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House Democrats prepare for first impeachment vote

29 Oct 2019

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Mike DeBonis on what the upcoming impeachment vote means. Josh White on why the Supreme Court is considering whether a D.C. sniper should be resentenc...

How Baghdadi’s death could be rallying cry for ISIS

28 Oct 2019

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Missy Ryan on how U.S. troops closed in on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Peter Whoriskey explains the ethical uncertainty of what goes into a choc...

Doors are closing for Syrian refugees

25 Oct 2019

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Kareem Fahim travels with a refugee couple seeking a new life outside of Syria. And Julie Zauzmer on a Republican PAC working to get the Amish populat...

An interview with an algorithm

24 Oct 2019

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Drew Harwell and Carolyn Y. Johnson examine the algorithms measuring your worth. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel explains why the Education Department gave m...

A princess, an international custody dispute — and Rudy Giuliani

23 Oct 2019

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Dalton Bennett on the unexpected meeting between Rudolph W. Giuliani and an Emirati princess. Aaron Blake sums up the latest developments of the impea...

How Vladimir Putin soured the president on Ukraine

22 Oct 2019

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Greg Miller describes Vladimir Putin’s role in shaping Trump’s view of Ukraine. Griff Witte spends time with refugees who sought asylum in Austral...

Cracks in Trump’s Republican firewall

21 Oct 2019

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Ashley Parker on an increasingly embattled White House. Debbie Cenziper on the thousands of children in foster care after their parents fell victim to...

Trump awards a massive government contract – to himself

18 Oct 2019

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David Fahrenthold scrutinizes the president’s decision to award a major government contract — to himself. U.S. star Rose Lavelle discusses the fut...

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg struggles to balance truth and free speech

17 Oct 2019

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Tony Romm examines what Facebook sees as its role in policing speech ahead the 2020 election. Jenna Portnoy and Paul Kane recount the life and legacy ...

A Democratic debate, in the shadow of impeachment

16 Oct 2019

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Amber Phillips shares her takeaways from the fourth Democratic presidential debate. Aaron Davis explains the ascent of the U.S. ambassador to the E.U....

Some colleges are tracking students before they even apply

15 Oct 2019

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Douglas MacMillan explains how colleges track potential students before they even apply. Alex Andrejev follows a video-game designer’s path from ref...

As U.S. military plans pullout, a stunning unraveling in Syria

14 Oct 2019

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Missy Ryan talks about how the fight in Syria connects to U.S. diplomacy. Michelle Ye Hee Lee on the army of consultants behind Trump’s reelection c...

Why a suburb's integrated schools are still failing black students

11 Oct 2019

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Laura Meckler goes back to her hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio, to try to understand why integration efforts in schools there are still not closing t...

How China called foul on American businesses

10 Oct 2019

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Jeanne Whalen examines how Western businesses are bowing to political pressure from China. Samantha Schmidt on how a vulnerable community of transgend...

‘Not so much a legal document as a political screed’

09 Oct 2019

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Karoun Demirjian tracks how the White House has pushed back against impeachment. Anna Fifield explains a new phase in China’s forcible assimilation ...

The fallout of a U.S. troop withdrawal from northern Syria

08 Oct 2019

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Ishaan Tharoor on what the withdrawal of troops from Syria means for the Kurds. Eli Rosenberg reports from the picket line of the United Auto Workers ...

Inside the Republican reckoning over Trump’s possible impeachment.

07 Oct 2019

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Phil Rucker on how the impeachment inquiry into the president is paralyzing the GOP. Anton Troianovski reports on what climate change means in Siberia...

Why every Jessica you know is turning 30

04 Oct 2019

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The Lily’s Caroline Kitchener explores what it’s like to turn 30 in 2019. Plus, David Betancourt on the best “Joker.”

The story of Hunter Biden’s dealings in Ukraine

03 Oct 2019

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Michael Kranish looks into Hunter Biden’s dealings in Ukraine. Julie Zauzmer rides along with two pastors working to revive shrinking churches. Plus...

How the White House rehabilitated Saudi Arabia’s reputation after the death of Jamal Khashoggi

02 Oct 2019

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John Hudson examines the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, one year after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Nick Miroff on an interview with DHS’s isol...

Uber says safety is its first priority. Employees aren’t so sure.

01 Oct 2019

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Greg Bensinger on Uber’s company-centric safety policies. Matt Zapotsky examines how Attorney General William Barr fits into the impeachment inquiry...

