Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis

A booth displaying a coronavirus vaccine candidate from China National Biotec Group, a unit of the state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, at a trade fair in Beijing. (Reuters)

China, Russia are ahead in the global vaccine race, bending long-standing rules as they go

Beijing and Moscow are gambling on a rushed rollout, with big risks but potentially valuable payoffs.

By Eva Dou and Isabelle Khurshudyan1 hour ago

These countries crushed covid-19 — but are now reporting higher infection rates than the U.S.

By Michael Birnbaum, Ruth Eglash and James McAuley

Postal Service feared Trump’s rhetoric could cost it billions in Amazon business, documents reveal

By Jay Greene, Tony Romm and Jacob Bogage

The Falwells, the pool attendant and the double life that brought them all down

Giancarlo Granda says Becki and Jerry Falwell preyed on him sexually. The evangelical couple says their young business partner tried to extort money from them.

By Michael E. Miller and Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Trump administration bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores beginning Sunday

The move is expected to sharply raise tensions with Beijing.

By Jeanne Whalen, Rachel Lerman and Ellen Nakashima

These governments also see TikTok as a problem.

Election 2020

Virginia’s era as a swing state appears to be over

By Laura Vozzella

Live Updates

3:52PM

Trump, in reversal, now says vaccines available for all by April

2:07PM

No TV ads, no presidential visits: Virginia’s era as a swing state appears to be over

The FixAnalysis

What the Trump and Biden town halls taught us about their upcoming debates

The big takeaway is that Trump struggles with tough questions.

By Amber Phillips

Opinions

The longer Trump stays in office, the crazier the GOP becomes

Opinion by Max Boot

Under a lawless Trump, our system of checks and balances is being destroyed

Opinion by Editorial Board

Biden’s weakness among Hispanics is not his fault. It’s Trump’s.

Opinion by Henry Olsen

This Rosh Hashanah, ask yourself: ‘Who shall live?’

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

Pro-life people, abortion isn’t the only issue on the presidential ballot

Opinion by Michael Gerson

Guide to the Pandemic

Places with highest daily reported cases per capitaSeven-day average of daily new reported cases per 100,000 residents

Asked and answered: What readers want to know about coronavirus

Covid-19 etiquette: A comprehensive guide

Full coverage and resources

The Washington Post is providing our daily live updates and guide to the pandemic for free, so that all readers can access this important information about the pandemic.

Sign up to get our Coronavirus Updates newsletter

Get the most important developments in your inbox every day. All stories in the newsletter are free to access.

Your Life at Home

How to adapt meditation for little kids? It looks a lot like play.

By Steph Fairyington

Simple and close to home, pandemic vacations embrace the travel norms of earlier eras

By Becca Milfeld

Off the North Carolina shore, a deep dive into history

By John Briley

On the first day of early voting, Virginians wait up to four hours to cast ballots

Voters in the Northern Virginia suburbs say they feel a sense of urgency — and don’t trust the U.S. mail.

By Meagan Flynn, Laura Vozzella and Antonio Olivo

White House, Congress struggle to complete stop-gap spending bill as October shutdown looms

Negotiators had hoped to finalize the bill by noon Friday but missed that self-imposed deadline as talks stumbled, with disputes over farm aid, election money and other issues holding up a deal.

By Erica Werner1 hour ago

(AFP/Getty Images)

Trump campaign manager didn’t vote for his boss in 2016 — or at all

Bill Stepien has not voted since 2015. Less than two months ago, he registered to vote in Washington, D.C., where he has lived since 2017.

By Colby Itkowitz

PodcastThe Daily 202’s Big Idea

Former Pence aide on coronavirus task force explains why she will vote for Biden

Add to:Apple Podcasts,Google Play,Stitcher

PodcastPost Reports

The White women turning away from Trump

Add to:Apple Podcasts,Google Play,Stitcher

Don’t Miss

The dos and don’ts of camping alone

By Natalie B. Compton

Book Excerpt

An FBI sex crimes investigator helped trigger 2016’s ‘October Surprise’

By Devlin Barrett

Chat Transcript

Carolyn Hax takes questions and tackles your problems

By Carolyn Hax

Book Review

J.K. Rowling’s ‘Troubled Blood’ is her most ambitious Robert Galbraith novel yet — and probably the most divisive

By Bill Sheehan

Trending

Hadley Green/The Washington Post

A Black doctor fighting the pandemic finds healing in protest

Duaa AbdelHameid, a resident in Boston, was inspired to protest after seeing firsthand the impact of Covid-19 on people of color.

