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Dear Carolyn: My mother-in-law won’t ever state her needs or wants. Do you have any advice for navigating conversations with her? Carolyn Hax responds:

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The Education Department has cut off funding for campus-based child care at more than a dozen colleges, accusing the schools of conflicting with the administration’s polices by teaching children about gender and race or prioritizing diversity in hiring.

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Orange juice was once a symbol of health. But over the past 20 years, orange juice has plummeted in popularity. At the same time, climate-change-fueled weather events and a bacterial disease have decimated orange groves in Florida and around the world.

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Close to 100 bookworms walked through the U.S. National Arboretum in D.C. with Book It Around D.C., a club that combines audiobooks and walking. “It’s redefining how you can be in [a] community,” said Deidra Bailey, 38. https://wapo.st/3JCb9Xn

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House Oversight Chair James Comer and members of his committee are slated to meet privately with Jeffrey Epstein survivors.

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Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.

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A Social Security Administration official responsible for overseeing the agency’s data access resigned from his role on Friday, days after submitting a whistleblower complaint.

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To help you make the most of these final summer weeks, we have compiled a list of our favorite recipes that we’ve been cooking up all season long.

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Years after a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a young Florida couple in 2019, crucial data detailing how the fatal wreck unfolded was missing. Tesla claimed it didn’t have it — until a hacker made the critical discovery.

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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) moved toward helping the Republican Party gain another seat in the U.S. House on Friday, announcing a special session to redraw the state’s congressional maps.

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The Trump administration has fired at least seven Environmental Protection Agency employees for signing a letter nearly two months ago criticizing the agency’s leadership, according to union officials.

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Breaking news: A federal appeals court ruled President Trump does not have the authority to impose most of his sweeping tariffs on imports from dozens of trading partners, dealing another setback to his cornerstone economic policy.

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The FDA's decision to narrow approval of coronavirus vaccines, once available to nearly all Americans, to those at higher risk of severe disease brought U.S. policy closer to that of many other countries.

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The Trump administration's bid to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge, who expressed skepticism over the president's claims of misconduct.

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The Honey Deuce is in its 20th year as the official cocktail of the U.S. Open. As a drink associated with a very specific sporting event, it joins the ranks of mint juleps for the Kentucky Derby and Pimm’s Cups for Wimbledon.

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If today’s your birthday, congrats — it coincides with National Lemon Juice Day. Or maybe it’s October 25, aka Crisp Sandwich Day? There are about 5,700 nonreligious holidays observed in America. See which random celebration is on your birthday: https://wapo.st/4p0dWJU

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A Florida man wearing Batman pajamas thwarted a burglary in Cape Coral, police said, catching a suspect and handing him over to officers.

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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will not seek reelection to a third term, creating an opening for Democrats in their bid to regain control of the Senate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/29/joni-ernst-iowa-election/

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Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina inflicted unprecedented devastation along the Gulf Coast, killing at least 1,392 people and displacing hundreds of thousands. After several levee failures, officials estimated that 80 percent of New Orleans was inundated. https://wapo.st/3URwMW8

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There are a few tools that you probably have in your kitchen that can help you achieve some of the delicious qualities that a grill bestows.

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Column by Ishaan Tharoor: President Trump’s sprawling second-term project to detain and deport hundreds of thousands of migrants seems to have inspired many far-right parties across Europe and elsewhere.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, falsely suggested psychiatric drugs may have played a role in the Minnesota Catholic school shooting — a statement widely criticized as unsupported by science.

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Some Gaza City residents say that life in an overcrowded tent city in the south, where Israel plans to cram nearly all of the Gazan population, will be no better or safer than risking death in an active combat zone.

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Breaking news: President Trump moved to cancel nearly $5 billion in USAID funding already approved by Congress. The Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee called the move an “attempt to undermine the law.”

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A judge ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers found guilty on federal charges last year in Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating. The new trial comes after defense lawyers argued that the judge who had presided over the trial was biased.

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Twenty years ago, New Orleans drowned in Hurricane Katrina, killing at least 1,392 people. It was one of the country’s most costly, deadly and transformative disasters and partly the result of human failing.

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After a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a couple in 2019, crucial data detailing how the fatal wreck unfolded was missing. Then a hacker found it. Tesla later said it had the data on its own servers all along.

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President Trump has revoked the Secret Service detail for former vice president Kamala Harris, extended by President Biden, about a month before Harris is scheduled to embark on a national book tour.

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These summer gadgets can capture your vacation memories, distract your kids or take your outdoor adventures to the next level.

