D.C. director of youth detention under fire over overcrowding problem
After more than a year of pointed questions from the D.C. Council about a persistent overcrowding issue in the city’s...
How China is using AI to extend censorship and surveillance
Beijing is using artificial intelligence to deepen its control over the Chinese population, deploying the cutting-edge technology to enhance online...
As more speak Irish in Northern Ireland, some Brits bite their tongues
BELFAST — In a colorful modular building monitored by CCTV cameras, Ciara Moore sat in front of seven squirmy 4-year-olds...
GOP faces a familiar dilemma: What to do about Obamacare?
Republican leaders have found themselves in a familiar place: pledging to make major changes to the Affordable Care Act, citing...
I tested 80 Uber and Lyft rides and found a powerful way to save.
SAN FRANCISCO — The other morning, Uber wanted $77 to get me across San Francisco during rush hour. Lyft wanted...
The forgotten court case that let billionaires spend big on elections
Six days after the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, President Barack Obama broke from the...
What we know about the National Guard shooting in D.C.
A brazen, close-range shooting last week of two young National Guard members doing routine patrols outside of a Metro station...
With nothing to lose, Commanders go for two, fall to Broncos in OT
The Washington Commanders had nothing to lose, and Coach Dan Quinn didn’t hesitate. When Terry McLaurin hauled in a touchdown...
Asking Eric: Tedious cookie tradition taxes family ties
Dear Eric: My late mother made a special Christmas cookie that required tedious decorating, considering each person’s personal preference for...
Carolyn Hax: Gay parents of biracial child ‘overthink’ a private school option
Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My husband and I (a gay man) have a 4-year-old biracial son. “James”...
Miss Manners: Please stop commenting on my post-illness hair
Dear Miss Manners: I had cancer last year and lost my hair. I’m fine now, but my hair is growing...
Trump says Hegseth told him he didn’t order killing of boat crew
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has “great confidence” that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give a spoken...
What to know from NFL Week 13: Panthers’ upset shakes things up
December in the NFL will dawn with almost nothing decided. The standings at the top of almost every division scrunched...
As Trump vows to pardon ex-president, Honduras votes in tense election
Just days before a tense presidential election in Honduras, President Donald Trump threw himself into the center of the race....
In embrace of ‘remigration,’ Trump echoes Europe’s far right
In President Donald Trump’s first term, we got used to hearing “dog whistles.” Trump’s populist nationalism was riven through by...
