Whistleblower complaint about Trump involves Ukraine, say people familiar with the matter
The complaint involved communications with a foreign leader and a “promise” that President Trump made. Two and a half weeks before the complaint was filed, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Analysis Trump’s purported ‘promise’ to foreign leader came after White House scaled back readouts
The administration’s retreat from transparency, which has often allowed adversaries to shape the narrative, merits fresh scrutiny and raises a battery of new questions.
For border wall, officials consider diverting billions more in military funds
Internal projections show that the president’s goal of completing nearly 500 miles of new barriers by the 2020 election will require $18.4 billion, far more than the administration has publicly disclosed.
‘This thing is a wildfire’: Racist makeup pictures rock Trudeau campaign
The emergence of old images showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface or brownface have dealt his already shaky bid for reelection a potentially crippling blow.
Justin Kendall, left, holds up a figure of a World War I soldier as workers install a battle exhibit. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
An exhibit on the U.S. war in Afghanistan. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
Most of the fiberglass figures were created by taking molds from the bodies, faces and hands of U.S. soldiers. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
Museum specialist Sara Bowen tracks figures used in the exhibits. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
New Army museum re-creates battle scenes with lifelike statues modeled upon real troops
The $400 million National Museum of the U.S. Army will be the service's flagship museum when it opens next June.
Life is a struggle in Venezuela’s oil capital. So is death.
An economic free fall more severe than the Great Depression has crippled the former boomtown of Maracaibo. Venezuela’s second-largest city — and its industrial engine — is now the epicenter of the socialist nation’s societal meltdown.
“We believe there is adequate supply for modern sporting rifles for the foreseeable future,” the gunmaker’s president said.
After running a campaign against the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Gantz has positioned himself as the antithesis to Benjamin Netanyahu’s savvy, sometimes cutting political style, experts say.
Iran’s foreign minister denied involvement in the attacks on Saudi oil facilities and warned that retaliatory strikes risked significant bloodshed. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the remarks.
A sweeping new study says a steep decline in bird abundance, including among common species, amounts to "an overlooked biodiversity crisis."
He wanted nonpartisan federal solutions. Now his Kavanaugh tip has thrust him into a partisan brawl.
The president of the Washington-based Partnership for Public Service had hoped his recollection of an incident at Yale would be an anonymous tip.
The study found that the women were more likely to have an unwanted first pregnancy, abortion, endometriosis and other reproductive health issues compared with women who say their first sexual encounter was voluntary.
(Marvin Joseph/The Post)
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More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at work
It's still legal in most states to ban natural hair styles like braids or dreadlocks. But several state legislators -- and a coalition of civil rights groups -- are trying to change that
(Laurène Boglio for The Post)
By The Way
How did clapping on planes become such a divisive issue?
Some people clap when the plane lands. Others think the celebration is the worst.
(Tom McCorkle for The Post)
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