Democracy Dies in Darkness
Special counsel Jack Smith and former president Donald Trump. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Trump’s Save America PAC spent more than $40 million on legal costs in the first half of 2023 to defend him, his advisers and others. While interviewing potential witnesses, prosecutors have raised questions about who is paying for their lawyers and why.
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(Demetrius Freeman)
While President Biden talks of Emmett Till and Harry Truman, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defends his state’s take on slavery.
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The average age of Congress is rising with the current class of lawmakers one of the oldest in history.
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As the government builds new housing on sturdier ground, many fear the relocated town could become an outpost with nothing that made Nurdagi home — parks, businesses, some semblance of its old identity.
Storm damage is seen on Lowell St NW. (Elizabeth Frantz for The Post)
Fueled by extreme heat (highs of 97 in Washington, 98 at Dulles and 99 in Baltimore), violent thunderstorms swept through much of the region, unleashing wind gusts of up to 60 to 85 mph.
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Earl Shaffer on Mount Katahdin in Maine in 1948. (David Donaldson/Appalachian Trail Conservancy)
RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered
Earl Shaffer was “confused and depressed” when he started hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1948. He made history 124 days later.
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