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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 $19.1 billion package, which was overwhelmingly 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 president has signaled that he may invoke emergency authority to complete weapons sales that lawmakers have temporarily blocked.
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.
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Campaign 2020The Democratic 2020 hopeful and Navy veteran said football players’ right to protest was a “fundamental American freedom.”
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.
Health officials in five states have warned people believed to be infected with measles and planning to travel that they could be prevented from getting on planes.
The House speaker suggested that President Trump sees a benefit in potential exoneration during a Senate impeachment trial.
Almost 4 in 10 people wouldn't be able to cover a $400 emergency, according to the Federal Reserve.
(Reuters)
The day before a storm killed three people, Jefferson City was listed by the Storm Prediction Center as having a “marginal risk” of severe weather.
The package announced today at the White House is bigger than last year's $12 billion in emergency aid for farmers and ranchers caught in tariff showdowns.
(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.”
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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.
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Special Report
Although the president has taken steps to confront the deadly drug crisis, the depth of the problem continues to overwhelm the government.
