President Trump and his political team plan to make his years-long quest for a border wall one of the primary thrusts of his reelection effort. Faced with the fact that he has yet to build an inch of the concrete or steel wall he promised, he and and his campaign have begun relying on a rhetorical sleight of hand: speaking the wall into existence.
Critics decry the National Guard deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border as political theater, but supporters say they are a “godsend” for overburdened Border Patrol agents.
The withdrawal is related to employment of a nanny who was in the country illegally, three people familiar with the matter said. The State Department spokeswoman and former Fox News reporter had been tapped to succeed Nikki Haley at the United Nations.
Wayne Gono talks to employee Vernon Mason in the Regal Plastics warehouse. The firm gives Fitbits and Apple watches to employees as an incentive to be healthier. (Allison V. Smith for The Post)
Companies are using wearable devices such as Fitbits to help employees get fit and save on health care, all while getting access to troves of personal data. But once that health and fitness data leaves an employee’s wrist, it enters a digital realm that critics say is loosely regulated.
Theodore McCarrick is believed to be the first cardinal — a title he held until sexual abuse allegations surfaced — laicized for sexual misconduct. But experts predicted that many Catholics won’t see the rare defrocking as sufficient justice for his alleged victims.
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A German research group said it has “credibly substantiated” 336 uses of chemicals such as nerve agents and chlorine since 2012.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel led the charge, unleashing a stinging, point-by-point takedown of the president's tendency to treat allies as adversaries. Later, former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) offered criticisms of their own.
The latest police statement comes amid news reports that the “Empire” actor may have staged his own assault in Chicago last month. In response, his attorneys said in a statement that “nothing is further from the truth.”
The spoof mirrored elements of Trump’s actual press conference in which he declared a national emergency on the southern border.
Sophie Sergie’s brutal murder in Alaska went unsolved for a quarter century until genealogical analysis helped authorities capture a suspect.
That support is a major reason Democrat Ralph Northam has clung to office amid controversy over a racist photo, leaving the state Capitol locked in a state of dysfunction.
When the creators of a “A Dog’s Way Home” launched a search for a lead, they had one demand: It had to be a shelter dog.
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In 1812, Philadelphia was outfitted with the latest in plumbing technology — a network of wooden pipes to carry water throughout the city.
