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Cooking chat: What’s a good party dip for Fourth of July that can sit out?
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
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5 watermelon drink recipes, including agua fresca and a Pimm’s cup
Watermelon stars in these beverages, with and without alcohol, that can quench your thirst this summer.
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Dining chat: Why are some restaurants switching to fixed price menus?
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.
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Investors Pour $27.1 Billion Into A.I. Start-Ups, Defying a Downturn
Funding for A.I. firms made up nearly half the $56 billion in U.S. start-up financing from April to June, according to PitchBook.
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How Tom Hanks’s Son Spawned a Hateful Meme Online
When Chet Hanks first used the phrase “white boy summer,” it was meant to be fun and playful, he said. Now it has been appropriated around the world by white supremacists and other hate groups.
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In Immunity Decision, Clashing Views of the Nature of Politics
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority largely embraced Donald Trump’s dark view of tit-for-tat partisan prosecutions while liberals cited the prospect of power unchecked by legal accountability.
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Trump Widens Lead After Biden’s Debate Debacle, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Donald Trump is ahead of President Biden by six percentage points among likely voters in a new national survey. Overall, 74 percent of voters view Mr. Biden as too old for the job, an uptick since the debate.
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Six Days Shook Biden’s Candidacy. Can He Turn It Around?
I said this election wouldn’t be boring, but I didn’t think it would turn upside down so fast.
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162 Years Later, a Medal of Honor for Two Civil War Train Raiders
Family members of Pvt. Philip G. Shadrach and Pvt. George D. Wilson received the nation’s highest decoration for combat valor.
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If Biden Drops Out, How Long Do Democrats Have to Pick a Nominee?
The party’s official nominating convention is in mid-August, but to appear on the ballot in Ohio, candidates must be certified by Aug. 7.