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FDA, CDC urge pause in use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The agencies said they are reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine.

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Democrats are torn over how and when to try expanding health coverage

The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin continues on April 13. This stream contains graphic content. (The Washington Post)

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Chauvin trial continues amid protests as former officer’s defense is set to begin its presentation

Chauvin defense team attempts to put George Floyd’s drug addiction on the stand

Defense attorney Eric Nelson faces the complex and delicate task of cross-examining a deceased man’s drug abuse.

By Toluse Olorunnipa

Officer Kim Potter fatally shot Daunte Wright, police said. She’s a 26-year vet, served as union president.

Potter has been suspended pending the results of a Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation, the agency said.

By Andrea Salcedo

Brooklyn Center fires city manager, gives mayor control of the police department following fatal shooting

The move is likely to give Mayor Mike Elliott the power to fire the police chief and police officers, one legal expert said.

By Reis Thebault

Slain Capitol Police officer William ‘Billy’ Evans to lie in honor at Capitol

By Paul Duggan

OPINIONS

I want to believe justice is possible in Chauvin’s trial. Part of me holds back.

Opinion by Eugene Robinson

It’s time to break the traditions of white nationalism in our civic institutions

Opinion by Walter Greason

Republicans bear some blame for right-wing terrorism

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

How Tucker Carlson’s racist rhetoric gives new life to Trumpism

Opinion by Michael Gerson

The most anti-refugee president in modern history might not be Donald Trump

Opinion by Catherine Rampell

Will Biden’s foreign policy sap his domestic policy?

Opinion by Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Knoxville student killed, officer injured after gunfire exchange at high school, officials say

Knoxville police responded to Austin-East Magnet High School after a report of a male subject who was possibly armed in the school, officials said.

By Laura Meckler

Virginia attorney general launches civil rights probe of Black Army officer’s violent traffic stop

By Laura Vozzella and Justin Jouvenal

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Some young women embraced their gray hair during the pandemic. They might not go back.

In the privacy of quarantine, a sorority of “silver sisters” decided to show their true colors. I became one of them.

By Maura Judkis

Egypt seizes the Ever Given, saying its owners owe nearly $1 billion for Suez Canal traffic jam

By Antonia Noori Farzan1 hour ago

Kristen Clarke faced abuse for taking on Trump. Now she’s poised to lead Justice Dept.’s civil rights team.

By David Nakamura

Hot-button issues from voting rights to tax hikes redraw the lines in corporate America

By Taylor Telford and Jena McGregor

Consumer prices rise as White House, Fed monitor inflation

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Trump gutted Obama-era housing discrimination rules. Biden’s bringing them back.

By Tracy Jan

Morning MixStories from all over

Florida man promised immigrants licenses, work permits. Instead, he stole their money and got them deported.

By Katie Shepherd

Before Daunte Wright’s death, a gun-Taser mix-up was blamed for another police killing: Oscar Grant at Fruitvale Station

By Teo Armus

CNN reporter confronted during Minnesota protests in heated on-air interview: ‘Get away from here’

By Jaclyn Peiser

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Vice President Harris is making her mark on the D.C.-area crochet scene

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'We are tired of not being heard': Protesters gather for second day after death of Daunte Wright

Protesters clashed with officers in riot gear after curfew in front of the police headquarters in Brooklyn Center, Minn. for a second night.

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POLITICS

An April 1 demonstration at the Arkansas Capitol urging the passage of a hate-crime law. (Sydney Rasch)

Arkansas is set to pass a hate-crime law — but critics call it ‘hate crimes lite’

One of the last three states in the country without a hate-crime law is poised for change.

By Hannah Knowles

The FixAnalysis

Inside Trump’s private, revisionist, grievance-laden speech to the RNC

By Aaron Blake

Power UpAnalysis

No Republicans have yet signed on to a bill targeting Asian hate crimes

By Jacqueline Alemany

The Health 202Analysis

Democrats are torn over how and when to try expanding health coverage

By Paige Winfield Cunningham

Post ReportsPodcast

Tracking down the Capitol rioters

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Following President Biden’s first 100 days

How the president is pursuing his agenda.

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Tracking Biden appointees

President Biden’s transition has been slower than previous ones.

By Harry Stevens and Madison Walls

WORLD

U.N. watchdog cites new evidence linking Syrian army to chemical arms attack in 2018

Syria is accused of using gas after the downing of a Russian jet.

By Joby Warrick

Japan to release Fukushima nuclear plant water into ocean after treatment

The government says the water will have been treated to eliminate dangerous radioactive isotopes but local fishermen and neighboring countries are unhappy.

By Simon Denyer

Rosemarie Santiago sits at home with her son Jericho, who was born while she was incarcerated in Manila. (Hannah Reyes Morales for The Post)

The Philippines’ drug war is putting more pregnant women behind bars. What happens to their children?

By Regine Cabato

BBC received 110,000 complaints over too much Prince Philip coverage — the most in its history

By Jennifer Hassan

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

Two Andean elections reflect an age of global discontent

By Ishaan Tharoor

Satellites capture dozens of explosive eruptions from La Soufrière volcano on St. Vincent island

By Matthew Cappucci

National

U.S. spent $660 billion more in March than it got in revenue

The huge gap, which represents the third-largest monthly deficit in history, was driven by the millions of $1,400 stimulus checks.

By Jeff Stein

A view of Devil’s Canyon, also called Ga’an Canyon by the Apache, at Oak Flat, about 60 miles east of Phoenix. (Robert A. Witzeman/Maricopa Audubon Society)

This land is sacred to the Apache, and they are fighting to save it

Native Americans desperately want to protect Oak Flat, a sacred site near Phoenix, from a mining operation. On Tuesday, a House Natural Resources subcommittee will hold a hearing on the future of the land, which sits on one of the largest untapped copper deposits in North America.

By Dana Hedgpeth

ADL demands Fox News fire Tucker Carlson over anti-Semitic trope

By Jaclyn Peiser

After 20 years in prison for stealing two shirts, a Louisiana man is free

By Teo Armus

D.C., MD. & VA.

D.C., Maryland, Virginia put J&J vaccine on hold

The move comes after federal officials warned that six people had developed a rare blood clot after receiving the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.

By Jenna Portnoy and Rebecca Tan31 minutes ago

Md. lawmakers end session by banning private ICE jails, removing governor from parole decisions

By Ovetta Wiggins and Erin Cox

Slain man’s family outraged after incident involving off-duty officer

By Dan Morse

Historians say the site’s significance goes back to the earliest human habitation in North America. (Adrian Higgins/The Post)

George Washington’s River Farm is worth saving for reasons beyond the president, historians say

The land, which the American Horticultural Society put up for sale last year, likely holds untold stories of Native Americans and enslaved African Americans.

By Fredrick Kunkle