U.S. says Israeli settlements in West Bank do not violate international law
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Trump administration, as it did with recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, had simply “recognized the reality on the ground.”
Senate staff met IRS whistleblower over concerns about audit of Trump or Pence
Staff for Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the chair and ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, spoke with the IRS whistleblower earlier this month.
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
House is investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller, its general counsel told a court
The statement came in arguments before appeals court judges in Washington over Congress’s request to have secret grand jury evidence from former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report released for its impeachment inquiry.
Angel Angon Quiroz, 11, is a student at the Math & Science Exploratory School in Brooklyn. (Yana Paskova for The Post)
Integration’s New Frontier
What happened when Brooklyn tried to integrate its middle schools
New York City, with more than 1 million students, is by far the nation’s largest school district — and one of its most segregated. Now the city is becoming a laboratory of experimentation, examining whether it’s possible to tackle the stratification that courses through urban districts.
A 1987 triple murder gutted a family. For one young survivor, the trauma never receded.
Decades after a teenager walked into the Brooks family’s house in Montana and killed three adults, one last death is mourned.
Revolutionary recycling? A new technology turns trash into plastic treasure.
Jack “Tato” Bigio, chief executive of UBQ Materials, stands in a container of shredded garbage.
The garbage is sorted, dried and shredded into confetti.
The confetti is transformed into thermoplastic strands.
The recycled material is used to make products such as this pen holder.
“The magic that we’re doing is we’re taking everything — the chicken bones, the banana peels ... and we convert it,” says Jack “Tato” Bigio, chief executive of UBQ Materials in Israel.
Climate Curious
Perspective Should I stop eating hamburgers?
Ask us about climate and Washington Post reporters will answer.
The court gave itself a little more time to decide whether a House committee gets to see the president’s financial records.
Hours after the president hinted on Twitter about a possible meeting, North Korean state media responded with a curt message.
Campaign 2020Mike Bloomberg's apology will probably fall on deaf ears if it doesn't come with a plan to right his wrongs.
Ten candidates will take the stage in Atlanta for the fifth Democratic presidential debate, co-hosted by The Washington Post and MSNBC.
For 50 years, Mustang defined American muscle cars. Now the automaker wants to make it about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, too.
The Fix
Analysis It's not just that he has reversed course; it's that he's doing it for reasons he said he wouldn't.
Surprisingly, the agency doesn't list fruitcake as a weapon.
Trending
What once seemed impossible is now undeniable: The Redskins have lost Washington
For decades, the local football team was the toast of the town. Now it’s an afterthought.
In Case You Missed It
Administration’s immigration jails are packed. Deportations are lower than in Obama era, though.
While President Barack Obama deported 1.18 million people during his first three years in office, President Trump has deported fewer than 800,000.
Special Report
The most remote emergency room: Life and death in rural America
These physicians, often hundreds of miles away, work out of cubicles instead of exam rooms.
