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Campaign 2016
When the Republican convention opens, presumptive nominee Donald Trump will showcase family members, former primary opponents and politicians whose names barely register. But many of the GOP’s past, current and future leaders are staying away.
Riot gear, handcuffs and body cameras are ready, and more than 70 law enforcement and government agencies are on alert as thousands who love or loathe Donald Trump get ready to visit the host city.
New documents detail how the psychologists the CIA contracted were given wide authority to design punishing interrogation regimens for dozens of detainees and then evaluate whether their methods worked, all while securing increasingly lucrative follow-on contracts.
A roadside memorial on River Road in Bethesda, Md. (Dan Morse/The Post)
A Montgomery County, Md., man intends to plead guilty in connection with a Bethesda crash that killed three and left a 15-year-old girl — the fourth person in the car — without her parents and only sibling.
The shooting this week was the latest violent act — like the police shooting in Minnesota and parts of the sniper attack on officers in Dallas — to be broadcast as it happened, a trend that seems to be growing in the three months after Facebook made Live available to all of its 1.65 billion users.
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina praised the sacrifices of law enforcement, but also described the worst of his seven encounters with the police since winning public office.
The son of the Baton Rouge man who was shot and killed by police says his dad was “a good man, no matter what anyone else has to say about him.”
The major forecast models suggest the intensity of the heat dome, at its core, may near rare thresholds.
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee is issuing subpoenas to the New York and Massachusetts state attorneys general and eight environmental organizations over their investigations of the energy giant's claims about climate change.
The former journalist is known for his deliberately provocative manner, ruffled appearance and penchant for sometimes-insulting commentary.
A consortium of media organizations is seeking the release of the GOP candidate’s deposition.
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New research shows a dramatic drop in painkiller prescriptions after medical marijuana laws are passed.
For the last decade, celebrity-stalking publications have been obsessed with whether Jennifer Aniston would have a child. After years of this nonsense, the former “Friends” star has had enough.
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The 2016 election is unlike any before it. The campaign has seen the rise of Donald Trump, the New York provocateur who has seized the Republican Party from its bewildered establishment and seized an angry electorate. What's happening in America? What does it mean to be American? For nearly 35 days, Washington Post journalists crossed the nation looking for answers, chronicling them in this book.