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Led by Trump, GOP candidates take polarizing stances on race and history

Comments from the Republican Party’s three leading presidential candidates have stoked outrage among many Americans and risk alienating wide swaths of voters, including independents and moderates, strategists in both parties say.

By Maeve Reston, Hannah Knowles and Meryl Kornfield

LIVE: ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

Israel seeks to control Gaza-Egypt border corridor; U.S. sinks Houthi boats in Red Sea

By Kelly Kasulis Cho and Leo SandsUpdated 1 hour ago

Scientists unravel the big mystery of a beached whale

By Dino Grandoni

(The Washington Post)

Analysis

Testing Tesla’s Autopilot recall, our columnist didn’t feel much safer

On the streets of San Francisco, Tesla’s updated driver-assistance software still took the wheel in places it wasn’t designed to handle, including blowing through stop signs.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

(Michelle Rohn for The Post)

Analysis

Take the Department of Data New Year’s Quiz

Don’t let auld acquaintance be forgot! Buff up those brain cells with the Department of Data year-end quiz.

By Travis Chase and Andrew Van Dam

Daily Mix

What to do (and avoid) after you’ve been scammed

By Heather Kelly

At this Roman restaurant, patrons lick the plates clean and bark for more

By Stefano Pitrelli

Advice

Employee seeks to leave over strict back-to-office policy

By Karla L. Miller

Advice

How to give up smoking weed (or other toxic habits you’re tired of)

By Susan Shapiro

Opinions

No, 2023 wasn’t all bad, and here are 23 reasons why not

Here are the joyous and praise-worthy milestones of 2023.

Opinion by the Editorial Board

South Carolina plaintiffs seek to correct the civil rights record

Opinion by Kathleen Parker

Taylor Swift, Janet Yellen and Barbie: The Year of the (Economic) Woman

Opinion by Natasha Sarin

When they come for the poets

Opinion by Rabih Alameddine

What strange things does 2024 have in store? Take my quiz to find out.

Opinion by David Ignatius

Cartoon: Autocracy is growing worldwide for 2024

Opinion by Ann Telnaes

Stuck with your family and have nothing to say? We can help.

Opinion by Washington Post staff

On the Record

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Keyword

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Garland’s death-penalty record will soon include Buffalo killer decision

By David Nakamura

Paula Abdul accuses former ‘American Idol’ producer of sexual assault

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno

Stories of the Year

A gay couple ran a rural restaurant in peace. Then new neighbors arrived.

The conflict between a restaurant and conservative neighbors is tearing at the fabric of The Plains, Va., population 250.

By Tim Carman

2 Post photographers put down their cameras after more than 203,000 images

John McDonnell and Bill O’Leary, the Post’s most senior staff photographers, are leaving behind some indelible images from their decades of work.

By Susan Levine and Natalia Jiménez-Stuard

Analysis

The Lions’ Dan Campbell went for two and went for two and went for two. It didn’t work.

Detroit lost, 20-19, Saturday night to the Dallas Cowboys as Campbell dialed up a trio of two-point conversion attempts in the final seconds that failed, including the first time in controversial fashion.

By Mark Maske

Florida State fans hang on to watch their team crater in the Orange Bowl

By Chuck Culpepper

Perspective

MVP favorite Lamar Jackson cashed in and then balled out

By Kevin B. Blackistone

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Year in Review

Led by Trump, GOP candidates take polarizing stances on race and history

The Republican Party’s three leading presidential candidates are speaking about history and race in polarizing and provocative ways that sometimes diverge from or distort the facts, some political strategists, experts and civil rights leaders said.

A gay couple ran a rural restaurant in peace. Then new neighbors arrived.

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend dismisses reasons for family estrangement as ‘bratty’

Advice

Ask Amy: My in-laws admitted they don’t like me. My husband is devastated.

Analysis

Take the Department of Data New Year’s Quiz

What’s your reader type? Find out in your Newsprint.

Your year in news

New Year’s RecipesWhat do you want to cook today?

Supreme Court faces pressure to decide if Trump is on the 2024 ballot

If other states follow Colorado and Maine, there is a risk of a patchwork of decisions, with Trump appearing on primary ballots in some states but not others.

By Patrick Marley, Azi Paybarah, Josh Dawsey and Maegan Vazquez

Newly blue Va. Capitol could send gun-control bills to Youngkin’s desk

By Laura Vozzella

HHS plan to revitalize U.S. primary care falls short, experts say

By Frances Stead Sellers

Politics

Ohio’s GOP governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By Anumita Kaur

Nikki Haley acknowledges Civil War was ‘about slavery’ after facing criticism

By Meryl Kornfield, Maegan Vazquez and Hannah Knowles

Rep. Lauren Boebert switches Colo. districts, avoiding likely tough rematch

By Jennifer Hassan and Azi Paybarah

Advice

(Nick Galifianakis/For The Washington Post)

Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend dismisses reasons for family estrangement as ‘bratty’

“You sound like a bratty teenager,” says girlfriend in response to letter writer’s rationale for estrangement from family.

