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The Washington Post5 hours agoSaudi Arabia wants America’s nuclear trust. Remember Jamal Khashoggi.The Washington Post - Editorial BoardThe regime tried to cover up its assassination of a Post columnist eight years ago. Don’t believe it wants a peaceful nuclear program. There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of the Trump administration’s civilian nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia, which is now before Congress for …
The Washington Post5 hours agoThe good, bad and dangerous in Hegseth’s Pentagon overhaulThe Washington Post - David IgnatiusThe Trump team’s modern-day Jacobins are coming for the officer corps. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is at war. The enemy, for better or worse, is the U.S. military leadership and its traditional structure for promotions, training and procurement. Hegseth announced his latest assault in a speech …
The Washington Post5 hours agoMost of today’s higher prices are Biden-era inflationThe Washington Post - Marc A. ThiessenCrime is down, the economy is strong, and voters are unhappy. Before the 2022 midterms, Americans were facing the worst inflation in 40 years, a collapse in real wages, the highest murder rate since the 1990s and the worst border crisis in U.S. history. Yet, despite these headwinds, Joe Biden got …
The Washington Post5 hours agoHow to speak out when someone uses a slurThe Washington Post - Letters to the EditorPlus: Golden Dome, cancer tests and more, in readers' eyes. The Sept. 30 online Miss Manners column, “Miss Manners: He said something offensive. I froze,” gave advice to a reader who heard someone repeatedly use the “r” word. Miss Manners’s response surprised me. The reader wasn’t asking how to …
The Washington Post8 hours agoWhy don’t more women know about fallopian tube removal?The Washington Post - Leana S. WenAnswering reader questions about the procedure to prevent ovarian cancer. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health challenges. Click here to get the full newsletter in your inbox, including answers to reader questions and a summary of new …
The Washington Post12 hours ago‘Lethality and readiness’ have always been coolThe Washington Post - John TeichertPete Hegseth takes Pentagon policies to the next level in distracting the military from effective warfighting. John Teichert, a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force, served as commander of Joint Base Andrews and Edwards Air Force Base. A few weeks ago, I donned my old Air Force uniform and …
The Washington Post15 hours agoWhere did all the big-screen comedies go?The Washington Post - Will LeitchHow horror movies became the funniest thing in movie theaters. You’re reading Fanfare With Will Leitch, a newsletter on the cultural moments capturing America’s attention. Click here to get the full edition in your inbox, including bonus musings on trends and recommendations for the weekend. We live …
The Washington Post16 hours agoWhy these UChicago core classes are going analogThe Washington Post - Jenny TrinitapoliAI and laptops threatened to short-circuit our seminars. So we set some ground rules. Jenny Trinitapoli is a professor of sociology and master of the Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago. My colleagues and I think of the seminar as a garden — a space to nurture and protect. …
The Washington Post16 hours agoA surprising political pair in Arizona could be a harbinger of what’s to comeThe Washington Post - Samara Klar, Jennifer WolakPolarization doesn’t need to be America’s default. Samara Klar, a professor of political science at the University of Arizona, is the co-author of “Partisan Hostility and American Democracy: Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter.” Jennifer Wolak, a professor of political science at …
The Washington Post16 hours agoMamdani wrong-foots conservatives with 70,000 free ticketsThe Washington Post - Damian ThompsonLet’s not pretend that the move will save classical music, but it shows the New York mayor’s savvy. Damian Thompson is an associate editor of the Spectator and a contributor to UnHerd, from which this article was adapted. Last week Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s left-wing mayor, astonished his …
The Washington Post16 hours agoBill patients for emailing? This could backfire.The Washington Post - Ishani GanguliCharging for messages undermines the benefits of primary care. Ishani Ganguli is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The messages ping into my inbox at all hours. “Should I increase my antidepressant dose?” one of my patients wonders. “Could you write a letter to keep my hot …