Trump called her ‘garbage.’ Rep. Ilhan Omar says she remains unfazed.
Over the past two weeks, the leader of the free world has called Rep. Ilhan Omar “garbage,” said she shouldn’t...
Forcing visitors to share five years of social media history is nuts
Your papers, please – and tweets, too. This could soon be a new requirement if you want to visit the...
Montgomery County school leaders want to close its sole charter school
Montgomery County’s superintendent is recommending the school board shut down the county’s sole charter school only months after it opened,...
He leaned right in high school. Now he’s the Trump-trolling Portland Chicken.
PORTLAND, Oregon — On his 27th birthday, Jack Dickinson stepped into a fuzzy yellow chicken suit, pulled a red, white...
How companies are cracking down on workers’ social media activity
When Chase Thieme posted “Signs of a Bad Boss” on LinkedIn last month, he drew on his experiences in the...
Do a $1,100 vacuum and $3,100 purse belong on a gift list? In what economy?
I received a reasonable question from a reader. Why would you maintain a relationship with friends or family members who...
Donald Trump is known for firing people. But not this year.
One fixture of President Donald Trump’s first term has been absent from the first year of his second term: Trump’s...
With an army of yes-men, how Putin’s world turned into an echo chamber
The generals say all goals of the war will be achieved. The economists say despite the pressure the economy will...
Can governments actually spark a baby boom? These countries are trying.
BUDAPEST — After years of people having fewer children, Europe is on the brink of a great contraction. Next year,...
Dublin embraced refugees, but some in Ireland have had enough
DUBLIN — On a brisk November evening in Ireland — the country of “one hundred thousand welcomes,” according to a...
What I learned from 8 hours of shirtless men competing to star in a Hallmark movie
If you, too, have spent the holiday season looking for a gentle, wholesome show that also looks as though it...
Oil executives once booed Canada’s prime minister. Now they cheer him.
TORONTO — In 2015, then-Bank of England governor Mark Carney delivered a “speech without a joke” at a black-tie gathering...
Social posts, messages reveal alleged National Guard shooter’s turmoil
The CIA-trained Afghan accused of opening fire outside the White House struggled for years to adapt to life in the...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, mostly unfilled...
Two National Zoo staff members bitten by bearcat
Two keepers at the National Zoo were bitten Friday by an animal called a binturong during what the zoo said...
