Is President Donald Trump losing control of his MAGA base? Despite his best efforts, congressional Republicans continued to pressure him to release files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Disease-carrying mosquitoes kill more people annually than any other animal. Scientists have developed a genetic technology that could wipe them all out. But should we mess with nature in this fashion?
What one rural community in Alaska could be losing now that Congress has defunded public media. And why this became a priority for President Donald Trump.
In South Korea, the findings of a government inquiry confirmed what many adoptees had suspected for decades: Babies were sent abroad for profit, often with falsified backstories. In Michigan, a man is questioning his origin story.
After nearly 40 years, Anna Wintour will be stepping down as the editor in chief of American Vogue. This announcement marks the end of the dominance of the fashion editor in chief – so who are the new tastemakers?
This week, Congress voted to cut $9 billion in government spending. But fighting among lawmakers over the “Epstein files” threatened to derail the vote.
A Washington Post investigation found that many of the things that made Camp Mystic special also heightened its risk during a catastrophic flash flood on July 4.
A morning of coffee, coins and military coup refutals. Two Post reporters bring us into their exclusive visit with embattled former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
After Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, a sprawling investigation ensued. Today, what it revealed about the gunman and the failures of the Secret Service.
Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential race wasn’t inevitable. A new book by current and former Post reporters goes inside one of the greatest political comebacks in American history.
The Supreme Court has temporarily cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue mass layoffs of federal workers. Today, the consequences of this decision and what it could mean for presidential power.
President Donald Trump sued CBS News over its editing of an interview with Kamala Harris. Last week, CBS’s parent company, Paramount, settled the case for $16 million.
Central Texas had little time to prepare as flash flooding inundated the area in mere hours. Over 90 people are now dead, around a third of whom were children. How did this happen?
With grants canceled and billions of dollars in jeopardy, President Donald Trump’s cuts are devastating American farmers and plunging families into uncertainty.
“Try This” from The Washington Post is a series of audio courses designed to jump-start the parts of life where we can all use a few pointers — with pithy, snackable solutions you can easily use. The latest course is all about the gut microbiome.
The House has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk. Today, how this massive tax and spending package got over the finish line.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was acquitted of racketeering and sex-trafficking, avoiding life in prison. But he was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. We unpack how the jury got to their decision and what it means.
What a pivotal meeting of a controversial group of public health decision-makers could tell us about the future of vaccines in the United States under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Senate is voting on President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, which includes tax cuts for a broad swath of Americans. But who stands to benefit most?