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August 1, 2025
El Salvador approves changes to let Bukele extend presidency indefinitely
Bukele’s party advanced major constitutional changes in the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly that will allow a president to serve an unlimite...
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July 31, 2025
Diplomas, proud parents: High school graduation in the D.C. jail
Amid the stacks of diplomas, cheerful families and proud teachers, this ceremony was different. The graduates were seated by cell block.
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July 31, 2025
Top Trump officials to visit Gaza as hunger crisis draws outrage
The White House said special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee would inspect food distribution sites in Gaza.
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July 31, 2025
Prisoner can be executed without turning off pacemaker, Tennessee high court rules
A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his...
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July 31, 2025
Satellites and drone swarms: The new high-tech quest to fight wildfires
A company is sending satellites into space to detect wildfire with unprecedented precision.
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July 31, 2025
Tower failed to warn plane of Black Hawk’s path before D.C. crash, FAA says
It was the first acknowledgment by the Federal Aviation Administration of a possible error by the controller in the moments before the colli...
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July 31, 2025
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an e...
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July 31, 2025
Return of Biden, Harris snags Democrats’ push to turn the page on 2024
The party is anxious to move on from their losses and look to the future — but their central figures from the last election keep stepping ba...
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July 31, 2025
Palantir gets $10 billion contract from U.S. Army
The software company’s enterprise contract over the next decade cements its central role in warfighting for years to come.
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July 31, 2025
Federal judges speak out about ongoing threats in rare panel session
Three sitting federal judges speak out about violent threats they face and their concerns about attempts by Trump and his allies to intimida...
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Trump’s policies are here to stay
America has demonstrated a powerful status quo bias.
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | The costs of powering the AI revolution
Energy use, climate change and workers rights should all be considered.
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July 31, 2025
We fact-checked the Trump administration’s climate report
Scientists say the report cherry-picks key data and misrepresents the state of climate research.
Washington Post
July 31, 2025
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh emphasizes the role of an independent judiciary
The Supreme Court justice emphasized the importance of an independent judiciary while speaking at a conference.
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July 31, 2025
Trump plans $200M overhaul of East Wing in significant change to White House
The project to construct a massive ballroom fulfills a wish for Trump, who has long disliked the tent pitched on the lawn to accommodate lar...
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Answering your questions about underused menopause therapies
Effective treatments for genitourinary syndrome of menopause exist, yet many women are unaware.
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July 31, 2025
ICE detains police officer even after DHS system approved him for work
Federal officials arrested a Maine police officer they said overstayed his visa. His department said DHS had earlier verified the officer’s...
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July 31, 2025
Trump tests limits of 'interim’ to hold on to U.S. attorney loyalists
Using legally untested maneuvers, the Justice Department has extended terms of prosecutors in New Jersey, Nevada, California and New York
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Does Kamala Harris really scare anybody?
After skipping the California governor’s race, she should make the same call on the presidency.
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July 31, 2025
Two Virginia cities resist law aimed at compensating wrongfully convicted men
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) threatened to withhold state funding unless Richmond compensates Marvin Leon Grimm, Jr. but has not weighed in on a...
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July 31, 2025
More than 1,000 National Guard troops leave Los Angeles, Pentagon says
About 250 troops will remain in the city after thousands were ordered there to quell protests of federal immigration raids.
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July 31, 2025
NYC shooter’s brain will be tested for CTE, officials say
New York’s medical examiner’s office said it will examine the shooter’s brain for CTE. Results may not be public for months.
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July 31, 2025
Walk the scenes of ‘The Gilded Age’ in Newport’s preserved mansions
HBO’s “The Gilded Age” was partially filmed in the opulent mansions of Newport, which are open for tours on Rhode Island’s scenic coastline.
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July 31, 2025
Trump to bring back presidential physical fitness test canceled by Obama
Trump plans to sign an executive order resurrecting the presidential fitness test, which for decades pushed America’s children to do 40 push...
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July 31, 2025
After Trump’s Ukraine pivot, Senate panel moves to fund more military aid
Bipartisan groups in Congress are attempting to preserve a weapons procurement program for Ukraine that the Trump administration proposed el...
