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Armored personnel carriers along the Israel-Gaza border. (Heidi Levine for The Post)

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Unguided ‘dumb bombs’ used in almost half of Israeli strikes on Gaza

(Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Post)

A former White House scientist was scammed out of $655,000. Then came the IRS.

The government that Frances Sharples served for more than four decades considers the money to be income, compounding her pain.

By Michael Laris

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How Congress leaned on crime victims to pay for Trump-era tax cuts

Imperfect Union

Black voters are suing under the Voting Rights Act to change Southern states’ election maps

By Patrick Marley

Giuliani’s words used against him in election worker defamation trial

By Rachel Weiner, Tom Jackman and Spencer S. Hsu

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Inside the mad dash to buy your Walmart and Amazon returns

In strip mall parking lots around the United States, people start lining up at 7 a.m. outside “bin stores” to dig through heaps of other people’s rejected merchandise.

By Caroline O'Donovan

Daily Mix

In-N-Out opens to long waits in Idaho: ‘It’s the Hunger Games out here’

By Emily Heil

Why do people line up early for a flight? Psychologists explain.

By Sofia Andrade

Are you a morning person? You may be a Neanderthal descendant.

By Adela Suliman

The toys you should never gift to children, according to ER doctors

By Lindsey Bever and Kelyn Soong

Opinions

D.C. will lose more than the Capitals and Wizards if it doesn’t act fast

There’s no other way to say it: Virginia just dunked on D.C.

Opinion by the Editorial Board

How immigration can fix labor shortages — without hurting U.S. workers

Opinion by Lindsay Milliken, Jeremy Neufeld and Greg Wright

Podcast: Michelle Ebanks is forging the Apollo Theater’s next act

Opinion by Jonathan Capehart

The Checkup With Dr. Wen: How to maximize health benefits from exercise

Opinion by Leana S. Wen

What a real international climate breakthrough would look like

Opinion by the Editorial Board

Today’s Opinions: The view out a refugee’s window — and into her mind

Opinion by Drew Goins

Cartoon: Santa’s toxic list

Opinion by Ann Telnaes

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Republican Pilip to face ex-congressman Suozzi to replace Santos in special election

By Maegan Vazquez

Hungary’s Orban blocks funding for Ukraine after allowing accession talks

By Emily Rauhala and Beatriz Ríos

Fact CheckerAnalysis

The biggest Pinocchios of 2023

Our annual roundup of the most outlandish claims of the year.

By Glenn Kessler

An Electrify America charging station in Waco, Tex. (Shelby Tauber for The Post)

VW spent $2B to build America a charging network. It’s ranked dead last.

After “Dieselgate,” Volkswagen created an EV charging company to make amends. Does it matter that its chargers are faulty?

By Shannon Osaka

AI chatbot got election info wrong 30 percent of time, European study finds

By Will Oremus

Extinct woolly dog was carefully bred for weaving, ancient DNA confirms

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

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A former White House scientist was scammed out of $655,000. Then came the IRS.

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House passes defense policy bill, a rebuke of GOP’s far-right fringe

Democrats joined Republicans to approve the $886 billion legislation after it was stripped of hard-liners’ demands targeting abortion, diversity and LGBTQ+ rights.

By Abigail Hauslohner

Embattled Florida GOP chair demands buyout to quit, party members say

By Lori Rozsa

Analysis

Rep. Comer’s dishonest allegations against Biden

By Philip Bump

Answer SheetAnalysis

What Republicans really want from colleges

By Valerie Strauss

Election 2024

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Nikki Haley is the non-Trump candidate, not that it does her much good

By Philip Bump

GOP candidates sidestep questions about Texas abortion case

By Amy B Wang

Trump leads GOP field by more than 4 to 1 in Michigan, Post-Monmouth poll finds

By Scott Clement, Emily Guskin and Dan Balz

New York high court allows state Democrats chance to alter congressional maps

By Maegan Vazquez and Azi Paybarah

Trump Cases

Supreme Court accepts Jan. 6 case that could affect or delay Trump trial

By Robert Barnes, Rachel Weiner and Devlin Barrett

Retropolis

Trump and Jack Smith are both citing Richard Nixon. Here’s why.

By Gillian Brockell

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Carolyn Hax: Grown stepson introduces his half sister as just ‘their daughter’

She sees her adult stepson as a true sibling to her 4-year-old, and was hurt when he referred to the girl as “their daughter.”

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Our best brain tips for a healthier, happier life

By Richard Sima

Are you a morning person? You may be a Neanderthal descendant.

By Adela Suliman

Need to spend those pre-tax health dollars? Food and exercise may qualify.

