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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize Palestinian state; Israel condemns move

By William BoothUpdated 17 minutes ago

Live

Israel recalls ambassadors after countries recognize Palestinian state

Pentagon’s maritime aid operation faces immediate obstacles in Gaza

(Reuters)

Trump Cases

Unsealed motions in Trump’s Fla. case suggest new evidence of possible obstruction

By Perry Stein

Trump email falsely says Biden was ‘locked & loaded’ to ‘take me out’ in Mar-a-Lago search

By Hannah Knowles

Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies plead not guilty in Arizona

Giuliani says he will stop accusing Georgia workers of election tampering

(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)

The Drowning South

Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the South

Miami offers a high-profile example of a predicament that parts of the southeast Atlantic and Gulf coasts are confronting as waters continue to rise.

By Brady Dennis, Kevin Crowe and John Muyskens1 hour ago

When open houses get weird

From the gross to the dangerous, real estate agents dish on the ways open houses can go very wrong.

By Rachel Kurzius

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Just how dangerous is turbulence?

By Hannah Sampson

Advice

We taste-tested 9 fake bacons. Here’s how they compare to the real thing.

By Michael J. Coren and Becky Krystal

A photo of two women who appear to be in their 30s, with pink and red flowers illustrated behind them, with some petals spilling over into the photo.

Perimenopause is having a millennial moment. Here are ways to cope.

By Emily Laber-Warren

For each public charger, here’s how many EVs are looking to plug in

By Shannon Osaka

THE 7 MORNING BRIEFING

7 things to know today: Trump trial; primary results; deadly tornadoes; Matthew Perry; Graceland; and more

Opinions

Six experts weigh in on the ICC’s warrants on Israeli and Hamas leaders

A momentous decision has sent shockwaves around the world. Was it the right one?

Opinion by Washington Post staff

A little-known 20th-century photographer’s work is vital to this moment

Opinion by Lucian Perkins

A second Trump presidency would be a disaster for the news media

Opinion by Leonard Downie Jr.

What’s happening at the Supreme Court? We’ll text you.

Opinion by Ruth Marcus

How can ‘traditional’ Republicans make their voices heard?

Letters to the Editor

The military is encroaching on Mexican democracy

Opinion by the Editorial Board

How Trump taught Biden to love tariffs

Opinion by Ramesh Ponnuru

Game Break

On the Record

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Sudoku

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Keyword

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The Young Thug trial and how it could reshape music

May 21

Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

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A hidden threat

Rising sea levels along the Southeast and Gulf Coast pose a problem for septic systems, which could cause environmental damage and exacerbate health risks if they fail.

Unsealed motions in Trump’s Fla. case suggest new evidence of possible obstruction

When open houses get weird

Norway, Ireland and Spain recognize Palestinian state; Israel condemns move

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Husband hasn’t properly atoned for calling his spouse an ‘eight’

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(Madeline Gray for The Post)

Analysis

Here are the key dynamics in a new batch of Biden-Trump polls

Here are some key trends and X-factors picked out of recent polls, along with what they could mean come November.

By Aaron Blake

House Republican group backed by Speaker Johnson to spend $141 million on ads

By Michael Scherer1 hour ago

Trump backtracks after suggesting he’s open to states restricting birth control access

By Amy B Wang

‘I ran into her yesterday’: RFK’s strange non-relationship with his VP pick

By Ashley Parker and Meryl Kornfield

Politics

House Democrats call on Justice Alito to recuse after flag controversy

By Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow

Social Security chief Martin O’Malley races to rebuild troubled agency

By Lisa Rein

POLICY

Advice

(Illustration by Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post)

Carolyn Hax: Husband hasn’t properly atoned for calling his spouse an ‘eight’

She was fishing for compliments, and more than four months later, her husband is still paying for declaring her an eight instead of a 10.

By Carolyn HaxMay 22

Ask Amy: I long for friendships with women. How do I find them?

May 22

Miss Manners: Is a gift registry for young kids the new normal?

