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Coronavirus vaccines may not work for those with underlying health issues

Early research shows that 15 to 80 percent of people with certain medical conditions, such as specific blood cancers or organ transplants, are generating few antibodies after being vaccinated.

By Ariana Eunjung Cha

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Japanese doctors call for Olympics cancellation amid covid-19 surge

Maricopa County officials say 2020 recount is a sham, demand Arizona GOP end the process

The GOP-dominated county board said Monday that the audit commissioned by state Republicans is promoting falsehoods and defaming public servants.

By Rosalind S. Helderman

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McCarthy says he will oppose commission investigating Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol

Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza despite cease-fire calls

Israel showed little sign of easing its campaign, despite growing international pressure.

By Loveday Morris, Miriam Berger, Hazem Balousha and Erin Cunningham1 hour ago

Many of longtime youth football coach Perry Sutton's former players went on to college and the NFL. (Travis Dove for The Post)

After a shooting, ‘Football City, USA’ grapples with the game’s dark side

Rock Hill, S.C., is known for being a pipeline to the pros. But what happens when the game, and the town, no longer needs you?

By Kent Babb

For some Navy pilots, UFO sightings were an ordinary event: ‘Every day for at least a couple years’

By Reis Thebault

Calculate how much you would get from the expanded child tax credit

By Alyssa Fowers

As cryptocurrency goes wild, fear grows about who might get hurt

By Hamza Shaban

OPINIONS

Republicans are sprinting away from democracy

Opinion by Catherine Rampell

The Trumpy right is violating everything our children are taught

Opinion by Dana Milbank

The misguided identity politics of the anti-Trump Republicans

Opinion by Perry Bacon Jr.

If Joe Manchin really believes this about the GOP, we’re in serious trouble

Opinion by Greg Sargent

The Supreme Court’s abortion case fundamentally changes upcoming elections

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

Netanyahu didn’t start this Gaza crisis. But it could help keep him in power.

Opinion by Anshel Pfeffer

Guide to the Pandemic

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Your Life at Home

No, you shouldn’t hide good news during a pandemic. Here’s how to share it gracefully.

Opinion

No, people aren’t giving up pandemic pets because they’re bored

Think the pandemic made you forget how to drive and park? Experts explain what’s going on.

A ‘narrow’ pathway to a net-zero future for greenhouse gases, IEA says

The pathway to slower climate change is not impossible, says the International Energy Agency, but is “perhaps the greatest challenge humankind has ever faced.”

By Steven Mufson

The Cybersecurity 202Analysis

Cybercriminals scammed a record number of victims with cryptocurrency

By Tonya Riley

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Diversity in the workplace: Ursula Burns, senior adviser of Teneo and former CEO of Xerox, on accelerating change in the boardroom

Burns, who was the first Black woman to be CEO of a Fortune 500 company when she was elevated to that role at Xerox in 2009, discusses ways companies can help facilitate greater gender and ethnic diversity in the boardroom. She will also assess evolving corporate attitudes on issues such as climate change and social justice here in America and around the world.

Biden’s aid programs help McCarthy’s district despite GOP leader’s complaints about ‘socialist’ spending

By Erica Werner, Andrew Van Dam and Yeganeh Torbati6 minutes ago

Black Lives Matter activists said man tried to hit them with his car. The suspect turned out to be a judge.

By Lateshia Beachum

Bob Baffert suspended from N.Y. tracks, may not be able to enter Medina Spirit in Belmont Stakes

The head of the New York Racing Association said his organization had to act to “protect the integrity of the sport for our fans, the betting public and racing participants.”

By Des Bieler

Post ReportsPodcast

Devastation in Gaza

There’s no end in sight as the Israel-Hamas conflict enters a second week. How will the Biden White House respond to the intensifying crisis?

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A Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retaliate, he says.

By Andrea Salcedo

Trump DOJ tried to unmask a Twitter account behind ‘mean tweets and bad memes’ that teased Rep. Devin Nunes

By Katie Shepherd

The jury reached a guilty verdict. Then the defendant fatally cut his own throat in a federal courtroom.

By Tim Elfrink

A rapper posed on a SWAT truck during the Capitol riots and put it on his album. He’s facing federal charges.

By Jaclyn Peiser

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Americans are booking working ‘vacci-cations’ before office life resumes

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D.C.-area cicadas suffered because of cool weather over the last week

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Ovechkin’s future hangs over Capitals’ playoff hopes

All that is separating the end of Alex Ovechkin's 13-year contract with the Caps and his free agency this summer is the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

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POLITICS

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, speaks alongside Rep. Elise Stefanik on Friday after her election to House Republican leadership, replacing Liz Cheney. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)

McCarthy announces opposition to commission to investigate deadly Jan. 6 attack on Capitol

By John Wagner10 minutes ago

Biden boosts vaccine donations, but critics say far more is needed

By Tyler Pager and Dan Diamond

Fact CheckerAnalysis

Fact-checking the Paul-Fauci flap over Wuhan lab funding

By Glenn Kessler

Cuomo to receive $5.1 million for his book on the pandemic

By Felicia Sonmez and Josh Dawsey

The Health 202Analysis

Roe v. Wade could be headed for a rewrite by the Supreme Court

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

Giuliani’s lawyers seek to review prior seizure of his cloud data

By Devlin Barrett and Shayna Jacobs

Tracking Biden appointees

President Biden’s transition has been slower than previous ones.

By Harry Stevens and Madison Walls1 hour ago

WORLD

Suzy Eshkuntana, 6, is pulled to safety after Israeli airstrikes destroyed buildings in Gaza and left families trapped under rubble. (Reuters)

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

In Gaza, grief, destruction and ‘all the anger of the universe’

In a conflict defined by its asymmetry, the experience of those trapped in Gaza is indisputably worse than those in Israel.

By Ishaan Tharoor

Under fire, Gazans are running out of electricity and fuel

The United Nations has warned that fuel, necessary for power generation, could be exhausted in days.

By Hazem Balousha and Loveday Morris

What’s behind the violence in Israel and Gaza?

By Miriam Berger and Antonia Noori Farzan

Cyclone Tauktae strikes India’s west coast, disrupting crucial battle against coronavirus

By Pamela Constable

NATIONAL

A memorial for Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Trial of ex-police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright may proceed

By Kim Bellware

RetropolisThe Past, Rediscovered

A famed folk singer won a presidential pardon after molesting a child. Did he prey on others?

Jimmy Carter pardoned Peter Yarrow for what he did to a 14-year-old girl in a D.C. hotel room in 1969. But the Peter, Paul and Mary star is accused of sexually assaulting others, too.

By Gillian Brockell

Buddy Roemer1943–2021

Former Louisiana governor, who served one tumultuous term, dies at 77

The Harvard-educated, reform-minded politician served in Congress before winning one term as governor in 1987.

By Kevin McGill

Police were called to a fellow officer’s home. They found a meth lab in the basement, prosecutors say.

By Paulina Villegas

Passenger who had to be handcuffed during a Seattle flight now faces a $52,500 fine

By Lori Aratani

Dallas, Houston face flood threat, with hail and tornado potential farther west

By Matthew Cappucci

D.C., MD. & VA.

D.C. lifts mask mandate for fully vaccinated people

Those who are fully vaccinated only need to wear a mask in places where it is required. The move brings the city in line with Virginia and Maryland, which had lifted their mandates last week.

By Julie Zauzmer, Michael Brice-Saddler and Emily Davies