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Column by Monica Hesse: While Ariana Grande’s body is her own business, but the way you see her body may impact the way you think about your own body, and so there’s a push and pull between leave Ariana alone and what in God’s name is going on here?

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Vassar College — one of the country’s first colleges to educate women — has agreed to a $5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by female professors who alleged they were paid less than their male colleagues.

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DHS has begun summoning Haitian immigrants in Ohio to check-in appointments with officers who are outfitting them with ankle monitors, in what appears to be a new enforcement effort after the Supreme Court allowed the end their humanitarian protections.

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle are spending so much on developing AI and delivering it to customers that they’re expected to bleed cash in the coming year, according to a Post analysis of data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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Transgender federal employees sued the Trump administration for prohibiting health insurance coverage for gender transition care, citing civil rights protections against sex discrimination.

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An injured kitten named Gelato gained the ability to walk thanks to a wheelchair that staff at a Cincinnati animal shelter built with toy cars and rulers. Read more: https://wapo.st/4hIOSpF

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Boy Throb, a viral boy band whose identity is wrapped up in the goal of getting a U.S. visa for vocalist Darshan Magdum, shared a video announcing that Magdum’s visa had finally been approved. https://wapo.st/4w4q6nq

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After nearly a decade of review, the Federal Aviation Administration cleared Boeing’s 737 MAX-7 jet for production and eventual passenger service. The certification was delayed in the wake of two 737 Max jet crashes that killed 346 people.

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Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday to watch the city’s canal boat parade, just a week after a deadly attack on a Pride event in Berlin. https://wapo.st/4wFnNIT

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The House Ethics Committee recommended that the chamber censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-North Carolina) for what it characterized in a report released Monday as “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two young female staffers.

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In a letter to Health Secretary RFK Jr. and acting attorney general Todd Blanche, the chairman of the Special Olympics — who is also Kennedy’s cousin — asked to reverse course on a memorandum that could narrow federal protections for disability care.

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A Black teen from Milwaukee went missing in 2022. In May, officers in a Virginia town more than 700 miles away went to a home to investigate a domestic dispute. The caller said she was the missing teen and had been held against her will for years. https://wapo.st/3TNvYUI

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Rice University in Houston will offer free tuition to students whose families earn up to $200,000. Students whose families make half of that will also get fees, room and board covered.

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President Trump accused Chevron CEO Mike Wirth of ingratitude and demanded the executive lower prices as voter frustration with high gas prices mounts. The message comes after the company posted one of its highest quarterly profits in years.

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Think you’re playing it safe in the sun? Make sure you’re not making these common sun mistakes that can increase skin cancer risk:

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Senate Republicans are racing to complete tasks before leaving on Friday, including approving a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. Whatever they don’t accomplish this week will likely be pushed to September.

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George Santos traded on a contract on Kalshi titled “Who will attend the State of the Union?,” and specifically traded on the question of his own attendance, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Read more: https://wapo.st/3TwYLwK

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Investigators have been using “forensic genetic genealogy” to try to solve a case that recently passed its 35th anniversary. Their quest to find the identity of the woman appears to be making progress.

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Two people have died in connection with the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, authorities announced. The people had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have been affected by the intestinal illness and dehydration.

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Mauricio Pochettino has signed a new contract to remain coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team through the 2030 World Cup, a significant coup that will give one of the sport’s most accomplished managers a full four-year cycle to shape the team.

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Laura Loomer said she expects to visit the White House this month to discuss her trip to Ukraine, among other subjects, with President Trump. Trump has remained a steadfast fan of Loomer, praising her doggedness and devotion to him.

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Kay Granger, a trailblazing Texas Republican who served as the first female mayor of Fort Worth and went on to spend 14 terms in Congress, rising to become the first woman from her party to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has died.

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Breaking news: Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis said they are prepared to offer their support for Todd Blanche’s nomination to become the next attorney general after he formally rescinded a key aspect of President Trump’s controversial deal with the IRS.

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Michigan’s bruising Senate primary has revealed the Democratic Party’s divisions, and it could chart a course to what it might become in a post-President Trump world. Black voters will be crucial to defining that trajectory. Here’s how:

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One of Russia’s most prominent anti-war politicians, Boris Nadezhdin, fled Russia and announced his arrival in France, days after he was barred from running in parliamentary elections this fall.

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Senate Republican leaders unveiled a spending bill that would temporarily block President Trump from implementing a rule change that would give political appointees sweeping power over hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants.

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Smoke from 50 large and uncontained wildfires in the Pacific Northwest will fill the sky once again this week. Expect degraded air quality in Seattle, Salt Lake City and Portland, Oregon.

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Ariana Grande has pulled out of an upcoming stage musical in London, producers said, and plans to withdraw from the public eye for a break from the “endless, ongoing public scrutiny” she faces. Read more here: https://wapo.st/4fSkO8I

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