How 2020 Democrats are navigating the impeachment inquiry

30 Sep 2019

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Sean Sullivan tracks how Democratic presidential candidates are responding to the impeachment inquiry. Wesley Lowery unpacks the argument for reparati...

50 years, three presidents: How impeachment inquiries change the nation

27 Sep 2019

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Chief political correspondent Dan Balz on covering two presidential impeachment inquiries. And Elahe Izadi examines the rarefied place in pop culture ...

The ‘highly detailed and arresting’ whistleblower complaint against Trump

26 Sep 2019

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Shane Harris takes us through the newly released whistleblower complaint. Juliet Eilperin on the conflicted attitudes of oil and gas executives toward...

‘A piece of a broader narrative’: Trump’s call at the center of whistleblower complaint

25 Sep 2019

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Shane Harris examines the rough transcript of Trump’s call to Ukraine. Greg Miller unpacks the shadow agenda pursued by Rudolph W. Giuliani in Ukrai...

Impeachment inquiry launched against Trump: How we got here

25 Sep 2019

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Politics reporter Aaron Blake explains House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, br...

‘It’s going to be an enormous battle’: Black college students fight for voting access in Texas

24 Sep 2019

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Amy Gardner on a case of alleged racial bias in the administration of a local election in Texas. Jerry Brewer examines where the NFL went wrong with A...

Whistleblower allegation against Trump revives the call for impeachment

23 Sep 2019

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Rachael Bade explains whether impeachment is on the table after a whistleblower complaint. Gerry Shih on the new targets of China’s crackdown agains...

‘They weren’t listening’: How Congress failed to act on a deadly drug’s harrowing rise

20 Sep 2019

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Katie Zezima on why federal money has a limited impact in communities fighting the opioid crisis. And Emily Giambalvo tracks the lives of the dogs res...

Intel official blows a whistle on Trump's interaction with world leader

19 Sep 2019

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Shane Harris on the whistleblower rattling the intelligence community. Juliet Eilperin explains the president’s move to take away California’s abi...

‘They see that swagger when Harris speaks’: How Howard University shaped Kamala Harris

18 Sep 2019

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Robin Givhan examines Sen. Kamala Harris’s political and racial identity. Ruth Eglash breaks down the negotiations for a new government in Israel. A...

‘He's got competing instincts here’: Trump’s shifting response to Saudi oil-field attack

17 Sep 2019

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Anne Gearan explains the White House’s shifting messaging on Iran. Drew Harwell on how Beijing-based TikTok is suspected of censoring the Hong Kong ...

What the opioid crackdown means for chronic pain patients

16 Sep 2019

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Joel Achenbach reports on chronic pain and opioids. Sarah Kaplan on how American teens are channeling their anxiety over climate change into activism....

‘The city didn’t need another statement of failure’: Baltimore still reeling after Freddie Gray

13 Sep 2019

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Aaron Blake shares his takeaways from the third Democratic debate. And Erin Cox describes the healing and reawakening of Baltimore after the death of ...

A report card on school segregation in America

12 Sep 2019

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Laura Meckler examines what school segregation looks like today. Heather Long on the minority women changing the makeup of the U.S. workforce. And Nic...

The ‘South Atlantic blob’: The vulnerability of the world’s warming oceans

11 Sep 2019

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Chris Mooney, John Muyskens and Carolyn Van Houten on the dangerous hot zones spreading around the world. David Weigel previews the next Democratic pr...

What John Bolton’s departure means for Trump’s foreign policy

10 Sep 2019

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John Hudson on the ouster of national security adviser John Bolton. Reed Albergotti describes Apple’s dual role in the app economy. And Lena Sun bre...

‘As far as I’m concerned, they’re dead.’ How Trump’s peace talks with the Taliban broke down.

09 Sep 2019

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Karen DeYoung explains the collapse of U.S. peace talks in Afghanistan. Rachael Bade on the implications of an impeachment probe. And Anthony Faiola d...

The power of black motherhood: Finding joy beyond the numbers on maternal mortality

06 Sep 2019

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Helena Andrews-Dyer looks for joy in her pregnancy in the face of scary statistics about black women and childbirth. And Peter Holley explains what li...

Protests, defections, rebellions — a chaotic week for British politics

05 Sep 2019

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Kevin Sullivan breaks down Boris Johnson’s Brexit battle. Caroline Kitchener describes the state of women’s health care in Maine. And Danielle Paq...

An intoxicated pathologist misdiagnosed 3,000 cases. VA failed to stop him.

04 Sep 2019

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Taylor Telford on Walmart’s response to multiple mass shootings. Lisa Rein looks at oversight failures in the Department of Veterans Affairs. And Je...

