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House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) vowed to do whatever he can to urge Congress to restore the voting rights act to honor his longtime friend Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). Read more: https://wap...

Thousands in Riverside County, Calif. have been evacuated as the Apple Fire continues to spread. As of August 3, only 5% of the fires have been contained. Read more: https://wapo.st/31fiEJR. Subscribe...

Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to bring significant rainfall to parts of Washington, Maryland and Virginia Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 as it travels up the East Coast. Damaging winds are also possible. Wide...

With more than 80 percent of travel at a near standstill, airlines are adapting to a new reality. As some push for a return to business as usual, Delta Air Lines has continued to block middle seats, c...

The prospect of a lost school year is daunting for all parents, but it is especially wrenching for families of children with special needs. For them, the loss of an in-person education also means they...

Ajeet Vinayak of Georgetown University Hospital breaks down how the covid-19 virus attacks the lungs of patients, leaving possible long lasting damage. Read more: https://wapo.st/2PnQXc8. Subscribe to...

Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Fla. on Aug. 2, completing the first manned mission of NASA’s commercial crew program. Read more: https://wapo.st/31i7...

SpaceX's Crew Dragon is scheduled to return from the International Space Station on August 2 with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on board. The Post’s Libby Casey will anchor live coverage...

Lawmakers on Aug. 2 did not point to an imminent agreement on a new coronavirus stimulus package, days after enhanced unemployment benefits expired for millions of Americans. Read more: https://wapo.s...

SpaceX's Crew Dragon is scheduled to return from the International Space Station on Aug. 2 with NASA astronauts on board. Read more: https://wapo.st/3k0pkEj. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTub...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Democratic leader Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Aug. 1 that further negotiations were needed to come to an agreement on coronavirus pandemic relief legisl...

The Fix’s Amber Phillips breaks down how President Trump’s rhetoric about voting has gotten more extreme as he has sunk in the polls. Read more: https://wapo.st/315cXOt. Subscribe to The Washington Po...

The Post's Matthew Cappucci explains what East Coast states can expect as they brace for Hurricane Isaias, the storm drenched the Bahamas on July 31. Tropical storm conditions could begin along the e...

Despite not being able to be on stage in front of people, classical musician Yo-Yo Ma plays music virtually to foster community. He played his cello for Geoff Edgers on Instagram Live on July 31. Subs...

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany spoke to reporters July 31 about legislative negotiations for a new stimulus package aimed at extending unemployment be...

As the Republican chief executive of a deep blue state and a U.S. presidential hopeful Chris Christie is no stranger to navigating partisan politics. He will discuss the three crises crippling the nat...

The covid-19 death rate in Santa Ana, Calif. is more than double that of Orange County. Here, Latinos make up almost 80 percent of the population. Read more: https://wapo.st/3gk8Epc. Subscribe to The ...

President Trump on July 30 proposed a delay to the 2020 presidential election. Late-night hosts had a lot to say. Read more: https://wapo.st/315cXOt. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https...

President Trump on July 30 said he did not want to wait “three months” for election results while suggesting widespread mail-in voting would rig the 2020 election. Subscribe to The Washington Post on ...

Former president Barack Obama memorialized Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) at his funeral on July 30 in Atlanta. Read more: https://wapo.st/3ggYcyx. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.s...

Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) form the House’s "Squad" of progressive Democrats— but two of them face difficult r...

Past presidents, lawmakers, friends and family gathered at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church on July 30 to honor Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.). Read more: https://wapo.st/3hPuotg. Subscribe to The Washingto...

Nell Irvin Painter, author of "The History of White People," explains how the language of whiteness — and its meaning — has evolved. Read more: https://wapo.st/2PcsA14. Subscribe to The Washington Pos...

An Iraq War veteran, Purple Heart recipient and the current junior senator from Illinois, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D) is also on Joe Biden’s purported vice-presidential short list. She was the first Thai...

Rep. John Lewis’s funeral will be held July 30 at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once led. Former president Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy, along...

There were more clashes and tear gas in Portland on July 29, even after Oregon’s governor and the Trump administration announced an agreement aimed at de-escalating tensions outside the federal courth...

At the funeral for former Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on July 30, former president Barack Obama called for eliminating the Senate filibuster if needed to expand voting rights. Read more: https://wapo.st/3...

Eliminating qualified immunity is on the list of demands from protesters and activists asking for reforms to how police are held accountable for violating the constitutional rights of civilians in the...

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lifts off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 30, 2020. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTub...

Rep. John Lewis will lie in state at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on July 29. Members of his fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, will also host a special service at the Capitol. Atlanta is Lewis’s final res...