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Experts warn that it may be difficult to reach two vulnerable groups likely to be among those who need help the most: households where incomes are so low families don’t file federal income taxes and families experiencing changes in their living arrangements.
The governor is accused of downplaying a key part of the coronavirus’s death toll.
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reiterated that states should prioritize teachers for vaccination, the agency said it is not a prerequisite for reopening.
The announcement followed a meeting between White House officials and airline CEOs.
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A key provision of the postmaster general’s strategy includes banning air travel for all first-class mail at a time when delivery rates are at historic lows.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, center, with political director John Weaver, left, and political advisor Mike Murphy in 2000. (AP)
The disgraced Republican consultant, who is accused of sending inappropriate sexual texts to young men, once charged top dollar advising candidates such as John McCain.
With two — potentially three — sets of stimulus payments and an overworked IRS staff dealing with all those extra demands, plenty could go wrong with tax season this year. Here's a preview.
The big question hanging over Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial: Will Republicans break with the former president? Today, a story about the potential cost of a vote of “conscience” and what it can tell us about the future of the GOP.
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Russian security forces stand guard during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow on Jan. 31, 2021. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)
After facing withering crackdowns, allies of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny are looking ahead to elections later this year.
A decade ago as a financial contagion spread across Europe, Mario Draghi used the tools available to a central banker to keep the Eurozone from collapse. In his new role, he faces the challenge of rescuing Europe’s sickest and most worrying major economy.
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Rochester, N.Y., police handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl as they forced her into a patrol car while responding to a “family call” on Jan. 29. (The Washington Post)
The new footage has brought fresh scrutiny to the Rochester Police Department, which has faced mounting calls for reform over its treatment of racial justice protesters and the death last year of a Black man who suffocated after police put a hood over his head.
Virginia, Maryland and the District could receive $14 billion in direct coronavirus relief funding. The money would come with significantly more flexibility for state and local governments. 
HRRR model forecast radar between mid-morning and early evening Saturday. (The Post)
Saturday’s weather can’t get much worse than a day full of sleet and freezing rain that could lead to treacherous travel.
The sweeping $1.2 billion stimulus package includes an anti-poverty measure that will send cash payments to the state’s poorest residents for the next three years.
Both cases failed in a lower court, but an injunction prevented Northam from taking down the Richmond statue.
He and his younger brother opened the first Friendly ice cream parlor in 1935, parlaying the profits from five-cent double-dip cones into a sprawling empire of eateries.
The Riggs Hotel opened empty guest rooms to diners. So I spent a couple of hours feasting in one.
Some museums and cultural attractions have remained open with precautions in place.
“Usually we have people in nice ballgowns getting ready for an event, not in camouflage fatigues, so it’s quite a different picture,” said the Watergate Hotel’s managing director.
Henry Smith’s carryout spot has stayed true to its mission of feeding the D.C. neighborhood.
Zdeno Chara celebrates with T.J. Oshie . (Nick Wass/AP)
The veteran Chara spent more than a decade as captain of the Boston Bruins.
The three-time NFL defensive player of the year becomes a free agent just shy of his 32nd birthday.
A glimpse at how the selection committee sizes up the top 16 teams might offer some glimmer of how the field might look in four weeks.
The star guard got a rest — and his absence was felt in a big way in a 109-91 loss to visiting New York.
To maintain the national anthem's power, it's time to reimagine its use.
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