World News Federal appeals court says tire-chalking by parking enforcement officers is unconstitutionalThe Washington Post - By Fred BarbashThe age-old parking enforcement practice of tire-chalking is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, saying it violated the Fourth Amendment’s bar on unreasonable searches. The U.S. Court
Justin Fairfax Fairfax reaps $50,000 donation and looks ahead to two fundraisersThe Washington Post - By Laura VozzellaRICHMOND — On the day Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax filed a campaign finance report showing he hadn’t raised a cent since two women publicly accused him of sexual assault, the embattled Democrat got a quick
Virginia Cavaliers Kyle Guy says he will remain in NBA draft and not return to Virginia for senior seasonThe Washington Post - By Gene WangVirginia guard Kyle Guy announced via social media Monday he is fully committed to remaining in the NBA draft pool and won’t be coming back for his senior year, thus ensuring the Cavaliers will be without
Washington State National Digest: ‘Human composting’ bill set to become law in Washington stateThe Washington PostWashington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as “natural organic reduction” — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks. The
Sean Hannity Why did Sean Hannity suppress the Trump Tower story?The Washington Post - Media criticThe New York Times published a big scoop on July 8, 2017: “Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign.” The story, written by Jo Becker, Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, provided initial
Business Existing-home sales dropped in MarchThe Washington PostSales of existing U.S. homes fell in March after a huge gain the previous month, held back partly by a sharp slowdown among the most expensive properties. The National Association of Realtors said Monday
Broward County After Parkland killings, Broward County vowed to police aggressively. Then a deputy punched a teen.The Washington Post - By Alex HortonIt was Thursday at a suburban town plaza in Tamarac, Fla., about six miles and 14 months removed from the high school massacre in Parkland, when the consequences of those killings boomeranged in an unexpected
Julian Assange The Mueller report confirms it: Assange is not a whistleblower or a journalistThe Washington Post - By Allison StangerAllison Stanger is a professor of international politics and economics at Middlebury College and the author of “Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump.” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Robert Mueller Adam Schiff: Congress must ensure that Trump is working for the American people — not foreign interestsThe Washington Post - By Adam B. SchiffSpecial counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report chronicles a “sweeping and systematic” Russian effort to interfere in the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump. It details a damning web of contacts between
Opinion Happy Hour RoundupThe Washington Post - By Paul Waldman* Boom goes the subpoena cannon: The Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Monday ordering former White House counsel Donald McGahn to testify before the panel next month
U.S. Politics Racist video prompts calls for Virginia legislative hopeful to quitThe Washington Post - By Antonio OlivoA political newcomer seeking to oust Del. Luke E. Torian in Virginia’s June 11 Democratic primary is facing calls to end his candidacy over a racist video he posted to Facebook last fall. Kevin M. Wade,
Opinion Democrats must seize and define this moment. Otherwise, Trump will.The Washington Post - By Eugene RobinsonThe constitutional case for impeaching President Trump was best made two decades ago by one of his most servile Republican enablers, Lindsey O. Graham, now the senior senator from South Carolina: “You
Opinion The more we excavate our racist past, the more perspective we needThe Washington Post - By Richard CohenThe Yankees have cut Kate Smith. She was once an immensely popular singer who premiered “God Bless America” on her radio show in 1938. The song quickly became iconic and, after the terrorist attacks of
Iran World Digest: April 22, 2019The Washington PostA self-styled army from eastern Libya slowed its push into the capital over concerns for civilians caught up in the violence, as the U.N. refugee agency said Monday that the fighting for Tripoli has displaced
Opinion House leaders should lay the groundwork for impeachmentThe Washington Post - By Michael GersonPolitics is an odd profession. Usually it involves the posturing inherent to partisanship and the self-abasement of endless fundraising. But, occasionally, it entails the most solemn duties of self-government
