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Election 2020

Republicans prepare to move quickly on Supreme Court opening

GOP leaders said they were pressing ahead to seize a monumental chance to solidify the court’s rightward ideological shift by replacing Ginsburg with a conservative jurist. Democratic leaders accused the Republicans of political opportunism and hypocrisy.

By Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Seung Min Kim

Biden warns that a quick replacement of Ginsburg would ‘plunge us deeper into the abyss’

Joe Biden made an emotional appeal to Senate Republicans not to swiftly install a new Supreme Court justice, projecting himself as a unifying leader while sidestepping angry calls from Democrats for dramatic retaliatory measures.

By Sean Sullivan, Matt Viser and Annie Linskey

(Lauren Tierney/The Post)

The four political states of Arizona

By advancing in Phoenix’s traditionally red suburbs, Democrats have turned Barry Goldwater's home base into a swing state.

By David Weigel

Trump brags to Woodward that he has ‘broken every record’ on appointing judges

The president’s repeated remarks underscored his focus on the issue, which now takes center stage after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

By Ashley Parker

Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she doesn’t support filling Justice Ginsburg’s seat before the election

By Derek Hawkins, Felicia Sonmez and Hannah Knowles

Amy Coney Barrett, potential Supreme Court pick, wrote influential ruling on campus sexual assault

By Beth Reinhard and Emma Brown

Barbara Lagoa rises on Trump’s Supreme Court list as allies emphasize Florida campaign edge

By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Aaron C. Davis

Opinions

They couldn’t even wait until Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in her grave

Opinion by Dana Milbank

Amy Coney Barrett’s judicial record should alarm liberals

Opinion by Ruth Marcus

Yes, expect fireworks. But we’ll get a Supreme Court confirmation.

Opinion by Hugh Hewitt

Mitch McConnell is the apex predator of U.S. politics

Opinion by Howard Fineman

Under a lawless Trump, our system of checks and balances is being destroyed

Opinion by Editorial Board

Republicans’ and Democrats’ nightmares are not equivalent

Opinion by Fred Hiatt

Coronavirus

The fall opening of colleges: Upheaval, pandemic weirdness and a fragile stability

For higher education leaders, the decision to teach primarily in person or primarily online is an extraordinarily difficult call. They face competing and overlapping pressures from governors, governing boards, faculty, alumni, neighbors, parents and students.

By Nick Anderson, Susan Svrluga, Lauren Lumpkin, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Joe Heim

Live Updates

6:30AM

The CDC says covid-19 is airborne and spread by aerosols, warns of badly ventilated spaces

6:22AM

Madrid’s new restrictions appear to disproportionately target low income areas, sparking protests

5:52AM

Philippine health workers allowed to travel abroad once more

5:22AM

Taj Mahal reopens to tourists despite surging caseloads in India

4:52AM

British official to warn country is ‘heading in the wrong direction’

Emmy Awards 2020

Host Jimmy Kimmel during the 72nd Emmy Awards broadcast. (AP)

TV Review

At Kimmel’s virtual Emmys show, a few gaffes might have improved things

In every way that counts, the 72nd Emmys looked a lot like all the Emmy nights that came before it.

By Hank Stuever

Race & Reckoning

A police shooting ignited unrest in Kenosha. Current and former officers say the department’s problems with race go much deeper.

Activists, lawyers and some officers say the department lacks diversity, tolerates excessive force against minorities and systematically covers up bad police behavior.

By Robert Klemko17 minutes ago

Perspective

Four principles to guide us on whose statues should topple and whose should remain

Much of this housecleaning is overdue, but there is a risk that it goes too far. Do we remove monuments to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson because they were enslavers?

By Robert McCartney1 hour ago

Guide to the Pandemic

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Your Life at Home

How to adapt meditation for little kids? It looks a lot like play.

By Steph Fairyington

Simple and close to home, pandemic vacations embrace the travel norms of earlier eras

By Becca Milfeld

Off the North Carolina shore, a deep dive into history

By John Briley

TikTok says Oracle can review its source code, but deal won’t allow tech transfers

The short-video maker’s Chinese parent company is seeking to tamp down domestic controversy over the deal.

By Eva Dou1 hour ago

TikTok tussle shows the uneven economic ‘decoupling’ that has accelerated between U.S. and China

Eight months after the countries signed a partial trade agreement that President Trump promised would be “transformative,” the U.S.-China relationship instead is mired in an escalating number of bitter disputes.

By David J. Lynch

Road to Recovery

(Alexa Juliana Ard, Nick Oloo/The Washington Post)

Kenya’s small-town singers hope coronavirus-inspired lyrics make for smash hits

One studio in a rural town has recorded more than 50 such songs since the pandemic began. The artists hope the music that chronicles this strange era will be the most memorable — and most played — on local airwaves.