December 31

Ask Amy: My in-laws admitted they don’t like me. My husband is devastated.

December 31

Miss Manners: When is it okay to use vulgar language and make risqué jokes?

December 30

Ask Sahaj: Sister-in-law excludes me from gatherings and invites my husband’s ex

December 28

Work Advice: More standoffs over return-to-office mandates loom in 2024

December 28

Well+BeingNews and advice to live well every day

(Abbey Lossing for The Post)

Want a healthier body and mind? Join our 5-Day New Year’s Tuneup.

By Tara Parker-Pope

Here’s a better way to make New Year’s resolutions

By Lindsey Bever

If ‘dry’ January sounds daunting, try ‘damp’ January instead

By Anahad O’Connor

Feeling nostalgia is good for our present and future well-being

By Richard Sima

What is ‘normal’ body temperature? Some experts say it’s not really 98.6.

By Marlene Cimons

The Home You Own

Advice

How to find a replacement mattress for a sofa bed

By Jeanne Huber

Store holiday decorations like a professional organizer

By Jamie Killin

Picking a houseplant that will live for decades

By Lauren David

7 things to know about protecting your car from thieves

By Laura Daily

BOOK WORLDNews, reviews and big ideas for all things fiction and nonfiction

(Sophie Park/For The Washington Post)

Book Tour: Celeste Ng shows us her personal library

By Sophia Nguyen

Review

‘Making It in America’ calls for a manufacturing revival

By Nick Romeo

A Hawaiian paradise, built by a revered modern poet

By Adam Chandler

Review

Bonnie Jo Campbell’s ‘The Waters’ is pure magic

By Ron Charles

Perspective

What can we look forward to in 2024? Books, always books.

By Michael Dirda

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

Seven easy climate actions that I learned many people aren’t doing

By Michael J. Coren

Why these homes in the hottest places don’t need AC

By Philip Kennicott

Many on Gulf Coast say time is running out for EPA to act on toxic air

By Anna Phillips, Amudalat Ajasa and Timothy Puko

Want to know if your future home might flood? These states are requiring disclosure.

By Brady Dennis

(Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)

The climate future arrived in 2023. It left scars across the planet.

By Chico Harlan

Extreme heat far outpaced cold in U.S. during record-warm 2023

By Ian Livingston

Massive waves slam California, with more expected Saturday

By Nicolás Rivero and Diana Leonard

Here’s an early look at your New Year’s Eve city-by-city forecast

By Matthew Cappucci

This is now one of the wettest Decembers on record in Washington

By Ian Livingston

What to do (and avoid) after you’ve been scammed

By Heather Kelly

Apple wins temporary reprieve from the ban on Apple Watch sales

By Chris Velazco

Posting kids online is risky. Here’s how to remove their images.

By Heather Kelly

Technology

Director Christopher Nolan reckons with AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’

By Cat Zakrzewski

Your Gen Z New Year’s Eve party may have been planned on Partiful

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

Tesla strike in Sweden is biggest test yet of Elon Musk’s anti-union stance

By Gerrit De Vynck

National

(AFP/Getty Images)

How ‘cherry-picking’ policies let one insurer win big in Florida’s insurance crisis

By Brianna Sacks

The new FAFSA form for college aid is out. Five things to know.

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

A racist mob destroyed her home. She was given the land 84 years later.

By Timothy Bella

122 rescued from drifting ice floe on Minnesota’s Red Lake

By Frances Vinall

NASA drones offer glimpse of a future with self-piloted ‘air taxis’

By Erin Blakemore

WORLD

(Reuters)

Russia blames Ukraine for deadly strikes in city near border

By Francesca Ebel

Russia is working to subvert French support for Ukraine, documents show

By Catherine Belton

Chinese Swifties are ready to shake it off at the Eras movie

By Meaghan Tobin and Pei-Lin Wu

What China’s new defense minister tells us about Xi’s military purge

By Christian Shepherd

Visual Story

Portrait of a year in migration turmoil, with more uncertainty ahead

By Maria Sacchetti

ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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How Michael Mann filmed the incredible racing scenes in ‘Ferrari’

Michael Mann built “Ferrari” with real cars, incredible speeds, months of meticulous planning and a real racecar driver in actor Patrick Dempsey.

By Jada Yuan

Perspective

A theater critic says so long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu

By Peter Marks

Tom Wilkinson, Oscar-nominated ‘In the Bedroom’ actor, dies at 75

By Kim Bellware and Brian Murphy

MVP favorite Lamar Jackson cashed in and then balled out

By Kevin B. Blackistone

Analysis

NFL primer: Russell Wilson, Broncos seem poised for an offseason separation

By Mark Maske

At a bar not far (but so far) from the Rose Bowl, Florida State fans stay true

By Chuck Culpepper

Pistons end 28-game losing streak — but not before one last scare

By Ben Golliver

Overturned goal proves painful as Capitals’ skid reaches four games

By Bailey Johnson

Food