ATLANTA — America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. The Rev. Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said...
Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Biden Docs
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an office in Washington. The announcement followed Biden's acknowledgement Thursday morning that a document with classified markings from...
Bolsonaro Eyes Return to Brazil as Pressure Mounts on Biden to Expel Him
MIAMI — The Biden administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America as well as U.S. lawmakers to expel Jair Bolsonaro from a post-presidential retreat in Florida following his supporters' brazen attack on Brazil's capital over the weekend. But the far-right ex-president may pre-empt any plans for such...
Air Travel Across US Thrown Into Chaos After Computer Outage
NEW YORK — The world’s largest aircraft fleet was grounded for hours by a cascading outage in a government system that delayed or canceled thousands of flights across the U.S. on Wednesday. The White House initially said that there was no evidence of a cyberattack behind the outage that ruined...
Biden Inspects US-Mexico Border in Face of GOP Criticism
EL PASO, Texas — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record numbers of migrants crossing into...
Damar Hamlin Asks, ‘Did We Win?’ Doctor: ‘Yes, You Won the Game of Life’
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's has begun to communicate in writing with his family and others who have been at his bedside since he went into cardiac arrest Monday — and his first question was “Did we win?” his doctors said Thursday. “The answer is yes,...
Biden’s Big Infrastructure Plan Hits McConnell, GOP Blockade
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. Much the way Republicans provided no votes for the...
Biden Has Started Erasing Trump’s Legacy. Now the Hard Part Starts.
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post Subscription President Biden launched his administration with nearly 50 executive actions, variously described in the media as “a barrage,” “a blitz” and “a burst.” If the public was struck by the sheer number of orders, however, the team that spent more than six months planning them...
Biden Nominates California’s Su as Deputy Labor Secretary
SACRAMENTO — President Joe Biden nominated Julie Su, the head of California’s labor agency, on Wednesday as the deputy U.S. secretary of labor, potentially putting another Californian in a top administration job and focusing a brighter spotlight on the state's ongoing unemployment fraud scandal. If confirmed by the Senate, Su...
Have You Heard the One About Biden’s Face on Trump’s Body?
At least one diehard Donald Trump supporter says that the nation's 45th president remains in the White House. How can that be when Joe Biden was sworn in as president on Wednesday after winning the November election? The claim made by an anonymous 4chan poster: Biden was arrested, then a...