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Deep Reads: A Columbia professor criticized Israeli students. It put her job at risk.

01 Feb 2025

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Franke spoke out during the spring student protests on the Columbia University campus. She had watched as mostly Republican lawmakers grilled the pres...

“The vibes have been immaculate” for Trump. Until now.

31 Jan 2025

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Trump’s extraordinary news conference on the plane crash near Reagan National Airport, his administration’s freeze and unfreeze of all federal fun...

Crowded airspace and D.C.'s deadly plane crash

30 Jan 2025

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“It was probably out in the middle of the river. I just saw a fireball, and then it was gone.” Today on “Post Reports,” unpacking a deadly col...

Is China winning the AI race?

29 Jan 2025

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The stock market plummeted this week after a Chinese company showed it could do more with less. Today, we talk about the new AI chatbot DeepSeek, and ...

Measles, polio, HPV: Uncovering RFK Jr.'s false vaccine claims

28 Jan 2025

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s selection has raised red flags among medical experts and public health officials, especially because of his stance on vaccin...

Trump's deportation campaign has begun

27 Jan 2025

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Over the weekend, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials received instructions from the White House to ramp up deportations, from a few hu...

Debora Cahn on ‘The Diplomat’ and “using your words”

25 Jan 2025

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Ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, scores of career diplomats at the State Department were asked by Trump aides to resign. Trump c...

Trump’s busy first week in office

24 Jan 2025

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Senior political reporter Aaron Blake talks with senior White House reporter Isaac Arnsdorf and national political reporter Marianne LeVine about how ...

The future of work is female — and older

23 Jan 2025

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Historically, many women dropped out of the labor force because of family obligations. Today, women are working longer — in some cases because they ...

Prince Harry's tabloid saga

22 Jan 2025

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On Wednesday, Rupert Murdoch’s British media group agreed to pay “substantial damages” and apologized to Prince Harry as part of a settlement ag...

How Trump resurrected TikTok

21 Jan 2025

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It’s not over for TikTok. Or is it? Today on “Post Reports,” why the app went dark in the United States, how it came back and who controls its f...

Trump returns

21 Jan 2025

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Crowds of Trump supporters in Washington were supposed to watch the inauguration on the National Mall. But when plans changed last-minute because of f...

Retropolis: The presidential inauguration that made everyone sick

18 Jan 2025

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In this special episode of “Post Reports,” columnist Petula Dvorak reads her first installment of The Post’s revealing history column, Retropoli...

The Campaign Moment: Hegseth and Bondi go to Washington

17 Jan 2025

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Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author of The Campaign Moment newsletter talks with national security reporter Abby Hauslohner and national...

A ceasefire hangs in the balance

16 Jan 2025

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After months of negotiations mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement. But its fate is already i...

How to reset your relationship with your phone

15 Jan 2025

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The 2024 election pushed some people to put down their phones more and tune out of the news. But author Catherine Price started thinking about breakin...

Arrested by AI

14 Jan 2025

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After two men brutally assaulted a security guard on a train platform in St. Louis, police detectives faced a daunting challenge: identifying the atta...

Grief (and love) in L.A.

13 Jan 2025

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Today, when disaster hits home. Weather editor Paulina Firozi and Brianna Sacks, an extreme weather and disaster reporter, are Post colleagues. We'll ...

The Campaign Moment: Trump, the unpunished felon

10 Jan 2025

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Senior political reporter Aaron Blake talks with The Post’s White House editor, Naftali Bendavid, and national political reporter Maeve Reston about...

How Justin Trudeau lost Canada

09 Jan 2025

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After 10 years on the job, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced earlier this week that he is stepping down. Today, The Washington Pos...

Los Angeles is burning

08 Jan 2025

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Early Tuesday, wildfires started burning across Los Angeles County. The scale of the destruction is massive; entire neighborhoods are in flames, with ...

Will I get cancer from drinking alcohol?

07 Jan 2025

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The country’s top doctor is calling for cancer risk warning labels on alcohol. On “Post Reports,” why, and what that could mean for you.Read mor...

How ISIS became ‘the easiest club’ to join

06 Jan 2025

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On New Year’s Day in New Orleans, a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people, killing 14 and leaving many others injured. In the aftermath la...

The Campaign Moment: How Mike Johnson won the speaker fight

03 Jan 2025

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On Friday, Republicans once again selected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to be speaker of the House — but not before there was a little bit of dra...

What we know about the attack in New Orleans

02 Jan 2025

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Early in the morning on New Year’s Day, a man drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. In the hours since,...

