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Crutches and chocolate croissants: Gaza aid items Israel has rejected

What to know about Trump’s New York charges — and any potential sentence

In the hush money trial that starts next week, Donald Trump is accused of falsifying business records to help cover up an alleged affair before the 2016 election

By David Nakamura

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. (Jeenah Moon for The Post)

Trump fails to delay N.Y. criminal trial for a third time this week

By Shayna Jacobs

At state dinner for Japan, blossoms and bonhomie on the menu

White House guests included actor Robert De Niro, former figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi and Bill and Hillary Clinton.

By Anne Branigin and Roxanne Roberts

Perspective

Tradwives, stay-at-home girlfriends and the dream of feminine leisure

Some young women see patriarchy as a solution, not a problem. What in “The Feminine Mystique” is going on here?

By Monica Hesse

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Analysis

We mapped nature across the U.S. Look up where you live.

By Harry Stevens

Advice

6 essential tasks for a stripped-down spring cleaning

By Jennifer Barger

Gen Z workers can take criticism. You’re just phrasing it wrong.

By Danielle Abril

Training plans for five types of runners who want to do a fall marathon

By Teddy Amenabar

THE 7 MORNING BRIEFING

Opinions

(Andrea Levy for The Post)

It’s not so ‘terribly strange to be 70’

Turning 70, and checking in on what is known so far.

Opinion by Anne Lamott

Kill the zombies! Undead laws can come back to bite you.

Opinion by Kate Cohen

I was a teen in Virginia prison. Books were my lifeline.

Opinion by Reginald Dwayne Betts

Republicans need to stiffen their spines on abortion

Opinion by Ramesh Ponnuru

How to cope with the absurd, high-stakes 2024 election

Opinion by Amanda Ripley, Perry Bacon Jr. and Jim Geraghty

Today’s Opinions: 70 is still so young. Unless you’re on the Supreme Court.

Opinion by Drew Goins

Cartoon: Lindsey Graham disagrees with Trump on his abortion stance

Opinion by Ann Telnaes

Game Break

On the Record

One quote. Three chances.

Mini Meta Crossword

5x5 bitesized crossword.

Sudoku

Number. Order. Logic.

Keyword

One word to spell them all.

House Republicans revolt against spy agency bill, signaling trouble for Johnson

By Marianna Sotomayor

Justice Dept. finalizes rules to close ‘gun show loophole’

By Perry Stein1 hour ago

Grand jury finds severe failures at Virginia school before 6-year-old shot teacher

A report alleged that the boy was not supposed to be attending the school after an incident in which he choked a teacher, but lapses by administrators allowed him back on campus.

By Justin Jouvenal

The mysterious condition that is striking young, highly trained athletes

The syndrome tends to strike suddenly, leaving previously healthy people unable to function, with no clear cause.

By Ariana Eunjung Cha

The 88th Masters

Analysis

The nine best bets to win this year’s Masters

By Matt Bonesteel

Perspective

This reunion is a reminder of what golf has lost

By Barry Svrluga

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It’s not so ‘terribly strange to be 70’

Analysis

Mapping America’s access to nature, neighborhood by neighborhood

What to know about Trump’s New York charges — and any potential sentence

At state dinner for Japan, blossoms and bonhomie on the menu

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The Campaign MomentAnalysis

Arizona’s abortion ban is a distinct danger for GOP

The past week is the moment the GOP caught the car on abortion rights.

By Aaron Blake

Arizona abortion ruling shows pitfalls of Trump’s states’ rights strategy

By Marianne LeVine and Maegan Vazquez

Analysis

Browbeating Jewish voters hasn’t yet worked for Trump

By Philip Bump

Cornel West announces BLM activist, professor Melina Abdullah as VP pick

By Meryl Kornfield

Politics

The Early 202Analysis

Inside the Republicans’ impeachment strategy

By Leigh Ann Caldwell, Theodoric Meyer and Tobi Raji

Johnson delays Mayorkas impeachment trial until next week

By Jacqueline Alemany, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Liz Goodwin

Greene renews threat to Johnson’s speakership with letter to House GOP

By Mariana Alfaro

Analysis

Fox News twists data on economy and crime to attack Biden

By Philip Bump

Trump Cases

Trump fails to delay N.Y. criminal trial for a third time this week

By Shayna Jacobs

Ex-Trump company executive Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail

By Shayna Jacobs

After months, Judge Cannon agrees to shield Trump witness names

By Devlin Barrett

Advice

(Nick Galifianakis/For The Washington Post)

Carolyn Hax: She makes liberal use of silent treatment in her friend group

She’s the wife of a beloved friend — and has the not-so-lovely habit of punishing people by going silent on them, sometimes for months.

By Carolyn HaxApril 11

Ask Amy: Do I have to accept my racist friends as they are?

April 11

Miss Manners: Regifting an obvious regift

April 11

How do I get my teen to stop snapping at his ‘annoying’ little sister?

April 10

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

April 4

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Well+BeingNews and advice to live well every day

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Perspective

How feeling envy helped me in life — mostly

By Stacy S. Kim

In a first, EPA sets limit for ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

By Teddy Amenabar

How NBA star Sean Elliott switched to a kidney-friendly diet

By Anahad O’Connor

How pregnancy may speed up the aging process

By Gretchen Reynolds

Want a mood boost? Get out there and try something new.

