Urgency on Capitol Hill has mounted amid reports that President Trump will end the DACA program, which has allowed nearly 800,000 people to live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. Lawmakers are bracing for an extended public fight over whether Congress should provide legal status to young undocumented immigrants.
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Analysis President Trump has often talked about the need to be compassionate on social issues, but his rhetoric hasn’t matched reality as he has repeatedly acceded to the wishes of his dwindling base since taking office.
Despite pressure to resign after Charlottesville, most members of an evangelical advisory board have decided to remain, in hopes of influencing policy.
Day laborers seek work in a Home Depot parking lot in southwestern Houston on Saturday. (John Taggart for The Washington Post)
It will take an army of workers to reconstruct a vast swath of Southeast Texas, including the sprawling metropolis of Houston, that was devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Will undocumented migrants be allowed to join in?
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The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the grants and awards it distributes. Nearly $2 million in awards, mostly on climate change, have been revoked since February.
The Arctic Ocean was once a frosty no man’s land. But the warming climate has created waterways that are growing freer of ice, and the United States is studying how to safeguard an area rich with resources that is now the focus of its rivals China and Russia.
A messy, public brawl over a Google critic’s ouster from a Washington think tank has exposed a fissure in Democratic Party politics.
In audio from the emergency call, the 27-year-old North Carolina resident can be heard sobbing and breathing heavily as he expresses bewilderment over what took place and says, “I took more medicine than I should have.”
If you’re frequently tempted to buy a treat from the pastry case at your favorite coffee shop, there’s a good reason — and it’s not just your lack of willpower.
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The loudest quarterfinal in the U.S. Open women's draw will be a meaningful occasion simply because they're both here — one at age 37, one after a frightening attack.
