MLB will bar its players from Venezuelan Winter League amid economic embargoThe Washington Post - By Sam FortierMajor League Baseball will prevent its players, major leaguers and affiliated minor leaguers, from participating in the Venezuelan Winter League in accordance with President Trump’s recent executive order
Packers-Raiders game in Winnipeg played on 80-yard field due to ‘safety issue’ with turfThe Washington Post - By Mark MaskeThe Green Bay Packers and Oakland Raiders played their preseason game Thursday night in Winnipeg on a shortened field because of turf problems related to moving the goal posts from a Canadian Football
John Roberts said we need to rely on states to solve gerrymandering. That’s not going so well.The Washington Post - By Joshua A. DouglasJoshua A. Douglas is a law professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. He is the author of “Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting.” The Supreme Court in
The Trump economy: A chaotic response from a contradictory president - The Washington PostThe Washington Post - By Damian Paletta, Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey, Philip RuckerTop White House advisers notified President Trump earlier this month that some internal forecasts showed that the economy could slow markedly over the next year, stopping short of a recession but complicating
The ways we watchThe Washington Post - Story by Washington Post staff | Illustrations by Stephen Maurice GrahamThe age of streaming created weird TV habits. Which of these describes you? Having to watch a show when it airs? How adorably quaint. With the rise of streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Crunchyroll,
A court will decide if a sheriff’s deputy can be fired for refusing to work alone with a womanThe Washington Post - By Marisa IatiA former sheriff’s deputy has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired over objections to training a female employee alone, elevating a practice named after the late evangelical pastor Billy Graham from cultural
From TikTok smash to Billboard record-breaker: How ‘Old Town Road’ gamed the system and won the summerThe Washington Post - By Bethonie ButlerLate last year, a delightfully strange song began to make its way around the teen-favorite social app TikTok. Equal parts country twang and hip-hop bass, “Old Town Road” lent itself well to cowboy memes
European Central Bank considers stimulus options in response to slower growthThe Washington PostThe European Central Bank is weighing a broad package of stimulus measures including an interest-rate cut and new bond purchases to counter worries that economic growth is slowing more than expected amid
Can Taylor Swift really rerecord her entire music catalogue?The Washington Post - By Travis M. AndrewsSometime in the new year, Taylor Swift will belt out, “She wears short skirts/ I wear T-shirts/ She’s cheer captain/ And I’m on the bleachers.” She won’t be doing this in front of thousands of adoring
G-7 leaders must show China it will pay a price if it cracks down on Hong KongThe Washington Post - By Editorial BoardTHE STANDOFF between Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and China’s Communist rulers continues to escalate. Last Sunday, organizers estimated that 1.7 million people — or nearly a quarter of Hong Kong’s
Trump’s latest assault on migrant children definitely won’t flyThe Washington Post - By Editorial BoardTHE FIRST time the Trump administration attempted an end-run around a two-decades-old federal court decree that mandates humane treatment for immigrant children — and by extension, the practice of releasing
A plan to end gun violence from students who survived itThe Washington Post - By Editorial BoardAFTER LAST year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, it quickly became clear that students who had survived the horror weren’t willing to let their murdered classmates and teachers
CEOs don’t want to be blamed for inequality — or to do anything about itThe Washington Post - By Helaine OlenIt’s not the best of times for American CEOs. True, the Trump administration is a generous, if mercurial, benefactor. There’s the deficit-boosting tax cut, the one that showered its generosity on corporations
The Trump economy: A chaotic response from a contradictory president - The Washington PostThe Washington PostTop White House advisers notified President Trump earlier this month that some internal forecasts showed that the economy could slow markedly over the next year, stopping short of a recession but complicating
Trump’s tendency to double down on bad ideas doesn’t bode well for the economyThe Washington Post - By Catherine RampellThere are lots of reasons to worry about how President Trump would handle a recession, should we tip into one. There’s his incompetent economic team. Or the limited fiscal policy tools at his disposal,
