The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsMontréal After the Expos-to-D.C. heartbreak, I’m wary of Tampa Bay loveThe Washington Post - By Stu CowanStu Cowan is a sports columnist with the Montreal Gazette. That’s what we called the Expos in Montreal — our loves. But the baseball team we loved so much never seemed to love us back the same way, breaking
The Washington Postadded this to SportsRafael Nadal Rafael Nadal is world No. 2 but Wimbledon No. 3. Say what?The Washington Post - By Cindy BorenThe seedings for Wimbledon went just as Rafael Nadal expected. The 12-time French Open champion, No. 2 in the world rankings, has been seeded third behind Novak Djokovic, the world’s No. 1 ranked player
The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsElizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren’s challenges tonightThe Washington Post - By Jennifer RubinWe will find out soon enough whether Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is disadvantaged by appearing on a debate night without other top contenders, or advantaged. She’ll be literally front and center tonight;
The Washington Postadded this to PoliticsRobert Mueller Why do Democrats want to talk to Mueller if they know he won’t talk much?The Washington Post - By Amber PhillipsIt’s a big win for House Democrats — or is it? They have issued a subpoena to force former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to testify in July before two committees, and in front of cameras. Mueller
The Washington Postadded this to EntertainmentJ.R.R. Tolkien Before Tolkien created hobbits, there were Snergs. And oh, how delightful they were!The Washington Post - By Michael DirdaSuppose you were to mash up three of the greatest of all children’s fantasies: J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and T.H. White’s “The Sword in the Stone.” This may be hard to imagine,
The Washington Postadded this to PoliticsDemocratic National Committee Howard Dean says Democrats will lose if they have ‘two old white guys’ on 2020 presidential ticketThe Washington Post - By Felicia SonmezFormer Vermont governor Howard Dean said Wednesday that Democrats won’t win the White House if they nominate two older white men to be president and vice president in 2020, echoing calls by other prominent
The Washington Postadded this to By The Way TravelTSA Chrissy Teigen brought gravy through TSA and exposed a weird loopholeThe Washington Post - By Natalie B. ComptonIt can be difficult to navigate the murky waters of TSA’s carry-on rules. They’re so murky, you could compare them to something like — oh, I don’t know — gravy? My point is, the rules can be unclear. afternoon,
The Washington Postadded this to WorldNews Captain of ship with 42 rescued migrants defies Italy’s orders and heads toward portThe Washington Post - By Chico HarlanROME — The boat, with 42 rescued migrants aboard, had been in limbo for two weeks, stuck in the Mediterranean and closed off from Europe. No country had stepped forward to accept the vessel. And Italy
The Washington Postadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Supreme Court rules in favor of federal agency expertise on ambiguous regulationsThe Washington Post - By Robert Barnes, Ann E. MarimowThe Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a long-standing precedent that says judges should generally defer to a federal agency’s expertise when ambiguous regulations are challenged. But the court’s conservatives,
The Washington Postadded this to The Mueller report: The LatestRobert Mueller Mueller to testify to Congress in open session about his investigationThe Washington Post - By Rachael Bade, Matt Zapotosky, Karoun DemirjianFormer special counsel Robert S. Mueller III will testify to Congress in a public session next month about his investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and possible obstruction
The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsDemocratic Party Reporters want to seem neutral. That’s impossible in political debate coverage.The Washington Post - By David BylerOn Wednesday and Thursday, political journalists will face one of their biggest challenges of the 2020 cycle so far: how to cover the first Democratic primary debates. Twenty different candidates will
The Washington Postadded this to SportsNew York Yankees Stonewall Inn takes its place among Yankees greats at Monument ParkThe Washington Post - By Matt BonesteelFifty years ago Friday, an NYPD raid on a speakeasy-style gay bar called the Stonewall Inn sparked both a riot and a movement, as LGBTQ people seized on the moment to press for equal rights. On Tuesday,
The Washington Postadded this to LifestyleLifestyle These reality TV newcomers thought they were ready for fame. Then social media turned vicious.The Washington Post - By Emily YahrAfter being sequestered for nearly three months while competing on CBS’s “Big Brother” in summer 2007, Daniele Briones got a warning from producers after the finale was broadcast. “They were like, ‘Don’t
The Washington Postadded this to SportsSports Justin Robinson’s name wasn’t called in the NBA draft but he sees opportunity with WizardsThe Washington Post - By Candace BucknerLike any good point guard, Washington Wizards’ incoming rookie Justin Robinson has a certain foresight. He could see plays develop at a quicker pace than any other point guard in the history of Virginia
The Washington Postadded this to WorldIran Iran’s supreme leader vows to resist new sanctions, rejects negotiations with U.S.The Washington Post - By William BraniginIran’s supreme leader vowed Wednesday to resist new U.S. sanctions and again rejected any negotiations with Washington, as the country’s atomic energy agency said it would accelerate its uranium-enrichment
