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Carolyn Hax: Would-be grandpa scoffs at couple’s reason not to have kids
Would-be grandparent says son and daughter-in-law are “spoiled” for citing climate change as their reason not to have kids.
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Miss Manners: What do you do when your date is rude to your server?
A letter writer wonders if they did enough to make up for their date’s rude behavior to their server.
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Post Politics Now: Republicans rally to Trump’s defense as he faces possible indictment
At the White House, President Biden will host actor Jason Sudeikis and other cast members of “Ted Lasso” for a conversation on mental health.
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Filibuster over transgender bill jams Nebraska legislature for weeks
A filibustering Democrat and her colleagues blame Republicans for bringing the culture war to their normally bipartisan state assembly.
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McCarthy tells Trump supporters not to protest if ex-president is indicted
The House speaker’s remarks came after former president Donald Trump told supporters he would be charged in a Manhattan case and to “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”
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Lab Leak or Not? How Politics Shaped the Battle Over Covid’s Origin
A lab leak was once dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory. But the idea is gaining traction, even as evidence builds that the virus emerged from a market.
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Trump Allies Pressure DeSantis to Weigh In on Expected Indictment
The effort previews how an indictment would jolt the still-nascent race for the Republican presidential nomination — and perhaps already has.
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Out of Power, Trump Still Exerts It
An early-morning social media post amounted to a starter’s gun for Republican officials: Many raced to the former president’s side, denouncing a Democratic prosecutor investigating him.
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Iraq, 20 Years Later: A Changed Washington and a Terrible Toll on America
The White House, Congress, the military and the intelligence agencies see the war as a lesson in failed policymaking, one deeply absorbed if not thoroughly learned.
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Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable
An unexpected decline in the price of an essential battery material, along with those of other commodities, is good news for buyers. But experts disagree on how long low prices will last.