How to choose joy: ‘Try This’

31 Dec 2024

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Happiness, it turns out, comes down to a science — even though what makes each of us happy can vary widely. Host Cristina Quinn talks to happiness s...

How Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy

30 Dec 2024

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Carter, a peanut farmer, Navy veteran and Georgia governor, served just four years in the White House. But his time in office was only part of his leg...

Deep Reads: The man who drives prisoners home

28 Dec 2024

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It had been five years since Frankie Nole came out from behind prison doors. Now at age 72, Nole shakes his head. He had spent 49 years fighting to ge...

'Erin Brockovich' made their town famous. They still don’t have clean water.

27 Dec 2024

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In 2000, the movie “Erin Brockovich” helped put the small town of Hinkley, California, on the map. The movie stars Julia Roberts as a determined l...

Hunting an owl to save an ecosystem

26 Dec 2024

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Biologist Daniel Hofstadter and a tiny band of researchers have been carrying out the most expansive barred owl removal effort to date. It’s a proj...

Dinner with The Post’s food critic

24 Dec 2024

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Tom Sietsema has been The Post’s food critic for 25 years. Over a quarter of a century, Sietsema has eaten at and reviewed thousands of restaurants....

Saving “Sesame Street”

23 Dec 2024

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“Sesame Street” is an American institution. It began airing in 1969 as an educational program intended to help toddlers prepare for kindergarten. ...

College football now has more money - and more problems

20 Dec 2024

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This weekend, the 2024 College Football Playoff kicks off, featuring more teams, more storylines and a lot more money than ever before. Today on the s...

Musk and Trump bring shutdown chaos to Congress

19 Dec 2024

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Today on “Post Reports,” Washington scrambles to avoid a government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have fanned the flam...

Club raids, influencers: How Putin’s playbook is pushing young Russians toward ultranationalism

18 Dec 2024

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When Francesca Ebel, a Russia correspondent for The Post, returned to one of Moscow’s most popular nightclubs after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine b...

Trump’s new businesses — and new potential conflicts of interest

17 Dec 2024

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Since he last held office, President-elect Donald Trump’s business interests have evolved. The real estate mogul launched the social media company T...

A stunning two weeks in South Korea

16 Dec 2024

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Hundreds of thousands of protestors celebrated in Seoul over the weekend as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by the National Parliam...

Deep Reads: Guns. Knives. Bats. Hammers. Hatchets. Spears.

14 Dec 2024

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Dean DeSoto has been teaching his driving class for aggressive drivers over the past 26 years. During that time, he has come to believe several things...

The Campaign Moment: Biden races to protect his legacy

13 Dec 2024

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Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author of The Campaign Moment newsletter, sits down with senior congressional correspondent Paul Kane and W...

The ‘FBI’ called. Then she got scammed.

12 Dec 2024

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Americans are being conned every day by increasingly sophisticated scams. Today, we hear the story of one woman who lost her life's savings to a gover...

Can Biden's climate law survive Trump?

11 Dec 2024

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Two years ago, President Biden and congressional Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act, aimed at stimulating clean energy production and reduci...

The killing of a CEO

10 Dec 2024

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After a five-day manhunt, authorities have arrested and charged a man with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Today on “Post Reports...

What’s next for Syria

09 Dec 2024

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After more than a decade of destructive civil war in Syria, it was widely assumed that the Assad regime would keep its grip on power. Instead, lightly...

The Campaign Moment: Will Biden issue more pardons?

06 Dec 2024

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On Capitol Hill, Hegseth is facing renewed scrutiny over allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct, which he denies. So this week, the v...

What’s up with all these food recalls?

05 Dec 2024

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Last month, organic carrots were recalled after they were linked to an E. coli outbreak across 18 states that left one dead. This week, cucumbers avai...

A surprising turn in Syria's civil war

04 Dec 2024

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In the past week, the civil war in Syria reignited. Islamist rebels seized control of Aleppo, triggering a new phase in a years-long civil war. The Po...

A trans teen takes her case to the Supreme Court

03 Dec 2024

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The case the Supreme Court will hear Wednesday is brought by a doctor and three transgender teens with their families – including L.W. and her paren...

Why many people on death row will never be executed

02 Dec 2024

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Today, why so many people on death row will likely never be executed and what this says about the American justice system.Read more:Today, more than 2...

Impromptu: The real reason Americans are having fewer kids

29 Nov 2024

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On this episode of “Impromptu,” Opinions columnists Shadi Hamid and Heather Long talk with Style columnist Monica Hesse about what’s really behi...

Bacon: The best-kept secret in Washington

27 Nov 2024

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Shane Harris first tasted “Vangie’s bacon” 10 years ago, and he hasn’t stopped thinking about it since. But learning her secret recipe turns o...