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The Smithsonian’s secretary met with President Trump on Thursday, days after the White House intensified its efforts to increase its influence over the museum and research institution. Neither offered further details about what the two discussed.

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Fallingwater is leaking. For the past two years, staff at Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece in the woods of Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands have found themselves in the middle of a $7 million home improvement project on steroids.

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Sunflowers, hydrangeas and roses filled the pavement outside the church doors. Cards, stuffed animals and a pair of white crosses stood as tributes to the two children fatally shot there Wednesday.

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An analysis of U.S. weather data shared with The Post shows which places are experiencing notably longer summer seasons than they were three decades ago. Check here to see how much longer summer is in your town:

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring “classical and traditional” architecture the preferred government styles, reviving and expanding his old fight against modernist government buildings.

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Emma Maria Mazzenga, 92, is an elite sprinter. She holds four world records for women over 90. Scientists in Italy and the U.S. are now studying Mazzenga’s muscles, nerves and even her mitochondria to better understand how she’s able to keep running.

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Scented plants perfume the air, attract pollinators and can help you relax. Here are some easy options for your yard.

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The Air Force will offer military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, the Trump supporter and Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to a statement from military officials.

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Federal prosecutors filed a misdemeanor charge against a D.C. man who threw a sandwich at a federal officer in protest of President Trump’s law enforcement surge in the city after a grand jury declined to indict the man on a more serious felony count.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom went after President Trump for the “blatant hypocrisy” of surging National Guard troops and federal law enforcement agents to Democratic-led cities when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

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Republican leaders of the Utah Legislature said Thursday they would follow a court order to redraw the state’s congressional map — which could help Democrats — even as President Donald Trump pressures them to shut the opposition party out.

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A new study sheds light on how key genetic changes shaped the bodies and behavior of horses — and eventually helped make the wild animals more docile and rideable.

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Column: Among regular voters, President Trump's tariff policies remain as unpopular as ever — even though consumers arguably have yet to feel their full effects.

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Breaking news: The White House selected Jim O’Neill, a top deputy to RFK Jr., to serve as acting head of the CDC after a clash over vaccine policy ended in the departure of several agency leaders.

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Three senior CDC leaders who resigned told The Post they were asked to participate in an unscientific vaccine recommendation process that they believe could harm the health of Americans.

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One of the CIA’s senior-most Russia experts was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked.

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Breaking news: A federal judge in Washington blocked the Trump administration from firing Michael Abramowitz as Voice of America’s director, weeks after Kari Lake first attempted to remove him from the post.

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Dear Carolyn: My mother-in-law won’t ever state her needs or wants. Do you have any advice for navigating conversations with her? Carolyn Hax responds:

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President Trump suggested the Republican Party host a national convention before next year’s midterm elections to showcase its talent, an unprecedented move that Democrats are also considering.

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Bill Holley, who died in 2021, designed the original 1977 Cracker Barrel logo. “He would not have liked the plain Jane logo,” his wife Beverly Holley said. “Because it really says nothing about the restaurant.”

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In September 2023, the Messenger beat out celebrity news giants when it reported the scoop that Taylor Swift had paired up with Travis Kelce. But the link to that news story is dead because the Messenger’s owner shut the website down. https://wapo.st/3JEAlwe

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Jim Irsay, the owner and chief executive of the Indianapolis Colts, spent the last two years of his life in the throes of a relapse that he and Colts executives repeatedly hid from the public, a Washington Post investigation found.

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Breaking news: Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook sued President Trump to block an attempt to remove her from office, setting up a legal clash that could determine the Fed’s ability to continue operating outside White House control.

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said teachers and faculty “threw their bodies on top of children” to protect them from gunshots during a shooting at a Catholic school. Here’s what else we know:

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Coco Gauff is tweaking her serve, the most important shot in tennis, during the U.S. Open. “It’s like learning a new language, honestly,” she said.

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The children filed into the pews of Annunciation Catholic Church on Wednesday morning for their first Mass of the new school year, a time of nervous energy and excitement. Then, in an instant, the back-to-school glee dissolved into terror and chaos.

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Two months after it opened, Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial immigrant detention center hastily erected in the middle of the Everglades, is losing all of its detainees, a state official said in an email.

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Francis Ford Coppola strolled onto the stage at the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival Wednesday evening to thunderous applause — an expression of gratitude from the crowd inside the Sala Grande for the simple fact of his being there.

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The rapid adoption of solar energy was initially welcomed by the Pakistani government, which has long struggled to provide reliable power to its 240 million people. Now officials fear it is spreading too quickly and giving the rich an unfair advantage.

