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In her speech nominating Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to be speaker, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) leaned...

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Five charts track wobbly support for Ukraine in the U.S. and E.U.

Opinion by Michael O'Hanlon, Constanze Stelzenmüller and David Wessel

Iran’s proxy forces are teaming up to attack Americans

Opinion by Josh Rogin

Live now: What’s next for the House? I’m answering your questions.

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

Democrats should help elect a credible Republican speaker

Opinion by the Editorial Board

Why identity politics is poisonous to the ideal of human equality

Opinion by George F. Will

Biden should take Dean Phillips’s 2024 campaign seriously, not literally

Opinion by Henry Olsen

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White House to unveil sweeping AI executive order next week

By Cat Zakrzewski, Cristiano Lima and Tyler Pager1 hour ago

Dozens sickened with salmonella from tainted onions

By Aaron Gregg and Eli Tan

This Fox News host gives climate skeptics airtime but went solar at home

By Maxine Joselow

Style

Fashion’s power couple is teaming up for the first time

By Rachel Tashjian

Book Review

How John le Carré’s serial adultery shaped his spy novels

Biographer Adam Sisman grapples with the deceptions of a committed fabulist in “The Secret Life of John le Carré.”

By Dan Fesperman

Xiao Qi Ji holds onto mom Mei Xiang in 2022. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Post)

D.C.’s giant pandas will leave by mid-November, with lots of luggage

The city’s three giant pandas will board a jet plane loaded with bamboo for the long flight to China.

By Michael E. Ruane

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The Trump allies pleading guilty

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Wednesday briefing: Israel-Gaza war; Tom Emmer and Mike Johnson; Jenna Ellis; Hurricane Otis; Richard Roundtree; and more

Live updates: House voting on Republican Mike Johnson as speaker

Late Tuesday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) became the fourth Republican pick for the post since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) three weeks ago.

5 things to know about Mike Johnson, the GOP’s latest House speaker nominee

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Trump’s latest attack on witnesses is one of his most brazen

Two jets collide at Houston airport after one took off without clearance

Live updates: Hurricane Otis hits at Category 5 strength, cutting communication with Acapulco

Politics

Biden preps $50 billion for domestic crises on top of Israel, Ukraine aid

The proposal reflects the administration’s attempt to show that Biden is also working to improve the U.S. economy, a source of dissatisfaction for many voters.

By Jeff Stein and Jacob Bogage

The FixAnalysis

Tom Emmer quickly hit a Trump-sized problem with his speaker bid

By Aaron Blake

Analysis

Shouting down an election-denial question embodies the Republicans’ problem

By Philip Bump

The Health 202Analysis

How abortion is playing in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie Beard

Election 2024

Jewish Florida lawmaker breaks from DeSantis and endorses Trump

By Meryl Kornfield and Lori Rozsa

Tim Scott bets money and staff on Iowa as campaign falters

By Meryl Kornfield

Trump Cases

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Trump’s latest attack on witnesses is one of his most brazen

By Aaron Blake55 minutes ago

Michael Cohen and Trump meet again during civil fraud trial

By Shayna Jacobs and Mark Berman

Jenna Ellis, a Trump attorney and co-defendant in Georgia case, pleads guilty

By Holly Bailey and Amy Gardner

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Concerned about a friend’s engagement to chronically ill partner

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Miss Manners: Extended relatives who come snooping after the funeral

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Ask Amy: Fellow volunteer keeps asking me to use Photoshopped images

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Dining chat: 'I watched a chef demean his staff in an open kitchen. Is that normal?’

Flu shots may protect against the risk of Alzheimer’s, related dementias

By Marlene Cimons

What’s the best diet for your body? A federal study aims to find out.

By Anahad O’Connor

Young adults suffer from anxiety, depression twice as often as teens

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis

An estimated 220,000 U.S. kids under 18 diagnosed with arthritis

By Linda Searing

Advice

Why we crave sweets after eating — and what to do about it

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

Weather & Sky

Season’s first winter storm to bury Mountain West, North Dakota in snow

By Dan Stillman

‘Super fog’ caused a deadly vehicle pileup in Louisiana. What is it?

By Amudalat Ajasa

Tropical cyclones have erupted in nearly all of the world’s ocean basins

By Matthew Cappucci

Fall color is exploding across the Lower 48. Here’s where it’s best.

