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Biden is seeing a different world than other Democrats

While critics may worry that he is cocooned from the worst of the news, living in a bit of a bubble, President Biden has chosen to focus on the positives.

By Matt Viser

Black House Democrats embrace Biden at another critical juncture

Latino voters aren’t all in for Biden. They’re not sure about Harris, either.

Relatives hold photos of those killed as Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun waits to testify before a Senate panel in June. (AP)

Boeing plea deal in 737 Max crashes angers families and tests prosecutors

Analysts say Boeing’s decision to plead guilty allows it to focus on rebuilding a reputation sullied by two fatal crashes and the mid-air blowout aboard a 737 Max jet.

By Lori Aratani and Ian DuncanUpdated 16 minutes ago

WImbledon

In a tournament full of surprises, one citizen of the world stands out

Lulu Sun’s wild ride has taken her from New Zealand to China to Switzerland to Texas to the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

By Ava Wallace

Lulu Sun is the second-lowest-ranked player to reach the quarterfinal round in the last 15 editions of Wimbledon. (AP)

American revolution: Taylor Fritz joins Tommy Paul in quarterfinals

By Ava Wallace

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

How to find a contractor who won’t rip you off

By Natalie Delgadillo

A photo illustration of an older man flying a kite in a field with pink and blue illustrated clouds, sunshine, and wind.

Advice

How can I keep my energy up as I age?

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

Advice

Should you quit your job? Take our quiz.

By Danielle Abril and Garland Potts

Dig into dip for dinner with this spanakopita-inspired dish

By Ellie Krieger

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ReviewCarole King musical is enjoyable, if not earth-moving

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Trump-appointed judge in Alaska resigns over sexual misconduct

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Black House Democrats embrace Biden at another critical juncture

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Beryl batters Texas, killing 4 along a storm-weary and waterlogged coast

Monday was July’s third 98-degree day in D.C.

Nats, still struggling with the details, fall to Cardinals in series finale

D.C. Council to consider sending truant teens to services, not court

Photos: Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast

Biden has a new outsider strategy. Can he pull it off?

The president’s new approach could work — if he can manage not to prove the “elites” right.

Opinion by Eugene Robinson

Lessons from the French and British elections for bolstering U.S. democracy

Opinion by Max Boot

The octogenarian club reconvenes

Opinion by Colbert I. King

How Trump can make NATO great again

Opinion by Marc A. Thiessen

Trump v. U.S. leaves it to ordinary Americans to check the presidency

Letters to the Editor

Biden’s choices affect NATO, too

Opinion by the Editorial Board

Medicare’s crazy payment system is creating monopolies in health care

Opinion by Marty Makary

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Severe heat wave in the West is making history. How much longer will it continue?

By Ian Livingston

Columbia puts deans on leave after texts evoking ‘antisemitic tropes’

By Susan Svrluga

D.C. is hosting the NATO summit. Here are the road closures and detours.

By Ellie Silverman

Tropical Storm Beryl

Beryl batters Texas, killing 4 along a storm-weary and waterlogged coast

Nearly 3 million people were without power after Beryl pounded the Houston area with extreme rain and 80 mph winds.

By Brady Dennis, Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Scott Dance

Beryl pummels Texas with strong winds, heavy rain

By Troy Witcher and Dee Swann

War in ukraine

Russian missile attack kills 37 in Ukraine, hits children’s hospital

Monday’s missile strikes came amid dueling diplomatic pushes surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

By Mikhail KlimentovUpdated 1 hour ago

With Orban in China and Modi in Russia, Putin’s multipolar world takes shape

By Christian Shepherd and Gerry Shih

Prosecutor Karen McDonald shows the weapon from the Oxford High School shooting.

Deep Reads

No one had ever charged a school shooter’s parents with homicide. She did it anyway.

Story by John Woodrow Cox | Photos by Joshua Lott

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Why do Americans keep bringing guns through airport security?

Five Turks and Caicos vacationers and now Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) have been charged with firearms violations in recent months.

By Sofia Andrade

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France is in turmoil. Will the Olympics be okay?

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Every election, a civics teacher urges her seniors to vote. They’ve never been less interested.

By Greg Jaffe and Michelle Gustafson

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UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS

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By Eugene RobinsonTuesday, July 9, at 1:00 p.m. EDT

Guilty: Inside the high-risk, historic prosecution of a school shooter’s parents

A Post reporter embedded with Michigan prosecutors for two years as they pursued homicide charges against Jennifer and James Crumbley, whose son killed four students at Oxford High School.

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Beryl batters Texas, killing 4 along a storm-weary and waterlogged coast

Biden is seeing a different world than other Democrats

After pandemic closures, kids are still behind. Can you do their math?

Trump-appointed judge in Alaska resigns over sexual misconduct

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In a Florida retiree stronghold, anger and hope for Biden

Perhaps nowhere are President Biden’s senior moments hitting closer to home than in Florida’s retiree strongholds, where active residents are defying the limits of age themselves.

By Lori Rozsa

An image of a voting ballot sits atop a red, white and blue background.

The Campaign Moment

Reporter Aaron Blake’s guide to what you need to know about the election.

GOP adopts platform that softens language on abortion, same-sex marriage

By Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey

Who’s ahead in presidential polls right now? Dive into The Post’s polling averages.

