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Supreme Court restores Louisiana voting map with majority-Black district

By Patrick Marley, Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow

Biden and Trump set debate dates in June and September, bucking tradition

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Larry Hogan has won statewide twice. But now everything is different.

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Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.). (AP)

Security officers after the shooting in Handlova, Slovakia, on Wednesday. (Reuters)

Slovakia’s prime minister is ‘fighting for his life’ after suffering multiple gunshot wounds

Robert Fico was shot five times on Wednesday and was in surgery for hours. Officials said a suspect was in custody. The shooter’s motive remained unclear.

By Emily Rauhala and Ladka Bauerova

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As Hamas returns to the north, Israel’s Gaza endgame is nowhere in sight

U.S. and Israeli officials are offering blunt assessments about Hamas’s resilience and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to plan for postwar Gaza.

By Loveday Morris, Shira Rubin and Hazem Balousha

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Inside the cozy online space where ‘Bridgerton’ fans bond

As they wait for the third season to be released this week, thousands of fans on a Facebook group trade memes and build camaraderie.

By Maham Javaid

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Is it safe to eat cauliflower with brown spots? Your cooking questions, answered.

By Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal

8 red flags for renters — and how to detect them

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Advice for picky eaters: Liking a variety of foods linked with brain health

By Teddy Amenabar

A worker carries office supplies and a fire.

Even remote and hybrid work can burn you out. Here’s how to avoid it.

By Danielle Abril

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How America tried and failed to stay White

100 years ago, the U.S. tried to limit immigration to White Europeans. Instead, diversity triumphed.

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This ‘indispensable’ Israeli leader has a proposal for ‘the day after’ in Gaza

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Rap has a misogyny problem. But Kendrick Lamar picked the wrong enemy.

Opinion by Karen Attiah

Enough mediating. America should deploy its might against Hamas.

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The Post’s choices in Northern Virginia’s U.S. House primaries

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How Alsobrooks’s message beat Trone’s money in Maryland

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Is Biden a hypocrite on abortion? Or just a very American Catholic?

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TRUMP N.Y. HUSH MONEY CASE

Cohen seemed to have delivered for prosecutors — if jurors believe him

Michael Cohen told prosecutors that Donald Trump instructed him to make payments to Stormy Daniels and then, months later, approved a plan to record the reimbursement installments to Cohen as a legal retainer.

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Republicans flock to court to support Trump during criminal trial

By Hannah Knowles and Marianne LeVine

Ask us your questions about the trial and Michael Cohen’s testimony

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Bob Menendez, a senator motivated by greed or deluded by love?

In opening statements in Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial, prosecutors portrayed the lawmaker as conniving. The defense said his wife duped him.

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The 21 can’t-miss games on the 2024 NFL schedule

The NFL’s regular season will start Sept. 5, when the Kansas City Chiefs will host the Baltimore Ravens in a rematch of the AFC championship game.

By Mark Maske56 minutes ago

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King Charles III’s blood-red portrait is a stylistic mess

The royal portrait by Jonathan Yeo has caused a stir online. It’s confused and unaccountably frightening, our critic writes.

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Should I take an iron supplement? Here’s what the science says.

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As cancer haunted my family, we discovered a fatal inheritance

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Teen fitness may protect against later heart disease, study indicates

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A mountainous country loses its last glacier

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The sun just unleashed the strongest flare in nearly a decade

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In grim milestone, U.S. overdose deaths top 100,000 for third straight year

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Congress passes FAA bill with airline safety and traveler upgrades

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Puppy abandoned with heart-rending note is adopted, named Minerva

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U.S. lays out plans for withdrawing troops from Niger

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Japan, famously polite, struggles to cope with influx of tourists

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U.S. halts funding to virus research organization linked to pandemic probes

FDA approves self-collection screening for virus that causes cervical cancer

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The psychedelics-as-medicine movement spreads to California

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