? No thanks, say extraterrestrials.

Letters to the Editor

Outlawing abortion is just the start for some conservative judges

Opinion by Ruth Marcus

Musk is a MAGA megaphone and a federal contractor. That’s a problem.

Opinion by Max Boot

Cartoon: A failure to communicate

Opinion by Michael Ramirez

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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

White House says Israel lacks ‘coherent and sustainable strategy’ in Gaza

President Biden summoned senior Israeli military, intelligence and humanitarian officials to Washington for consultations over Israel’s plans to launch a major military operation in Rafah.

By Karen DeYoung and Toluse Olorunnipa

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Israel to send team to D.C. to discuss Rafah; Blinken will return to Mideast

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RBG Award gala canceled after Ginsburg family criticizes honorees

Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch were among the announced recipients of the 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg award from the Dwight Opperman foundation, which previously honored women.

By Maura Judkis

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Stephen Breyer’s new book sheds light on Supreme Court cases on abortion, guns

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They panic-bought bidets during the pandemic. It changed their lives.

Four years after the toilet paper shortage of 2020, bidet converts say they’re never going back — and bidet manufacturers say U.S. sales have never been better.

By Rachel Kurzius

Will Princess Kate video put an end to royal communications mess?

By Karla Adam

Stormy Daniels doc is a portrait of a woman destroyed by Donald Trump

By Jada Yuan

5 key moments from Elon Musk’s interview with Don Lemon

By Taylor Telford

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Rich Fierro fought in America’s war on terror. Then terror found him at home.

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Cannon tells lawyers to weigh if Trump conduct can’t be reviewed by courts

In Donald Trump’s classified documents case, Judge Aileen Cannon’s order about jury instructions seems to take precedence over numerous other pretrial issues.

Lindsey Graham, visiting Kyiv, urges Ukraine to pass mobilization law

Opinion

Trump can’t find anyone to spot him $464 million. Would you?

Supreme Court refuses to delay prison time for Trump aide Peter Navarro

Stormy Daniels doc is a portrait of a woman destroyed by Donald Trump

election 2024

In Wisconsin, a vote for Biden or Trump could come down to grocery prices

By Abha Bhattarai

Trump says Jewish Democrats ‘hate’ their religion and Israel

By Mariana Alfaro

The FixAnalysis

Pence’s refusal to back Trump points to a larger problem

By Aaron Blake

Primary ballot in N.J. is ‘unconstitutional,’ state attorney general says

By Azi Paybarah

Analysis

‘Bloodbath’ aside, Trump’s violent rhetoric is unambiguous

By Aaron Blake

Politics

Congress, White House agree on spending but may still miss deadline

By Jacob Bogage and Nick Miroff

Supreme Court rejects appeal by New Mexico official ousted from office over Jan. 6

By Mariana Alfaro

Fact CheckerAnalysis

Biden’s $400,000 tax pledge has a ‘magic asterisk’

By Glenn Kessler

Ted Cruz, Joe Biden and other politicians ask social media companies to remove posts

By Naomi Nix, Cat Zakrzewski and Ann E. Marimow

Trump Cases

Trump unable to finance an appeal bond for at least $450 million, lawyers say

By Shayna Jacobs and Jonathan O'Connell

Trump seeks to appeal judge’s order keeping Fani Willis on Georgia case

By Holly Bailey

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: Teen sees new stepsiblings as ‘too Brady Bunch for me’

Mom remarried a man with older kids, and this teen is annoyed by how hard the new stepsiblings are trying.

By Carolyn HaxMarch 19

Ask Amy: Parents disagree about where daughter’s visiting boyfriend should sleep

March 19

Miss Manners: Is complimenting makeup actually insulting?

March 19

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

March 14

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

March 14

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Advice

What can my blinking tell me about my health?

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

Medical Mysteries: A rolled ankle set this runner down a painful path

By Sandra G. Boodman

Spring means allergy season for 81 million people in the U.S.

By Linda Searing

Are all olive oils equally healthy for you? A look at the research.

By Jennifer Cook

Healthy habits may shield against dementia even after brain changes

By Erin Blakemore

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

How to go vegan in South Korea, a meat lover’s paradise

By Min Joo Kim

Georgia could greenlight a mine near one of the South’s last wild places

By Brady Dennis

Why Americans pay so much more than anyone else for weather disasters

By Shannon Osaka

How you should think about those Google Flights pollution numbers

By Nicolás Rivero

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U.S. fully bans asbestos, which kills 40,000 a year

By Anna Phillips

‘Devil comet’ could soon be visible to the naked eye. How to see it.

