Articles filed under Washington Post
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One piece of advice helped me navigate my partner’s dementiaApr 28, 2025 8:15 pm - Caring for her partner with dementia, Sue Dickman was mired in the tasks of caregiving, navigating applications to programs offering assistance and hitting stumbling block after stumbling block. Then one day, a physician said something that allowed her to shift her thought process and find peace in the tough decisions she faced.
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Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Department mission shiftsApr 28, 2025 7:56 pm - The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the depart...
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Centenarians share their longevity formula: ‘Staying busy gives you purpose’Apr 28, 2025 7:01 pm - Extending working life, volunteering and regular socializing may slow aging and reduce premature death risk. Studies link these activities to a stronger sense of purpose, which is associated with increased longevity and lower all-cause mortality. Here, some centenarians share their key to longevity.
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Carolyn Hax: Dinner guest feels ‘censored’ by one person’s no-politics pleaApr 28, 2025 8:57 am - Woman shuts down political talk at a dinner party, leaving the other person feeling resentful. Carolyn Hax says have sympathy for the overwhelmed person and don’t force the issue.
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Most Americans disapprove of Trump on tariffs, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll findsApr 26, 2025 10:17 pm - Nearly 2 out of 3 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of tariffs, a rebuke of the administration’s flagship economic policy, according to a Washingt...
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Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll findsApr 26, 2025 10:17 pm - President Donald Trump’s approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Was...
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Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’Apr 26, 2025 7:07 pm - Indiana’s lieutenant governor is facing backlash from some of the state’s religious and civil rights leaders after he called the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted ea...
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Iran and US advance to technical talks on Tehran’s nuclear programApr 26, 2025 6:57 pm - MUSCAT, Oman — Iran and the United States held their first technical-level talks on Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program Saturday, a more complex phase of their hig...
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The workers who feel left behind by return-to-office policiesApr 26, 2025 2:22 pm - Anxiety is rising for some of the millions of people who identify as neurodivergent — those whose brains function differently, such as with ADHD, autism or dyslexia. More companies are requiring workers to return to an office five days a week. Advocates say it’s particularly difficult for neurodivergent people to get flexible work due to the new movement to cut programs that sometimes help them.
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Disaster aid plea presents a test of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s ties to TrumpApr 25, 2025 5:02 pm - Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), who rose to prominence as White House press secretary in President Donald Trump’s first term, has not been shy about advertising...