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Trump’s dominance in GOP comes into focus, worrying some in his party

Rep. Liz Cheney’s defeat in Wyoming by a wide margin marked the fourth loss by a House Republican who voted to impeach President Donald Trump last year.

By Hannah Knowles, Josh Dawsey and David Weigel

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Liz Cheney for president? Why it could actually matter.

By Aaron Blake

Florida Democrats face first test in bid to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis

By Tim Craig

Hundreds of kids see parents shot to death. This is what it does to them.

For the often-overlooked victims present when their moms and dads are gunned down, the trauma is unique and immense. Three Chicago cases reveal the depths of sadness, anger, guilt and dread that child witnesses endure.

By John Woodrow Cox

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Manti Te’o tells his side of the story nearly a decade after catfishing hoax

In a new Netflix documentary, Te’o and the online perpetrator revisit the elaborate scandal that became an internet sensation.

By Cindy Boren

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Giuliani appears before Georgia grand jury for six hours in election probe

The former New York City mayor has been told he is a target of a criminal probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

By Matthew Brown and Tom Hamburger

Listen: What Liz Cheney’s future could like after losing Wyoming’s GOP primary

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Florida court rules 16-year-old is not ‘sufficiently mature’ for abortion

By Brittany Shammas and Kim Bellware

Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purging of ideas’

By Hannah Natanson and Lori Rozsa

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How lipstick and underwear can predict the economy

Consumer spending drives more than two-thirds of GDP, offering important insight into the state of the economy and the likelihood of a recession. Here are some less-intuitive markers that might qualify as economic tea leaves.

By Jaclyn Peiser

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In Ukraine, a Russian mercenary group steps out of the shadows

The notorious Wagner group is recruiting. Murderers are welcome.

By Mary Ilyushina

Crimea attacks point to new Ukrainian strategy of eroding Russia’s military capabilities from within, official says

By Liz Sly, John Hudson and David L. Stern

Russia’s Gamble

The Post examined the lead-up to the Ukraine war. Here’s what we learned.

By Shane Harris, Karen DeYoung and Isabelle Khurshudyan

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Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion

A Washington Post examination of the road to war in Ukraine, and Western efforts to unite to thwart the Kremlin’s plans, draws on extensive interviews with more than three dozen senior U.S., Ukrainian, European and NATO officials.