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By Abha Bhattarai · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war sent stock markets reeling as investors, companies and Americans fretted about rising costs from an onslaught of new tariffs. U.S. stocks fell sharply Thursday, with the S&P 500 dropping more than 4 percent and the Nasdaq down 5 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial […]

By David J. Lynch, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a new 10 percent tariff on all imported goods along with an additional punitive import tax tailored for each of about 60 countries that his advisers say maintain the most unfair barriers against U.S. products. The president’s long-awaited […]

By David J. Lynch, Jeff Stein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a new 10 percent tariff on all imported goods along with an additional punitive import tax tailored for each of about 60 countries that his advisers say maintain the most unfair barriers against U.S. products. The president’s long-awaited […]

By Petula Dvorak · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from South Carolina who was an unabashed segregationist, broke with the […]

By Petula Dvorak · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Sen. Strom Thurmond took a long steam bath to dehydrate his body for what he was about to do on a sticky August night in 1957. The Civil Rights Act was about to pass and Thurmond, a Democrat from South Carolina who was an unabashed segregationist, broke with the […]

By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The first big elections of 2025 were held Tuesday, giving the first major indicator of where the country stands since President Donald Trump’s 2024 election win six months ago. Wisconsin held a much-watched and expensive state supreme court race featuring a very heavy dose of Elon Musk, while Florida […]

By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The first big elections of 2025 were held Tuesday, giving the first major indicator of where the country stands since President Donald Trump’s 2024 election win six months ago. Wisconsin held a much-watched and expensive state supreme court race featuring a very heavy dose of Elon Musk, while Florida […]

By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will never forget the derision she faced in her first run for Congress, in 2004, while she was pregnant and gave birth while still campaigning. “You can be a good member of Congress or a good mother,” her conservative opponent said, according to the Democrat […]

By Paul Kane · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will never forget the derision she faced in her first run for Congress, in 2004, while she was pregnant and gave birth while still campaigning. “You can be a good member of Congress or a good mother,” her conservative opponent said, according to the Democrat […]

By John Hudson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Members of President Donald Trump’s National Security Council, including White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have conducted government business over personal Gmail accounts, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post and interviews with three U.S. officials. The use of Gmail, a far less secure method of communication […]