By Dan Stillman

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

By Ian Livingston

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

By Kasha Patel

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

By Matthew Cappucci and Naomi Schanen

Lawsuit details 1993 sexual assault allegation against New York mayor

By Praveena Somasundaram

Michigan lawyer who claimed election fraud arrested after Dominion hearing

By Rachel Weiner and Patrick Marley

Supreme Court hears free speech case that united the NRA and the ACLU

By Mark Berman

Analysis

How many dogs have government jobs? What about sea lions?

By Andrew Van Dam

‘Ghost Army’ that fooled Hitler will receive Congress’s highest honor

By Christopher Klein

WORLD

New artwork by Banksy near Finsbury Park in London on Monday. (Annabelle Timsit/The Post)

‘Banksy came overnight’: A neighborhood wakes up to world-famous street art

By Annabelle Timsit

Putin claims fifth term with a tally virtually unimaginable in any democratic nation

By Robyn Dixon and Catherine Belton

Lindsey Graham, visiting Kyiv, urges Ukraine to pass mobilization law

By Siobhán O'Grady

Niger junta announces end to military relationship with U.S.

By Rachel Chason, Omar Hama Saley and Rachel Pannett

Icelandic volcano erupts, turning sky orange and forcing evacuations

By Annabelle Timsit and Kasha Patel

Middle East Conflict

Israeli forces raid Gaza City hospital; U.S. confirms death of top Hamas leader

By Miriam Berger, Louisa Loveluck and Hajar Harb

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

Israel’s war on Hamas brings famine to Gaza

By Ishaan Tharoor

How Biden became embroiled in a Gaza conflict with no end in sight

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and John Hudson

Famine may already be in northern Gaza, aid groups say

By Niha Masih, Anthony Faiola and Miriam Berger

Israel-Gaza war coverage

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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On Fox News, Steve Doocy has become the unexpected voice of dissent

Steve Doocy, the affable longtime “Fox & Friends” host, is challenging GOP orthodoxy to the dismay of Sean Hannity, Donald Trump and other Republicans leaders

By Jeremy Barr

Beyoncé has a country hit. How will country radio handle that?

By Emily Yahr

Perspective

Does John Galliano deserve your forgiveness?

By Rachel Tashjian

Climate activists disrupting Jeremy Strong was the best part of the play

By Naveen Kumar

How TV’s ‘Maine Cabin Masters’ tries to preserve a tradition

By Olivia McCormack

Review

At the Met, exquisite singing in a confounding staging of ‘La Forza’

By Michael Andor Brodeur

Peyton Manning’s new docuseries captures Caitlin Clark’s historic season

By Ben Strauss

D.C., MD. & VA.

Health

AstraZeneca will cap inhaler costs at $35 per month

By Aaron Gregg

NIH probe of ‘Havana syndrome’ finds no sign of brain injuries

By Joel Achenbach and Shane Harris

Analysis

A conversation about the HHS plan on AI in health care

By McKenzie Beard

Science

While Earth enjoys an eclipse, a NASA probe is ready to ‘touch the sun’

By Joel Achenbach

Scientists discover fossilized remnants of earliest known forest

By Erin Blakemore

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

By Mark Johnson

SPORTS

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Analysis

The five top contenders to win the NCAA women’s basketball tournament

By Megan Gauer

Analysis

10 March Madness tips from a certified bracket master

By Neil Greenberg

Sports Illustrated’s owner announces new publisher amid turmoil

By Ben Strauss

Capitals close trip with win over Flames, move back into playoff spot

By Bailey Johnson

Wizards lose Bilal Coulibaly (fractured wrist) for the rest of season

By Ava Wallace

Business

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Joann files for bankruptcy as consumers pull back on nonessentials

By Jaclyn Peiser

AstraZeneca will cap inhaler costs at $35 per month

By Aaron Gregg

Flood of Chinese imports could renew trade tensions, threaten U.S. jobs

By David J. Lynch

See what’s fueling the return of supersonic passenger flights

By Lori Aratani and Monica Rodman

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee file petition to hold unionization vote

By Jeanne Whalen

Food