After prison, a different kind of punishment

03 Sep 2019

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Philip Rucker on what White House advisers and aides are really thinking as the summer winds down. Tracy Jan explains what’s missing in the conversa...

Getting through the world with face blindness

02 Sep 2019

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Post reporter Sadie Dingfelder used to think she was just really bad at recognizing people. Then she learned she might have a condition called prosopa...

How American classrooms gloss over slavery and its enduring legacy

30 Aug 2019

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Joe Heim examines the glossing over of the history of slavery in American textbooks and schools. Plus, Lisa Bonos and Linah Mohammad question the supp...

‘Finish the wall’: Trump tells aides he’ll pardon misdeeds, say current and former officials

29 Aug 2019

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Nick Miroff explains how the president is encouraging misdeeds to get his wall built. Geoffrey Fowler talks about how his credit cards have let compan...

Security or surveillance? How smart doorbell company Ring partners with police

28 Aug 2019

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Drew Harwell on doorbell-camera company Ring turning its focus to surveillance. Laura Reiley on the war over what plant-based brands can call themselv...

“This is a landmark.” The court decision that could shape the future of the opioid crisis.

27 Aug 2019

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Lenny Bernstein on what a court ruling in Oklahoma could mean for the opioid epidemic. Carol D. Leonnig reports on Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers speaki...

Goodbye Biarritz, Hello … Trump National Doral? Trump makes a pitch for next year’s G-7

26 Aug 2019

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David Fahrenthold explains President Trump’s unusual pitch for next year’s G-7 summit: hosting it at his own resort. Sari Horwitz on how fentanyl ...

‘Publishing is still a business that is owned by white men’: Three women on race and genre

23 Aug 2019

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Martine Powers talks with N.K. Jemisin, Jasmine Guillory and Lauren Wilkinson about challenging narrow perceptions of race in literary genres. And Mar...

‘People were always so welcoming, so kind, so helpful.’ And then the president arrived.

22 Aug 2019

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From a community divided by xenophobic chants, Griff Witte explains what the president’s rhetoric can do on the ground. Jeff Stein on the aging ...

Where does President Trump stand on gun reform? Depends on the day.

21 Aug 2019

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Josh Dawsey and David Nakamura on the dimming prospect of Trump-led gun reform. Pam Constable and Jon Gerberg track the U.S.-Taliban peace talks and t...

The Trump translator: How Stephen Miller became so powerful in the West Wing

20 Aug 2019

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Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey on the outsize influence of Stephen Miller on Trump’s immigration policy. Former Mass. governor Bill Weld makes a lo...

48 hours at the Iowa State Fair

19 Aug 2019

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Holly Bailey and Kevin Uhrmacher outline 2020 takeaways from the Iowa State Fair. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) explains his case to Martine Powers. And...

Non-binary, pregnant and taking on the most gendered role of all: motherhood

16 Aug 2019

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Samantha Schmidt on the sacrifices one person has made to become a mother. And Geoff Edgers remembers Aretha Franklin, one year after her death.

How small-dollar donors could choose our next president

15 Aug 2019

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Anu Narayanswamy crunches the numbers on small-dollar donations. Niha Masih and Joanna Slater explain the changes and turmoil in Kashmir. And Travis D...

He witnessed Michael Brown’s killing. Now Dorian Johnson is trying to get his life back on track.

14 Aug 2019

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Wesley Lowery takes us back to the night Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson. Damian Paletta warns of a possible recession. And Rebecca Tan on the co...

For many Americans, dramatic climate change has already arrived

13 Aug 2019

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Chris Mooney shows us where to see the future of climate change right now. Michael Kranish on President Trump’s relationship with his late alcoholic...

‘This is an issue that we can win’: Cory Booker on his gun control plan

12 Aug 2019

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Sen. Cory Booker lays out his gun policy proposal. Matt Zapotosky on what convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide in federal custo...

Nearly all mass shootings are committed by men. Why isn’t masculinity a bigger part of the debate?

09 Aug 2019

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Nicki DeMarco reports on the often-overlooked connection between masculinity and gun violence. And Geoff Edgers on a run of Vegas shows that defined E...

Forced from Paradise: Finding home after California’s Camp Fire

08 Aug 2019

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Greg Miller unpacks the calls for a redirection of U.S. counterterrorism efforts. Frances Stead Sellers and Whitney Leaming on people’s search for h...

