The skunk at the garden party
As inflation spiked to its highest reading in two years, it’s easy to blame the Iran war, which raised energy...
Two Metro workers shot and killed in murder-suicide, police say
Hours before Metro’s Board of Directors held a meeting Thursday morning, two Metro employees were killed in what police are...
Former Post journalist pleads guilty to child pornography charge
A former video editor for The Washington Post pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of possessing child pornography, according...
D.C.’s economy shrank by 8.3 percent in the fourth quarter
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released gross domestic product numbers for the states and D.C. on Thursday. In the fourth...
Should parents be punished for their children’s crimes?
Following Kathleen Parker’s March 5 online op-ed, “The absurdity of imprisoning parents for their children’s crimes,” Post Opinions asked readers:...
This simple penalty would do wonders for democracy
In the April 5 letters package “The United States needs a second Reconstruction,” readers offered ideas for “structural changes could...
Iran is trying to turn off America’s water
Jake Braun is executive director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy,...
Undocumented teen found guilty of assaults at Northern Virginia high school
An 18-year-old Northern Virginia high school student from El Salvador was found guilty Thursday on nine counts of assault and...
What Anthropic’s new nightmare means, in plain English
Words I did not enjoy reading this week, from a leading artificial intelligence company: “During our testing, we found that...
U.S. and Iran want to end the war, but peace talks hinge on these issues
Negotiators from the United States and Iran are set to meet in Islamabad this weekend for talks aimed at turning...
Crowd chants ‘Run again!’ to Kamala Harris, who said she’s ‘thinking about it’
NEW YORK — All former vice president Kamala Harris had to do was mention elections, and audience members at a...
Trump faces surging inflation report, fueled by Iran conflict
The White House on Friday received its worst inflation report of President Donald Trump’s second term, as the war in...
How to fix America: Fine everyone who doesn’t vote
In the April 5 letters package “The United States needs a second Reconstruction,” readers offered ideas for “structural changes could...
Cardinal’s meeting at Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ Vatican official says
Through the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, tensions between his administration and the Vatican — now with...
A new poll shows the political risk to Israel from the war in Iran
A new Pew Research report showing plummeting public support for Israel in the United States confirms a trend since the...
