The recent flurry of taunts and insults marks a change for President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who have avoided targeting each other in the past. But allies of both see political advantages in the tactic.
Not long after the national security adviser denounced North Korea’s recent actions, President Trump tweeted, “North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me.”
He pledged an appeal against the decision by what he called “another activist Obama appointed judge.” The plaintiffs in the case argued that President Trump violated the Constitution.
Jason Kingsley and his horse Warlord. (Tori Ferenc for The Washington Post)
British multimillionaire Jason Kingsley’s got a shoulder-length auburn mane, movie-star stubble and a bespoke suit of Milanese armor. What for? He wants to reimagine the heavy cavalry charges, the archery assaults, and the mud and blood, the dysentery and terror, of close-hand combat in the Middle Ages.
China's ruling party has gone to extraordinary lengths to shut down the small club of students at Peking University. The school's young Marxists drew government ire after campaigning for workers’ rights and openly criticizing social inequality and corruption in China.
For some students, mice, mold and temperature extremes are as common as the three R’s.
Prime Minister Theresa May repeatedly failed to broker a deal for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. Analysts say it's not clear whether her successor could do better.
A 39-year-old man wasn’t sure the midnight trip to the emergency room was needed. Without it, he might be dead.
The lawyer for Joaquín Guzmán, better-known as El Chapo, has asked the judge to intervene in “cruel and unusual” prison conditions. Prosecutors think he’s up to something else.
It did not rain for 40 days and 40 nights in Kentucky in 2017, but the deluge led to a “significant landslide” on a nearby slope that caused a barrier to collapse, leading to $1 million worth of repairs, the company said.
NBA Playoffs
Analysis Kyle Lowry couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. Kawhi Leonard accepted a hug from Drake. But the Raptors’ collective focus was on Golden State, rather than on their long-awaited postseason breakthrough.
Former French president Jacques Chirac loved the sport so much he named his dog Sumo.
Murray Gell-Mann
1929–2019 Gell-Mann’s conception of “quarks” to explain the structure of elementary particles helped establish him as a pioneer in developing the “standard model” of particle physics, a guide to the fundamental behavior of the constituents of the universe.
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The nurse who founded the American Red Cross had no formal training in medicine. She tended to countless wounded soldiers.
