A more conservative court could make changes in how rules for next election will be set. This week, justices will review the shield provided by the Voting Rights Act, first passed in 1965 to forbid laws that result in discrimination based on race.
President Biden is pushing to reclaim America’s global leadership after four years of the former president's insults and snubs.
By Anne Gearan and Ashley Parker
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) heads back to his office on Jan. 6 after speaking to Trump supporters. (Gabriella Demczuk)
Cawthorn, 25, has adopted the Trump playbook, making false statements about his background, issuing baseless allegations about voter fraud and demonizing his political opponents.
Baron, who is retiring Sunday, expected to manage a newspaper during hard times. Instead, he found unimagined opportunities and challenges.
The action by the Food and Drug Administration means the United States will have three vaccines a year after the virus began spreading rapidly.
Ad
Ad
Five strategies to increase the chances of getting a free shot for yourself or someone you care about.
We talked to experts about how to navigate pandemic life in them.
More Top Stories
By Andrew Nachemson1 hour ago
More than 40 activists were charged Sunday under the national security law. They face life in prison if found guilty.
By Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin and Theodora Yu
Charlotte Bennett, 25, told the New York Times that the 63-year-old governor asked about her sex life, wondered whether she had slept with older men and told her he would be interested in relationships with women in their 20s.
Kelly Wood said there was no way her father, Raymond A. Wood, wrote the letter, in which he purportedly admitted to helping arrest members of Malcolm X’s security team days before the 1965 assassination.
Don’t Miss
Ad
Ad
Trending
Video: James Cornsilk/Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post
California's iconic Highway 1 has been severed again. Why fixing it is becoming harder.A 150-foot stretch of California's Highway one in the Big Sur region collapsed into the ocean again, as wildfires and the rainy season become more extreme.
Get the headlines from today's paper, and click on each one to read the story.
Multi-tasking? Follow the latest headlines and analysis through our podcasts.
The Post offers several ways to securely send information and documents to journalists.
Stay connected with the latest news on your tablet and phone.
Plans being discussed, while not finalized, may target firms with more than $2.5 billion in gross receipts annually.
By Jeff Stein and Erica Werner
The Arizona Republican also backed away from the organizer’s praise for Jan. 6 Capitol protesters.
By David Weigel
Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) resume presiding over a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 electoral college results on Jan. 6. (Reuters)
The votes that followed the Capitol siege are a red line upon which House Democrats are basing their decisions on which Republicans to work with.
By Paul Kane
The radio impresario will be posthumously honored at CPAC.
Follow the president’s progress in filling hundreds of positions.
By Harry Stevens and Madison Walls
Full coverage of what the president is doing to enact his agenda.
By Washington Post Staff
Marina Gonzales Camarillo works as a waitress at the 20 de Noviembre market, often having to interact with people up close. (Eva Lepiz for The Post)
The oil slick, believed to have occurred earlier this month, has caused the death of at least one fin whale and six baby sea turtles.
By Shira Rubin
A photographer documented pangolin rescue and rehabilitation efforts at Save Vietnam’s Wildlife Rescue Center.
By Annaliese Nurnberg and Justin Mott
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States will not impose any direct punishment on the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
The Trump administration designated the IRGC as terrorists. Its ranks are filled with military conscripts.
By Kareem Fahim and Erin Cunningham
Ad
Ad
(Nina Riggio for The Post)
A one-man operation repurposes used lithium batteries from electric vehicles for campers and RVs in Quartzsite, Ariz.
By Sarah Kaplan and Nina Riggio
The university said that coronavirus infections are now contained enough to allow in-person teaching to resume on Monday.
Cars line up at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Herndon in November. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
Testing is down a third as infections dip in Virginia, Maryland and the District.
By Jenna Portnoy and Rachel Chason
D.C.-area forecast: Soggy at times today into early Monday; highs in the 40s and 50s through midweek
Showers are steadiest today during the morning into early afternoon, then becoming more spotty in nature.
By Brian Jackson
Sharbat in Adams Morgan welcomes visitors with expertly made sweet and savory baked goods from Azerbaijan.
By Tom Sietsema
The National Museum of Mathematics presents an augmented-reality art show you look at on your phone.
By Mark Jenkins
A new anthology compiles decades of music writing from the 90-year-old jazz critic.
The last, best gift we can give our pets is a merciful one.
The Riggs Hotel opened empty guest rooms to diners. So I spent a couple of hours feasting in one.
By Tom Sietsema
By Lucca Henrion,, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li and Volker Sick16 minutes ago
Washington's spring training complex has been a coronavirus testing site since March. (Toni L. Sandys/The Post)
On Tuesday people faced close to an hour’s wait at Palm Beach County’s largest public testing center, a parking lot normally used by fans who want a glimpse of their favorite team, illustrating that tests are still far more attainable for professional athletes than the average person.
Ad
(Sol Cotti for The Post)
Todd, is that you? Our obscured faces make it hard to spot colleagues, friends, neighbors and even members of our own family.
Directness and sooner rather than later are the way to go. Set a deadline for your future ex.
Reader is annoyed that physical therapist offered to pray with husband. He accepted.
Is it proper etiquette to work out possible technical problems in advance?
(Albright-Knox Art Gallery © Estate of Giacomo Balla/Artists Rights Society/ SIAE, Rome)
Giacomo Balla painted “Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash” in response to a manifesto he had signed two years earlier.