Articles filed under Washington Post
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Dog rescuers, flush with donations, buy animals from the breeders they scornApr 12, 2018 1:00 am - An effort that animal rescuers began more than a decade ago to buy dogs for $5 or $10 apiece from commercial breeders has become a nationwide shadow market that today se...
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Trump: Syria attack could be 'very soon or not so soon at all'Apr 12, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that a possible U.S. attack on Syria could be "very soon or not so soon," seeking to inject a sense of uncertainty afte...
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Ryan's departure hands House Republicans an unpredictable leadership derbyApr 12, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan's announcement Wednesday that he will forego reelection and relinquish his gavel in January triggers an unpredictable and unexpected...
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House Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek re-electionApr 11, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., told colleagues Wednesday that he will not seek reelection this year, ending a nearly 20-year tenure in Congress and add...
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Trump says missiles 'will be coming' to Syria, taunts Russia for vowing to block themApr 11, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that missiles "will be coming" toward Syria in response to a suspected chemical attack and taunted Russia for vow...
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For Mark Zuckerberg, protecting Facebook means stepping into the spotlightApr 10, 2018 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - For many years, Mark Zuckerberg left matters in Washington to his deputies, who have long experience in politics. The Facebook chief executive instead fo...
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Trump lawyer Michael Cohen: The loyal 'fixer' now under federal scrutinyApr 10, 2018 1:00 am - Michael D. Cohen sums up his extraordinary closeness with President Donald Trump in one word: "Loyalty." After setting up a committee in 2011 designed to boost the possi...
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Your chances of an IRS audit are way down. But keep it on the up and up.Apr 08, 2018 1:15 am - WASHINGTON - Just because the Internal Revenue Service is auditing the fewest tax returns in years, and just because the IRS has thousands fewer enforcement agents to lo...
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Surprise! Homes are more affordable now than in the pastApr 08, 2018 1:07 am - Anyone looking at rising housing prices - especially people who would like to buy their first home now - would assume that houses are less affordable than ever before. H...
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Analysis: How to lose a lot of money in the stock marketApr 08, 2018 1:07 am - A 40-ish colleague approached me at my desk in the middle of the March market turbulence and announced that he was selling equities and buying bonds. Long pause. OK, I s...