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July 31, 2025
Nationals move closer Kyle Finnegan as MLB trade deadline looms
Finnegan pitched to a 4.38 ERA and earned 20 saves this season for Washington, which is again a seller at the deadline.
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July 31, 2025
Commanders news and observations: Jayden Daniels still connects with Terry McLaurin
Meanwhile, rookies Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Jaylin Lane continue to pop for Washington’s offense.
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | The Fed was already politicized. Trump’s just playing its game.
The president clamors for the Fed to lower interest rates because it serves his wild spending.
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July 31, 2025
‘Significant’ turbulence sends 25 people to the hospital, Delta says
The Amsterdam-bound flight diverted to Minneapolis. Delta says it will set up a direct flight Thursday night to get people to their destinat...
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July 31, 2025
The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is running hot, buoyed by tariffs
Inflation remained stubbornly high in June, according to data released by the Commerce Department on Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s t...
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July 31, 2025
Wildfire smoke and unhealthy air fills the Midwest before spreading to the East
As has been the case much of the summer, the smoke invasion is targeting the Upper Midwest to Great Lakes. Beyond Thursday, smoke may impact...
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July 31, 2025
Pockets of heavy rain will hit a swath from D.C. to New York City
Flooding is possible across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Thursday, especially in urban areas, with storms expected to bring heavy rain...
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July 31, 2025
Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.
The modern-day potato evolved from the hybridization of the ancestors of tomato plants, and another potato-like plant, in South America, res...
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Even Israel’s defenders are finally admitting the truth
Images of starving children have moved MAGA stars, Trump and Europeans to call on Israel to end the war.
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July 31, 2025
Ukraine adopts new anti-corruption law as protests force Zelensky to retreat
The Ukrainian parliament acted to undo changes to two anti-corruption offices after mass protests forced President Volodymyr Zelensky to rev...
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July 31, 2025
Trump’s tariffs face major legal challenge in appellate court
The Trump administration's tariffs are facing a major challenge in front of federal judges, who will hear arguments on the legality of the t...
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July 31, 2025
Column | Ask Sahaj: My family doesn’t understand me at all. I’m so lonely.
What to do when your family does nothing to understand you better but you can’t say anything out of fear of their reaction?
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July 31, 2025
Analysis | Why Big Tech is investing in nuclear energy
The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.
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July 31, 2025
A place of deep loss draws Texas lawmakers for testimony on deadly floods
The hearing Thursday in hard-hit Kerr County is the public’s first chance to speak directly to legislators. “We have every right to be angry...
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July 31, 2025
Teacher charged in killing of couple hiking with daughters in Arkansas park
James Andrew McGann was arrested Wednesday, after the killings of Clinton David Brink and Cristen Amanda Brink at Devil’s Den State Park spa...
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Please disperse, ‘Naked Gun’ reboot. There’s nothing to see here.
Nostalgia means it can’t live up to the original. But neither can the original.
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July 31, 2025
Scientists discovered a previously unknown lightning strike that was a record 515 miles long
The previously undiscovered lightning strike was found in a reanalysis of satellite and lightning data.
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Reject the Commanders stadium deal
Even after tweaks, the deal still amounts to corporate welfare that the NFL team and its billionaire owner do not need.
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July 31, 2025
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the mega prison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the...
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Why America’s new crypto regime makes other countries nervous
The U.S. is potentially providing a powerful vehicle for tax evasion and other illegal activity worldwide.
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July 31, 2025
The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work
Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.
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July 31, 2025
College applications open Friday. Here’s what to know.
Since the coronavirus pandemic, acceptance rates have hit record lows for elite colleges and many schools have dropped standardized testing...
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July 31, 2025
Opinion | Trump is using the ‘Laffer curve’ to find the tariff sweet spot
Tariffs are taxes, and the Reagan era has much to say about how high to go before revenue suffers.
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July 31, 2025
Trump puts trade deal in doubt after Canada backs Palestinian state
President Donald Trump said it would be “very hard” to reach a deal with Canada after the country said it plans to recognize a Palestinian s...
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July 31, 2025