By Ian Livingston

Apple is pushing repair laws but still puts limits on iPhone fixes

By Chris Velazco

Police love Google’s surveillance data. Here’s how to protect yourself.

By Shira Ovide

From doom to boom: AI is slowly re-energizing San Francisco

By Danielle Abril

Technology

AI researchers uncover ethical, legal risks to using popular data sets

By Nitasha Tiku1 hour ago

Analysis

Here’s how a children’s privacy law figures into that big legal effort against Meta

By Tim Starks and David DiMolfetta

California suspends Cruise’s autonomous driverless vehicle permits

By Trisha Thadani

National

Scholastic reverses course on segregating ‘diverse’ titles at book fairs

By Praveena Somasundaram, Hannah Natanson and Kim Bellware1 hour ago

Government moves to protect students when colleges are at risk of closing

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Her family owned a home for decades. Then it was mistakenly demolished.

By Kyle Melnick

Two jets collide at Houston airport after one took off without clearance

By Ian Duncan59 minutes ago

Man sentenced for cyberstalking Parkland victim’s dad over gun-control stance

By Praveena Somasundaram

WORLD

Back-channel talks keep Ukraine and Russia in contact, despite war

By Isobel Koshiw

Russia presses attacks in northeast Ukraine in bid to thwart counteroffensive

Chinese defense minister removed after just seven months in latest purge

By Christian Shepherd

Hong Kong court sides with same-sex couple over inheritance rights

By Theodora Yu

At least a dozen Mexican police killed in brazen ambush near Acapulco

By Mary Beth Sheridan

Photo illustration of former Grenadian prime minister Maurice Bishop surrounded by miscellaneous photos and news clippings.

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Grenada’s revolutionary leader was executed in a coup in 1983. Where are his remains?

By Martine Powers, Ted Muldoon and Rennie Svirnovskiy

ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

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Trial date set as Jonathan Majors loses bid to dismiss assault case

The case stems from an altercation in New York between the actor and his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

By Anne Branigin, Herb Scribner and Wesley Parnell59 minutes ago

Music Review

Noname is rapping about the end of the world in her inside voice

By Chris Richards

Perspective

When will Jim Jordan wrestle with himself?

By Monica Hesse

‘The Killer’: 10 tips for would-be assassins

By Michael O'Sullivan1 hour ago

Richard Roundtree, who brought ‘Shaft’ to the big screen, dies at 81

By Maham Javaid and Frances Vinall

Movie Review

‘The Mission’: A case of what you might call extreme Christianity

By Mark Jenkins

Book Review

‘1984’ gets a new life, and a fresh perspective, in ‘Julia’

By Ron Charles

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Health

CDC updates RSV shot recommendations due to drug shortages

By Sabrina Malhi

Analysis

Rural emergency hospitals try to find their footing

By McKenzie Beard and Rachel Roubein

Toddler formula lacks nutritional benefits, expert pediatrics group says

By Sabrina Malhi

Science

Scientists reconstructed the face of a 12 million-year-old great ape

By Mark Johnson

The moon is 40 million years older than thought, ancient crystal suggests

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Awe-inspiring, weird, beautiful: Winning 2023 Nikon Small World photos

By Washington Post staff

SPORTS

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Jordan Poole is in control now

By Ava Wallace

Nikola Jokic, Nuggets don’t skip a beat in opening win over Lakers

By Ben Golliver

Analysis

Barely anyone is returning NFL kickoffs. An overhaul could be coming.

By Mark Maske

Perspective

Michigan’s sign-stealing operation is a college football scandal to savor

By Steven Godfrey50 minutes ago

Analysis

12 teams that could be sellers at the NFL trade deadline

By Jason La Canfora

NBA Tip-Off

Business

Sam Bankman-Fried to testify at his fraud trial as it draws to a close

By Eli Tan and Tory Newmyer1 hour ago

Americans, especially wealthy ones, are still spending big

By Abha Bhattarai

Republicans can’t open the House, which could shut down the government

By Jacob Bogage and Jeff Stein

UAW expands strike to GM plant in Texas as firm says walkout costs it $200 million a week

By Jeanne Whalen

Chevron buys Hess for $53B in second mega oil merger this month

By Aaron Gregg

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