As Social Security fund runs dry, some Republicans say it’s time to raise taxes
Raising the payroll tax is emerging as a popular fix — even in the anti-tax GOP — to fend off deep cuts in retirement…
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‘Nannies for Millionaires’? This state’s free child care program had a rocky start.
A year into New Mexico’s first-in-the-nation universal child care experiment, demand is outpacing slots and costs are…
Read at source →Ding! Ding! Ding! The long, strange fight over your car’s seat-belt chime.
The reminders can annoy, but they also save lives. So why have regulators taken years to tighten rules for new vehicles?
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Join siguimi.com →Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport, killing five people
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue workers who arrived at the scene found flames and smoke coming from the aircraft, which hit…
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This is the big warning sign in the bond markets. It’s not just a U.S. problem.
Climbing borrowing costs have become a headache for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. But the United States is not the…
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The photographer who created magical worlds with dolls, and other lives we’ve lost
A mom who started a new career in her 40s. An uncle who was moved to tears by an eclipse. Intimate obituaries, in 150…
Read at source →He raged against the American Dream. His audience wanted more.
A young father lost faith in his country’s defining idea and began to share his frustrations on social media.
Read at source →The Post watched state troopers carrying out Trump’s immigration crackdown. Here’s what we saw.
ICE is relying on local officers to help make arrests. The Washington Post observed Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers…
Read at source →These bystanders lifted a car to save a woman who was trapped underneath
A group of people rescued a bike rider after she was hit by a Volkswagen Beetle at an intersection.
Read at source →Once an outlaw, a moonshiner reckons with a changing craft
In Virginia’s Franklin County, Henry Law made the switch from illicit moonshine production to commercial sales.…
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Her work was key to a landmark experiment. She was credited in a footnote.
Mary Tsingou Menzel, who has died at 97, played a central role in a Los Alamos physics experiment. A half-century…
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What happens to Lindsay Clancy now? Here’s what to know after mistrial.
The mistrial in the case of the 36-year-old Massachusetts mother who admitted to killing her three children sets up the…
Read at source →In boost to GOP, Supreme Court says parties should get lower TV ad rates
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that political parties should get discounted TV ad rates when they coordinate spending…
Read at source →Infant died of measles in Pennsylvania, coroner confirms
The 6-week-old died Aug. 18 at home, after being in palliative care at home soon after birth, Lancaster County coroner…
Read at source →Here’s why wages are falling behind inflation, an economic warning sign
Inflation beat out wage growth again in August, which feels like 2023.
Read at source →Lindsay Clancy murder trial ends in mistrial despite dramatic appeal from defense
Prosecutors must now decide whether they want to try the case again.
Read at source →Judge orders DOJ to disclose who conceived of now-defunct payout fund
The Trump administration dropped plans for a fund to compensate people who say they were unfairly prosecuted, but…
Read at source →The behind-the-scenes effort to contain the nation’s worst ongoing measles outbreak
Public health workers are relying on word-of-mouth immunization clinics to fight the state’s growing outbreak.
Read at source →Senators call for investigation into GI Bill trade schools, citing Post series
A bipartisan team of lawmakers is urging Veterans Affairs and the Justice Department to crack down on fraud in veterans…
Read at source →Lindsay Clancy’s attorney asks judge to remove a juror
The defense attorney said the juror “refuses” to follow the judge’s instructions.
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Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations. She oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and…
Read at source →College loans were late due to new federal rules. Students are paying the price.
Following a confusing rollout of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s loan changes, some students couldn’t pay bills over…
Read at source →The wrong people are paying off their mortgages
People with low interest rates should be holding on to their mortgages. Instead, they're accelerating their payments.
Read at source →Trump administration aims to strip schools’ tax exemption if they consider race
The Treasury Department and IRS proposal would apply to private schools and colleges.
Read at source →NYC approves $1 million to send eighth-graders to 9/11 memorial
City lawmakers want to make sure students know about the terrorist attacks.
Read at source →Judge blocks Trump’s latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship
The judge said the issue raised in Trump’s August executive order was settled by the Supreme Court, and “no…
Read at source →Gloria Steinem, lodestar of the modern women’s movement, dies at 92
"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices," she once said. "Either she's a feminist or a masochist."
Read at source →How the data center backlash is growing in U.S. statehouses
Legislation is being introduced at a record pace as growing public opposition to data centers drives more proposals to…
Read at source →The ‘Gen Z stare’ — and the decline of saying things out loud
We’re speaking fewer words every year. Scientists worry what that’s doing to our brains.
Read at source →Lindsay Clancy jury deadlocked for second consecutive day
Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman who killed her three children in 2023, told the judge…
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‘Friday the 13th’ screenwriter Victor Miller, creator of Jason Voorhees, dies at 86
The 1980 film kicked off a blood-splattered media franchise with nearly a dozen sequels. Mr. Miller worked on daytime…
Read at source →Fall vaccine guide: What to know about covid, flu and RSV shots this year
Influenza, covid-19 and RSV are expected to send hundreds of thousands of Americans to the hospital this fall.
Read at source →Will you get your full Social Security payout? Here’s what experts say.
The Social Security trust fund is on track to hit zero by 2032. Ten experts share their predictions about who will get…
Read at source →Deep in the Grand Canyon, the rain left them nowhere to go
Hikers thought they’d prepared for the reality of a flash flood, but they never imagined that they’d be trapped in the…
Read at source →Bessent says U.S. plan to ‘asphyxiate’ Iran’s economy has allies’ support
On the sidelines of the G-20 meeting of finance ministers, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed allies to support…
Read at source →Trump’s withholding of N.Y. counterterror funds threatens safety, governor says
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Trump administration hasn’t given the state $87 million in promised…
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