‘Crops aren’t moving. There’s no market’: Why so many family farms are facing bankruptcy

07 Aug 2019

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Annie Gowen explains how the trade war is impacting American farmers. Joy Sharon Yi on one woman’s unseen losses after the Charleston, S.C., shootin...

Why China is playing the long game in its trade battle with the U.S.

06 Aug 2019

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Damian Paletta unpacks the most recent battles in the trade war with China. Mike DeBonis on the many retiring House members leaving Republicans in a l...

After mass shootings, Trump condemns white supremacy. Critics say he inspires it.

05 Aug 2019

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Mark Berman tracks the mass shootings that happened over the weekend in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. Plus, Philip Rucker on President Trump’s response ...

Finding America’s last-known slave ship — and confronting a monstrous past

02 Aug 2019

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Nicole Ellis tells the story of the Clotilda, the last-known ship of the illegal slave trade in the U.S. And Oyinkan Braithwaite ruminates on the unex...

For the Democratic field, the path to nomination goes through Joe Biden

01 Aug 2019

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Amber Phillips analyzes the liberal-moderate divide on display at the Democratic debates. Plus, Beth Reinhard details President Trump’s history with...

How Trump wants to one-up Democrats on health care

31 Jul 2019

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Yasmeen Abutaleb on the White House’s scramble for a health-care win. Moriah Balingit explains how e-cigarettes may lead to more than nicotine addic...

How secure are U.S. elections? (Hint: Still much less than you might think.)

30 Jul 2019

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Karoun Demirjian paints a grim picture of election security. Sam Schmidt on the 2020 Democrats flaunting Spanish skills — and the Latino candida...

Trump upends U.S. intel agencies with spy-chief pick

29 Jul 2019

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Shane Harris unpacks the state of the intelligence community amid the departure of spy chief Daniel Coats. Plus, Shibani Mahtani visits a Philippine t...

Not your neurotypical romance novel: The appeal of Helen Hoang

26 Jul 2019

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Lisa Bonos on an author working to make the romance genre more inclusive of people on the autism spectrum. And Travis M. Andrews on why you should sto...

California’s secret climate deal with automakers bypasses Trump administration regulations

25 Jul 2019

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Juliet Eilperin explains the secret deal between California and four major automakers. Plus, Elizabeth Dwoskin on the lives of content moderators acro...

A ‘living message’: What we learned from Robert Mueller’s testimony

24 Jul 2019

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Rachael Bade and Rosalind S. Helderman annotate the Mueller testimony, and Arelis Hernández explains the turmoil in Puerto Rico.

Britain's next prime minister: Boris Johnson, the ‘frat boy’ of Brexit

23 Jul 2019

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William Booth unpacks what a Boris Johnson-led Brexit could look like. Plus, Aaron Davis on the companies at the center of the opioid epidemic and Ell...

What Mueller’s testimony will add to our knowledge of the investigation: Probably not much

22 Jul 2019

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Rosalind Helderman previews Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday. Todd Frankel on the dangers of home elevators. Plus, Dan Za...

The origin story of the lunar landing

19 Jul 2019

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Lillian Cunningham on the United States’ path to being the first to have astronauts walk on the moon. Plus, Sebastian Smee on an iconic photo of Mot...

Trump’s racist tweets, and the politics of white identity

18 Jul 2019

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Michael Scherer explains the president’s identity politics. Plus, Eugene Scott on the history underpinning the “go back” refrain. And readers te...

Seven years, 76 billion pain pills - tracking the opioid epidemic in the U.S.

17 Jul 2019

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Scott Higham and Steven Rich unpack the DEA’s pain pill database. Sean Sullivan explains what’s missing in presidential candidates’ appeals to H...

What happened to Beto O’Rourke?

16 Jul 2019

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Damian Paletta explains how the U.S. government got behind on its bills. Plus, Jenna Johnson unpacks Beto O’Rourke’s lackluster fundraising number...

The immigration policies causing further uncertainty for asylum seekers

15 Jul 2019

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Nick Miroff and Kevin Sieff on the policies causing further uncertainty for asylum seekers. Plus, Amy Goldstein explains another threat to the ACA. An...

‘You do know the banjo is an African instrument, right?!’: The black roots of country music

12 Jul 2019

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Emily Yahr, Valerie June and Dina Bennett talk about how black people have been largely excluded from country music -- an art form rooted in black his...

‘A constant state of drowning’: 40% of Americans say they struggle to pay bills

11 Jul 2019

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Heather Long on the not-so-booming economy. Mike DeBonis explains the Democratic rifts in the House. And as far as Europe’s “flight shame” movem...

