Joe Biden was elected the nation’s 46th president Saturday in a repudiation of President Trump powered by legions of women and minority voters who rejected his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his divisive, bullying conduct in office
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Opinion: The worst president. Ever.
Exclusive | "I just want to find 11,780 votes": In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor
Kamala Devi Harris, a daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is set to become the highest-ranking woman in the nation’s 244-year existence, as well as a high-profile representation of the country’s increasingly diverse composition wapo.st/38lzIDl
After the deadly Camp Fire, a dog waited for his owners' return. They’ve finally been reunited. wapo.st/2RITE7L
コロナウイルスなどのアウトブレイクは、なぜ急速に拡大し、どのように「曲線を平らにする」ことができるのか
Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority with Trump’s third justice
Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group less than a month after members allegedly joined the U.S. Capitol riot
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, following a school shooting in Texas that left at least 14 students dead.
“What are we doing?” he asked his colleagues. “Why are we here?”
Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump
The Post is asking every Republican member of Congress the same three questions today. We will report back their answers.
The questions are:
Because knowing empowers us.
Knowing helps us decide.
Knowing keeps us free.
#democracydiesindarkness
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Sean Doolittle on declining White House invite: ‘I don’t want to hang out with somebody who talks like that’
Exclusive: In secretly recorded audio, Trump’s sister says he has “no principles” and “you can’t trust him”
A judge scolded right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Tuesday for lying under oath during his defamation trial in Travis County, Tex.
“You must tell the truth while you testify,” Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said. “This is not your show.”
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The House votes at Trump’s request to boost stimulus checks to $2,000 per person. The bill’s fate in the Senate is uncertain.
Rep. Ted Yoho removed from board of Christian charity over his comments about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Biden hires all-female senior communications team wapo.st/3qcFBt2
Alex Jones must pay damages to Sandy Hook families after calling shooting a “giant hoax,” judge rules wapo.st/3D0EfqM
Hundreds of Twitter employees sign letter asking Jack Dorsey to permanently suspend Trump’s account
From : A player who goes by “Joe Biden” has operated at the highest levels of Guilty Gear. The Post reached out to The White House to ask if the player and President Biden are one and the same. For some reason, The White House did not reply.
Trump grand jury ending in N.Y. with no charges against ex-president
Nearly 1 million people watched the U.N. General Assembly online — when K-pop band BTS took to the podium wapo.st/39lRju3
Exclusive: U.S. officials systematically misled the public about the war in Afghanistan, according to internal documents obtained by The Post.
These are The Afghanistan Papers: A secret history of the war.
Breaking news: The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to four people familiar with the matter. wapo.st/3owJ8Tf
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Breaking: In recorded interview for Bob Woodward book, Trump said he knew coronavirus was "deadly" even as he publicly played down threat wapo.st/3bILLtZ
You're right. We've changed the headline. wapo.st/2D0xKJi
D.C. Police requested backup at least 17 times in 78 minutes during Capitol riot
More than 11,000 scientists from around the world declare a "climate emergency"
The biggest boy band in the world, BTS, has been dominating music charts and selling out tour dates. But while they’ve shattered records, stereotypes are another matter.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg declares she’s "cancer free"
Flight attendant union says Capitol rioters should be banned from flights home
A kid walked into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey. Two NFL players saw and bought him an Xbox. wapo.st/2xPAaXZ
The Trump administration is prohibiting CDC officials from using these words or phrases in any official documents being prepared for next year’s budget:
“vulnerable”
“entitlement”
“diversity”
“transgender”
“fetus”
“evidence-based”
“science-based”
Trump "didn’t know people died from the flu."
It killed his grandfather. wapo.st/3ayfAf1
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt just finished performing at the March for Our Lives. Follow our live coverage here: wapo.st/MFOL
Military-grade Israeli spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists, business executives and the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a global investigation finds.
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol grabbed a mic and sang the Don Mclean classic “American Pie” to an astonished audience at the White House state dinner.
“I had no damn idea you could sing,” Biden told his counterpart. wapo.st/442KwRf
Meet the 71-year-old staging a one-man protest in his Trump-loving retirement community
State Department probe of Clinton emails finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information
The May jobs report had "misclassification error" that made the unemployment rate look lower than it is. Here’s what happened.
Terminally ill Washington elector breaks down after casting Biden vote: "I was glad to do my duty"
Waluigi was robbed and humiliated
Milwaukee Bucks become first NBA team to boycott playoff game to protest social injustice
A Time Magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs. It’s fake. wapo.st/2thpoYg
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Patagonia will no longer sell its merchandise at the popular Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming after one of the owners hosted a fundraiser featuring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans supportive of former president Donald Trump
The IRS has quietly built its own prototype system to allow Americans to file tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to three current and former agency officials, essentially creating government software that could disrupt the industry.
Exclusive: Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats in their Oval Office meeting last week
Rand Paul, a fierce critic of the U.S. pandemic response, is in line to chair the Senate health panel if the GOP wins control.
