Articles filed under Washington Post
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After 30 years of waiting, a father and son’s birthday wish comes trueMar 17, 2026 4:25 am - Jimmy Rush began planning his 80th birthday celebration about three decades ago. He got the idea when he spotted a sign at a restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, that read: “Free oysters to any man 80 years old accompanied by his father.” Rush, then around 50, decided that’s how he would mark the milestone.
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‘Everybody Loses’ tallies the steep costs of sports gamblingMar 16, 2026 1:25 pm - “What do we stand to gain, and what are we willing to lose?” starts Danny Funt’s book “Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.”
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How Trump suspending sanctions on Russian oil helps Putin’s war effortMar 14, 2026 7:44 pm - Russia is reveling in the Trump administration’s decision to lift U.S. sanctions on Russian oil at sea, a move Moscow hopes will lead to further relief from penalties that had only recently begun to bite deep.
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Trump urged uprising, but as bombs fall, Iranians are ‘too scared to move’Mar 14, 2026 7:35 pm - Iranians living here wake up every morning to calls from family members whose accounts of wartime Iran reveal in fragments the terror of life under attack by the United States and Israel.
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FCC chief threatens broadcasters as Trump criticizes coverage of Iran warMar 14, 2026 7:28 pm - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr issued a stern warning to broadcasters Saturday, threatening to revoke government-issued licenses if they run what the federal agency deems “fake news.”
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Trump urges world to help open Strait of Hormuz; US Embassy in Baghdad hitMar 14, 2026 7:13 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday urged countries to send ships to the Strait of Hormuz, in an attempt to force Iran to reopen it as oil prices surge
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Lebanon appeals to Israel’s allies to intervene and says hundreds are killedMar 12, 2026 8:57 pm - The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has engulfed Lebanon, pushing the beleaguered country to a new precipice as Israel expands a ferocious bombing campaign and threatens an invasion of south Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah, Tehran’s most powerful proxy.
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McDonald’s new Big Arch burger puts the Big Mac on noticeMar 12, 2026 9:27 am - The Big Arch is a burger for its times, which is not to say it’s THE burger for its times. This burger is here to deliver a message, and it’s not subtle: Meat and cheese are back, baby, and McDonald’s is not afraid to serve up two steaming quarter-pound patties encased in three gooey layers of white cheddar.
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Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s libraryMar 11, 2026 4:29 pm - Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.
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Senators seek review of Justice Department’s handling of Epstein filesMar 11, 2026 4:20 pm - A bipartisan group of senators is asking the Government Accountability Office to examine the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein amid concerns the department has not released all the documents required by law.