There is a danger facing the court as well. “The court’s legitimacy rests on being able to show the public that a change in personnel does not mean a dramatic […]
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Back to news homeWhat will it take for Biden to bring fractured Democrats together?
Eight states — Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — were decided by three points or fewer; Biden won six of them. A shift of 44,000 […]
Jamal Khashoggi was murdered three years ago. These Saudis are still being silenced.
In June 2017, while attempting to fly to the United States, Sarah and Omar were banned from leaving Saudi Arabia and had their bank accounts frozen. The next year, they […]
Don’t be afraid of the election audits — they may be our only ticket out of this mess
Trump’s “big lie” undermines democracy and will hurt Republicans more than Democrats. Read More
While his country struggles, Jordan’s King Abdullah secretly splurges
King Abdullah II. (Washington Post illustration; Photograph by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)While billions of dollars in American aid poured into Jordan over the past decade, a secret stream of money […]
Secret money, swanky real estate and a Monte Carlo mystery
Vladmir Putin. (Washington Post illustration; Photograph by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)MONACO — The apartment hangs over the blue waters of the Mediterranean beneath the Monte Carlo casino of James Bond legend. […]
Carlisle Floyd, celebrated composer of ‘Susannah,’ dies at 95
“The guiding spirit of Floyd’s operas is a studied, almost draconian pragmatism that makes them attractively easy to stage while limiting the heights to which they can aspire,” the Grove […]
Dead birds and fish wash ashore as 126,000-gallon oil spill reaches Southern California coast
The largest oil spill recorded in the waters off California, near Santa Barbara in 1969, spilled an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil over 10 days and killed […]
Gen. Milley hearing live updates: Milley says U.S. would have gone to war again with Taliban if it stayed in Afghanistan
By Aug. 11, McKenzie said, Afghanistan was in a precarious enough position that he ordered in reinforcements from the 82nd Airborne division to help with an evacuation that military leaders […]
3 big takeaways from the Mark Milley hearing
AUSTIN: Well, first of all, I know the president to be an honest and forthright man. And secondly —COTTON: It’s a simple question, Secretary Austin. He said no senior military […]