Today’s Print Stories

Get the headlines from today's paper, and click on each one to read the story.

e-Replica Edition

Browse the paper on your computer or tablet, just as it appears in the print edition.

Share news tips with us confidentially

Get the headlines from today's paper, and click on each one to read the story.

Washington Post Apps

Experience The Washington Post on your tablet and phone.

Politics

(Reuters)

FEC should investigate Trump donations by USPS head’s family and associates, watchdog says

In a complaint to the Federal Election Commission, the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center said contributions made by relatives and employees of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as recently as 2018 merit scrutiny.

By Aaron C. Davis

Fact CheckerAnalysis

Joe Biden’s CNN town hall: An occasional whopper

The former vice president had his moments of over-exuberance but mostly stuck to the facts.

By Glenn Kessler and Salvador Rizzo

Former model accuses Trump of assault during 1990s tennis tournament

Amy Dorris joins more than a dozen other women who have said the president kissed or groped them without their consent in the years before he was elected.

By Rosalind S. Helderman

Analysis

William Barr’s habit of misleading

By JM Rieger

Analysis

Trump claims nothing more could have been done to defeat the coronavirus. He’s wrong.

By Philip Bump

Voters’ Guide

Interactive

How to vote in your state

Interactive

How turnout and swing voters could get Trump or Biden to 270

D.C., Md. & Va.

Judges in D.C. threatened, harassed after high-profile, political legal battles

The number of threats tracked by the U.S. Marshals Service has dramatically increased in recent years as attacks targeting judges and their rulings have proliferated on social media.

By Ann E. Marimow

Capital Weather Gang

We declare the end of summer and autumn’s sudden arrival

As recently as Monday, it still felt like beach weather. But temperatures have hovered in the low 70s ever since, and they’ll turn even cooler this weekend.

By Jason Samenow

Chanokh Berenson, a teacher at Berman Hebrew Academy, prays with his class via Zoom from his home in Silver Spring on Sept. 16. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Post)

Rosh Hashanah is usually when Jews gather in synagogue. This year, they’re mostly online — or masked and spread out.

By Michelle Boorstein

Capital Weather Gang

D.C.-area forecast: Showers ending as sunshine increases with time; fall-like this weekend

The coolest air of the season so far is on its way.

By A. Camden Walker

Coronavirus cases in D.C., Maryland and Virginia

World

China worries that Trump, facing a tough election, may provoke a new fight

Influential academics in Beijing fear President Trump will turbocharge his attacks on China to generate support and distract from domestic problems.

By Anna Fifield

European countries opt for local measures over national shutdowns as coronavirus cases surge

Officials announced targeted measures in England, France, Spain and elsewhere, and other countries appeared to be on the brink of doing the same.

By Rick Noack

The front of the Ghattas Bakery in Beirut after explosions rocked the city’s port. (Karine Pierre / Hans Lucas/for The Washington Post)

A baker’s tale: A Beirut landmark struggles to survive unending crises

By Siobhán O'Grady and Nader Durgham

China launches combat drills in Taiwan Strait, warns U.S. not to ‘play with fire’

By Gerry Shih

Today's WorldViewAnalysis

Trump and the global reach of right-wing conspiracy theories

By Ishaan Tharoor

‘Cuties’ sparked outrage in the U.S. The reception in Senegal was vastly different.

By Danielle Paquette and Borso Tall

National

Smoke from wildfires fills the sky over Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo)

Rarefied air: Taking a healthy breath is now a luxury in California

Wildfire smoke has blanketed the state, but its ill effects are not evenly distributed. Wealthier families can get away for a while, or at least hunker down in air-purified homes. Poorer residents are sweltering and coughing without proper defenses.

By Reed Albergotti

Trump says he will create commission to push more ‘pro-American’ history

President Trump characterized demonstrations against racial injustice as “left-wing rioting and mayhem” that are the result of decades of indoctrination in schools. The federal government has no power over the curriculum taught in local schools.