By Max Bearak

Bryson DeChambeau wins the U.S. Open, capturing his first major title

The 27-year-old overtook 21-year-old Matthew Wolff in a tournament that was delayed three months amid the coronavirus pandemic.

By Chuck Culpepper

PodcastPost Reports

‘I hired you because you’re Black.’

Post columnist Michelle Singletary has an honest conversation about affirmative action.

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Rep. Shalala: Ginsburg 'would have been mortified' by push to fill seat before election

Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), a friend of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, spoke to The Washington Post on Sep. 19 about her early years and her path to the Supreme Court.

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Politics

Supporters of President Trump cheer as he arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday. (AP)

Fact CheckerAnalysis

Trump’s four-Pinocchio claim about Biden’s plan for prisons

Joe Biden says he would end the use of private prisons and increase funding for halfway housing. The president falsely says Biden would close the prison system.

By Salvador Rizzo

Biden entered September with $466 million, far outpacing Trump’s $325 million

It is the first time Joe Biden has held a cash advantage over the incumbent.

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Anu Narayanswamy

Trump celebrates with his faithful over a chance to replace a liberal icon with a conservative on high court

The raucous nature of the rally stood in contrast to the vigil held for Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington.

By Josh Dawsey

Voters’ Guide

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How to vote in your state

Interactive

How turnout and swing voters could get Trump or Biden to 270

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(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)

D.C. school leaders struggle to reopen buildings for small groups as staff reluctance persists

By Perry Stein

Like running a country: What it meant to be a schools superintendent this summer

Gregory C. Hutchings Jr., superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools, had a long, chaotic summer.

By Hannah Natanson

Tickets issued in Montgomery street racing crackdown, police say

By Martin Weil

Pedestrian killed in Montgomery hit-and-run, police say

By Martin Weil

Capital Weather Gang

D.C.-area forecast: Unbelievably nice weather for most of the week

Temperatures rise midweek as highs approach 80.

By Jason Samenow57 minutes ago

Coronavirus cases in D.C., Maryland and Virginia

World

U.S. insists ‘snapback’ sanctions against Iran are in force, but most of the world says that’s illegal

The Trump administration plans this week to spell out how it intends to enforce U.N. sanctions against Iran that the international community says it has no right to reimpose because it withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s currency sank to a historic low.

By Carol Morello

Deadly airstrike in Afghanistan kills at least 10 civilians, 30 Taliban fighters despite ongoing peace talks

The Taliban and Afghan government launched peace talks last week but haven’t yet agreed on the basic format of the negotiations.

By Susannah George and Sharif Hassan

(Bryan Van Der Beek/Bloomberg News)

Singapore — a poster child for globalism — is taking a nativist turn

A visa clampdown and rising resentment toward foreigners amid the pandemic is fueling worries among some Indian tech and finance workers.

By Katerina Ang

As Canada’s Parliament returns, Trudeau aims for reset on coronavirus, charity scandal

The prime minister will lay out a plan for a Canada that is “healthier and safer, greener and more competitive.”

By Amanda Coletta

With the Charlie Hebdo trial underway, does ‘Je suis Charlie’ still resonate in France?

Among younger generations, there is less tolerance for claims of free expression as a cover for Islamophobia.

By James McAuley

National

Tropical Storm Beta to bring heavy rain to Texas, Louisiana

Storm surge flooding is already underway as Beta slowly approaches.

By Matthew Cappucci and Andrew Freedman

Gulf Coast mayors say hurricane season has changed for the worse. Many blame climate shifts.

Some say the cause is not as important as the reality, while others worry human-affected climate change will make storms more intense and dangerous.

By Ashley Cusick and Maria Sacchetti

As U.S. nears 200,000 covid-19 deaths, each fatality shifts attitudes about the virus and spreads adoption of measures to fight it

By Marc Fisher, Annie Gowen, Lori Rozsa and Maria Sacchetti

Coronavirus

Nearly 11,000 people have been exposed to the coronavirus on flights, the CDC says

Federal officials have investigated cases of people flying while capable of spreading the virus, but confirming such transmissions is difficult.

By Ian Duncan

Envelope addressed to Trump tested positive for ricin, officials say

The letter mailed from Canada was intercepted before it reached the White House, according to officials.

By Devlin Barrett

Weekend Business

Rarefied air: Taking a healthy breath is now a luxury in California

By Reed Albergotti

Color of MoneyPerspective

Yes, I was hired because I was Black. But that’s not the only reason.

