Articles filed under Washington Post
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U.S. to resume prisoner executions, which most of world has bannedJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it would resume executing prisoners on death row in federal prison, a practice it hasn't carried out since 2003. The resu...
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2nd heat wave breaks records across EuropeJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - PARIS - Europe suffered a second devastating heat wave on Thursday, with life-threatening temperatures breaking records across the continent. The latest heat wave is one...
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'Like watching depressed paint dry': TV comics rip Mueller's 'low-key' testimonyJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - By 8 a.m. on Wednesday, the halls of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill were already clogged with long lines of people. Across Washington, a handful of ba...
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Mortgage rates fall, reaching nearly three-year lowJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - Mortgage rates dipped slightly to a nearly three-year low because of concern about a potential global economic slowdown and some weak home sale news. According to the la...
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Fact check: Is Trump cutting Medicare to give tax breaks to billionaires?Jul 24, 2019 1:00 am - "I paid into Medicare my whole life. Trump wants to cut it just to pay for tax breaks to billionaires." - "Bill A.," in Priorities USA ad released July 23, 2019 - - - It...
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Private equity's role in retail has decimated 1.3 million jobs, study saysJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - She's been looking for more than a year, but Giovanna De La Rosa has yet to find a job. After 20 years with Toys R Us in San Diego, she was one of 33,000 workers laid of...
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Never-Googlers: Web users take the ultimate step to guard their dataJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - In the small South Carolina town of Newberry, Bob's Red Mill muesli cereal is hard to come by. That presents a challenge for resident Gregory Kelly, who ...
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Two police officers fired for Facebook post that suggested Ocasio-Cortez should be shotJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Two Louisiana police officers were fired Monday for a Facebook post that suggested Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., should be shot. Charlie Rispoli, an officer wit...
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Five things to know about Mueller's testimonyJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Former special counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to testify publicly before two separate congressional panels Wednesday, when he will publicly address que...
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Trump says China is paying his tariffs, but U.S. companies keep getting the billJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - American businesses are coping with President Donald Trump's extended tariff war with China by swallowing smaller profits, implementing selective price increases and shi...