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Biden pushes S.C. as first primary state, elevates Georgia and Michigan

The tectonic decision to radically remake his party’s presidential nominating calendar for 2024 came as a shock to party officials and state leaders who had been lobbying hard in recent weeks to gain a place in the early calendar.

By Michael Scherer and Tyler Pager

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Trump Mar-a-Lago special master struck down by appeals court

Judge Aileen M. Cannon named an expert to say whether any documents recovered from Donald Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago property should be shielded from criminal investigators.

By Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett

State Dinner

At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’

The French and U.S. presidents clinked crystal to cap a two-day whirl of bonhomie, spiced with slight disagreement.

By Dan Zak, Roxanne Roberts, Jada Yuan and Jura Koncius

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The CritiquePerspective

A state dinner throws everyone off, just a little. And that’s glorious.

By Robin Givhan

Analysis

Jill Biden’s twinkling state-dinner dress revived a first lady tradition

By Ashley Fetters Maloy

Listen: Iran is ramping up its secret kidnapping plots

Track covid: Daily U.S. hospitalizations are up 24% in the past week

Your Move: Why more walks can help protect the brain of both you and your dog

Cook: Our favorite holiday desserts with pumpkin, apples, pecans and more

Russia and Ukraine are fighting the first full-scale drone war

The fight set off by a land grab befitting an 18th-century emperor has transformed into a digital-age competition for technological superiority in the skies.

By Isabelle Khurshudyan, Mary Ilyushina and Kostiantyn Khudov

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A worker in protective gear stands guard in a locked-down Beijing neighborhood on Tuesday. (AP)

China’s rejection of Western vaccines stoked its looming ‘zero covid’ crisis

The nation’s “zero covid” restrictions and its decision to stick with its own domestically produced vaccines have created a crisis for a country with large numbers of older, vulnerable people who have never had a booster shot.

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Cate Cadell and Joel Achenbach

‘Zombie’ viruses are thawing in melting permafrost. But don’t panic — yet.

The viruses that have been found and studied so far were infectious only to amoebas. However, researchers said there was a risk that other viruses trapped in the permafrost for millennia could spread to humans and other animals.

By Michael Birnbaum and Ellen Francis