By Kristyn Kusek Lewis

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

(AFP/Getty Images)

Here’s how EVs could get 200 miles per gallon

By Shannon Osaka

EPA limits toxic air pollution from chemical plants

By Maxine Joselow and Amudalat Ajasa

Earth sees hottest-ever March, the 10th record-breaking month in a row

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

Biden administration mulls tougher limits on new gas plants as 2024 election nears

By Maxine Joselow

European court rules Switzerland climate inaction violated human rights

By Ellen Francis and Chico Harlan

Weather & Sky

Destructive storms are sweeping the South, producing tornadoes and flooding

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

Unique views of the solar eclipse you may have missed

By Dan Stillman and Jason Samenow

Spectacular and stunning: Top reader photos of the solar eclipse

By Ian Livingston and Dan Stillman

If you missed Monday’s solar eclipse, it’s a long wait until the next

By Matthew Cappucci

Gen Z workers can take criticism. You’re just phrasing it wrong.

By Danielle Abril

This is the most consequential technology in America

By Shira Ovide

The best tech to have in a natural disaster

By Heather Kelly

Technology

Funding shortfall forces FCC to slash monthly broadband benefits in May

By Tony Romm

Analysis

Elon Musk picks his speech battle

By Will Oremus

Content creators ask Meta to reverse politics limits on Instagram, Threads

By Taylor Lorenz

National

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Police fire 96 shots in 41 seconds, killing Black man during traffic stop

By Jennifer Hassan

At least four hurt after gunfire erupts at Philadelphia Eid celebration

By Daniel Wu

Ohio officer shot Black teen who was holding a fake gun, new video shows

By Ben Brasch

Perspective

In the Oxford school shooting: historic punishment, familiar sadness

By Robin Givhan

Some Jan. 6 rioters win early release, even before key Supreme Court ruling

By Spencer S. Hsu

WORLD

(AFP/Getty Images)

Millions in Myanmar face economic ‘free fall’ due to war, U.N. finds

By Rebecca Tan

Ukraine needs more Patriot air defenses. Its foreign minister is not asking nicely anymore.

By Isabelle Khurshudyan

General warns House on Ukraine: ‘The side that can’t shoot back loses’

By Dan Lamothe

Aid to Ukraine strengthens U.S. hand with Russia and China, U.K.’s top diplomat tells Trump

By Michael Birnbaum

How China allegedly interfered with Canada’s elections

By Amanda Coletta

Middle East Conflict

What to know about the Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member

By Rachel Pannett

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

Israel’s war in Gaza reaches an inflection point

By Adam Taylor

Gazans mark a somber Eid; Biden calls Netanyahu’s approach a ‘mistake’

By Niha Masih, Victoria Bisset, Mohamad El Chamaa and Bryan Pietsch

Hamas says it is studying cease-fire proposal after negotiators leave Cairo

By Andrew Jeong, Jennifer Hassan and Bryan Pietsch

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

(Carlos Fabal)

The dreamlike photos that changed the world’s imagination of Black Brazil

Walter Firmo, an 86-year-old photographer, spent most of his career radically shifting the visual narrative about Black communities and culture in Brazil.

By Beatriz Miranda

Perspective

Meet the ‘pursuer of nubile young females’ who helped pass Arizona’s 1864 abortion law

By Monica Hesse

Esther Perel, America’s couples therapy guru, will see you now

By Ashley Fetters Maloy

John Mellencamp would like you to behave. Or ‘don’t come to my show.’

By Chris Klimek

Museum fires employee for hanging up his own artwork

By Kelsey Ables1 hour ago

Art Review

The Hirshhorn took its modern art treasures out of the vault. It’s a joy.

By Kriston Capps

Alec Baldwin had ‘no control’ over emotions on ‘Rust’ set, prosecutors say

By Annabelle Timsit

D.C., MD. & VA.

Health

How Ohio’s GOP governor sells public health: Don’t call it that.

By Lauren Weber

Lunchables under fire after reports of concerning lead, sodium levels

By Lauren Weber

Analysis

The NIH hopes to make TMJ ‘bearable.’ It has a long way to go.

By Brett Kelman and McKenzie Beard

Science

Peter Higgs, Nobel-winning physicist on a subatomic hunt, dies at 94

By Eryn Brown

Why this eclipse could really show Einstein was correct

By Kasha Patel

Spectacular nature and science images from Sony’s world photo awards

By Washington Post staff

SPORTS

(David Cannon/Getty Images)

LIV’s Greg Norman never experienced the Masters as he did this week

By Rick Maese

Perspective

This Masters reunion is a reminder of what golf has lost

By Barry Svrluga

Analysis

Pitchers are buckling and breaking across baseball. What is to blame?

By Chelsea Janes

Nationals drop series finale to Giants as Patrick Corbin struggles again

By Andrew Golden

More than gold: Track and field becomes first sport to pay Olympic winners

By Kim Bellware

Business

(Frank Franklin II/AP)

Inflation keeps coming in hot, likely delaying interest rate cuts

By Rachel Siegel

Funding shortfall forces FCC to slash monthly broadband benefits in May

By Tony Romm

Advice

Even if you owe taxes and can’t pay, file a tax return. Or you’ll owe more.

By Michelle Singletary

White House, Senate Democrats unveil bill to battle pandemic aid fraud

By Tony Romm

Build your dream economy, and see how it compares to reality

By Chris Alcantara, Rachel Siegel and Shelly Tan

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