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Israeli official pledges to ‘exact a price on Iran’ after drone and missile attack

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Iran’s attack tested the top level of Israel’s air defense system
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Overview

Israel mulls response after U.S.-led alliance fends off barrage

Where Iran struck, and how Israel defended itself

Why did Iran attack Israel? Here’s what to know.

Trump Cases

Trump’s hush money trial strategy: Deny, delay and denigrate

Donald Trump braces to go on trial in New York on Monday, after his legal team tried everything it could think of to delay and criticize the proceedings.

By Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, Perry Stein and Mark Berman

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New Yorkers weigh in on whether they could be impartial jurors

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Small-time investors in Trump’s Truth Social reckon with stock collapse

By Drew Harwell

Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths

By Arelis R. Hernández, Marina Dias and Daniele Volpe

Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign.

Heavy rains earlier resurrected a prehistoric lake in California’s Death Valley. Now flowers have filled a place best known for its shades of browns and grays with brilliant blasts of yellow and purple, pink and cream.

By Reis Thebault, Alice Li and Bridget Bennett

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Which colors look best on you? These tech tools claim to know.

By Tatum Hunter

An illustrated encyclopedia of packing styles

By Natalie B. Compton

Advice

The key to beautifully browned mushrooms

By Aaron Hutcherson

Illustration of people of different races communicating with each other.

The joys and challenges of interracial friendships

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The brazen optimism of Kathryn Murdoch’s plan to save Earth

Kathryn Murdoch thinks a sense of doom is thwarting climate action. “A Brief History of the Future,” her documentary with Ari Wallach, urges a brighter outlook.

By Laura Wagner

Live: The Masters

Scottie Scheffler takes one-shot lead into final round

RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered

Sketch in N.Y. apartment turns out to be rare Revolutionary War drawing

The 1777 depiction of Continental Army soldiers and their companions is set to go on display this week at Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution.

By Dave Kindy

Caitlin Clark showed up on SNL to dunk all over Michael Che

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They got their son a pet octopus. Weeks later, there were 50 more.

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Small-time investors in Trump’s Truth Social reckon with stock collapse

Trump Media shareholders have voiced doubt and fury over the company’s plunging price. Some said they had invested thousands to show Trump their faith and support.

Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths

Live updates: Forces intercepted nearly all 300 Iranian drones and missiles, Israel says

Opinion

Trump’s immunity claims tell voters all they need to know about him

Why did Iran attack Israel? What to know about the strikes, U.S. response.

election 2024

Trump supporters echo pro-Palestinian ‘genocide Joe’ chant

Trump rallygoers shouted the pro-Palestinian chant “genocide Joe” after Trump suggested Iran’s attack on Israel shows “weakness” by President Biden.

By Marianne LeVine and Yasmeen Abutaleb1 hour ago

Trump endorses a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate he once condemned

By Marianne LeVine

How Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake has shifted her abortion stance

By Maegan Vazquez

Biden says the 2024 race is binary. Millions don’t see it that way.

By Toluse Olorunnipa

Politics

Voters during the Virginia primary on March 5 in Richmond. (Matt McClain/The Post)

Analysis

Voters think the nation is going off rails — just not in their state

There is a strange chasm between how voters perceive their own state vs. the nation. That could play out in how they cast ballots in November.

By Paul Kane

Evangelicals are fed up with the House GOP’s Israel aid holdouts

By Abigail Hauslohner

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Progressives want to cut military aid to Israel. Here are the options.

Kansas governor vetoes a ban on gender-affirming care; GOP vows override

By Tobi Raji

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: He left dad’s wife off the list for his City Hall wedding

The letter writer’s wife didn’t make the cut for his son’s City Hall wedding, which only six guests can attend.

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Ask Amy: My marriage has no physical or emotional intimacy

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Miss Manners: Restaurant patron’s sagging pants offended me

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Ask Sahaj: I want to move out. My parents might guilt me into staying.

