Articles filed under Washington Post
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Can Salisbury steak get fancy? This warming spice blend is the key.Mar 10, 2026 5:01 am - This twist on traditional Salisbury steak features ground beef seasoned with sage and berbere, a fragrant Ethiopian spice blend. The recipe comes from the cookbook “We Fancy” by Jerrelle Guy, who writes that the updates “add some elegance and life without losing the integrity of the original dish.”
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‘Super Nintendo’ is the history of a company committed to funMar 09, 2026 8:50 am - If Silicon Valley likes to move fast and break things, Nintendo prefers to go slow and preserve its history. The Japanese game and console maker also always protects its “sense of fun,” Keza MacDonald explains in the spirited new history “Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play.”
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8 areas of your home where you shouldn’t skimp on maintenanceMar 08, 2026 8:06 pm - Homeownership comes with plenty of surprises. While skipping small chores may not hurt, ignoring key home maintenance tasks can lead to costly repairs. Home experts share the essential upkeep every homeowner should know.
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Ease your way into spring cleaning with these 11 low-lift tasksMar 07, 2026 11:23 pm - It’s almost time for spring cleaning. But before you throw open and wash the windows, try picking off some easier cleaning tasks.
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Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran US media agency, voiding layoffsMar 07, 2026 7:25 pm - A federal judge in Washington ruled Saturday that Kari Lake has unlawfully served as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America, and nullified many actions she has taken in the role, including mass layoffs of staff.
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Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regimeMar 07, 2026 6:00 pm - A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment, a sobering assessment as the Trump administration raises the specter of an extended military campaign that officials say has “only just begun.”
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m.Mar 07, 2026 5:56 pm - The police officers were taunted and beaten. Some were knocked unconscious and dragged down stone steps, tear gas stinging their throats, to chants of “U.S.A! U.S.A!” on Jan. 6, 2021, as hundreds, then thousands, swarmed the citadel of American democracy.
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US was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad peopleMar 07, 2026 2:38 pm - From Indonesia to Nigeria to Greece, people around the world see some slice of their fellow citizens as immoral or unethical. But there is only one country where the majority of residents say their countrymen are “bad”: the United States.
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Housing is so expensive that people earning $200,000 qualify for helpMar 07, 2026 1:46 pm - Across the country, as housing and other costs continue to outpace income increases, many middle-class homebuyers are finding they can’t easily scrape together a down payment on their own. That has prompted city, state and nonprofit programs to expand eligibility for down-payment support — with some areas offering loans to people making more than $200,000.
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Mass firings leave national security ranks thinned as war raises threatsMar 06, 2026 6:23 pm - Last week, FBI Director Kash Patel fired roughly a dozen agents and staff members who once had ties to an investigation of Donald Trump. Among them were agents who specialized in addressing threats from Iran and its proxies.Three days after the firings began, the United States was bombarding Iran.