By Michelle Singletary

Movie theater popcorn sales have tanked, prompting American popcorn farmers to find new markets

By Laura Reiley

Consumer TechPerspective

How to track your ballot like a UPS package

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

Health & Science

From the Magellan spacecraft, cameras captured images of the volcanic peak named Idunn Mons in the Imdr Regio area of Venus. Bright areas are rough or have steep slopes. (NASA/ESA)

Prospect of life on Venus propels interest in robotic missions

By Joel Achenbach

For insulin and other medications, rising costs aren’t slowing down

Insulin is the poster child for outrageous prescription prices, but patients are paying ever more to treat depression, asthma, HIV, cholesterol and more.

By Rachana Pradhan

Is it covid-19 or the flu? What doctors say about the symptoms.

Doctors are urging people to get the annual flu vaccine to prevent a "twindemic" this fall and winter.

By Marisa Iati

Pandemic sparks more people to hunt for birthparents, long lost relatives

Groups helping adoptees seek reunions say they’re seeing a growth in activity.

By Lisa Selin Davis

Educational films reflect evolving views in 1960s about the health dangers of air pollution

“Darkening Day” features movies made to be watched in schools and libraries.

By Erin Blakemore

Sports

Cam Newton dives with the ball but is stopped short of the goal line as time expires Sunday night in Seattle. (AP)

NFL Week 2Analysis

This time, the Seahawks stop the Patriots from the 1-yard line to win

Russell Wilson’s five touchdown passes and that goal line stand in the final seconds allowed Seattle to hold on to beat New England, 35-30, in a Sunday night thriller.

By Mark Maske

Wave of major injuries hits NFL’s early games; Chiefs win late in OT

By Cindy Boren, Des Bieler and Mark Maske

Washington unable to overcome big halftime deficit, loses to Arizona, 30-15

By Nicki Jhabvala

Takeaways from the loss

Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France, becoming the second-youngest champion in history

The Slovenian cyclist won the race on the day before his 22nd birthday.

By Cindy Boren

Ben Braymer gives the Nationals something to smile about in doubleheader split against the Marlins

Braymer pitched five scoreless innings, and the Nationals beat the Marlins, 15-0, in Game 2 after falling, 2-1, in Game 1.

By Jesse Dougherty

Lifestyle

(The breakdown of chlorophyll is responsible for the season’s picturesque foliage. (Getty Images)

Ever wondered why trees ditch their leaves each fall?

What looks like pretty scenery to us is a matter of deadly serious survival for trees.

By Jason Bittel

Perspective

How to adapt meditation for little kids? It looks a lot like play.

By Steph Fairyington

When the world’s in crisis, we need ‘grief leaders.’ Here’s how to be one.

By Elizabeth Chang

Perspective

‘Cuties’ is an unflinching look at what it means to be a preteen girl. No wonder people can’t handle it.

By Monica Hesse

Advice

Carolyn Hax: A couple’s thoughts about 401(k) don’t match

Her mother died at 60, so she’d rather save less aggressively and spend a little more today.

Ask Amy: Scorned husband needs a dose of cordial

He wants ex’s new spouse to be excluded from small family gatherings.

Miss Manners: Why doesn’t my friend like my posts?

Reader agreed to be social media friend but doesn’t get any “likes.”

The LilyElevating stories about women

‘I needed her to see this’: Moms flock to the Supreme Court with their daughters to remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Caroline Kitchener

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy is alive in our fight for abortion rights

By Danielle Campoamor

‘How many people get to say they worked for their idol?’: Women in law remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s profound impact

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By Caroline Kitchener

Arts & Entertainment

A file photo of the late justice with Sheryl Crow and Barry Levinson. (Courtesy of Margot Schulman)

Perspective

Ginsburg gave her life to the country — and her heart to the arts

The legal icon, who died Friday, was perhaps the most faithful patron of theater and opera in the upper echelons of officialdom.

By Peter Marks

‘Ratched’ is Sarah Paulson’s most terrifying role yet — and not for the reason you might think

Paulson embraces the fear that comes with inhabiting the iconic “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” villain in the latest Netflix series from Ryan Murphy.

By Thomas Floyd

‘You’re doing amazing, sweetie’: 20 unforgettable moments from ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’

As the reality show returns amid the news that it will soon come to an end, we look back at our favorite fights, laughs, baby births and oh-so-many weddings.

By Bethonie Butler

Perspective

I saw the teen comedies of my generation, but they didn’t see me. Then came ‘Easy A.’

In an era when the genre was focused on girl-chasing and lewd jokes, this high school romp starring Emma Stone redefined coming-of-age confidence.

By Anying Guo

Book Review

Vincent Van Gogh’s image is cemented in our cultural memory. His letters complicate the view.

A selection of Van Gogh’s correspondence gives us a fuller picture of the man behind the mercurial reputation.

By Reagan Upshaw

Food

People watch the sunset from the hills of Tío Pío Park. (Guillermo Gutierrez for The Post)