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Messy debt ceiling conflict comes to an end as Biden signs bill

The signing, after months of acrimony, prevents a government default that many economists said would be catastrophic to the economy.

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.1 hour ago

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‘You don’t have another option’: Inside Biden and McCarthy’s deal

By Tony Romm, Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Tyler Pager, Jeff Stein and Rachel Siegel55 minutes ago

N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez escaped legal peril once. Can he do it again?

A sprawling criminal probe has renewed scrutiny of the powerful Democrat, with attention on the woman he married in 2020.

By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Perry Stein

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An art critic did a double take at this 1950s photo of the Met

They didn’t allow cameras in the Met in the 1950s. But sneaky photographer Jim Gagnon got lucky.

By Sebastian Smee

As India train crash toll passes 280, authorities end rescue efforts

By Karishma Mehrotra, Anant Gupta, Frances Vinall and Claire Parker

Tennessee drag ban is unconstitutional, federal judge rules

By Caroline Anders

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Eric Fein lost many of his writing jobs to ChatGPT. (Taylor Glascock for The Post)

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.

Meet the people who have already lost their jobs to AI.

By Pranshu Verma and Gerrit De Vynck

Ingenuity on Mars, as photographed by the Perseverance rover on June 15, 2021. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS)

NASA’s Mars helicopter is somehow still flying — and playing hide-and-seek

Ingenuity, NASA’s record-breaking Mars helicopter, continues to fly two years after scientists expected it to fail.

By Daniel Wu

Daniel Blevins with Lori Avitia, left, and Sarah Declouette in Los Angeles. (Daniel Blevins)

He inspired thousands to be stand-in parents at gay weddings. Now it’s his turn.

Daniel Blevins offered on TikTok to be a stand-in dad at gay weddings and was flooded with replies from others who offered the same. “For every unsupportive person, there are hundreds of others with a lot of love to give,” he said.

By Cathy Free

Inside the ‘unkitchen’ trend

Whether it's with color, pattern or vintage accessories, kitchen design is (finally!) embracing personality and even imperfection.

By Laura Fenton

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Here’s how to preserve your most precious digital memories

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Detecting AI may be impossible. That’s a big problem for teachers.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler

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