Everyone loves rooftop solar. But there’s a problem.

26 Nov 2024

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Today, host Martine Powers talks with The Post’s climate zeitgeist reporter Shannon Osaka about the benefits and challenges of rooftop solar panels,...

Can RFK Jr. make America healthy again?

25 Nov 2024

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Today on “Post Reports,” we unpack President-elect Donald Trump’s seemingly contradictory picks for the top positions in public health – in pa...

The Campaign Moment: Gaetz’s downfall, Trump’s mandate

22 Nov 2024

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“Post Reports” co-host Martine Powers and senior political reporter Aaron Blake talk with reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell, who co-authors the Early Br...

Where RFK Jr.'s fluoride-free dream is already a reality

21 Nov 2024

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to have an influential role in the next Trump administration as the president-elect's pick to lead the Department of H...

Behind the boom in U.S. women's pro soccer

20 Nov 2024

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Just a few years ago, the National Women’s Soccer League was a relatively small business. Now, it’s becoming a financial juggernaut with multimill...

Trump’s pledge to shut down the Education Department

19 Nov 2024

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During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to make sweeping changes to federal agencies, including doing away with the Education Departme...

Can Trump really deport millions of people?

18 Nov 2024

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Today on “Post Reports,” how President-elect Donald Trump plans to make good on his campaign promise of mass deportations.  Read more: P...

The Campaign Moment: Trump’s controversial Cabinet

15 Nov 2024

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There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz to head up the Justice D...

Matt Gaetz: Trump’s bombshell pick for attorney general

14 Nov 2024

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Gaetz has been under investigation for allegations of sexual misconduct, illegal drug use and accepting improper gifts. The choice of Gaetz for attorn...

What does Elon Musk want?

13 Nov 2024

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Elon Musk invested millions of dollars to help Donald Trump’s reelection campaign through the political action committee America PAC. The result was...

How the election changed abortion access

12 Nov 2024

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When it comes to abortion, the results of last week’s election were decidedly mixed. Abortion protections passed in New York, Maryland, Montana, Nev...

What Trump's win means for the rest of the world

11 Nov 2024

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On today’s “Post Reports,” how foreign leaders are reacting to Trump’s victory, and how they are preparing for a second Trump presidency.Read ...

The Campaign Moment: What do Democrats do now?

08 Nov 2024

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“Post Reports” co-host Martine Powers, senior political reporter Aaron Blake and White House reporter Cleve Wootson break down the questions many ...

Trump's Day 1 to-do list

07 Nov 2024

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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to do a variety of things on “Day 1” should he win the presidency: mass deportations, tariffs on all ...

The Campaign Moment: How Trump won

06 Nov 2024

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“Post Reports” co-host Martine Powers talks with senior political reporter Aaron Blake and senior national political correspondent Ashley Parker a...

Trump wins. Again.

06 Nov 2024

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Former president Trump is projected to win the White House – again. Martine Powers takes you through what we know about the results of a historic el...

Mapping how Harris or Trump might win

05 Nov 2024

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After an unprecedented campaign season, Election Day in America is finally here. Today, host Martine Powers talks with senior political reporter and h...

The reluctant voters who could decide the election

04 Nov 2024

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It’s the day before the presidential election, and a lot of people have already voted – or at least made up their minds. But there are still ...

The Campaign Moment: What the final polls tell us

01 Nov 2024

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What the early voting numbers and final polling say in the last days of the 2024 campaign.“Post Reports” co-host Martine Powers and senior politic...

Dispatches from the final days of the campaigns

31 Oct 2024

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In the final days of a presidential election that polls show as extremely close, we wanted to know how supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris and ...

The border city where Trump is gaining Latino voters

30 Oct 2024

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San Luis, Arizona, has a population of around 40,000 people. Most still vote for Democrats, if they vote. But in the 2020 presidential election, Democ...

She said she miscarried. Then she was arrested.

29 Oct 2024

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Patience Frazier said she had a miscarriage in April 2018. A month later, police were at her door, asking about a Facebook post and a cross in her bac...

What Harris and Trump plan to do about housing costs

28 Oct 2024

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Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have made vastly different proposals to address the housing shortage. Harris says that ...

Presidential: The presidents who’ve tried to win back the White House

26 Oct 2024

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In the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, host Lillian Cunningham created the “Presidential” podcast, with one episode dedicated to each o...

The Campaign Moment: The Elon Musk effect

25 Oct 2024

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Over the past few months, Elon Musk has heavily invested in the Trump campaign. Musk is hosting rallies in swing states, giving out million-dollar che...