By Moriah Balingit and Laura Meckler

Education Department launches Princeton discrimination probe

The university's president wrote earlier this month about efforts to combat racism on campus.

By Susan Svrluga

This New York executive was laid off. Now he mows lawns for seniors for free.

By Cathy Free

Fall of the frat house: Students target Greek life amid racial reckoning

By Emily Davies

Analysis

U.S. is sliding into autocracy under Trump, scholars say

Academics who study how democracies die offered dire warnings about a second term for President Trump.

By Christopher Ingraham

‘Cheer’ breakout star Jerry Harris arrested on federal child pornography charge

Jerry Harris, a prominent figure in the Netflix docuseries “Cheer,” was sued Monday by twin boys in Texas who allege he solicited sex, sent over sexually explicit images and requested nude photos.

By Sonia Rao

Business & Technology

Lynn Foley, right,reaches out to her mother, Vernice Huff, as they celebrate Huff’s 100th birthday at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Fla. (AP)

Task force: Nursing homes need aid. Critics: Industry should step up.

A special panel seeks more money for testing, personal protective equipment, registered nurses, infection control training and staff salary increases, but the panel is silent on nursing homes' own responsibilities.

By Will Englund

Launcher

Streamers are failing at ‘Fall Guys,’ and succeeding on Twitch

By Aron Garst

Ghost kitchens, virtual eateries are the industry’s only growth areas

By Laura Reiley

Trump’s businesses charged Secret Service more than $1.1 million, including for rooms in club shuttered for pandemic

Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., club billed $188,000 in previously unknown charges for a period that coincided with a visit by Ivanka Trump.

By David A. Fahrenthold and Josh Dawsey

Market Watch

Last Updated: Today at 3:38 p.m. ET

Dow 27,716.70

Today -0.66%

S&P 3,323.85

Today -0.99%

NASDAQ 10,795.07

Today -1.06%

Road to Recovery

Movie theater popcorn sales have tanked, prompting American popcorn farmers to find new markets

Businesses with ‘windfall’ pandemic profits are showering them on investors, study finds

Golf, the official sport of social distance, had its best summer in decades

Divorced and separated couples learn to navigate the ups and downs of custody during covid-19

Sports

Giannis Antetokounmpo became just the third player in NBA history to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

Giannis Antetokounmpo claims second straight NBA MVP

By Ben Golliver44 minutes ago

Perspective

Golf has seldom had so much talent. But post-Tiger Woods, it still lacks an icon for the ages.

Stars in other sports tend to have more staying power than golf, where it seems no one can stay atop the mountain for very long.

By Thomas Boswell

Phil Mickelson, five-time major winner, returns to the scene of his most famous failure

Fourteen years ago, the five-time major winner came to the tee on No. 18 with a one-shot lead and a U.S. Open in his grasp. Six shots later, he walked off as runner-up.

By Chuck Culpepper

Instead of Battle for L.A., Lakers get cardiac Nuggets in the West finals

By Ben Golliver

Perspective

The NBA is still LeBron’s league

By Jerry Brewer

Fan at Chiefs-Texans NFL season opener tests positive for coronavirus, 10 quarantined

The positive test came on the day after the game, according to the Kansas City Health Department.

By Mark Maske

Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey will make ‘my own decision’ about who to honor on helmet

Veteran Maurkice Pouncey said he was “given limited information” and “should have done more research" on the 2018 death of Antwon Rose Jr.

By Des Bieler

Health & Science

Vaccine companies reveal their study designs, even as Trump sows confusion

President Trump made claims about a potential coronavirus vaccine. Much depends on what happens, but here is what we can really expect.

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Medicaid rolls swell amid the pandemic’s historic job losses, straining state budgets

Nevada serves as a cautionary tale, with a 13.5 percent increase in enrollment.

By Amy Goldstein

Penny Brown, 2, is held by her mother, Heather Brown, for a coronavirus test in Seattle. (AP)

Is the coronavirus spreading silently among kids? Testing limits make it hard to tell.

By Meryl Kornfield

The Health 202Analysis

One million Americans lost health insurance last year

The decline of coverage illustrates both the shortcomings of President Barack Obama’s 2010 health-care law and repeated attempts by President Trump and Republicans to undermine it.

By Paige Winfield Cunningham