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70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn't

By ANNIE MA
May 17, 2024 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional. On paper, that decision — the fabled B...
Supreme Court sides with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spurning a conservative attack

By MARK SHERMAN
May 16, 2024 11:36 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 ...
White House says Hur tapes are privileged as Congress moves to hold Garland in contempt

Jacqueline Alemany, Perry Stein, The Washington Post
May 16, 2024 7:59 am - President Biden has asserted executive privilege over the audio and video recordings from the special counsel investigation into his handling of classified materials and ...
China and Russia reaffirm ties as Moscow presses offensive in Ukraine

By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA, CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and HUIZHONG WU
May 16, 2024 7:11 am - BEIJING — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping Thursday for China's proposals on ending the war in Ukraine, which have been rejected by Ukra...
Ukraine says it has checked Russia’s offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
May 16, 2024 7:09 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a key northeastern Ukraine town have halted the Russian advance, military officials ...
U.S. military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
May 16, 2024 6:58 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid i...
Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
May 16, 2024 6:56 am - NEW YORK — With prosecutors’ hush money case against Donald Trump barreling toward its end, defense lawyers pressed former attorney Michael Cohen on his criminal history ...
Slovak interior minister says 'lone wolf' has been charged with shooting prime minister

By BELA SZANDELSZKY, PETR DAVID JOSEK and PHILIPP JENNE
May 16, 2024 6:53 am - BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia — The Slovak interior minister said Thursday that a “lone wolf” has been charged in the shooting that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fi...
Biden and Trump agree to presidential debates in June on CNN and in September on ABC

By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and JOSH BOAK
May 15, 2024 11:06 am - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.
Inflation improved slightly in April, with timing for rate cuts still uncertain

By Rachel Siegel
May 15, 2024 7:51 am - Inflation showed some signs of improvement in April, as policymakers grapple with whether their fight against abnormally high price growth is losing ground. Data released...

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