How Trump would fight a 2024 election loss

24 Oct 2024

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The morning after the 2020 election, then-president Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and claimed that a “fraud” was being perpetrated on ...

The union workers who could determine the election

23 Oct 2024

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This year, several large unions withheld their endorsements for a presidential candidate – a move that upset Democrats, because the majority of unio...

This podcast was made by humans

22 Oct 2024

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In recent months, rapid advances in AI audio technology have made it possible to clone any voice, chat with artificial versions of celebrities like Ju...

Hamas's top leader is dead. What happens now?

21 Oct 2024

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Hamas’s leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces last week. The Israeli government had been searching for Sinwar ever since he helped orches...

The Campaign Moment: On the bizarre Trump campaign trail

18 Oct 2024

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“Post Reports” co-host Martine Powers and senior political reporter Aaron Blake talk with national political reporter Marianne LeVine about the pe...

Senate control may rest on a lone Montana Democrat

17 Oct 2024

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Jon Tester is one of the last Senate Democrats standing in a red state. First elected in 2006, he pitches his bipartisan record and his Montana roots ...

A voyage into the world’s most contested waterway

16 Oct 2024

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Just 140 miles off the coast of the Philippines’ largest island is a sparkling blue lagoon that is rich with fish and minerals. This ring of reefs a...

The deal reopening Three Mile Island to power AI

15 Oct 2024

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The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, could reopen in 2028. The plant’s owner, Constellatio...

Selling America: The Army’s fight for recruits

14 Oct 2024

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This summer, at a small recruiting station in Toms River, New Jersey, Sgt. 1st Class Dane Beaston met with a team of Army recruiters to offer som...

Presidential: Women and the White House

12 Oct 2024

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In the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, host Lillian Cunningham created the “Presidential” podcast, with one episode dedicated to each o...

The Campaign Moment: Can Democrats flip the House?

11 Oct 2024

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Democrats want to retake control of the House of Representatives. Vice President Kamala Harris goes on a media blitz. And elected officials wade throu...

What Trump and Harris could do to your health care

10 Oct 2024

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From Medicare to Obamacare, health care has long been a powerful and polarizing issue in the race for president. This year, the issue of reproductive ...

FEMA’s battle against misinformation

09 Oct 2024

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After Hurricane Helene hit the southern United States last month, a wave of conspiracy theories flooded social media about the storm and the response ...

The GOP's campaign to throw out mail-in votes

08 Oct 2024

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On today’s “Post Reports,” we look into why Republicans are waging legal battles to disqualify mail-in ballots, and why rhetoric against mail vo...

Israel, one year after Oct. 7

07 Oct 2024

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Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip awoke on Monday, the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks, in the same way they were roused on Oct. 7, 2023:...

The ‘Caitlin Clark’ effect and the rise of the WNBA

04 Oct 2024

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The WNBA playoffs are underway, capping a record-breaking season: The league added teams, games saw the highest attendance ever, and television viewer...

How to make sense of political polls

03 Oct 2024

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As Election Day looms, we’re seeing more and more headlines based on poll results. Some declare Trump and Harris neck and neck, while others state o...

The Campaign Moment: Walz vs. Vance

02 Oct 2024

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Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio faced off at what was expected to be the only vice presidential debate on T...

The devastation of Hurricane Helene

01 Oct 2024

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Across the southeastern United States, Hurricane Helene destroyed houses, swept up cars and overflowed riverbanks. Now millions of people are without ...

Inside Israel’s war strategy against Hezbollah

30 Sep 2024

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For months, tensions between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah have increased, with the two sides exchanging cross-border attacks. Yet in recent...

Deep Reads: A small town in Massachusetts grapples with a new shelter for immigrants

28 Sep 2024

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Kevin Roche was recently elected to a small governing board in Norfolk, Mass. He had lived in the small town his whole life. Then Roche received the n...

The Campaign Moment: The evolving battle for the Senate

27 Sep 2024

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“Post Reports” co-host Elahe Izadi and senior political reporter Aaron Blake talk with Senate reporter Liz Goodwin about how Senate Democrats are ...

North Carolina, Democrats' elusive battleground

26 Sep 2024

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In 2020, North Carolina was the one that got away for Democrats: Then candidate Joe Biden lost the state by the smallest margin in the presidential el...

Are Israel and Hezbollah on the cusp of all-out war?

25 Sep 2024

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This week, Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, against what it says are Hezbollah targets. At least 569 people have been killed...

The new Georgia rule that could cause election chaos

24 Sep 2024

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Last Friday, Georgia’s state election board voted 3-2 to approve a new election rule: before vote totals can be reported, each precinct must confirm...