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Judge Cannon shoots down Trump’s presidential records act claim

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Israel braces for Tehran’s response after deadly Damascus strike

Justice official Clark violated ethics in aiding Trump, D.C. Bar panel finds

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Donald Trump and his allies are trying to get Nebraska to change its system to deprive President Biden of one electoral vote.

Why Trump wants to game Nebraska’s electoral vote, mapped

By Aaron Blake

RFK Jr. campaign describes Jan. 6 defendants as ‘activists,’ then disavows email

By Meryl Kornfield and Rachel Weiner

Fact CheckerAnalysis

RFK Jr.’s running mate is making claims about autism’s causes. She’s off base.

By Glenn Kessler

Centrist group No Labels won’t field a ticket in presidential election

By Michael Scherer

Politics

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How Steve Bannon guided the MAGA movement’s rebound from Jan. 6

By Isaac Arnsdorf

The new border fearmongering: China is ‘building an army’ in the U.S.

By Philip Bump

Biden summons Bernie Sanders to help boost drug-price campaign

By Dan Diamond

House Republicans seek to rename Dulles Airport after Trump

By Danny Nguyen

Trump Cases

Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss Georgia case on free speech claim

By Holly Bailey

Special counsel fires back at Judge Cannon’s order that could disrupt case

By Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett

The California businessman financing Trump’s $175 million bond in N.Y. fraud case

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Miss Manners: Grocery workers ask me to use express line when I have too many items

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Ask Sahaj: My son’s 5-month relationship ended 3 years ago. He’s still reeling.

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As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice

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High-fat keto diet may help people with serious mental illness

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By Trisha Pasricha, MD

Cancer patients often want ‘one more round.’ Should doctors say no?

By Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD

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An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn

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America’s new high-risk, high-reward $20 billion climate push

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Want an elephant? Botswana’s president says his country has too many.

By Kate Brady

Weather Service radar, warning systems fail during severe storm outbreak

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HOAs are blocking solar panels and native lawns. Here’s how to fight back.

By Michael J. Coren

SOLAR ECLIPSE

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Visiting an eclipse city? Here’s what to do after the sun reemerges.

By Virginia Brown

How cloudy will your area be for the solar eclipse? See the forecast.

By Ian Livingston, Lauren Tierney and Jason Samenow

See what the solar eclipse will look like in your city

By Szu Yu Chen, Carson TerBush and N. Kirkpatrick

How to find special glasses for the total solar eclipse — and how to spot the fakes

By Amudalat Ajasa

Five reasons 2024’s solar eclipse will be better than the one in 2017

By Matthew Cappucci

Help Desk

Elon Musk’s X restores free blue check marks. Here’s what it means.

By Chris Velazco54 minutes ago

Tired of late messages from your boss? A new bill aims to make it illegal.

By Danielle Abril

Review

I tried the new Google. Its answers are worse.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

Technology

Big Tech usually dismisses fears that AI kills jobs. Now it’s studying them.

By Gerrit De Vynck1 hour ago

Musk’s X pivots again, restoring blue checks to popular accounts

By Will Oremus and Kelly Kasulis Cho

She has a long list of credits (“True Blood,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding”) but playing a certain, quirky attorney on “The Good Wife” brought her a legion of fans — and her own series.

Hackers competed to find AI harms. Here’s what they found.

By Will Oremus

National

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America has legislated itself into competing red, blue versions of education

By Hannah Natanson, Lauren Tierney and Clara Ence Morse

Stanford appoints business school dean as its next president

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Truck crash hurls 77,000 ‘threatened’ salmon into wrong creek

By Leo Sands

At age 11, his passion is Pearl Harbor. He’s raised nearly $100,000.

By Sydney Page

Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbird’ cover ‘awakens so much,’ Little Rock Nine member says

By Kyle Melnick

WORLD

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Iran reaches highest number of executions in nearly a decade

By Nilo Tabrizy

The important role a big steel ball played in protecting Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper

By Rachel Pannett

On NATO’s 75th birthday, fear of Trump overshadows celebrations

By Emily Rauhala and John Hudson

Japan’s answer to seasonal allergies: A subsidized tropical escape

By Julia Mio Inuma and Michelle Ye Hee Lee

Food feud ends: Pepsi, Doritos return to one of world’s biggest grocers

By Victoria Bisset

Middle East Conflict

Gaza’s children face starvation. Those who survive can expect a lifetime of health troubles.

By Washington Post staff

U.S. approved more bombs to Israel on day of World Central Kitchen strikes

By John Hudson

In Israel’s war against Hamas rule, Gazans go hungry, aid groups retreat

By Miriam Berger, Hajar Harb and Hazem Balousha

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Humanity in the time after a war

By Robin Givhan

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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Carrie Preston has played a lot of parts, but there’s only one Elsbeth

By Emily Yahr

Review

Andrew Scott delivers a mesmerizing — and less than talented — Mr. Ripley

By Lili Loofbourow

Who’s the next Brando? Nobody.

By Ty Burr

‘Monkey Man’: Something ‘Wick’-ed this way comes

By Ty Burr

Hitler would have loathed this painting

By Sebastian Smee

‘X-Men ’97’ is retelling some of the greatest X-Men stories ever

By Herb Scribner

Looking for music by women composers? Here’s an entire festival.

By Michael Andor Brodeur

Health

In a rare move, maker of failed ALS drug removes it from the market

By Daniel Gilbert

Man who received pig kidney transplant leaves hospital, feels great

By Jennifer Hassan

Unauthorized sign-ups cast shadow on Obamacare’s record enrollment

By Julie Appleby and McKenzie Beard

Science

NASA awards contracts to three companies for new autonomous moon rovers

By Christian Davenport

What time is it on the moon? White House tells NASA to decide.

By Adela Suliman

Sea horse research gets a boost from volunteer citizen-scientists

By Erin Blakemore

SPORTS

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A firm targeted MLB stars’ pay. Next up: College athletes.

By Gus Garcia-Roberts and Albert Samaha

How N.C. State came out of nowhere and wound up in the Final Four

By Gene Wang

Amid a messy split, A’s announce temporary move to minor league park

By Chelsea Janes

Ovi and Sid: An enduring rivalry’s enduring relevance

By Barry Svrluga

Early Commanders win total paints pessimistic view for 2024

By Neil Greenberg

Business

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To comply with court, federal agency lets White people claim social disadvantage

By Julian Mark

Small Press Distribution closes, leaving indie publishers reeling

By Sophia Nguyen

In a first, FDA authorizes AI-driven test to predict sepsis in hospitals

By Daniel Gilbert and Rachel Roubein