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12-06
07:13

Please, Go On: VP Kamala Harris on women in the workplace

In the inaugural edition of "Please, Go On," Post columnist James Hohmann speaks with Vice President Harris about the exodus of women from the workforce during the pandemic.

06-11
19:53

Introducing ‘Please, Go On’

Washington Post columnist James Hohmann sits down with the author of a compelling op-ed from The Post’s Opinions section. “Please, Go On” features marquee names and everyday people with original perspectives. New episodes Fridays. Launching June 11.

06-04
02:46

Infrastructure plan calls for $80 billion for rail. It could transform passenger service.

Plus, coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them, and Women’s sports can do at least one thing men’s can’t, experts say: get bigger.

04-02
11:24

Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing

Plus, Georgia sports teams and major companies such as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines condemn new state voting law, and the EPA dismisses dozens of key science advisers picked under Trump.

04-01
12:56

Biden’s infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins

Plus, ‘I stay up nights apologizing to George Floyd,’ says teen who documented his death for the world, and Gretchen Whitmer asks White House to surge vaccines to virus hot spots as cases climb.

03-31
10:28

Emotional first day of testimony at Derek Chauvin murder trial

Plus, the White House dramatically increased tax proposal as it sought to address tensions over next big spending plan, and the CDC confirms Pfizer, Moderna vaccines are 90% effective after two doses in study of real-life conditions.

03-30
12:36

‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy

Plus, Senators see a possibility of bipartisan support for gun background checks in the wake of mass shootings, and the next phase of crisis at the border.

03-29
14:06

Biden holds his first press conference

Plus, Georgia’s governor signs into law a sweeping voting reform bill, and multiple Republican senate candidates gear up for the 2022 elections.

03-26
06:56

At White House, Megan Rapinoe says she’s been ‘disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman’

Plus, the White House considers extending a federal ban on evictions, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s family were given special access to COVID testing.

03-25
06:45

Shootings spur Biden to call for tighter gun rules

Plus, the Senate confirms Vivek H. Murthy as surgeon general, and North Korea fires short-range missiles in challenge to Biden administration.

03-24
07:15

White House prepares massive infrastructure bill

Plus, AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is confirmed to lead Labor Department.

03-23
06:41

Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge

Plus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, and, the accused gunman in the Atlanta shootings gets expelled from his church.

03-22
09:25

Biden will send Mexico surplus vaccine, as U.S. seeks help on immigration enforcement

Plus, the Senate confirms William Burns as next director of the CIA, and Donald Trump faces an onslaught of legal problems, as investigations and dozens of lawsuits trail him from Washington to Florida.

03-19
05:09

Suspect charged with eight counts of murder in killings at Atlanta-area spas

Plus, the IRS to push the filing deadline for 2020 taxes to mid-May, and Ohio attorney general sues Biden administration over the stimulus package.

03-18
05:58

Putin targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says

Plus, House Democrats bring back Medicare-for-all, seeking to push Biden left, and Israeli archaeologists discover new Dead Sea Scrolls for first time in 60 years.

03-17
05:39

Biden faces growing political threat from border upheaval

Plus, four of Europe’s largest countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations; safety agency says blood clot incidence is low. And Derek Chauvin’s attorney asks for continuance and change of venue in George Floyd case.

03-16
05:36

New York’s vaccine czar called county officials to gauge their loyalty to Cuomo

Plus, President Biden’s push for equity in education faces a critical test, and, where we stand on the Iran Nuclear Deal.

03-15
08:41

Companies are scaling back layoffs because of Biden’s stimulus package

Plus, DOJ seeks to build large conspiracy case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 riot, and, amid criticism for human rights abuses, China offers vaccine doses for all Olympic athletes.

03-12
07:10

Congress adopts $1.9 trillion stimulus, securing first major win for Biden

Plus, the leaked U.S. plan to end the war in Afghanistan, and China and Russia to open moon base.

03-11
06:25

nme

seriously all I can picture is the Penguin & cronies on Gotham City Hall's steps. 🤢

01-06 Reply

nme

trump is "re-paying" his debtors by opening up protected lands to ceo's who've paid to play..he has only a small window of time left in office but how much more destruction will he cause in his rape of all that is good & decent??

10-29 Reply

nme

unfucking real...this is what happens when rogue leaders (trump & putin) are allowed to go unchecked [D DOS attacks on US hospitals by Russian speaking actors]

10-29 Reply

nme

thats all you have to do with this guy, is to verbally and i am sure at times quite literally, suck him off...as soon as "your excellence" hit trumps' ears, kim could do no wrong in his eyes...mean while a literal shell game with nuclear weapons and a far more dangerous planet..wtf?!

10-01 Reply

nme

protect human rights not monuments

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