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The major takeaways from the third Republican debate

Five Republican hopefuls addressed Israel, abortion, foreign policy and the opioid crisis, as former president Donald Trump skipped the debate once again.

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LIVE: Israel-Gaza War

Tens of thousands flee as Israel pushes further into northern Gaza

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Russian missile strike turned Ukrainian medal ceremony into a bloodbath

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Canada wants to give a stranded Russian plane to Ukraine. Is it legal?

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A guide to the friends and patrons of Clarence and Ginni Thomas

These are the associates of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, have given gifts, made payments or otherwise supported the couple based on recent reporting from various news outlets.

By Shawn Boburg

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As Democrats prepare to subpoena Thomas, Alito allies, one benefactor cooperates

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What to know about Zepbound, the newest weight-loss drug

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Analysis

Google spent $26 billion to hide this phone setting from you

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

How car dealers could derail America’s EV boom

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Get a decent workout while cleaning your house

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Reaching far beyond their borders, dictators are dispatching assassins, kidnappers and investigators to target dissidents, journalists, academics and others.

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Rising India, Toxic Tech

How India tamed Twitter and set a global standard for online censorship

The government has sharply increased the demands it makes of Silicon Valley firms to take down posts and accounts, in particular those that criticize the prime minister and the ruling BJP party.

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The untold story of a brief FBI inquiry into Biden’s golf club membership

In 2007, the FBI spent a month investigating whether Biden received a monetary benefit in his membership at an elite golf club, a previously unreported case.

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Lainey Wilson accepts the award for entertainer of the year. (Reuters)

The best and worst moments at the CMA Awards, and the complete list of winners

Lainey Wilson was the big winner at the 2023 CMA Awards, while Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman took home prizes for “Fast Car.”

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Washington Post deletes editorial cartoon criticized as racist

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The winners and losers of the third Republican debate

An absent Trump was the big winner again, and the alternatives struggled to distinguish themselves. One was particularly desperate for attention.

A guide to the friends and patrons of Clarence and Ginni Thomas

The most memorable lines from the third Republican presidential debate

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Analysis

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Election 2024

Rep. Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.) is among a group of New York Republicans being targeted. (Ricky Carioti/The Post)

Democrat-backed coalition targets vulnerable New York House Republicans

The aim is to claim five Republican-held House seats in congressional districts that went for Joe Biden in 2020 and hold on to another Democratic seat.

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Democrats see 2024 roadmap in election wins, as Biden problems loom

Trump flexes dominance with counter-programming

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GOP candidates use violent rhetoric on Israel-Gaza war without mentioning humanitarian aid

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Trump can appear on 2024 primary ballot in Minnesota, state Supreme Court rules

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Politics

Democrat Andy Beshear reelected as Kentucky’s governor

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House votes to censure Tlaib over comments about Israel

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House Oversight Committee subpoenas Biden’s brother James and son Hunter

By Jacqueline Alemany and Matt Viser

Trump Cases

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Ivanka Trump testifies in New York fraud case against family business

By Shayna Jacobs and Mark Berman

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Trump’s legal issues are bound with a thread of willful dishonesty

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Carolyn Hax: Is it a betrayal to confide in friends about a troubled marriage?

Was the letter writer free to confide in a friend about marriage troubles, or did that “let a third person into our marriage”?

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Miss Manners: Colleagues monopolize meetings with their monologues

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What to know about Zepbound, the newest weight-loss drug

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A new worry about falling and hitting your head: A higher risk of stroke

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‘Psychological flexibility’ and other lessons from pro-athlete moms

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Children got lead poisoning from fruit pouches. Here’s what to know.

By Amanda Morris and Teddy Amenabar

Dietary guidelines may soon warn against ultraprocessed foods

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ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

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Why you should buy clothes to last (almost) forever

By Michael J. Coren

Greenland’s ice shelves hold back sea level rise. There are just 5 left.

By Chris Mooney

Review

How to help the environment? Farmers and food enthusiasts have ideas.

By Alexis Burling

An effort to create the strictest workplace heat rules in the U.S. failed

By Nicolás Rivero

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Nation at risk of winter blackouts as power grid remains under strain

By Evan Halper

California is drought-free for first time in years. What it means.

By Diana Leonard

Louisiana ‘super fog’ is wreaking havoc, causing deadly highway wrecks

By Matthew Cappucci

After planet’s hottest October, U.S. temperatures spike in November

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Northern lights unleash outburst of color in skies over U.S., Europe

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Microsoft Outlook can be a pain. 8 ways to make email work for you.

By Danielle Abril

Analysis

Google spent $26 billion to hide this phone setting from you

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

Use ‘Find My’ phone apps. But don’t trust them.

By Shira Ovide

Technology

Big Tech wants AI regulation. The rest of Silicon Valley is skeptical.

By Gerrit De Vynck

Video chat app Omegle closes amid controversy over use by pedophiles

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Zuckerberg ‘ignored’ executives on kids’ safety, unredacted lawsuit alleges

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National

Who should see a shooter’s journal? In Nashville, a leak heightens debate.

By Ben Brasch

Former senator from Arizona says she was sexually assaulted while on a run

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Peace Corps settles wrongful death lawsuit after volunteer dies of malaria

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This 150-pound Great Dane was just given ‘hero dog’ status

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Man charged with growing $8.5 million worth of psychedelic mushrooms

By Justine McDaniel

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WORLD

Canada wants to give a stranded Russian plane to Ukraine. Is it legal?

By Amanda Coletta

Slovakia’s new government rejects aid for Ukraine

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Sudan’s civil war triggers an ‘unimaginable’ humanitarian crisis

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The 2024 Met Gala theme is ‘Sleeping Beauties.’ What does that mean?

Anna Wintour, Andrew Bolton and Max Hollein announced “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” as the theme for the 2024 Met Gala on Wednesday.

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Lawsuit accuses former Grammys president of drugging, raping musician

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It’s Vogue’s world after all

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Solas Nua’s ‘The Honey Trap’ is a powerful taste of a playwright’s talent

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Movie Review

‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’: A dreamlike collage of memories

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Book Review

Jonathan Evison’s ‘Again and Again’: Please, not again

By Ron Charles

Marina Cicogna, pathbreaking Italian film producer, dies at 89

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Health

What to know about Zepbound, the newest weight-loss drug

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Bertagnolli confirmed as new head of National Institutes of Health

By Dan Diamond

Biden administration seeks to crack down on private Medicare health plans

By Amy Goldstein

Science

Oldest black hole found, and it may solve a cosmic mystery

By Joel Achenbach

Ken Mattingly, astronaut who helped bring Apollo 13 home, dies at 87

By Michael S. Rosenwald

Rats have the power to imagine, brain research reveals

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SPORTS

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Perspective

He’s a college basketball player — and a law student on a mission

By Candace Buckner

She caught a ‘monster’ wave. Months later, she’s in the record books.

By Rick Maese

C.J. Stroud is the NFL’s best rookie and a lesson for other franchises

By Adam Kilgore

Nationals await clarity on Stephen Strasburg as offseason business awaits

By Andrew Golden

Capitals plagued by ‘egregious mistakes’ in overtime loss to Florida

By Bailey Johnson

Business

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Cruise recalls all its driverless cars after pedestrian hit and dragged

By Trisha Thadani

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I bond rates inched up to 5.27%. Are they worth buying?

By Michelle Singletary

WeWork files for bankruptcy after years of losses

By Aaron Gregg and Andrew Jeong

D.C.-Boston Amtrak corridor gets billions in federal boost

By Ian Duncan

A newspaper giant tried to diversify its staff. White workers sued.

By Taylor Telford

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