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Why are red clay stains so stubborn, and how can I get rid of them?

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Should you paint your countertops?

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In thrilling historical fiction, powerful women find their voices

By Carol Memmott

An illustration of three women reading three different books.

At silent book clubs, socializing is optional

By Dawn Fallik

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Judi Dench gets chatty and cheeky about Shakespeare

By Malcolm Forbes

Review

Alexandra Fuller’s new book is not your typical grief memoir

By Marion Winik

Review

How did Ian Fleming create James Bond? He looked in the mirror.

By Michael Dirda

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Medical Mysteries: Years of hives and fevers traced to a startling cause

By Sandra G. Boodman

Perspective

Anxious about your first mammogram? Here’s what I learned.

By Gemma Correll

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Francis Collins: Why I’m going public with my prostate cancer diagnosis

By Francis S. Collins

Don’t rinse after brushing your teeth. Here’s why.

By Lindsey Bever

They’re young and athletic. They’re also ill with a condition called POTS.

By Ariana Eunjung Cha

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

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Missouri could crack down on water exports to drought-weary West

By Scott Dance

Biden hikes cost of drilling on federal lands as Trump courts oil donors

By Maxine Joselow and Josh Dawsey

Biden plans to expand two national monuments in California

By Maxine Joselow

A ‘petting zoo’ for heat pumps? This fair helps Americans green their homes.

By Allyson Chiu

Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign.

By Reis Thebault, Alice Li and Bridget Bennett

Delta eclipse flight from Dallas veered off path of totality

By Hannah Sampson

Powerful storm causes damage from Texas to Pennsylvania

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

Unique views of the solar eclipse you may have missed

By Dan Stillman and Jason Samenow

Here’s why California is drought-free for a second straight year

By Diana Leonard

Which colors look best on you? These tech tools claim to know.

By Tatum Hunter

Internet service has ‘nutrition labels’ now. Here’s how to use them.

By Shira Ovide

Apple will approve used parts in iPhone repairs, in long-awaited reversal

By Chris Velazco

Technology

Small-time investors in Trump’s Truth Social reckon with stock collapse

By Drew Harwell

This senator wants an online privacy law. She’s slowed efforts for years.

By Cristiano Lima-Strong

U.S. says recent Microsoft breach exposed federal agencies to hacking

By Joseph Menn

National

Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction

By Ann E. Marimow

Amid relentless school shootings, scrutiny extends beyond the shooter

By Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson and Justin Jouvenal

Philadelphia becomes fourth city to ban largest ghost gun parts dealer

By Tom Jackman

Ex-U.S. ambassador sentenced to 15 years after decades of spying for Cuba

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

1 killed, 13 hurt after driver rams truck into Tex. state agency, officials say

By María Luisa Paúl and Amber Ferguson

INSPIRED LIFEStories about humanity

Fire chief adopts puppy from fire scene: ‘I was so sad he’d been burned’

By Cathy Free

A baby had no home after a stay in the NICU. Her nurses adopted her.

By Sydney Page

A girl wanted to help buy her mom’s headstone. She made a lemonade stand.

By Praveena Somasundaram

They were bitter rivals. Then one of them needed a kidney.

By Cathy Free

WORLD

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

The therapist and lecturer has captivated millions in recent years with her disarming sense of humor and her daring but generously humane philosophies on love.

By Ashley Fetters Maloy

The unlikely but enduring bond between Norm Macdonald and O.J. Simpson

By Geoff Edgers

Margot Robbie to make new Monopoly movie

By Samantha Chery and Herb Scribner

At the Masters, golf’s best battle the course — and their own demons

By Barry Svrluga

A hectic moving day wreaks havoc on the Masters leader board

By Rick Maese

Verne Lundquist, a Masters institution, gets ready to say goodbye

By Rick Maese

On final day of the regular season, NBA playoffs are anything but set

By Ben Golliver

‘I’m not Black; I’m O.J.’: Why Simpson avoided athlete activism

By Michael Lee

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