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A new kind of leaker: Spilling state secrets to impress online buddies

In one decade, the risk to U.S. national security secrets has morphed from ideologically driven protesters to digital natives who live life online and think ‘secrecy is for losers.’

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Taiwan highly vulnerable to Chinese air attack, leaked documents show

By Ellen Nakashima, Christian Shepherd and Cate Cadell

The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate

The judge who delivered a high-stakes abortion pills ruling last week removed his name from a law review article during his judicial nomination process, emails obtained by The Post show.

By Caroline Kitchener, Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow

At least 56 civilians killed in Sudan clashes, doctors union says

By Katharine Houreld and John Hudson

The Dominion vs. Fox defamation case is finally going to trial

By Elahe Izadi, Jeremy Barr and Sarah Ellison

Economy stumbled after banking crisis, stirring renewed recession fears

By David J. Lynch1 hour ago

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Elon Musk reinvented Twitter. Now people are leaving.

By Faiz Siddiqui, Rachel Lerman and Jeremy B. Merrill

Why Molly Ringwald translated an infamous story of film exploitation

By Nora Krug1 hour ago

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Hacking your TV remote and 8 other tech tricks we love

Washington Post staff and readers recommend the technologies they love, including an app to settle name debates and closed captioning in live videos.

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In these movies, the brand is the star

‘Air,’ ‘BlackBerry,’ ‘Flamin’ Hot’ and other corporate-brand biopics are having their (inevitable) moment.

By Ann Hornaday

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The key storylines for a watershed defamation case aimed at the country's highest-rated cable news network.

The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate

The leaks painted a grim picture of the Ukraine war. Here’s the current reality.

Bud Light chief says he ‘never intended’ boycott over trans star Dylan Mulvaney

Backyard bees disfigure yards in ways we are only beginning to comprehend

Tax season

Carolyn Hax: Teen turns against mom after his dad’s death

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Want to escape D.C. without a car? Take a train to Harpers Ferry.

By John BescheApril 15

Carolyn Hax chat: I love my husband. Why do I have dreams about my ex?

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How to remove shower doors and patch the holes left in the tile

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Miss Manners: I drive an antique car and am worried I look like a showoff

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Ask Amy: My friend never provides food at her home when I visit

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Black men face many more health hurdles. An expert discusses why.

By Steven Petrow

Warning signs to watch for if your teen son is obsessed with weightlifting

By Ian McMahan

What SuperAgers show us about longevity, cognitive health as we age

By Richard Sima

Listen to a 5-minute meditation: Use your five senses to lower anxiety

By Samantha Snowden

Money stress? Check your financial literacy with these 3 questions.

By Tara Parker-Pope

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

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What a visiting Brit thought of early 1600s India

By Balaji Ravichandran

An acidic and funny collection of misandrist stories

By Dexter Palmer

Alexandra Petri saves U.S. history as only she can: By making it silly

By Amy Fusselman

This enchanting memoir is a spell book for our times

By Tre Johnson

In his moving memoir, John Cotter anticipates a world without sound

By Lisa Zeidner

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

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Water cuts could save the Colorado River. Farmers are in the crosshairs.

By Joshua Partlow1 hour ago

Why we should all be gazing at more sunsets

Why Russia’s war in Ukraine is bad news for polar bears, too

By Dino Grandoni

What’s standing in the way of Biden’s electric vehicle goals

By Evan Halper and Timothy Puko

Germany ends nuclear power era, shuts down last of its plants

Hacking your TV remote and 8 other tech tricks we love

How offices looked in each decade of the last hundred years

By Hamza Shaban

The AI bot has picked an answer for you. Here’s how often it’s bad.

By Geoffrey A. Fowler and Jeremy B. Merrill

Who is the tech consultant accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee?

By Kim Bellware

FAA grants SpaceX a license to launch its Starship rocket

By Christian Davenport

AI can make movies, edit actors, fake voices. Hollywood isn’t ready.

By Pranshu Verma

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Live briefing: war in ukraine

Chinese defense minister heads to Russia; 11 dead in rocket strike

By Katerina Ang and Jennifer Hassan

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie to perform at King Charles’s coronation concert

By Victoria Bisset

She spent 500 days alone in an underground cave — and didn’t want to leave

By Victoria Bisset

India sees signs of renewed Sikh separatism and sounds the alarm

By Karishma Mehrotra

Breaking up with Russia is hard for many Western firms, despite war

Police realized they were at wrong house before killing man, video shows

By Timothy Bella

Cash App founder stabbed after allegedly drinking with suspect’s sister

By Caroline O'Donovan and Chris Velazco

One of America’s first workplace shootings had an unlikely suspect: Prozac

By Dave Kindy

The leak that ruined Ben Franklin’s reputation and spurred the Tea Party

By Gillian Brockell

Former trash hauler enrolled at Harvard Law raises $70K for janitors, other workers there

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

In these movies, the brand is the star

By Ann Hornaday

With a secret stash of precious instruments, Noseda fine-tunes the NSO

By Michael Andor Brodeur

Native American activist takes the spotlight in ‘On the Far End’

By Celia Wren

Tiffany and Brett of ‘Love is Blind’ give Black love a rare win

By Helena Andrews-Dyer

D.C., MD. & VA.

(Michael Glenwood/For The Post)

Md. judge quietly negotiated job with prosecutors while hearing cases

A wheelchair, a boy and what came of those migrant buses sent to D.C.

By Theresa Vargas

Man fatally shot in Northeast, D.C. police say

Fairfax County teacher accused of sexual contact with student

Prince George’s remembers the county’s first known lynching victim

Capital Weather Gang

D.C.-area forecast: Summer-like 80s strike again today, cooler and breezy early this week

By Molly Robey1 hour ago

Going Out Guide

The 27 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week

By Fritz Hahn, Sophia Solano, Adele Chapin, Chris Kelly and Celia Wren

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The best food at Nationals Park — and a few orders to avoid

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By John Besche

Giant cruise ships are rescuing migrants from the Caribbean

By Hannah Sampson

You asked: Can I refuse a TSA pat-down?

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