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Introducing “The 7”
On The Post’s new podcast, "The 7," host Jeff Pierre takes you through the seven most important and interesting stories of the day. It's a way to get...
Please, Go On: VP Kamala Harris on women in the workplace
In the inaugural edition of "Please, Go On," Post columnist James Hohmann speaks with Vice President Harris about the exodus of women from the workfor...
Introducing ‘Please, Go On’
Washington Post columnist James Hohmann sits down with the author of a compelling op-ed from The Post’s Opinions section. “Please, Go On” features mar...
Infrastructure plan calls for $80 billion for rail. It could transform passenger service.
Plus, coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them, and Women’s sports can do at leas...
Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing
Plus, Georgia sports teams and major companies such as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines condemn new state voting law, and the EPA dismisses dozens of key...
Biden’s infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins
Plus, ‘I stay up nights apologizing to George Floyd,’ says teen who documented his death for the world, and Gretchen Whitmer asks White House to surge...
Emotional first day of testimony at Derek Chauvin murder trial
Plus, the White House dramatically increased tax proposal as it sought to address tensions over next big spending plan, and the CDC confirms Pfizer, M...
‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy
Plus, Senators see a possibility of bipartisan support for gun background checks in the wake of mass shootings, and the next phase of crisis at the bo...
Biden holds his first press conference
Plus, Georgia’s governor signs into law a sweeping voting reform bill, and multiple Republican senate candidates gear up for the 2022 elections.
At White House, Megan Rapinoe says she’s been ‘disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman’
Plus, the White House considers extending a federal ban on evictions, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s family were given special access to COVID t...
Shootings spur Biden to call for tighter gun rules
Plus, the Senate confirms Vivek H. Murthy as surgeon general, and North Korea fires short-range missiles in challenge to Biden administration.
White House prepares massive infrastructure bill
Plus, AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is confirmed to lead Labor Department.
Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge
Plus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, and, the accused gunman in the Atlanta shootings gets expelled from his...
Biden will send Mexico surplus vaccine, as U.S. seeks help on immigration enforcement
Plus, the Senate confirms William Burns as next director of the CIA, and Donald Trump faces an onslaught of legal problems, as investigations and doze...
Suspect charged with eight counts of murder in killings at Atlanta-area spas
Plus, the IRS to push the filing deadline for 2020 taxes to mid-May, and Ohio attorney general sues Biden administration over the stimulus package.
Putin targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says
Plus, House Democrats bring back Medicare-for-all, seeking to push Biden left, and Israeli archaeologists discover new Dead Sea Scrolls for first time...
Biden faces growing political threat from border upheaval
Plus, four of Europe’s largest countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations; safety agency says blood clot incidence is low. And Derek Chauvin’s attorne...
New York’s vaccine czar called county officials to gauge their loyalty to Cuomo
Plus, President Biden’s push for equity in education faces a critical test, and, where we stand on the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Companies are scaling back layoffs because of Biden’s stimulus package
Plus, DOJ seeks to build large conspiracy case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 riot, and, amid criticism for human rights abuses, China offers vaccine...
Congress adopts $1.9 trillion stimulus, securing first major win for Biden
Plus, the leaked U.S. plan to end the war in Afghanistan, and China and Russia to open moon base.
Jury selection begins for the Derek Chauvin murder trial
Plus, Brazil’s growing coronavirus outbreak poses a threat far beyond its borders, and Biden’s dogs to return to White House after younger pet causes...
Biden directs fresh review of Title IX rule on campus sexual assault
Plus, the RNC moves portion of its spring donor retreat to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, and Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah stunned, but is it lik...
Biden stimulus showers money on Americans
Plus, Biden signs executive order promoting voting rights on 56th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday,' and New York state Senate majority leader says Gov....
Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs
Plus, Meghan Markle says the royal family can’t expect her silence if palace is ‘perpetuating falsehoods,' and David Brooks of New York Times is criti...
Andrew Cuomo says he will not resign, offers new apology for his behavior with women
Plus, Texas and Mississippi move to open ‘100%’ and lift mask mandates, and, reasons you’re tired of Zoom calls.
FBI director says domestic terrorism ‘metastasizing’ throughout U.S. as cases soar
Plus, female stars and the media machine of the early 2000s, and community colleges are at a crossroads.
Biden works to unify Senate Democrats on $1.9 trillion relief bill
Plus, Senate confirms Miguel Cardona as education secretary, and, where Jill Biden drops by for a cup of coffee can make quite a statement.
Former president Trump rules out third party as he moves to firm up control of the Republican Party
Plus, the CDC recommends Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, enabling inoculations to start this week, and the making of Madison Cawthorn.
Minimum wage increase imperiled in covid relief bill by Senate official’s ruling
Plus, Biden defends vaccine rollout as he marks 50 million vaccinations, and a sailor who fell overboard clung to ‘sea rubbish’ for 16 hours to surviv...
Focus on fate of $15 minimum wage in Senate as House prepares to take up 1.9 trillion relief bill
Plus, Biden nominates three to USPS board of governors as DeJoy testifies on mail crises, and Supreme Court considers giving police greater powers whe...
Former Capitol security officials blame intelligence lapses for deadly Jan. 6 riot
Plus, the Biden administration preparing to sanction Russia for SolarWinds hacks and the poisoning of an opposition leader, and Justin Trudeau conveys...
Merrick Garland tells senators Capitol riot investigation will be first priority as attorney general
Plus, Dominion Voting Systems files a defamation suit against the MyPillow CEO over false election claims, and the first real-world coronavirus vaccin...
White House says Biden is ‘eager’ to go to Texas, possibly as soon as this week
Plus, the White House reiterates teacher vaccinations are ‘not a prerequisite’ to reopening schools, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is trying to repair hi...
Texas, the go-it-alone state, is rattled by the failure to keep the lights on
Plus, the White House announces $4 billion in funding for Covax, the global vaccine effort that Trump spurned, and NASA rover Perseverance lands on Ma...
Millions of jobs probably aren’t coming back, even after the pandemic ends
Plus, vaccine shortage prompts U.S. diplomats to request doses from foreign governments, including Russia, and the U.K. gets approval to infect health...
Focus on Capitol Hill turns to passing Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill
Plus, the Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather, and House Homeland Security chairman sues Trum...
Why some state and local governments are desperate for more stimulus aid
Plus, deadly cold snap shuts down central U.S. Texas is ground zero, and, Parler is back online more than a month after tangle with Amazon knocked it...
Impeachment managers rest case against Trump, implore Senate to convict to prevent future violence
Plus, President Biden says that the U.S. will have enough vaccines for 300 million people by the end of July, and dozens of former GOP officials repor...
House managers show previously unseen footage of pro-Trump mob’s violent assault on the Capitol
Plus, the CDC is urging Americans to wear two masks to better prevent the spread of COVID-19, and, the Biden administration tells the Supreme Court th...
Senate votes to pursue Trump impeachment trial after declaring the proceedings constitutional
Plus, the Biden administration asks for the resignations from current US Attorneys, and after a mission to Wuhan investigating the origins of the pand...