Judge pauses the Onion’s takeover of Infowars over auction concerns
The Onion had the winning bid in the Infowars bankruptcy auction. A judge said the sale is on hold while he reviews the ...
Relief from higher rates is uncertain, as Fed signals slower move on cuts
Fed watchers see a greater chance the central bank may skip a rate cut at its last meeting of the year in December.
D.C. will see weather roller coaster as blasts of cold air loom
Expect big temperature swings over the next two weeks, with both abnormal warmth and a penetrating chill at times.
Military horse drenched in blood as it ran through London returns to duty
A white military horse that galloped through central London drenched in blood this spring after bolting with other horses from routine exercises has returned home after more than six months of recover ...
Speaker Johnson moves to block release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz
The House speaker will “strongly” urge his GOP ethics chair to shutter investigation without letting the Senate see files.
W-hoo’s tired, transition of power begins, and more of the week’s best photos
See 13 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.
In RFK Jr., drugmakers face an antagonist with regulatory power
Anxious and bewildered, some drugmakers are reaching out to their lobbyists about how Robert Kennedy’s pending nomination ...
Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth was investigated for alleged sexual assault
Trump’s pick for secretary of defense was investigated in a 2017 incident in California, Monterey police said. Hegseth’s ...
‘Dune: Prophecy’ warns us about charismatic leaders and killer AI
The HBO prequel fills in the vast universe of “Dune”— but has our own galaxy in mind, too.
Oklahoma school district cited for indifference to students’ civil rights
In an agreement with federal investigators, Owasso school officials promise to address instances of discrimination and ...
There’s a difference between remodeling and a wrecking ball
Donald Trump tapped into a fury at how American systems operate. His solution, though, is not what might be called nuanced.
‘Welcome back’ to an ‘existential threat’
President Joe Biden was in the Oval Office on Wednesday, speaking to Donald Trump — a man he’d referred to as an “existential ...