By exploiting Republican divisions over spending priorities, Democrats secured nearly $5 billion in new money for domestic programs in the five-month budget deal. The lopsided victory means it will be very difficult — if not impossible — for the GOP to exert its will in future budget talks.
The messy effort to rally their party around a plan to revise the Affordable Care Act has forced House leaders to focus on one goal: pass a bill they can say repeals Obamacare to shield their members in next year’s elections. But even that is proving elusive.
Visits by The Washington Post to dairy farms that produce milk for the house brands of Walmart, Costco and other major retailers raise questions about whether large farms meet organic standards. If organic farms violate organic rules, consumers are being misled and overcharged.
“I always knew he was very smart!”
— Trump tweet on Russia’s Vladimir Putin
“A fantastic job”
— Trump praise for Egypt’s Abdel Fatah al-Sissi during his U.S. visit
A “very friendly conversation”
— White House description of Trump call with the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte
“He’s a pretty smart cookie”
— Trump on Kim Jong Un’s consolidation of power in North Korea
(Post photo illustration; Trump photo by Jabin Botsford/Post)
(Post photo illustration; Trump photo by Jabin Botsford/Post)
(Post photo illustration; Trump photo by Jabin Botsford/Post)
(Post photo illustration; Trump photo by Jabin Botsford/Post)
In an undeniable shift in American foreign policy, President Trump is cultivating authoritarian leaders across the globe, one after another, in an effort to reset relations following an era of ostracism and public shaming by former president Barack Obama and his predecessors.
With his well-documented history of espousing extreme right-wing views and his role in an armed group backed by a U.S. adversary, Guillaume Cuvelier’s ability to join the Army raises questions about recruitment and screening.
The system’s installation, the latest sign of an enhanced U.S. response to threats from North Korea, has been hotly contested by China, which has called it a threat to its own security, and critics in South Korea, who said the United States scrambled to complete it before that country’s election.
The previous contract between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expired at midnight Pacific time. Hoping to avoid a strike by about 12,000 screenwriters, the two parties negotiated until the early hours of the morning, according to a media report.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has rescinded a department policy that allowed some of the military academies’ athletes to avoid active-duty service after graduating in order to pursue professional sports.
Bill Shine succeeded Roger Ailes, who left during a sexual-harassment scandal last summer, and his ouster comes one week after the firing of Bill O’Reilly, the network’s biggest star.
WorldViews
U.S. forces killed the al-Qaeda leader exactly six years ago, and Shakil Afridi has been in jail ever since on vague charges.
Hours after CNN reported on an internal Peace Corps email that said it would stop supporting the former first lady’s “Let Girls Learn” program, a White House spokesman said there had been no changes to the initiative.
"No parent should ever have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life," Kimmel said tearfully on his show last night.
Analysis
The Bengals and Browns both came away with some impressive draft classes, but the Falcons and Bears made ill-advised trades.
‘Other: Mixed Race in America’
In Episode 2 of this week-long podcast, meet a Korean American woman who is married to a Colombian-Mexican American. She feels anxiety that her children — who speak Spanish — look and act less Korean than she does.
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