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A newly filed court document reveals extensive communications between Kennedy Center management and President Trump’s advisers, including presidential aide Natalie Harp, around pivotal court rulings and board votes over the institution’s future. wapo.st/3WNmxGg
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D), the only Black governor of a U.S. state, is up for reelection next month.
But he has been crisscrossing Virginia, fortifying his ties to the state’s Black political power structure ahead of a presumed 2028 presidential bid. wapo.st/4zT9XUa
Column by Trisha Pasricha, MD: Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is about two times more common in women than in men. Why?
As it turns out, women had reported one important clue for decades. wapo.st/3U1ZgzD
People across Europe are contending with slow economic growth and higher costs of groceries, housing and fuel, driven up by the U.S. war with Iran.
The economic pain is coupled with the angry malaise of a younger generation disillusioned by the status quo. wapo.st/4BosgCt
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) is running in one of the country’s most competitive House districts, in a party where many of his colleagues are distancing themselves from an unpopular president.
Van Orden has taken the opposite tack. wapo.st/3Wv7h0B
A man was fatally stabbed at a D.C. jail Sunday, according to police and the city’s Department of Corrections.
It marks at least the third stabbing in the facility this month, according to data reviewed by The Post. wapo.st/4BrdAT5
Republican campaigns and PACs have spent nearly $3 million at President Trump’s businesses since he returned to office, according to a Post analysis.
Spending at Mar-a-Lago has more than tripled compared with the same period of his first term. wapo.st/4yHisAG
The Trump administration has a historically large number of vacancies in Senate-confirmed positions, prompting frustration among current and former officials who say the White House personnel office has not kept pace. wapo.st/4idwALW
Walter Koenig, an American actor whose skill with accents earned him an enduring place in popular culture as Chekov, the Russian ensign and starship navigator in the original “Star Trek” franchise, died Oct. 25. He was 90. wapo.st/4zS7OYO
Lawmakers in at least 32 states have introduced legislation to limit or eliminate ultra-processed foods in school meals, according to a nonprofit.
An alliance between the right-wing Make America Healthy Again movement and progressives backs the effort. wapo.st/4yLIfrA
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with a mass shooting that left at least 11 people wounded over the weekend outside Florida A&M University’s football stadium. wapo.st/4iEEyPA
A federal judge in New York ruled that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director James Comey, from her job as a federal prosecutor.
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President Trump repeatedly called Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a “jihadist” during a campaign rally in Michigan on Sunday, urging his supporters to fight El-Sayed’s run in the same way Americans battled terrorists on 9/11.
Read more: wapo.st/3Wc5mxW
Humans have survived and thrived for millennia without expensive technology promising to clear our lymphatic systems. Influencers swear by them to allegedly reduce puffiness and boost overall health.
We asked experts if you should just save your money: wapo.st/4eMx62r
A recent securities filing spotlighted what triggered Mark Zuckerberg’s months-long power battle with board directors at Meta — a fight that sparked not-so-veiled threats from Zuckerberg and led board members to contemplate quitting. wapo.st/48g8n2Z
Many fans from the U.S., flying in to watch America’s favorite sport in the days after Paris’s most destructive civil unrest in decades, found themselves in a city that looked nothing like what they’d seen in the news and on social media. wapo.st/4ySLeic
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"Cheap water is over": A $500 bill shows a growing Southwest suburb's dilemma
Ron Rios says his backyard pool makes the Arizona summers more tolerable. But he uses triple the water of an average household — and it could start costing him. washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Bob Woodward names his sources, most of whom are dead, some of whom gave him permission and others who became identifiable in public records as his sources washingtonpost.com/investiga…
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The Anthropic S-1 is a great encapsulation of the split-screen moment we're in. Everything is awesome everything is terrible. You're gonna be rich you're gonna lose your job. Everyone's using it or no one's using it. It's too expensive but it's invaluable. It's a rorschach for how you feel about AI
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Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff gave his State of the University address in which, after weeks of public and private acrimony, he said the university must do better. wapo.st/4z9ZTWR
