EXCLUSIVE
President Trump has personally and repeatedly urged the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a wall contract to a construction firm led by a Republican donor and frequent TV pundit, administration officials said.
The president has signaled that he may invoke emergency authority to complete weapons sales that lawmakers have temporarily blocked.
The trade battles concern leaders such as Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, a Trump ally whose state has been at the forefront of spurring economic development with China.
Physical therapist Angela Gordon performs dry needle therapy for Anthony Harris as Kait Donovan looks on. (Doug Kapustin for The Post)
Harris’s recovery program for a torn ACL includes workouts with a resistance band. (Doug Kapustin for The Post)
Harris is one of three elite Washington-area basketball players to suffer an ACL tear during a six-month span. (Doug Kapustin for The Post)
Year-round basketball schedules are putting young athletes at risk of knee injuries. “We are pushing our kids to the limit,” one doctor said.
BREAKING NEWS
A new presidential memo authorizes Attorney General William P. Barr to declassify government secrets as he sees fit during his review of a 2016 campaign investigation. Current and former FBI officials have disputed Barr’s statement that the government was “spying” on the Trump campaign.
House Democrats agreed to suspend deadlines for the president’s accounting firm to hand over his records, pending an expedited review by the federal appeals court in D.C.
In a news conference, President Trump lashed out at the House speaker, calling her “crazy” and dismissing her criticism and political assessment.
The federal indictment charges Assange worked with a former Army intelligence analyst to obtain and disseminate secret documents — conduct similar to reporting work at many traditional news organizations.
Campaign 2020Democrats in Washington and on the campaign trail know that they’re not getting their agenda enacted until, at the earliest, 2021. So the Democratic House and the presidential contest are political test kitchens.
The $19.1 billion package, which was passed by a vote of 85-8, advances legislation that would break a months-long impasse over federal funding for areas afflicted by natural disasters.
The FDA opinion, coming down in support of a designation already in use by industry, does not apply to food safety, only food quality, the agency said.
Almost 4 in 10 people wouldn't be able to cover a $400 emergency, according to the Federal Reserve.
(Iris Schneider for The Post)
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Ellis, the 1980s bad boy novelist, has reinvented himself as a Twitter-era podcaster and provocateur. His new hobby: “triggering millennials” — or what he calls “Generation Wuss.”
(Post Illustration; photo by Jonathan Newton/The Post)
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Pick a problem, or a perceived problem, in baseball, and it can probably be traced back to the rise of velocity as the sport’s ultimate weapon.
(Bill O'Leary/The Post)
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