Articles filed under Washington Post
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Weight-loss drugs aren’t just slimming waists. They’re shifting the economy.Feb 24, 2025 11:54 am - Roughly 16 million people — that’s 6% of American adults — taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, and their collective purchasing power has the potential to profoundly reshape the economy in the coming years, experts say.
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Bird flu fears have backyard chicken coop owners on edgeFeb 23, 2025 9:00 pm - On her picturesque farm near Wheaton, Kimberly Henny is used to having visitors drop by to snap up fresh eggs, honey and vegetables. But as concerns over bird flu ripple ...
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Musk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resignFeb 22, 2025 5:39 pm - All federal workers will shortly receive an email asking what they did last week — and that if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation, Elon Musk wro...
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Trump’s lawsuit barred by the First Amendment, pollster’s team arguesFeb 22, 2025 5:36 pm - Lawyers for J. Ann Selzer, a veteran Iowa pollster, have issued a scathing response to President Donald Trump’s lawsuit over a poll that showed him trailing Kamala Harris...
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Congress ignores looming shutdown to focus on tax cuts, agency layoffsFeb 22, 2025 5:35 pm - With President Donald Trump and GOP leaders distracted by other issues, Congress is on the verge of bungling its way into a shutdown of federal agencies in less than thre...
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A judge ordered foreign aid to resume. Aid groups say it’s not happening.Feb 21, 2025 4:33 pm - Despite a federal judge’s order for U.S. foreign aid to resume, humanitarian groups said this week that global response efforts to needy countries are in chaos, with mill...
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Carolyn Hax: Husband wants to erase wife’s Indian roots after marriageFeb 21, 2025 6:00 am - Woman thinks her husband placated her Indian background to marry her but now wants her to conform to his white Christian identity, making her question the marriage. Carolyn Hax says it’s time to ask why he changed.
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Narcissists feel more excluded and experience ‘social pain,’ scientists sayFeb 21, 2025 12:00 am - Are narcissists just misunderstood? Spare a thought for narcissists, who can experience “social pain” from being excluded, according to new research.
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Is my cortisol high? What people get wrong about the ‘stress hormone.’Feb 20, 2025 11:42 pm - Wellness influencers blame high cortisol for a host of ailments, including bloating, fatigue, irritability and overly “puffy” faces and waists. But science says those claims are simplistic and don’t hold water.
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These feds took Trump’s ‘fork’ deal. Then they got fired.Feb 20, 2025 8:47 pm - Dave Elmstrom knew what he would do when the Trump administration’s resignation offer, titled “Fork in the Road,” landed in his inbox: take it. Elmstrom, a probationary e...