By Carolyn Y. Johnson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 New cases of dementia will double by 2060, when 1 million U.S. adults are projected to develop the memory-robbing condition each year, according to a sobering new study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. The new analysis shows that the risk a person faces over their […]
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1 million U.S. adults will develop dementia each year by 2060, study says
By Carolyn Y. Johnson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 New cases of dementia will double by 2060, when 1 million U.S. adults are projected to develop the memory-robbing condition each year, according to a sobering new study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. The new analysis shows that the risk a person faces over their […]
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, faces tough confirmation test
By, Abigail Hauslohner, Liz Goodwin, Missy Ryan (c) Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, will appear for questioning Tuesday on Capitol Hill, in a public confirmation hearing that Democrats will use to interrogate his limited management experience, allegations of illicit and inappropriate conduct, and a long history of public […]
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, faces tough confirmation test
By, Abigail Hauslohner, Liz Goodwin, Missy Ryan (c) Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, will appear for questioning Tuesday on Capitol Hill, in a public confirmation hearing that Democrats will use to interrogate his limited management experience, allegations of illicit and inappropriate conduct, and a long history of public […]
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Biden’s agenda had a big impact. Will history give him credit?
by Toluse Olorunnipa (c) 2025 , The Washington Post LIBERTY, N.C. – A small town that voted overwhelmingly for President-elect Donald Trump may not seem like an ideal place for President Joe Biden to hold up as a jewel of his economic legacy. But as the president prepares to leave office, the White House is […]
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Biden’s agenda had a big impact. Will history give him credit?
by Toluse Olorunnipa (c) 2025 , The Washington Post LIBERTY, N.C. – A small town that voted overwhelmingly for President-elect Donald Trump may not seem like an ideal place for President Joe Biden to hold up as a jewel of his economic legacy. But as the president prepares to leave office, the White House is […]
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Steve Bannon derides Elon Musk, vowing to limit influence over Trump
by Jeff Stein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon is ramping up public attacks on billionaire Elon Musk amid an intensifying debate on the right about Musk’s influence in the incoming administration. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera this past week, Bannon […]
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Steve Bannon derides Elon Musk, vowing to limit influence over Trump
by Jeff Stein (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon is ramping up public attacks on billionaire Elon Musk amid an intensifying debate on the right about Musk’s influence in the incoming administration. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera this past week, Bannon […]
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Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.
By Sarah Ellison · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer Prize for its work covering the 2008 presidential campaign, the board praised the nascent outlet for using “probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web” to examine more than 750 political claims, “separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters.” The […]
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Meta deals a blow to fact-checking. Critics says politics is to blame.
By Sarah Ellison · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer Prize for its work covering the 2008 presidential campaign, the board praised the nascent outlet for using “probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web” to examine more than 750 political claims, “separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters.” The […]