The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm’s ties to ICE under attack by employeesThe Washington Post - By Douglas MacMillan, Elizabeth DwoskinAlex Karp faced a dilemma last year, when employees of the data-mining company Palantir confronted the chief executive with their concerns over a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to
‘It’s going to be tough’: House Democrats appear less likely to get Trump’s tax returns before 2020 electionThe Washington Post - Jeff Stein and Rachael Bade and Jacqueline AlemanyHouse Democrats appear increasingly unlikely to secure President Trump’s tax returns before the 2020 presidential election, according to interviews with legal experts and several lawmakers, as resistance
The Apple Card is a beautiful baby bird and should be handled as suchThe Washington PostTo keep the card white and smooth Apple suggests storing the card in a wallet, pocket or bag made of “soft materials.” If the card comes into contact with a substance that could stain it, the company wiping
Nationals make two roster moves to clear space for Max Scherzer and Brian DozierThe Washington Post - By Jesse DoughertyPITTSBURGH — Max Scherzer is off the injured list, finally, and Brian Dozier was activated off the paternity list Thursday afternoon. That created a need for two spots on the 25-man roster, and the Nationals
Speak up, April Ryan. Speak up, CNN.The Washington Post - By Erik WempleEver since she joined CNN in 2017, April Ryan has distinguished herself as a vociferous and resilient advocate for press freedom. After the White House stripped CNN’s Jim Acosta of his credentials, for
KIPP charter school co-founder sues after being fired for alleged sexual misconductThe Washington Post - By Valerie StraussA founder of the KIPP charter school network who was fired in 2018 after being accused of sexual misconduct is suing the organization, saying the allegations were false and that his career and reputation
A police officer says he ‘blacked out’ and fired his gun. Prosecutors say he killed his estranged wife.The Washington Post - By Kayla EpsteinSometime after 11 p.m. on July 14, Newark police officer Lt. John Formisano went to the house he had shared with his since-estranged wife to drop off a pair of glasses for one of their children, he would
A cop says he ‘blacked out’ and fired his gun. Prosecutors say he killed his estranged wife.The Washington Post - By Kayla EpsteinSometime after 11 p.m. on July 14, Newark police officer Lt. John Formisano went to the house he had shared with his since-estranged wife to drop off a pair of glasses for one of their children, he would
World Digest: Aug. 22, 2019The Washington PostNo Rohingya Muslims staying in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh turned up for a planned repatriation to Myanmar on Thursday because they want to be guaranteed safety and citizenship first, officials
If Trump wants to invite Russia to the G-7, he needs to set some boundariesThe Washington Post - By David IgnatiusAs the Group of Seven prepares to gather this weekend in Biarritz, France, President Trump has expressed hope for the return of Russia, the missing guest at the table. But any consideration of this issue
A new high school will have sleek classrooms — and places to hide from a mass shooterThe Washington Post - By Alex HortonEngineers in World War I dug through the earth to build serpentine trenches borne from horrifically clear logic. If enemy soldiers ever breached it, the zigzagging pattern would prevent them from shooting
Anxiety ‘We are so much stronger than we may realize’: This is how I experience anxietythelily.com - Faith Myles Anxiety Chronicles is a series from The Lily that examines the journeys different women have with anxiety. This week, we hear from Faith Myles, a …
Yes, the Taliban has changed — it’s gotten much better at PRThe Washington Post - By Tanya GoudsouzianTanya Goudsouzian, currently with TRT World in Istanbul, is a Canadian journalist who has covered Iraq and Afghanistan for more than 15 years. The United States is seeking peace with the Taliban. Negotiations
Curveballs, once considered too risky for young arms, rule at the Little League World SeriesThe Washington Post - By Jacob BogageSOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — For the two biggest outs of his team’s Little League World Series run, Louisiana Manager Scott Frazier called for his 12-year-old pitcher’s new curveball. Conner Perrot learned
Happy Hour RoundupThe Washington Post - By Greg Sargent* Via Jeff Stein, Rachael Bade, and Jacqueline Alemany, this is terrible news, and a serious failure on the part of Democrats: House Democrats appear increasingly unlikely to secure President Trump’s returns
