The Washington Post3 hours agoA Reagan official went rogue on AIDS by teaching Americans the truthverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Alexandra M. LordThirty-five years ago, Americans opened their mailboxes during the HIV-AIDS epidemic to discover a sealed package from the U.S. government. The mass mailing came whether they wanted it or not, and it came with a warning: “some of the issues involved in this brochure may not be things you are used …
The Washington Post4 hours agoPhiladelphia’s slumping voter turnout worries Democrats ahead of 2024verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Anthony Rivera, Colby ItkowitzPHILADELPHIA — This historic city has long fueled Democratic victories in Pennsylvania, helping candidates for president, governor and U.S. Senate run up huge margins to offset Republican advantages across most of the state. But more recently, the once strong election engagement by Philadelphia’s …
The Washington Post15 hours agoGOP hopefuls, with Trump notably absent, mingle at Iowa eventverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Marianne LeVine, Dylan WellsDES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential hopefuls kicked off the summer months of campaigning at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, offering alternative pitches for their candidacies as they declined to mention Donald Trump, their party’s current polling leader, by name. Eight candidates or …
The Washington Post15 hours agoThomas Buergenthal, Holocaust survivor who shaped global rights law, dies at 89verified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Brian MurphyThomas Buergenthal, an international law jurist and human rights defender who witnessed the horrors of Nazi concentration camps as a boy, and oversaw cases that included restoring assets to Holocaust survivors and probing atrocities in Central America by U.S.-backed governments, died May 29 at his …
The Washington Post18 hours agoTennessee drag ban is unconstitutional, federal judge rulesverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Caroline AndersA federal judge struck down a first-of-its-kind Tennessee law that banned drag shows in public or where children could watch them, writing that the unconstitutional measure was passed “for the impermissible purpose of chilling constitutionally-protected speech.” In his ruling issued Friday, U.S. …
The Washington Post18 hours agoDeSantis on the trail: Combative with critics, not yet cozy with votersverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Hannah Knowles, Colby Itkowitz, Dylan WellsGILBERT, S.C. — Ron DeSantis shouted back when a woman interrupted his speech to call him a “fascist,” jabbing his finger and likening his heckler to the “people we beat every single day on policy” in Florida. The crowd roared in approval. “We do not let them win. We win all these battles,” he …