The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsRobert Mueller Mueller is going to testify before Congress. Which questions will he answer?The Washington Post - By Harry LitmanIt tells you a lot about what to expect from former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on July 17 that Mueller agreed to appear in
The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsC-Bo No Republican gets to ask how much a Democratic spending plan costsThe Washington Post - By Jennifer RubinAs Democratic presidential candidates have rolled out one domestic spending plan after another, Republicans and their right-wing media chamber have sneered: How 'ya going to pay for it? Given what we know
The Washington Postadded this to Post Editors' PicksKellyanne Conway House panel votes to authorize subpoena for White House’s Conway after she fails to show for hearingThe Washington Post - By Rachael BadeA House committee voted Wednesday to authorize a subpoena for White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after she failed to show for a hearing on a government watchdog’s findings that she broke the law dozens
The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsRobert Mueller How Mueller’s testimony could expose one of Trump’s biggest crimesThe Washington Post - By Greg SargentNow that Robert S. Mueller III has agreed to testify before Congress, some commentators are rushing to declare that “expectations” could be dashed. And some Democrats are also downplaying expectations,
The Washington Postadded this to BusinessBusiness San Francisco bans e-cigarette sales to curb teenage vapingThe Washington Post - By Rachel SiegelSan Francisco became the first major U.S. city to ban e-cigarette sales, putting itself at the center of a public health debate amid the rise of teenage vaping — even as the industry’s leading e-cig brand
The Washington Postadded this to By The Way TravelAirlines No, you won’t have a standing seat on an airplane anytime soonThe Washington Post - By Hannah SampsonLike a monster in a horror film, the idea of "standing seats” on airplanes keeps coming back to life. Most recently, the concept popped back up last week when the Italian airline seat manufacturer Aviointeriors
The Washington Postadded this to By The Way TravelFlaxseed How a touring actress in ‘Hello, Dolly!’ packs for everythingThe Washington Post - By The Way StaffThe national tour of “Hello, Dolly!” rolled into the Kennedy Center early this month and will stay in Washington through July 7. Along with the sets, props and costumes, the production transports one for
The Washington Postadded this to Post Editors' PicksAging The best books to read at every age, from 1 to 100The Washington Post - By Book World Staff | Photos by Marvin JosephBooks are a portal to our personal histories. Pick up a worn copy of a childhood favorite and you might be transported to the warmth of a parent’s arms or a beanbag chair in a first-grade classroom or
The Washington Postadded this to WorldKremlin Kremlin confirms Putin-Trump meeting at G-20 summitThe Washington Post - By Anton TroianovskiMOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump plan to meet for at least an hour on the sidelines of this week’s Group of 20 summit in Japan, a Kremlin official said Wednesday, confirming
The Washington Postadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics As he heads to Japan, Trump complains of lopsided military obligationsThe Washington Post - By John WagnerHours before departing for Japan on Thursday for a gathering of global leaders, President Trump complained about what he characterized as lopsided military obligations between the two countries. “If Japan
The Washington Postadded this to WorldWorld News The father and daughter who drowned at the border dove into the river in desperationThe Washington Post - By Alex Horton, Reis ThebaultValeria is much shorter than her father. But face down in a muddy Rio Grande riverbank, her head is level with his, and her thin arm wraps around his neck as if they embraced one last time as they drowned.
The Washington Postadded this to Post Editors' PicksPlay buttonWaymo Florida’s latest oddity: Semi trucks with nobody inside themThe Washington Post - By Peter HolleyAt first glance, the 18-wheeler, white with green lettering crawling down its side, looked like any other heavy-duty truck on the road. The vehicle merged onto the busy Florida Turnpike outside Tampa this
The Washington Postadded this to SportsMegan Rapinoe Trump invites USWNT to White House after Megan Rapinoe says she’s ‘not going’The Washington Post - By Cindy BorenPresident Trump has a message for Megan Rapinoe, the co-captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team and a fierce critic of his administration, tweeting that “Megan should WIN first before she TALKS!
The Washington Postadded this to WorldKremlin Trump will meet with Putin for an hour in Japan on Friday, the Kremlin saysThe Washington Post - By Washington Post StaffPresident Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for an hour of talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday, a Kremlin aide told reporters Wednesday. The Yury
The Washington Postadded this to WorldMike Pompeo Pompeo praises U.S. India ties, but deep divisions remainThe Washington Post - By Carol Morello andNEW DELHI — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with India’s top leadership Wednesday, but despite displays of amity, they apparently failed to resolve any of a growing number of differences between the