By Anahad O’Connor and Maureen O'Hagan

Crackdown on social media ads has prompted nutrition influencers to declare their sponsors

By Caitlin Gilbert, Sasha Chavkin and Anjali Tsui

Our 7 best tips to build an exercise habit

By Gretchen Reynolds

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

The world just made it clear the fossil fuel era is ending — with some wiggle room

By Chico Harlan, Maxine Joselow and Timothy Puko

These yard signs offer an inconvenient truth about sea level rise

By Nicolás Rivero

Arctic endured its hottest summer on record and is rapidly transforming, report finds

By Scott Dance

How wildfires can spread cancer-causing chemicals

By Amudalat Ajasa

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Winners and losers in the new global climate deal

By Brady Dennis

Powerful storm to lash East Coast with wind-swept rain this weekend

By Matthew Cappucci

Analysis

Nashville tornado unleashed fireball that appeared to disrupt storm

By Matthew Cappucci

Analysis

The outlook for a white Christmas is grim for most of the Lower 48

By Dan Stillman and Ian Livingston

Stormy pattern set to return to California after dry start to rainy season

By Diana Leonard

Google is rolling out new protections for our location data

By Chris Velazco

Analysis

My AI Christmas card is totally fake — but the joy is real

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

You can send iMessages from Android right now, but the future is fraught

By Chris Velazco

Technology

Grimes is working on an interactive AI toy for kids. Meet Grok.

By Taylor Lorenz

Bigots use AI to make Nazi memes on 4chan. Verified users post them on X.

By Will Oremus

Meet the woman working to stop the far-right creator money machine

By Taylor Lorenz

National

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A DNA project’s mission: Connect Holocaust survivors with family they lost

By Tara Bahrampour

Former FBI official in N.Y. sentenced to more than 4 years in prison

By Shayna Jacobs

Army vet with cancer fulfills bucket-list goal: Firing a tank gun one more time

By Daniel Wu1 hour ago

Court revives suit by teacher fired for not using trans student’s pronouns

By Justin Jouvenal

Mike Bickle, founder of prayer movement, confesses to past misconduct

By Bob Smietana

WORLD

A generation of North Koreans has spent seven decades away from home

By Hannah Yoon and Michelle Ye Hee Lee

Warning of ‘risk to our survival,’ pope calls for global treaty on AI

By Anthony Faiola and Stefano Pitrelli

Putin says Russia, U.S. in talks over jailed Wall Street Journal reporter

By Francesca Ebel

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

U.N. climate talks chart a complex course away from fossil fuels

By Ishaan Tharoor

A heavy building wouldn’t budge — so workers bought 700 bars of soap

By Kyle Melnick1 hour ago

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Masha Gessen won a ‘political thought’ prize. Then they wrote on Gaza.

A Q&A with the journalist, after two sponsors of the Hannah Arendt Prize withdrew their support.

By Laura Wagner

Perspective

Andre Braugher was seriously good

By Travis M. Andrews

Perspective

The age of Oprah is over, but her vision is now framed in Washington

By Philip Kennicott

In a pair of recitals, a baritone and a tenor sing their life stories

By Michael Andor Brodeur

Book Review

Think trolls are bad? Look at the history of poison pen letters.

By Dennis Duncan

Movie Review

‘Wonka’: A candy-sweet origin story that’s missing some bite

By Michael O'Sullivan

Movie Review

From filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, a multiheaded ‘Monster’

By Mark Jenkins

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Health

Supreme Court will decide access to key abortion drug mifepristone

By Ann E. Marimow

What is Trisomy 18, the fetal condition central to the Texas abortion case?

By Kelsey Ables

FDA to review MDMA-assisted therapy, a milestone for psychedelics

By Daniel Gilbert and David Ovalle

Science

VR goggles aren’t just for people. Scientists built mini ones for mice.

By Kyle Melnick

More than a year after engine failure, Blue Origin to return to flight

By Christian Davenport

Asteroid pieces brought to Earth may offer clue to life’s origin

By Joel Achenbach

SPORTS

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Shohei Ohtani, a one-man global spectacle, introduced as a Dodger

By Chelsea Janes

As local sports coverage suffers, start-ups try (again) to fill the void

By Ben Strauss

Perspective

Ted Leonsis makes wonderful promises. Ask D.C. what they’re worth.

By Candace Buckner

Perspective

Obscure bowl games are harmless. It’s the big ones that hurt college football.

By Steven Godfrey

Shorthanded Capitals give up lead, lose in shootout against the Flyers

By Bailey Johnson

Business

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Older workers are a growing share of the workforce

By Abha Bhattarai

Mortgage rates drop below 7%, offering some relief to home buyers. Here’s what to know.

By Tory Newmyer

Inside the mad dash to buy your Walmart and Amazon returns

By Caroline O'Donovan

Dow Jones hits an all-time high as investors cheer progress on inflation

By Abha Bhattarai and Eli Tan

Fed leaves interest rates steady and may be done with hikes

By Rachel Siegel

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