By Cat Zakrzewski, Matt Viser, Emily Davies, Elizabeth Dwoskin · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Elon Musk arrived at the White House prepared to take a chain saw to the federal government, promising to slash $2 […]
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How tariffs are impacting babies and undercutting a Trump priority
By Dan Merica, Matthew Choi · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump’s administration wants to encourage more births. His tariffs could be an obstacle. Car seats, strollers and other essential items for […]
RFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are tested, HHS says
By Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein, Lena H. Sun, Carolyn Y. Johnson · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move […]
Supreme Court majority seems open to religious public charter schools
By Justin Jouvenal, Ann E. Marimow, Laura Meckler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to allowing the creation of the nation’s first public religious charter school in […]
Oral histories and now DNA of Picuris Pueblo link their ancestors to Chaco Canyon
By CHRISTINA LARSON Associated Press Science Writer For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history. The […]
Kamala Harris reemerges to condemn Trump as she weighs a run for governor
By Maeve Reston · The Washington Post (c) 2025 LOS ANGELES – Kamala Harris will reemerge in California on Wednesday night for her first major speech since her departure from the White House, […]
Supreme Court asks: Can FBI be held liable for raiding the wrong house?
By Ann E. Marimow · The Washington Post (c) 2025 In the predawn hours, a team of masked FBI agents armed with rifles battered down the door of an Atlanta home, detonated a […]
Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s wife, died from hantavirus, autopsy confirms
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Betsy Arakawa, the concert pianist who was married to actor Gene Hackman, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday that said that her lungs […]
First migrants charged with entering restricted military zone at border
The Maria Sacchetti, Jeremy Roebuck, Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Justice Department has begun the first criminal prosecutions of migrants who breach a newly expanded military zone at the southern border […]
In generational shift, Schatz joins race for No. 2 Democratic post
By Paul Kane, Theodoric Meyer · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii) has formally launched his campaign to take over as the No. 2 Senate Democrat, vowing to guide an “emerging […]