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1 month ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Ariel Plotnick |Peter Bresnan |Emma Talkoff |Sean Carter
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security issued an order barring Harvard from enrolling foreign students, claiming that Harvard had created an unsafe environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault students on campus. The order said that students enrolled at Harvard must transfer schools or lose their legal status.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Savannah Robinson |Sean Carter |Reena Flores |Carla Spartos
Search queryThe Diddy trial: Cassie's "freak-offs" testimonySavannah Robinson, Sean Carter, Reena Flores, Carla SpartosFri, May 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM UTCSean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura took the stand this week in his federal trial. Today, her harrowing testimony about the abuse she says endured and the sex parties she participated in. Solve the daily Crossword33,623 people played the daily Crossword recently.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Lucy Perkins |Maggie Penman |Sean Carter
Think you know how to take a good nap? Think again. Neuroscientist and columnist Richard Sima discusses the latest research on how to maximize the benefits. Plus, how breathing can help calm our minds. Today’s show was produced by Elana Gordon and mixed by Sean Carter. It was edited by Lucy Perkins, with help from Maggie Penman. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Maggie Penman |Sean Carter |Lenny Bernstein
As measles spreads in the United States, we unpack how to stay safe – and why public health experts are so concerned by the confusing, contradictory federal response. The United States is experiencing a rise in measles, the most contagious virus in the world. Many of us have questions: Is my child protected? Do I need another vaccine? What about taking vitamin A?
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2 months ago | 
washingtonpost.com | Reena Flores |Rennie Svirnovskiy |Laura Benshoff |Lucy Perkins |Sean Carter
Unpacking the political fallout from President Donald Trump’s pause on tariffs. Tariffs are on. Tariffs are paused. Tariffs are making stock markets go wild. Where do we go from here?
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
washingtonpost.com | Rennie Svirnovskiy |Sean Carter |Peter Bresnan
With just a few weeks to go until Tax Day, Treasury Department and IRS officials are predicting a decrease of more than 10 percent in tax receipts by the April 15 deadline compared with 2024. That would amount to more than $500 billion in lost federal revenue. The prediction, officials told congressional economic correspondent Jacob Bogage, is directly tied to changing taxpayer behavior and President Donald Trump’s rapid demolition of parts of the IRS.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Peter Bresnan |Monica Campbell |Emma Talkoff |Ariel Plotnick |Sean Carter |Martine Powers
The morning after the 2020 election, then-president Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and claimed that a “fraud” was being perpetrated on the American public. He would go on to wage a campaign against the 2020 results, which culminated in rioters storming the U.S. Capitol. Now, with Trump back on the ballot, experts are concerned that Trump and his allies may use the same playbook they did in 2020 to challenge the 2024 results.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Reena Flores |Laura Benshoff |Sean Carter
Jon Tester is one of the last Senate Democrats standing in a red state. First elected in 2006, he pitches his bipartisan record and his Montana roots as an antidote to national political warfare. He still farms the land his grandparents settled in the state and has a personal relationship with voters. But the state he represents is changing.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Peter Bresnan |Reena Flores |Sean Carter |Yasmin Coles |Alan Sipress | +1 more
Just 140 miles off the coast of the Philippines’ largest island is a sparkling blue lagoon that is rich with fish and minerals. This ring of reefs and rocks is called Scarborough Shoal. For centuries, it has been a place of open passageway and connection, drawing fishermen from all over the region. It’s a place that captain Jory Aguian, student activist Mathew Silverio and the rest of a small Philippine flotilla of wooden boats are determined to reach.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Reena Flores |Sean Carter |Stephen Smith |Emma Talkoff |Rennie Svirnovskiy
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