By Lenny Bronner, Diane Napolitano, Kati Perry and Luis Melgar

Democrats attack right-wing Project 2025 pushed by Trump allies

By Josh Dawsey and Hannah Knowles

Analysis

The chain of unanswerable questions threatening Biden’s reelection bid

By Philip Bump

Politics

Mike Johnson details conservative vision for U.S. foreign policy

By Abigail Hauslohner

House GOP demands Biden’s doctor testify on president’s health

By Dan Diamond

Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings

By Justin Jouvenal

8 policies that could be vulnerable to new legal challenges

By Jacob Bogage

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: Mom sees different parenting styles as critiques of her own choices

A mother is “hurt constantly” as her adult child makes different parenting decisions from hers in the 1980s and ’90s.

By Carolyn HaxJuly 8

Asking Eric: Years later, I’m still upset about my table at my nephew’s wedding

July 8

Miss Manners: I miss my office friends now that we work from home

July 8

Ask Sahaj: How do I respond to intrusive questions about my biracial grandkid?

July 4

How do I get my husband to understand our baby isn’t ‘crying for attention’?

July 3

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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Why does Fox News get away with it? I answered your questions.

Marc Fisher is answering your questions about politics, the D.C. area and beyond

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Dining chat: Why are some restaurants switching to fixed price menus?

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Well+BeingNews and advice to live well every day

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Advice

How to deal with some common disruptions and sleep better

By Lisa Strauss

What to know about an aggressive tick species spreading across the U.S.

By Catherine Roberts

Greater adherence to Mediterranean diet linked to benefits in study

By Ian McMahan

Perspective

There’s real danger in digging deep holes on a sandy beach

By Stephen P. Leatherman

Perspective

Doctors couldn’t figure out my chest pain. It took years to find the answer.

By Rachel S. Hunt

National

(Jonathan Newton/The Post)

$1 billion gift to make Johns Hopkins medical school free for most

By Susan Svrluga

Trump-appointed judge in Alaska resigns over sexual misconduct

By Tobi Raji1 hour ago

The Supreme Court upended gun laws nationwide. Mass confusion has followed.

By Rachel Weiner

Analysis

Who’s most likely to wear sunscreen, and who needs it the most

By Andrew Van Dam

Wayne S. Smith, diplomat who resigned over U.S. policy toward Cuba, dies at 91

By Matt Schudel

WORLD

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Divided France enters uncharted political territory after historic vote

By Rick Noack

How big elections are changing the world in 2024

By Sammy Westfall

Playwright and director sentenced to six years in prison by Russian court

By Mary Ilyushina

Thousands flee as Israel launches new Gaza City operation

By Leo Sands, Hazem Balousha , Loveday Morris, Joby Warrick and Heba Farouk Mahfouz

In lawless Gaza, cigarette smuggling fuels attacks on aid trucks

By Miriam Berger and Hajar Harb

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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Perspective

The Marvelization of fashion

More and more, what fashion brands create are not products or ideas that tell consumers what to wear or buy. What are they even selling anymore?

By Rachel Tashjian

‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ found a familiar path to viral fame. What happens now?

By Mark Ellwood

A billionaire is boosting a major defamation lawsuit against Fox News

By Jeremy Barr

The Paramount-Skydance deal finally happened. Here’s what it means for you.

By Herb Scribner

Theater Review

Carole King musical is enjoyable, if not earth-moving

By Chris Klimek1 hour ago

‘House of the Dragon’ recap: Here be dragons — finally

By Omar L. Gallaga

Daughter of writer Alice Munro reveals family secret of sexual abuse

By Sophia Nguyen

D.C., MD. & VA.

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First E. coli, now Beryl: Inaugural Anacostia swim called off again

By Kyle Swenson

D.C. Council to consider sending truant teens to service programs instead of court system

By Lauren Lumpkin

Counties and states are ending single-family zoning. Homeowners are suing.

By Teo Armus

Connect Kennedy Center to the National Mall? It’s urban planners’ dream.

By Clarence Williams

Pickleballers were losing their court to tennis. So they staged a sit-in.

By Hau Chu

Capital Weather Gang

PM Update: Blistering heat and high humidity persist through Tuesday

By Ian Livingston

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Health

Isolation, extreme fatigue, lingering misery: What it’s like to survive measles

By Lena H. Sun

Analysis

N.C. governor talks Medicaid expansion

By McKenzie Beard

4th human bird flu case reported in U.S. as Colorado farmworker is infected

By Lena H. Sun

Science

Why ‘ant hitchhiking’ may be a bigger deal than previously thought

By Erin Blakemore

Scientists discover giant aquatic predator from a time before dinosaurs

By Frances Vinall

51,000-year-old cave painting may be earliest scene depicted through art

By Frances Vinall

SPORTS

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As his MLB career begins, those who helped lift James Wood cheer him on

By Spencer Nusbaum and Andrew Golden

In a Wimbledon full of surprises, one citizen of the world stands out

By Ava Wallace

Caps promote Chris Patrick to GM; Brian MacLellan stays on as president of hockey ops

By Bailey Johnson

American revolution: Taylor Fritz joins Tommy Paul in Wimbledon quarters

By Ava Wallace

Nats, still struggling with the details, fall to Cardinals in series finale

By Spencer Nusbaum

Business

Boeing will plead guilty to fraud related to fatal 737 Max crashes

By Lori Aratani and Ian Duncan

Paramount signs off on merger with David Ellison’s Skydance

By Aaron Gregg

The fragrance industry is booming. Here’s why it makes scents.

By Jaclyn Peiser

The labor market reflects continued resilience amid slowdown

By Abha Bhattarai

Food