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He has one week before meeting Hillary Clinton onstage again. It is a critical event for him. Yet everything the GOP nominee has done before and after the first debate sends a loud, clear message: Debate prep is for chumps.
The GOP running mate is an evangelical Christian with a long advocacy of socially conservative causes. His views are reassuring to some who are leery of the person at the top of the ticket.
Interviews with more than two dozen Republican officials show they are unnerved by Donald Trump’s erratic attack on a Latina beauty queen and other outbursts, and they are increasingly fearful that he is damaging his White House bid and doing lasting harm to the party.
Roberts with a photo of her son, Charles Carl Robert IV. (Post)
Even as parents awaited word on whether their children had survived the rampage, one father delivered a message to Terri Roberts: She and her husband were not the enemy.
Prosecutors suggested that Navy officials sought to funnel military equipment to rural Hudspeth County and set up a secret training base near the Mexican border.
Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said Jacob Hall died about 1 p.m. Saturday. The boy had been fighting for his life at a hospital since the shooting Wednesday at Townville Elementary School.
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On July 11, Sacramento officers were called to a well-lighted street by neighbors who reported a man waving a knife. The victim was in the middle of a mental health crisis, his family said.
"A woman that has great education and training and a great job is not susceptible to this kind of abuse by men, women or anyone," oncologist Bud Pierce said after the sitting governor revealed that she had been a domestic violence victim.
After an explosion on the launchpad, Elon Musk's company wanted a look at a competitor’s roof.
The East Coast should pay close attention to the storm's track in coming days.
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But aides to the senator's campaign have pushed back, criticizing how the audio has been covered and defending what Hillary Clinton said about young voters.
The MSNBC host said the Republican's supporters are patriotic but have a sense of betrayal.
Sign up to have The Fix’s Aaron Blake text you the highlights of each debate as it unfolds.
This nation that once sat behind the Iron Curtain is expected to reject E.U. quotas for accepting asylum seekers in a referendum this weekend.
Voters will go to the polls tomorrow to approve or reject a pact with FARC rebels that would extinguish a half-century war. If the accord fails, there is no plan B. 
Officers spotted the teenager walking on a California road late one evening and thought, “What if we help him out?”
The state wildlife commission was alerted after officers received a tip on Facebook. The two were charged with illegal killing, possessing or capturing of alligators.
Russian officials have been alarmed by an anthrax outbreak that killed one nomadic boy and want to limit the risk of animals spreading the bacteria.
Researchers are looking at whether bacteria in the mouth can connect to ailments ranging from cancer to dementia to stroke.
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This author hasn't opted for the suburbs over her apartment, despite its modest size.
It's not snobbery. Let a home cook’s skepticism prompt a test in your own kitchen.
Enliven your surroundings with these trendy yet timeless items, all available online.
(Jason Aldag/The Washington Post)
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