The FBI and ICE are scanning millions of Americans’ faces — without their knowledge or consent

10 Jul 2019

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Drew Harwell on how the FBI and ICE are using local DMV photos for facial-recognition searches. Dave Weigel talks about how Bernie Sanders has evolved...

Trump digs in on 2020 Census question over citizenship

09 Jul 2019

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Aaron Blake on how the citizenship question might make its way onto the census. Beth Reinhard on how the Newtown massacre created a rift within the Na...

New sex trafficking charges against Jeffrey Epstein — and the story behind a decade-old plea deal

08 Jul 2019

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Matt Zapotosky reports on the new abuse charges against well-connected multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Michael Kranish talks about how Donald Trump ...

Keeping the music on: How go-go became the center of D.C.’s gentrification battle

05 Jul 2019

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Marissa Lang on how a D.C. store’s booming go-go beats became a focus of Washington’s gentrification dilemma. And Sally Jenkins explains what she ...

How a trade war could blow up the U.S. fireworks supply

04 Jul 2019

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Taylor Telford explains how the United States became reliant on China for fireworks — and what the ongoing trade war might mean for future Fourth of...

Will President Trump's Fourth of July be a rally or a celebration?

03 Jul 2019

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Juliet Eilperin details President Trump’s plans for a grandiose Independence Day event. Greg Miller and Souad Mekhennet explain how ISIS-inspire...

As the tear gas clears, a turning point in Hong Kong’s protests

02 Jul 2019

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Shibani Mahtani explains how Hong Kong’s demonstrations are at a crossroads. Plus, Luisa Beck on how people’s tours of concentration camps are col...

Trump’s meeting with Kim was great for ratings, but was it good for denuclearization?

01 Jul 2019

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Seung Min Kim and Anna Fifield on President Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Plus, Geoff Fowler on how airport facial recogniti...

Bringing agency to the black man at the heart of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

28 Jun 2019

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Amber Phillips dissects the first Democratic primary debates. Actor Gbenga Akinnagbe on the toll of playing Tom Robinson in Broadway’s “To Kill a ...

Why the Supreme Court is blocking a citizenship question in the 2020 Census — for now

27 Jun 2019

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Robert Barnes explains the Supreme Court rulings in two closely watched cases. Michelle Lee analyzes the ways 2020 candidates use Facebook. And Gillia...

Behind the story Kirsten Gillibrand tells about her change of heart on guns

26 Jun 2019

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Nick Miroff on the growing crisis at the border. Robert Samuels examines how Kirsten Gillibrand’s past informs her present on guns. And Abha Bhattar...

From women’s advocate to favored Trump defender: Judge Jeanine Pirro’s evolution

25 Jun 2019

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Sarah Ellison untangles Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Trump-like political evolution. Rhonda Colvin delves into three lawmakers’ personal encounters with ...

Joe Biden vs. the rest of the Democratic field

24 Jun 2019

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Matt Viser on why Joe Biden is campaigning with an air of inevitability. Karla Adam on who could become Britain’s next prime minister. Plus, Gil...

“I had a teardrop that floated in front of me.” Astronauts on what it’s like to be in space.

21 Jun 2019

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Chris Davenport on The Washington Post’s project for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing: 50 astronauts on what it’s like to b...

Political donors are mostly white men. These women of color are trying to change that.

20 Jun 2019

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Josh Dawsey explains how the White House is handling escalating tension with Iran. Michelle Ye Hee Lee finds the women of color working to change the ...

Meet the New York couple donating millions to the anti-vax movement

19 Jun 2019

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Carol Morello talks about the U.N. investigator’s report about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Lena Sun on the Manhattan couple donating million...

Former defense pick tells The Post, “Bad things can happen to good families”

18 Jun 2019

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Aaron Davis on conversations with Trump’s former acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan about domestic violence incidents in his family. Mari...

A once-in-a-generation expedition to the Arctic

17 Jun 2019

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Rick Noack explains why tensions between the U.S. and Iran have reached new heights. Science reporter Sarah Kaplan on an expedition to the Arctic. And...

Why ‘Queer Eye’s’ Tan France is an expert at hard conversations

14 Jun 2019

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“Queer Eye” star Tan France on his new book “Naturally Tan.” Plus, Travis Andrews on how to hack the Billboard charts.

For Bernie Sanders, the path to power began Halloween night in a public-housing laundry room

13 Jun 2019

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Marc Fisher talks about the only executive office Bernie Sanders has held: mayor of Burlington, Vt. Anna Fifield on her new book, “The Great Success...