Articles filed under Washington Post
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A jammy, sweet-tart plum sauce steals the show in this skillet chickenAug 12, 2025 4:14 am - Peaches are the golden child of summer stone fruit season. Meanwhile, plums are like the oft-overlooked middle child — rarely in the spotlight but no less deserving of love and attention. This savory skillet dinner pairs plums and red onion as a deliciously sweet-tart complement to chicken thighs.
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Why you should buy your berries in the freezer aisleAug 12, 2025 4:11 am - Many people prefer fresh berries for their yogurt or cereal, certain recipes or healthy snacks. But when you can’t eat them fast enough — since they spoil, often within days — or they are out of season, frozen berries are the way to go, experts said.
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How I learned to stop stressing and just have people over for dinnerAug 12, 2025 4:10 am - Having people over doesn’t have to be stressful, time-consuming or expensive. Here are a few strategies for making it something we could all do a little more often.
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Pressure mounts on Texas Democrats who fled to suburbs as walkout stretches into a second weekAug 11, 2025 4:52 pm - The redistricting standoff in Texas is stretching into its second week with increased threats between red and blue states and fresh doubts about what will end an impasse ...
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FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crimeAug 11, 2025 7:35 am - The unusual move comes as President Donald Trump threatens a federal takeover of the nation’s capital.
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How much sugar is in orange juice? Here’s what to know.Aug 11, 2025 4:58 am - The Food and Drug Administration last week proposed a tweak to reduce the amount of sugar required in pasteurized orange juice. But this isn’t a proposal to lower the amount of sugar in the American diet; it’s intended to help Florida’s citrus industry.
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Studying bank deposits, Sandra Grimes found a deadly CIA traitorAug 09, 2025 4:50 pm - In the middle of 1985, it seemed that every month a new American asset providing information on the Soviets had disappeared.A network that took years of spycraft to develop was evaporating through arrests and executions. At least eight Soviet informants were killed. No one knew what was going on. The intelligence community thought their communications were compromised. But they also feared the worst: a traitor.
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When apps leak our data, who is responsible?Aug 09, 2025 12:52 pm - Online safety advocates have been warning for years that our apps collect too much data and store it unsafely. But despite a stream of unnerving hacks, not much has changed, they say. The United States still doesn’t have a comprehensive data privacy law.
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For $5, this man will draw a terrible portrait of youAug 09, 2025 4:00 am - A Chicago man quit his job to draw humorous but caring portraits for strangers, sparking smiles and human connections.
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Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartelsAug 08, 2025 8:55 pm - The Trump administration is evaluating plans for using military force against Mexican drug cartels, current and former U.S. officials said, a potentially dramatic escalation for the United States in Latin America.