Democracy Dies in Darkness

Washington, DC
Joined March 2007
Column: As a champion track runner and bobsledder, Lauryn Williams earned money from endorsements and races, but a string of bad financial decisions kept her from preserving and growing her wealth. Part of this came from trusting bad financial advisers. wapo.st/4Bv4moE
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The parents of Alex Pretti, who was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, say the Justice Department is refusing to turn over evidence to state and local officials. “Do your job and stop shielding Alex’s killers,” his father said. wapo.st/4i791FU
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Financial infidelity generally refers to lying about money or deliberately hiding financial decisions from your partner. But this kind of betrayal is so hard to identify and repair, research shows, because there’s no universally agreed-upon definition. wapo.st/4yA8MYE
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Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport has felt like a campaign rally as flight after flight brings expat Israelis returning to vote. Some 67,000 internationally based Israelis were estimated to have arrived, according to a U.S.-based get-out-the-vote program. wapo.st/47P6mL1
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Breaking news: A grand jury rejected the DOJ’s attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for the account she gave lawmakers of President Trump’s actions during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter. wapo.st/4jFAkbz
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A search is underway for a convicted murderer who escaped a Tennessee state prison and stole a truck, authorities said. The man “breached the perimeter fence and exited the facility” in his prison uniform, the Tennessee Department of Correction said. wapo.st/3WtV38w
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed that modern Arab Muslims don’t produce science and literature as they once did or win prestigious prizes, sparking backlash. Experts in Arab studies blasted the remarks as steeped in ignorance. wapo.st/4ic3wWA
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The FDA rarely inspects the foreign facilities exporting the vast majority of fresh produce to the United States, a Post investigation has found, creating a major blind spot when it comes to U.S. food safety. wapo.st/3WtzuF6
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“The One About Matthew Perry,” which arrived on Netflix Tuesday, follows Perry’s life as he swung between career highs and stints in rehab facilities. The cast of “Friends” decided not to participate in the series. Here’s what to know: wapo.st/4kj7zBx
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Six in 10 families can’t afford the basic cost of living in the battleground districts that will determine which party controls the House, a Post analysis has found. wapo.st/4srxgSt
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For the first time in more than a decade, polls show that voters trust Democrats more on the economy — the issue they say they care about most. But how has the economy really changed under President Trump? We take a look in 13 charts: wapo.st/47Nk9lg
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Recent Brazilian presidential aspirant Flávio Bolsonaro missed a Tuesday morning deadline to surrender his passports. Unconfirmed reports in the Argentine press indicated that Bolsonaro had crossed the border with the intent of flying to the U.S. wapo.st/4ik5XVP
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Procrastinating occasionally might not seem like a big deal. But it can add unnecessary stress and turn manageable to-dos into last-minute scrambles. Breaking the pattern starts with recognizing some of the traps. Can you spot them? Take our quiz: wapo.st/48k5f68
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The Best Illusion of the Year Contest, sponsored by the Museum of Illusions, revealed some of its top contenders. See this year’s winning optical illusions and learn how they make the brain perceive things that are not reality: wapo.st/4ifP3aI
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Today's election in Israel, the first since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, is widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As of 2 p.m., turnout was the highest since 1973, its central elections commission said. wapo.st/4iGMRu9
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Breaking news: Nineteen superbugs that cause an estimated 9.7 million infections and 50,800 deaths in the United States each year have been identified, according to a comprehensive assessment of drug-resistant germs from the CDC. wapo.st/4eVyOyy
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President Trump and his allies are casting doubt on election legitimacy, alleging fraud and noncitizen voting, according to a Post analysis. Right-wing influencers are amplifying these claims. wapo.st/4yHp5Da
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