Post Reports
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A diplomatic crisis in Venezuela
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Carol Morello on why Venezuela may be on the verge of a coup. Abby Ohlheiser on how the Mall standoff went viral. Plus, Angela Fritz on the privatizat...
Senate shutdown votes are ‘fundamentally designed not to pass’
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Seung Min Kim on stalled legislative efforts to end the seemingly never-ending shutdown. Moriah Balingit on the state of public school systems in ligh...
544 days in an Iranian prison
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Washington Post’s columnist Jason Rezaian on his imprisonment in Iran. Eugene Scott on how Kamala Harris’s identity is shaping her presidentia...
One civil rights icon is ‘trying to demystify the hero thing’
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Six decades after Minnijean Brown became one of the Little Rock Nine, one of the first nine black students to desegregate a high school in Little Rock...
Who owns the Women’s March?
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Kindy on federal prison workers who aren’t getting enough support during the partial government shutdown. Marissa Lang on the tensions surr...
The Founding Fathers never planned for the Trump International Hotel
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Fahrenthold on a government watchdog report questioning the constitutionality of Trump’s D.C. hotel lease. William Booth on Britain's many att...
Kirsten Gillibrand wants you to know her name
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Johnson on the gradual policy shifts of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), newly announced presidential hopeful. Sudarsan Raghavan on the struggl...
Does Beto O’Rourke have something to say?
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Johnson talks to Beto O’Rourke after his bid for U.S. Senate. Matt Zapotosky on the confirmation hearing for an attorney general nominee. Plus...
Trump’s secrecy around Putin talks are ‘part of a much broader pattern’
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Miller on the president keeping notes from meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin to himself. Darryl Fears on an executive order that may...
Why R. Kelly’s accusers were rarely heard — until now
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff Edgers dives into the history of sexual misconduct claims against R. Kelly. Tim Carman questions the value of his food column, the $20 Diner. An...
Border 101
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As President Trump continues to press his case for a wall, Maria Sacchetti dispels misinformation about the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, Nicolás Maduro ...
Meanwhile, in the Mueller investigation
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While the shutdown drama continues, it’s been a big week in the special counsel investigation. Plus, the administration quietly considers a rollback...
No exit: Trump’s shutdown strategy
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Reporter Robert Costa on what is happening the behind the scenes as the budget stalemate shows no sign of abating. Plus, Christopher Mooney on how a s...
To build border wall, Trump considers national emergency powers
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump is threatening to call a national emergency to build a border wall. Post reporter David Nakamura explains whether that’s possible, o...
The confounding case of alleged spy Paul Whelan
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Harris tells the story about a former Marine being detained in Russia on suspicion of spying. Annie Linskey on how the “likability” question...
New Congress, same old shutdown
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Seung Min Kim explains how Congress might tackle the shutdown. Colby Itkowitz on whether the new Congress is as diverse as it seems. Plus, Ian Shapira...
Dysfunction junction: Why we have a ‘do nothing’ Congress
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Kane on why Congress can’t function. Drew Harwell explains the disturbing use of artificial intelligence to put real-life women’s faces in fa...
102 Americans on what unites us
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Book critic Carlos Lozada declares his pick for the most memorable book of the last year. And Americans share what they believe unites our often-divid...
Goodbye, 2018. Hello, 2020.
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Annie Linskey tells us about Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren throwing her hat in the presidential ring. The Washington Post’s Style section selects...
After Mollie Tibbetts’s politicized death, an unlikely kindness
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The death of Mollie Tibbetts became an immigration talking point, but reporter Terrence McCoy tells the unlikely story of immense kindness in the afte...
All aboard the market roller coaster
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Long breaks down the tumultuous markets. Julie Zauzmer shares her story on Jews being paid to move to Alabama. Plus, Tom Cruise and video inte...
The story behind a global e-scooter recall
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Holley investigates the dangers of e-scooters. Philip Rucker debriefs on the president’s surprise trip to Iraq over this tumultuous holiday. P...
A home for the holidays
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This year, 10-year-old Kamiya Johnson will be home for the holidays. Post reporter Jessica Contrera says that Kamiya’s family was able to leave a D....
How Ben Carson is rolling back fair-housing enforcement
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy Jan reports on how Ben Carson’s HUD cut back on investigating housing discrimination. Lori Aratani explains why airplane bathrooms keep gettin...
‘The sound and the fury’: Another week in the White House
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As a shutdown nears, White House reporter Josh Dawsey recounts President Trump’s chaotic week. Senior editor Marc Fisher on the evolution of former ...
U.S. troops to leave Syria. Now what?
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What it means for the U.S. to pull forces out of Syria. The fashion industry’s mixed messages to plus-size women. Plus, when Congress weighed a jour...
How a ‘law and order’ party embraced prison reform
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill overhauling the federal prison system. What it takes to mend relationships between the police and communities....
Why President Trump is shutting down his charity
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump’s charity will shut down amid allegations that he used it for personal and political gain. In the second part of our Murder With Imp...
Murder With Impunity: Surrounded by homicide
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A New Orleans mother who lost three children in homicides now fears for her last. Plus, a new report prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee de...
When a 7-year-old dies on Border Patrol’s watch
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A 7-year-old girl died after being taken into Border Patrol custody, reportedly from dehydration and exhaustion. Also, the U.S. responds to climate ch...
Brexit: ‘The word you’re looking for is shambolic’
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Now that Theresa May has survived a no-confidence vote by her party, can she pull off Brexit? Also, what the new “Spider-Man” film means to an Afr...
Michael Cohen, sentenced Wednesday, says he's free from Trump
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Google’s CEO visits the Post to discuss the tech giant’s future. Plus, why it’s ma...
Live from the Oval Office, it’s Tuesday afternoon!
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump faces off with Democratic lawmakers Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in a nationally televised shouting match. How a flute player’s la...
Who wants to be White House chief of staff?
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Just as special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation heats up, President Trump struggles to find a new chief of staff. Also, right-wing vio...
What one man’s death says about the asylum court system
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Apple’s new heart-healthy tech might be better for the anxious and not the ailing. Also, a dead man’s children seek asylum in the same court that ...
Deal or no deal?: Theresa May’s Brexit standoff
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A vote on Britain’s separation from the European Union, how veterans’ stay at Trump’s D.C. hotel (courtesy of Saudi Arabia) may have violated th...
The midterm election that's still not over
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
An investigation into possible election fraud in North Carolina, the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and one former president...
Democrats set the stage (literally) for 2020
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Democratic National Committee struggles to find a big-enough stage for likely presidential candidates. Plus, the second and final installment of o...
Prime Suspect, Part 1: An Affair. The Mob. A Murder.
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One September morning a Post reporter gets a call with new information about a murder she covered 30 years ago. Plus, how climate change became a part...
Introducing ‘Post Reports’
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Here it is: the new daily podcast from the newsroom of The Washington Post. “Post Reports,” hosted by Martine Powers, will bring you all the repor...