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D.C. judges and grand jurors are pushing back on Trump’s policing surge. One judge said an arrest was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life,” while some grand juries have refused to indict those accused of assaulting law enforcement.

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After the Department of Health and Human Services said Susan Monarez is no longer the CDC director, her lawyers said she did not resign and had not been fired, accusing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “weaponizing public health for political gain.”

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The Department of Homeland Security is barring states and volunteer groups that receive government funds, like the Red Cross and Salvation Army, from helping undocumented immigrants, according to a Washington Post analysis. https://wapo.st/3JRvesC

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Breaking news: The Trump administration wants to use a Navy base north of Chicago as a launchpad for federal law enforcement activity against undocumented immigration, defense officials said Tuesday.

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College football fans are readying their hometowns for the season, but what exactly makes a college football town one of the best? Check out our list of the best college football towns across the country:

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One of the CIA’s senior-most Russia experts was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked.

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A Wisconsin man faked his drowning with an overturned kayak to establish a new life in Eastern Europe with a woman he met online, prosecutors said. https://wapo.st/3UKdh1A

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The U.S. Navy is deploying eight warships to the Caribbean and Pacific waters near several Central and South American countries, a significant move that has escalated tensions with nearby Venezuela.

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President Donald Trump is attempting to push Democrats into a politically dangerous position where they have been caught before: trying to stand up for their core values on civil liberties without being tagged as soft on crime.

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The Trump administration is urging West Virginia, which has one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates, to offer religious exemptions for school immunization requirements, alarming public health advocates who see it as a way to undermine vaccines.

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The unofficial final weekend of the summer will feature widespread cooler than average temperatures across the United States. Here’s a look at various cities and the outlook for the holiday weekend:

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Two children were killed and more than a dozen were injured in a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Former president Barack Obama took to X to share his condolences with grieving families. Follow more live updates here: https://wapo.st/4oVVJgL

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A decorated Army veteran that was arrested after burning an American flag near the White House says he set the fire because “it was my right as a citizen,” adding that he was protesting President Trump’s call for flag burners to be prosecuted.

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Breaking news: Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the CDC, is being ousted weeks after she was confirmed to lead the public health agency, according to multiple administration officials.

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Column: I went to 62 college football games, passed through 43 states and put about 40,000 miles on a rental car in one year. Here’s what I learned about how to plan a perfect CFB road trip:

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President Trump demanded that top Democratic donor George Soros and his son, Alex, face federal racketeering charges, making an unsubstantiated claim that they are backing violent protests across the country.

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National Guard troops were deployed in D.C. to support federal law enforcement and local police. But in recent days, those orders have expanded to encompass “beautification” tasks such as trash removal and groundskeeping. Service members may work on removing graffiti, too. https://wapo.st/469jcUi

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Mariam Abu Dagga, a Palestinian journalist whose photos captured the destruction in Gaza, died in an Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, the one she regularly documented. Here are some of the scenes Dagga captured during the war:

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Column by Philip Kennicott: The Oval Office gilding is out of character with the architecture, history and spirit of the White House, a refined mix of simplicity and grandeur. And with a ballroom in the works, President Trump is just getting started.

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The three-year contract extension Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin agreed to includes: • $29 million in annual base salary • $44 million in guarantees • $87 million if he plays through the 2028 season

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A Wisconsin man who faked his death and fled overseas to be with a woman he met online, leaving his wife and children behind, was convicted of obstructing an officer and sentenced to 89 days in jail.

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President Trump privately pushed Indiana’s top GOP lawmakers to redraw their state’s congressional maps this week, part of an increasingly urgent effort to help Republicans preserve their narrow majority in next year’s midterm elections.

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Coco Gauff is tweaking her serve, the most important shot in tennis, during the U.S. Open. “It’s like learning a new language, honestly,” she said.

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A federal grand jury has refused to indict a man who threw a sandwich at a federal officer in D.C., pushing back against Trump's policing surge.

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President Trump will host a meeting Wednesday to discuss a plan for humanitarian aid and postwar management in Gaza. The meeting comes days after the Israeli military struck a hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists.

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Breaking news: Multiple children were injured in a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, a local hospital says. Local police said there is “no active threat to the community,” adding that “the shooter is contained.”

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Casual fan Blake Law made a modest bet that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce would get engaged by the end of year. On Tuesday, he made about $1,000 off that wager.

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The National Guard is removing trash, mulching and removing graffiti in D.C. “I think it’s nice, as a D.C. resident,” said one Guard member. “But there are different things we could be doing.”

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Catelin Drey (D) flipped a vacant state Senate seat in Iowa’s Sioux City area after she won more than 55 percent of the ballot Tuesday in a low-turnout race.

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