Trump Administration If there’s a demand for public housing, why not increase supply?The Washington Post - By Letters to the EditorAccording to the April 19 news article “HUD proposal targets undocumented immigrants for eviction,” the Trump administration’s response to “overwhelming demand” for affordable public housing is not to
Democracy A requirement that preserves our democracyThe Washington Post - By Letters to the EditorAs a direct beneficiary of the California 1961 “American Institutions” requirement, I was saddened by the news from Max Boot, noted in his April 18 Thursday Opinion column, “California is dumbing down
Japan Japan’s whaling is sustainable and responsibleThe Washington Post - By Letters to the EditorThe April 7 front-page article “Whaling’s back, but there’s a catch” pointed out that Japan will conduct whaling under standards set by the International Whaling Commission and in an environmentally responsible
Opinion Want to cut criminality in prisons? Install cellphone blockers.The Washington Post - By Letters to the EditorRegarding the April 17 Metro article “Prison workers, inmates are indicted in alleged corruption ring in Jessup”: As a former corrections officer, I was deeply troubled to see six corrections employees
Sarah Sanders What to do about Sarah Sanders? White House reporters have a few ideas.The Washington Post - By Paul FarhiReporters have long approached White House press secretary Sarah Sanders with a trust-but-verify attitude, knowing full well that Sanders is tasked with spinning some of the more unspinnable statements
The White House House Democrats issue subpoena for former White House lawyer McGahnThe Washington Post - By Karoun DemirjianThe Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Monday ordering former White House counsel Donald McGahn to testify before the panel next month and hand over documents and records
U.S. Politics Trump Fed pick under fire for writing that women should not be allowed to be men’s sports referees — unless they’re good-lookingThe Washington Post - By Felicia SonmezStephen Moore, one of President Trump's planned nominees for the Federal Reserve Board, wrote columns decrying the “feminization of basketball,” denouncing co-ed sports and arguing that women should be
Sports With NFL draft near, Doug Williams says Redskins are unlikely to trade up in first roundThe Washington Post - By Kareem CopelandDoug Williams was vague in his answers to reporters during a news conference Monday, but that was to be expected. Like most executives around the NFL this time of year, Williams, the Redskins’ vice president
Opinion Trump’s self-defeating plan to end aid to Central AmericaThe Washington PostOver the past two years, President Trump has put in place a long list of increasingly punitive measures from the nativist playbook to discourage immigration — both legal and illegal — into the United The
Lego At Washington National Cathedral, another church is rising — out of 500,000 LegosThe Washington Post - By Marylou TousignantWhen Charles E. Fulcher Jr., director of visitor programs at Washington National Cathedral, traveled to Durham, England, a few years ago, he wanted to see that city’s centuries-old cathedral. But more
World News Egyptians get food parcels and free rides to keep President Sissi in power longerThe Washington Post - By Sudarsan RaghavanCAIRO — In an effort to increase voter turnout, Egyptians were handed food parcels and free rides, and in some cases were ordered to vote in favor of constitutional changes to prolong President Abdel al-Sissi’s
Robert Mueller The method of Mueller: Inside the special counsel’s investigationThe Washington PostA deeper look at the Mueller report A redacted version of the special counsel’s report was released Thursday, and there’s still a lot to be learned about the methods Robert Mueller used to investigate
Trump Administration What are the crimes Trump says his opponents committed — and who committed them?The Washington Post - By Philip BumpPresident Trump seizes on political slogans with the casual ease of a college bro trying on shirts before hitting a nightclub on the Jersey Shore. He tries them on, sees how they work and leaves a number
Opinion Why are you running for president?The Washington Post - By Paul WaldmanIn late 1979, as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) was preparing a primary challenge to President Jimmy Carter, he sat for an interview with Roger Mudd of CBS News. “Why do you want to be president?” Mudd
T. J. Oshie Ryan Kerrigan explains why chugging a beer like T.J. Oshie is harder than it looksThe Washington Post - By Scott AllenWhen the Capitals asked Ryan Kerrigan last week to appear on the video board and fire up the crowd at Capital One Arena before Game 5 on Saturday, the Redskins linebacker began thinking of a way to whip
