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Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China

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Apple has removed several widely used communications platforms from its app store in China at the request of the Chinese government.

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The homeless right-to-camp issue comes to the Supreme Court

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A much-reversed federal appeals court appears likely to run into trouble again over its upholding of a town’s law intended to aid public health and safety.

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The Supreme Court’s hardest case yet in Donald Trump’s legal saga

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There’s a reasonable compromise the justices can come to on whether Jan. 6 defendants can be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding.

House bill would shine a light on federal prisons’ dark problems

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A House committee voted nearly unanimously for a bill that would provide more accountability and oversight on federal prisons with a long list of problems.

There is poetry in everything, even a news article. Want to try it?

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Make your own poem by picking and choosing words from a Washington Post article during National Poetry Month. There is poetry in everything — try it yourself!

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As globalization unwinds, the world is still growing more unequal

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Even as the contours of the new “Washington consensus” are still taking shape, some underlying and gloomy global realities remain the same — perhaps, even more pronounced.

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Cannon denies dismissal motions by Trump co-defendants in documents case

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U.S. Judge Aileen M. Cannon said prosecutors had adequate evidence in the indictment to bring obstruction charges against Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira.

01

The Trump Trials: Trump’s jury seems nearly set. How we got here.

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Key takeaways from the third day of jury selection in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial.

Thursday, Apr 18

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The jurors in Trump’s New York hush money trial

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Twelve jurors and one alternate juror have been seated in the historic hush money trial of former president Donald Trump.

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Do Kennedy endorsements of Biden mean much — even against a Kennedy?

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The non-Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedys collectively backed President Biden on Thursday. Does it matter?

Trump fell asleep at trial. Did the rest of us, too?

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Plus: The “tradwife” phenomenon. And what candidate Biden should tell President Biden about tariffs.

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Trader Joe’s recalls fresh basil after salmonella outbreak

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Trader Joe’s is warning customers who purchased fresh basil from stores around the country after investigators linked the product to a salmonella outbreak.

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The terrible lesson Biden learned from Trump on trade

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President Biden’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum will hurt manufacturing workers.

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Here are the U.S. congressional districts benefiting from Ukraine aid

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We mapped the U.S. congressional districts producing weapons for Ukraine. Many are represented by members who have been vocal opponents of Ukraine aid.

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Maine lawmakers adopt some gun-control measures after 2023 mass killing

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The state’s legislators did not vote on a “red-flag” measure to give family members and law enforcement a way to remove guns from those deemed a danger.

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Despite ‘model minority’ trope, 1 in 10 Asian Americans live in poverty

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To properly direct government help and resources to the people who need it most, data should be split up among the many groups that represent the overall Asian population in America, advocates say.

Widespread 911 outages hit several states

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Emergency phone services were disrupted across South Dakota and in parts of Nebraska, Nevada and Texas, local officials said. It is not clear what caused the outages.

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Trump deploys favorite political tool, social media, as legal cudgel

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Behind the scenes, researchers working for Trump’s legal defense are scouring prospective jurors’ online lives, hunting for bias.

Having remade Twitter, Elon Musk takes his speech fight global

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The X owner’s dispute over disinformation with a Brazilian judge could influence social media use everywhere.

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As India votes, women and youth could put Modi and his BJP over the top

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Unlike in most democracies, women and young people tend to be relatively conservative in India and represent key support for Prime Minister Modi and his BJP party.

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Senate votes to dismiss impeachment charges against Mayorkas

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In party-line votes, the Senate voted to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas alleging he mismanaged an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Youngkin, Virginia lawmakers agree to seek new state budget, avert crisis

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Budget negotiators aim to submit a new budget in a special legislative session May 13, returning two days later to vote on it.

Wednesday, Apr 17

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How a narco revolt pushed a peaceful nation to the brink

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A high-profile prison escape. A TV station takeover. An assault on police. Today on “Post Reports,” how powerful gangs in Ecuador pushed this historically peaceful nation to the brink and led its new president to declare war.

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Inside the GOP reckoning over Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban

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A deeply conflicted state House chamber did not repeal the Civil War-era law on Wednesday, highlighting the indecision of swing-district Republicans.

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How senators are voting to end the Mayorkas impeachment trial

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See how senators are voting on dismissing the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Trump takes aim at a remaining House Republican who voted to impeach him

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Of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, just Rep. Dan Newhouse and one other remain in the chamber.

James Comer refuses to learn anything from his investigation into Biden

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In a heated exchange with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the House Oversight Committee chairman reiterated repeatedly debunked claims.

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Barr, a vocal Trump critic, says he will ‘support the Republican ticket’ in November

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Barr, who served as attorney general under Donald Trump, had a falling out with the former president over his claims of 2020 election fraud — but nevertheless says he will support the Republican ticket in November.

Partisans more likely to see O.J. Simpson favorably than the other candidate

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Meanwhile, about 1 in 10 supporters of both President Biden and Donald Trump views their own candidate unfavorably.

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Trump’s increasing court outbursts come with increasing risks — for all

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Donald Trump’s interjections have featured in every one of his major legal cases, and they show no sign of abating. But a scene Monday indicates how the stakes are increasing.