The president-elect said he had decided to shutter his charitable foundation, but it was not clear when that could happen, given an ongoing investigation in New York. The Donald J. Trump Foundation has come under intense scrutiny this year after reports in The Washington Post detailing its practices, including cases in which Trump apparently used charity money to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses.
Even without repealing the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration could undermine it by ending billions of dollars paid to insurers to subsidize the health coverage of nearly 6 million Americans. That could prompt health plans to raise their prices or exit the ACA marketplaces.
Sen. Jeff Sessions speaks at a “USA Thank You Tour 2016” event in Mobile, Ala., on Dec. 17. (Jabin Botsford/Post)
The racial politics of the South helped mold Sen. Jeff Sessions, a conservative stalwart and a lightning rod for civil rights activists.
The Russian Defense Ministry said rescuers have found fragments of a Russian Tu-154 aircraft bound for Syria with 92 people aboard, including a famed military choir, that disappeared Sunday over the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from the resort town of Sochi.
Finding a home for five Maryland boys and their parents has been a community project that started when a school registrar saw the boys’ mother leave a parent-teacher conference, pushing their father in his wheelchair and toting her youngest son alongside her. In the rain.
Israel’s prime minister said the measure condemning settlement activity is part of the “swan song of old-world bias against Israel,” and he expressed optimism that the world order is about to change, especially with Donald Trump’s inauguration on the horizon.
In a belated response to this summer’s 25-hour sit-in by Democrats protesting inaction on gun-control legislation, a proposed new rules package would impose paycheck deductions for broadcasting from the chamber’s floor or engaging in other conduct deemed disruptive.
The “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” theory posits that cold air masses get swapped with warm air masses because of changes in large-scale atmospheric patterns.
Ask people about the best thing they’ve ever given to someone else, and their memory search stretches beyond the cheery rituals of Christmas. Ask about the gift that meant the most to both the recipient and the giver, and people talk about the most unexpected of moments, gifts that were neither neatly wrapped nor intricately planned.
New Islamic State efforts to sow terror are pushing the continent’s counterterrorism authorities to their limits, forcing citizens and their leaders to resign themselves to a new era in which attacks may no longer be the exception.
Some say the story of Santa Claus affects children in ways that may not have been considered — and that it can undermine the trust of children in their parents.
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Washington’s offense and defense both showed flashes of a big-game ability that had been lacking recently in the 41-21 victory that boosted the team's chances of making the playoffs to nearly 50-50.
The falling numbers offered the most glaring signs yet about how the practice has dwindled in America today, but this year also offered signs of its persistence.
This is no time to slow your news consumption. Plenty of events happened around the world that were worth noting. Were you paying attention?
These recipes can be made in advance, and all are crowd-pleasers.
Millennials’ strenuous workouts have a serious side effect: hip pain.
It's freezing. Your schedule is packed. It's hard to get off the couch. And these aren't even the five reasons.
