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Volkswagen workers in Tennessee pass historic vote to unionize

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VW workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., became the first big auto plant in the South to join the United Auto Workers in a victory for organized labor.

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Opening statements set for Monday in Trump’s New York hush money trial

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Some prospective jurors grew emotional during questioning Friday; the 12 jurors and six alternates picked said they can be impartial in judging Donald Trump.

Youngkin, Democrats head into Va. budget reset with unfinished business

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Democrats stripped amendments from a host of bills and sent them back to the Republican governor, who so far has signaled willingness to negotiate on only one.

Friday, Apr 19

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Tell The Post: How will the changes to race and ethnicity data collection affect you

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What do you think about these changes? Will it change how you identify yourself? Tell us through this form.

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A race that could flip the Senate, and Biden on Israel

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Elahe Izadi talks with Aaron Blake and Liz Goodwin about Week 1 of Trump’s first criminal trial, how Israel is dividing Democrats in Congress, and whether GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s strategy to approve aid to Ukraine could cost him…

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The Campaign Moment: Trump jurors and Biden on Israel

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Elahe Izadi talks with Aaron Blake and Liz Goodwin about Week 1 of Trump’s first criminal trial, how Israel is dividing Democrats in Congress, and whether GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s strategy to approve aid to Ukraine could cost him…

Trump’s court conduct gives Democrats a ‘Sleepy Joe’ retort

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Democrats, including President Biden’s campaign, have been eager to promote reports that former president Donald Trump has apparently fallen asleep during his hush-money trial in New York.

Ukraine weapons package ‘ready to go’ once aid bill clears Congress

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It will take less than a week, U.S. officials say, for a resupply of some weapons to reach Ukraine once a $95 billion foreign bill clears Congress.

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The jurors in Trump’s New York hush money trial

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A full jury of 12 jurors and six alternates have been seated in the historic hush money trial of former president Donald Trump.

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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.

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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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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.