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Trump plans prime-time speech on 2020 election allegations
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (69+ words) The Washington Post The address follows a White House briefing on findings from the administration’s probes into the loss the president never accepted. President Donald Trump is planning a prime-time address Thursday that will use findings from reexamined government files…...
Opinion | Lower inequality does not guarantee better democracy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (55+ words) The Washington Post The U.K. illustrates why. The United Kingdom has prioritized equality over growth as a matter of public policy for many years, and it has the economic results to show for it: Inequality has fallen, and wage growth has…...
The far-right Alternative for Germany is buoyant as it eyes a slice of power in regional elections
1+ week, 4+ day ago (87+ words) The Washington Post The far-right Alternative for Germany is in a buoyant mood as it holds a convention this weekend BERLIN — The far-right Alternative for Germany is in a buoyant mood as it holds a convention this weekend. It is…...
Three words in the Declaration of Independence paint a cruel picture of Natives
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (65+ words) The Washington Post One of the nation’s establishing documents calls Indigenous people “merciless Indian savages.” Today, many say the phrase has an emotional and complicated impact. McKaylin Peters, a 24-year-old Native American graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, still recalls…...
Carney says opening of Canada-US bridge may take 'a little longer"
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (79+ words) Carney says opening of Canada-US bridge may take 'a little longer' The Washington Post Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block may take longer to open…...
Opinion | Trump struggles to end an Iran war he never should have started
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (99+ words) The Washington Post On May 23, President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war with Iran was almost finalized and would be “announced shortly.” Yet more than two weeks later no deal has been unveiled, and U.S. and…...
Opinion | Only a certain type of leader wants his face everywhere
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (83+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Dictators usually want to cement their legacy. But nothing lasts forever. Early…...
Tako? Takou? TACO-ru? Decoding the Trump TACO meme around the world.
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (204+ words) The Washington Post A Washington Post reporter’s doctor in Seoul had a question — how to translate “chicken out” into Korean? SEOUL — I arrived at my health checkup on Wednesday morning with a list of questions. It turned out my doctor,…...
Opinion | Trump shrugs off an attack on U.S. lives. The reason has a name.
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (157+ words) The Washington Post The president is just not bothered by anything Vladimir Putin does. On Friday, the Iranians destroyed a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The drone and missile attack on the base…...
Trump says U.S. bombed Kharg Island, striking core of Iran’s oil economy
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (187+ words) The Washington Post President Donald Trump on Friday night announced the United States had bombed Kharg Island, targeting Iran’s most critical oil terminal. President Donald Trump on Friday night announced that the United States had bombed Kharg Island, targeting Iran’s…...