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On weekend dedicated to war dead, Trump tweets insults, promotes baseless claims and golfs

The president, who urged Americans to return to church this weekend, did not do so himself.
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Brendan Barrie, 19, of Milford, Mass., lost his summer job as a camp counselor. He instead decided to spend time caring for an uncle who died of brain cancer last week. (Katye Martens Brier for The Post)
Brendan Barrie, 19, of Milford, Mass., lost his summer job as a camp counselor. He instead decided to spend time caring for an uncle who died of brain cancer last week. (Katye Martens Brier for The Post)

Summer jobs for teens are scarce, but a little boredom has its benefits

Millions of American high school and college students have arrived at the Summer of Nothing, a landscape of scuttled internships, summer camps and travel plans.

For many Americans, death counts become part of a macabre ritual

Some churches tentatively open and holiday crowds flock to tourist hot spots

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As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some replacements have conflicts of interest

The 40-year era of independent oversight of the presidency, which has had bipartisan support, is threatened by Trump’s rapid discharge of five acting or permanent inspectors general.

Federal judge guts Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before voting

State leaders are all but certain to appeal the decision, which paves the way for thousands of felons who have completed their sentences to register in time for the November election.
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Kansas National Guard members wait at a drive-thru covid-19 testing site. (AP)

Covid-19’s new surge across rural America

As deaths near 100,000, the pandemic that first struck cities now strains counties with acres of farmland, cramped meatpacking plants, isolated prisons and few hospital beds.
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Grassley facing stiffest challenge in Senate career as inspectors general defender

Amid President Trump’s rapid-fire dismissals of the watchdogs, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), in a self-appointed role, has refrained from taking aggressive action.
President Trump stops to talk to reporters before departing for Camp David on May 15. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
President Trump stops to talk to reporters before departing for Camp David on May 15. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
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Trump returns to 2016 message of disruption

The president’s reluctance to recalibrate his political tactics during the pandemic could determine whether he wins another term, say campaign officials, strategists and pollsters on both sides of the aisle.

With masks and sanitized hands, Italian Catholics return to church

In one of the world’s most Catholic countries, churches celebrated the first Sunday Mass since the arrival of the coronavirus — with plenty of new rules.

Boris Johnson wants to reopen Britain’s schools in a week. Parents, teachers and local officials are pushing back.

Johnson’s government is looking to Germany, Denmark and New Zealand. But Britain has been hit much harder by the coronavirus.
Shoppers walk through the Kantamanto market in Accra after coronavirus restrictions in parts of Ghana were lifted in April. (Nipah Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
Shoppers walk through the Kantamanto market in Accra after coronavirus restrictions in parts of Ghana were lifted in April. (Nipah Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)

Some American nurses are facing pay cuts. But around the world, many are getting huge raises.

In Ghana, health-care workers got a 50 percent raise on top of tax waivers during the pandemic, while Canada announced salary hikes, and France pledged bonuses for doctors and nurses as part of its $120 billion rescue package.
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Revelers gather at a Lake of the Ozarks beach in Missouri on Saturday. (Twitter/Lawler50/Reuters)

Crowds pack venues in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, ignoring social distancing

The scenes highlighted how some have interpreted the loosening of coronavirus restrictions ahead of Memorial Day weekend as an invitation to return to a pre-pandemic version of normal.

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Tiger Woods tees off on the 13th hole. (Getty Images)

Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning edge Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in the Match II

The real entertainment in this made-for-TV match-play event to raise money for virus relief came from their banter — and Charles Barkley.

Brad Keselowski wins Coca-Cola 600 in overtime in the longest race in NASCAR history

Keselowski found himself at the front of the pack, alongside Jimmie Johnson, on the restart for overtime, and he pulled away.It was his first win of the season and first in one of the signature events of the Cup Series.

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Spike in D.C. numbers, crowds at region’s beaches renew virus concerns

A one-day jump in the District’s numbers raised questions about whether it can begin reopening as expected Friday.
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