The bill would revise several sentencing laws, retroactively limit the disparity in sentencing guidelines between crack and powder cocaine offenses and aims to lower recidivism rates. Its passage was a victory for President Trump and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, who had pushed for the measure.
Supporters of former national security adviser Michael Flynn thought the jurist would reveal overreach by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and the FBI.
Democrats rejected a Republican spending offer, and Congress appeared headed towar+d the lowest-common-denominator solution: a short-term funding extension.
Jared Garber, left, Grey Lehrhaupt and Drew Bradley explain why they are friends — because, Grey says, “we’re all nice people.”
Sometimes playing hockey, a sport known for brutality, isn’t enough for Jared, left, and Grey, right, to impress their male peers.
Grey Lehrhaupt, left, and Jared Garber are at their local ice rink multiple times a week.
Being a Boy
At an age when peers become more important than parents, these three buddies are awakening to middle school’s cliques and strict gender codes.
“I’m not one of these big ego legacy guys. I like to think that I took the opportunity I was given and made a positive difference in people’s lives,” Speaker Paul D. Ryan said of his congressional tenure.
Play the latest episode of Post Reports, the premier daily podcast from The Washington Post.
The story must be told.
Your subscription supports journalism that matters.
Democrats, vowing to investigate migrant girl’s death, denounce conditions at Border Patrol stations
Lawmakers described a facility jam-packed with families, lacking sufficient medical care and poorly equipped to care for children. “The only reason this facility is still open as it is now is because these cameras can’t get in,” Rep. Al Green (D-Tex.) told reporters.
Today’s WorldView
Analysis For the administration, its hard-line stance on the border is as much a matter of ideology as policy.
The agreement with the New York attorney general comes amid an ongoing lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, President Trump and his three eldest children.
A judicial council said it no longer has the authority to review his conduct because he is on the Supreme Court now and no longer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
The billionaire inventor unveiled a test of a tunnel system he says is the answer to America’s “soul-destroying” traffic congestion, but the initial ride was a little bumpy.
Analysis
From “Laverne & Shirley" to "A League of Their Own," Marshall, who died Monday, promoted the work of many women, but she resisted being called a feminist.
Most Americans live in urban areas. But rural life would be their No. 1 preference, given the choice, new data from Gallup shows.