Milbank: Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset
Analysis: The military spends five times as much on Viagra as it would on transgender troops’ medical care wapo.st/2tYSaK7
Rats are capable of driving tiny cars, researchers found. It eases their anxiety. wapo.st/2PexYSy
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Exclusive: Sen. Bernie Sanders to introduce resolution of disapproval on $735 million U.S. arms sale to Israel wapo.st/3fuOFVv
"As Americans we should be frightened," retired Navy admiral William McRaven writes in an op-ed about the ouster of his friend Joseph Maguire
Investigation: Police partially blinded 8 people in one day at George Floyd protests.
The Post found video evidence undermining official accounts. wapo.st/2DxCIin
This high-resolution satellite image of the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. was captured by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite at 11:59 a.m. EDT on Saturday. Image:
He bragged at the dentist’s office about attending the Capitol riot, feds say. Another patient turned him in. wapo.st/3hE5P5Q
McRaven, who oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, writes in Opinions that Americans should be "deeply afraid for the future of the nation." wapo.st/38TrrDW
House majority leader told colleagues last year "I think Putin pays" Trump. Paul Ryan told them not to leak remarks. wapo.st/2rsjzDl
George Conway writes in Opinions: Trump is a cancer on the presidency. Congress should remove him.
Clinton pressed Trump to deploy hospital ship Comfort to Puerto Rico. Now it’s on the way. wapo.st/2fx7yMr
"Do you regret at all, all the lying you’ve done?": A reporter’s blunt question to Trump goes unanswered wapo.st/30VL50H
Breaking: Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say
FBI seized material at Mar-a-Lago on a foreign nation’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, people familiar say
Outside the courthouse, the family of Jacob Blake was gathered in support of the family members of the three men Rittenhouse shot when the verdict was announced. wapo.st/3csSYzB
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A chimpanzee who ran away from a Ukrainian zoo was talked into returning after zookeepers offered her a raincoat, a hug and a bike ride. wapo.st/3ew4A92
U.S. intelligence reports from January and February warned about a likely pandemic wapo.st/3dkqTcH
Analysis: A single-payer health care system would save more than 68,000 lives and $450 billion a year, new research shows
Have dirt that could impeach President Trump? Hustler publisher Larry Flynt says he'll pay you $10 million. wapo.st/2z9zjyK
“I’m talking too freely,” Maryanne Trump Barry, a former federal judge, said during 15 hours recorded in 2018 and 2019 by her niece, Mary L. Trump.
The remarks are the most critical comments known to have been made about the president by a sibling. wapo.st/34p4EAA
It took 70 days from initial notification for Trump to treat the coronavirus not as a distant threat or harmless flu strain, but as a lethal force poised to kill tens of thousands.
That period now stands as critical time that was squandered.
Tennis icons Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova met as teenagers, forged one of the greatest rivalries in sports and then became close friends.
After 50 years, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova understand each other like no one else can. When cancer came, they both knew where… Show more
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The front page of Sunday's Washington Post: "Biden defeats Trump"
How Fox News has shifted its coronavirus rhetoric wapo.st/33r7tyx
7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) tweeted a photoshopped, animated video that depicts him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and swinging two swords at President Biden, prompting condemnation and calls for his Twitter account to be suspended.
Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah bid adieu to Trump: "America just got a brand-new dad"
The mother and partner of the late Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick are requesting meetings with all Republican senators to urge them to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
Barack Obama dons a Santa hat and hands out gifts in surprise visit to D.C. children’s hospital
A boy with one hand met a soccer player with the same limb difference, and the photo went viral
Demonstrators gather at the White House to show solidarity for Charlottesville victims
Opinion: Adam Schiff’s brilliant presentation is knocking down excuses to acquit wapo.st/2GfA9zI
Novelist who wrote about "How to Murder Your Husband" charged with murdering her husband
People “unvaccinated by choice” in Singapore no longer can receive free covid-19 treatment
Opinion: Trump deserves impeachment quite apart from the Mueller report wapo.st/32gaSyt
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on school reopenings:
"The science should not stand in the way of this.”
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger writes in : My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America
Perspective: The media must stop live-broadcasting Trump’s dangerous, destructive coronavirus briefings
"When will they love their kids more than their guns," an Australian priest asks Americans
Rep. Greene aggressively confronts Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, causing New York congresswoman to raise security concerns wapo.st/3eEIfno
Analysis: New research explores how conservative media misinformation may have intensified the severity of the pandemic
An infant did not have any hospital visitors for five months. So this nurse adopted her.
"This is a food bank now": Workers seized a McDonald’s in France
At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman. And he’s desperate to get back onstage. wapo.st/3eMaDnS
Hugh Hewitt writes in Opinions: Pay attention to Trump’s real successes, not media distractions wapo.st/2F6YvyD
Opinion: The world is laughing at Donald Trump wapo.st/2OQlCzF
Exclusive: Fifteen women who worked for Redskins allege sexual harassment by former scouts and members of owner Daniel Snyder’s inner circle wapo.st/30fu008