May 22

My partner’s parenting makes me look like the ‘wicked’ stepmom

May 22

Ask Sahaj: I live with my parents and generational trauma ‘runs the house’

May 16

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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Advice

There’s more than one type of anxiety. Here are tips to cope.

By Christopher W.T. Miller, MD

Perspective

Feeling good about feeling bad, or how guilt can make you better

By Bob Brody

Heart checkups you should have and those you can probably skip

By Hallie Levine

Advice

Is my cholesterol drug causing muscle aches?

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

Study connects strength training, lower risk of knee arthritis

By Ian McMahan

Help Desk

Meta walked away from news. Now the company’s using it for AI content

By Heather Kelly41 minutes ago

Perspective

Exactly how stupid was what OpenAI did to Scarlett Johansson?

By Shira Ovide

Burned out on screens, people are sending lengthy voice notes instead

By Tatum Hunter

Technology

These ISIS news anchors are AI fakes. Their propaganda is real.

By Pranshu Verma

In novel case, U.S. charges man with making child sex abuse images with AI

By Pranshu Verma and Drew Harwell

Microsoft will build AI into new laptops, firing shot at Apple

By Gerrit De Vynck

National

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Louisiana House passes bill making abortion pills controlled substances

By Emily Wax-Thibodeaux and Molly Hennessy-Fiske

DOJ sues antiabortion groups, says patients were blocked from Ohio clinics

By Daniel Wu

DeSantis’s ‘Freedom Summer’ means no rainbow lights for Florida bridges

By Lori Rozsa

Bud Anderson, last triple ace pilot of World War II, dies at 102

By Emily Langer

Robert H. Dennard, chip innovator who helped build digital age, dies at 91

By Brian Murphy

WORLD

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

(Sean Scheidt for The Post)

Perspective

How a Southern Baptist minister came to lead an LGBTQ-affirming church

Ten years ago Danny Cortez gave a controversial sermon, and then the story really began.

By Monica Hesse

A dark new biopic starring Sebastian Stan as a young Trump is the talk of Cannes

By Jada Yuan

Analysis

The Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI dispute is straight out of ‘Her’

By Sonia Rao

‘Furiosa’ expands the mythic power of the Mad Max universe

By Jen Yamato

Zac Brown and his estranged wife are fighting over her Instagram poems

By Samantha Chery

Afrobeat musical ‘Fela!’ wins big at Helen Hayes Awards

By Thomas Floyd

Theater Review

A thrilling musical about a lesser-known part of the underground railroad

By Chris Klimek

D.C., MD. & VA.

Health

Denied emergency health care? Feds pledge to expedite patient complaints.

By Dan Diamond

What science tells us about Biden, Trump and evaluating an aging brain

By Joel Achenbach and Mark Johnson

Analysis

Markey targets private equity in health care

By McKenzie Beard

Science

These invasive moths are poised to proliferate across North America

By Erin Blakemore

Some mice have a cheating heart. It’s a hormonal thing, scientists find.

By Mark Johnson

Boeing delays spaceflight again as it continues to struggle with leak

By Christian Davenport

SPORTS

Perspective

Keibert Ruiz is supposed to be a Nationals pillar, not an unexpected drag

By Barry Svrluga

As states mull tax hikes, sportsbooks insist they’re paying their fair share

By Danny Funt

Georgia QB sues Florida Coach Billy Napier over failed NIL deal

By Gus Garcia-Roberts and Albert Samaha

The WNBA’s oldest rookie feels right at home with the Mystics

By Kareem Copeland

NFL owners to discuss private equity, may keep Tom Brady’s Raiders deal on hold

By Mark Maske

Business

(Nam Y. Huh/AP)

Biden releases 1 million barrels of gasoline in bid to lower summer costs

By Rachel Siegel and Evan Halper

N.C. to pay $885,000 to animal rights groups for undercover-video suit

By Rachel Weiner

FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg says he will resign after hostile workplace claims

By Jacob Bogage

Weight-loss promoters are reeling after TikTok crackdown

By Daniel Gilbert

Trump’s immigration plans could deal a major blow to the job market

By Rachel Siegel

Food