Articles filed under Washington Post
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Hip pain as a teen leads to life-threatening diagnosisOct 10, 2025 8:44 am - Lauren Casey lived with crippling neck and back pain for over 8 years - until doctors at Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights discovered a bone was impaling her brain stem.
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White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second weekOct 09, 2025 8:29 pm - In the eight days since the government shut down, President Donald Trump and his allies have engaged in a furious public campaign against Democrats, blaming them for the closure, trolling political opponents online and urging party leaders to accede to their demands.Behind the scenes, Trump and his aides have still not engaged with Democrats at all. The stance comes despite the potential political ramifications of the closure, which polling has shown the public blames more so on Republicans than Democrats.
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Judge orders halt to DHS agents’ targeting of journalists in ChicagoOct 09, 2025 6:47 pm - A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security from using riot control weapons against journalists covering protests and immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.
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Russia severely damages Ukrainian gas networks ahead of winterOct 09, 2025 4:35 pm - Russia has intensified its efforts to plunge millions of Ukrainians into darkness and cold ahead of winter, forcing Kyiv to scramble to import additional natural gas and procure enough air defenses to at least soften the Kremlin’s annual energy-focused blitzkrieg.
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Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigationsOct 08, 2025 8:35 pm - The Pentagon has investigated nearly 300 Defense Department employees, including service members, civilian workers and contractors, for comments appearing online after last month’s shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI dataOct 08, 2025 8:31 pm - Nearly a quarter of the FBI’s roughly 13,000 agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the nation’s largest field offices, according to data from the FBI obtained by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and shared with The Washington Post.
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‘It’s never too late’: How to improve your health at any ageOct 08, 2025 5:47 pm - When Florene Shuber was around 82 years old, she noticed that sometimes she’d trip and fall. There was a small gym near where she lived, so she met with a trainer and started working out regularly. Shuber is 91 now and said she feels younger and stronger than she did 10 years ago.
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How to live to 117? Researchers find clues in the world’s oldest woman.Oct 08, 2025 5:34 pm - What can researchers learn from studying supercentenarians, or those who live to be at least 110. A new study looks at the life of a 117-year-old from Spain to gain clues about factors that play into “super-aging.”
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Supreme Court grapples with lawsuit challenging mail-in ballot rulesOct 08, 2025 4:52 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether to allow an Illinois congressman and others to go forward with a lawsuit challenging the state’s policy of counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day
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Trump hints at health care deal to end shutdown, but key hurdles remainOct 07, 2025 8:56 pm - President Donald Trump’s pledge Monday that he is open to a health care compromise that could end the government shutdown has Democrats keen to make a deal — and conservatives eager to blow it up.“I’d like to see a deal made for great health care,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, responding to questions about Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. He later wrote on his Truth Social platform that no deal would be possible until Democrats agree to end the shutdown, which Democrats say they will not do without an agreement on the subsidies.