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May 19, 2026
Tuesday briefing: Iran talks; San Diego shooting; Trump’s IRS deal; ‘forever chemicals’; better sleep; and more
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May 19, 2026
Jazz Age style: Chisholm borrows Stanton's baggy pants, Caballero's bat to spark turnaround
Jazz Chisholm Jr. is making a style statement with baggy pants, and it’s paying off for the New York Yankees
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May 19, 2026
Surprising drug combo could reshape suicide treatment
A new study suggests a single ketamine infusion followed by low-dose buprenorphine significantly sustained reductions in suicidal ideation i...
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May 19, 2026
Nearly half of teens are losing critical sleep to phone use after midnight
Teens already are sleep-deprived, and now they are scrolling their phones in bed on school nights. Nearly half of the teens in a new study w...
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May 19, 2026
Post AI analysis of sports on TV detected an excess of gambling ads
Has the marketing gone too far?
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May 19, 2026
Here’s how we used AI to find gambling ads in televised sports
The Post used AI to analyze 50 televised sports games for references to betting.
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May 19, 2026
CWG Live updates: Steamy today, stormy late tomorrow, then sharply cooler
A few storms late Wednesday could be severe.
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May 19, 2026
A year after Trump fired a top ethics watchdog, there’s still no leader
One senator said vacancies at the Office of Government Ethics, which seeks to prevent financial conflicts of interest, have “kneecapped” its...
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May 19, 2026
Republican fights to survive Trump’s wrath in most expensive House primary ever
Thomas Massie is in a close race with Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein in Kentucky after repeatedly defying the president.
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May 19, 2026
Inside an Iranian attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Seafarers describe what happens when their jobs get caught up in the currents of international conflict.
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May 19, 2026
Scientists now say this worst-case climate scenario is ‘implausible.’ Here’s what it means.
A U.N. panel on climate change seems poised to retire RCP 8.5, a scenario in which the world does nothing to curb planet-warming emissions,...
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May 19, 2026
Plant-based foods are matching meat on taste. Can they win over Americans?
Taste tests show that some plant-based foods can beat meat and dairy but it will take a culture shift for animal-free to dominate American p...
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May 19, 2026
Analysis | The most glamorous man in the NBA
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hasn’t lost any of his panache during the NBA playoffs.
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May 19, 2026
Millions expected to lose Affordable Care Act coverage as costs spike
Congress’s refusal to continue pandemic-era subsidies for ACA beneficiaries is taking a big bite out of consumers’ pocketbooks.
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May 19, 2026
Alex Caruso's 31-point night gives Thunder a chance in Game 1
The guard with the headband carried the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night
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May 19, 2026
Carolyn Hax: He’s ailing and wants the empathy he denies his spouse
Letter writer with chronic illness resents that unsympathetic husband now expects full mercies for his aging body.
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May 19, 2026
Miss Manners: Chatty audiences at outdoor concerts
Letter writer can’t enjoy an outdoor concert with all this talking.
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May 19, 2026
Asking Eric: Son chooses wife over mother
Letter writer is heartbroken about the way her daughter-in-law treats her.
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May 19, 2026
Athletics pitcher J.T. Ginn working on no-hitter through 8 innings against the Angels
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May 19, 2026
Red Sox beat Royals behind Willson Contreras' homer and Sonny Gray's strong outing
Red Sox beat Royals behind Willson Contreras’ homer and Sonny Gray’s strong outing
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May 19, 2026
Trump’s $1.45 trillion defense budget is the largest — and most contested — in American history
The unprecedented request is arriving amid partisan gridlock, a grinding war with Iran, and economic anxiety at home, undermining its prospe...
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May 19, 2026
Fast-moving wind-driven fire explodes outside Los Angeles
The Sandy Fire in Simi Valley jumped to about 180 acres in just 30 minutes, and then erupted to more than 700 acres by the early afternoon.
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May 19, 2026
Pirro escalates threat of prosecuting D.C. parents after teen brawl
Videos of the Saturday night melee at a Chipotle in the Navy Yard neighborhood showed youths throwing punches and chairs as patrons watched...
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May 18, 2026
Senate confirms ambassador to Iceland who joked about making it a U.S. state
Former congressman Billy Long's nomination was included in a batch of nearly 50 Trump administration nominees cleared by the Senate on Monda...
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May 18, 2026
TrumpRx will add 600 generic drugs, president says
The drug-pricing initiative has been one of the administration's top political priorities ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
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May 18, 2026
The precedent of Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund
The administration devises a new model for political payouts.
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May 18, 2026
Why Congo’s Ebola outbreak is far more alarming than hantavirus
The world has been fixated on the wrong public health crisis.
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May 18, 2026
Burritos with a side of teen violence
The leading mayoral candidates are divided on curfews.
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May 18, 2026
Getting real about Medicare-for-all in California
Gavin Newsom broke his 2018 promise to implement single-payer health care because it would have crushed the state's finances.
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May 18, 2026
The Republican senators speaking out against Trump
Sen. Bill Cassidy joins a short but notable list
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May 18, 2026
One dead in shooting at San Diego Islamic Center
The Islamic Center describes itself online as the largest mosque in San Diego, and it serves as both a religious institution and a school.
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May 18, 2026
Trump says he’s called off an attack on Iran to give talks more time
The president says he postponed a planned strike at the urging of Middle Eastern leaders.
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May 18, 2026
ICE agent charged in shooting of immigrant during Minneapolis crackdown
County prosecutors issued a warrant for the arrest of the agent, who faces felony assault charges. The victim was one of three people shot d...
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May 18, 2026
EPA wants to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
If finalized, the proposal would end the Biden-era restritions for four toxic PFAS compounds and give utilities two more years to comply wit...
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May 18, 2026
Trump’s Fed pick to be sworn in at the White House, not the usual venue
Trump will attend Kevin Warsh's swearing-in at the White House, the first such ceremony there since Reagan hosted Alan Greenspan in 1987.
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May 18, 2026
Swatch released the ‘Royal Pop’ timepiece and captured the zeitgeist
The debut of the Royal Pop Swatch watch made in collaboration with Audemars Piguet led to chaos at Swatch stores worldwide. Was it worth it?
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May 18, 2026
New York Times files new Defense Dept. suit, challenging escort requirement
The edict that journalists be accompanied at all times while on Pentagon grounds was introduced in March after a judge struck down an earlie...
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May 18, 2026
All of Musk’s claims in lawsuit against OpenAI rejected in federal trial
In a win for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Elon Musk’s claims against the AI firm were rejected after a jury found he missed the statute of limitat...
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May 18, 2026
Is the U.S. prepared for extreme summer weather?
Super El Niños, SSRIs and more, in readers' eyes.
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May 18, 2026
Some items from Mangione’s backpack won’t be allowed in state trial, judge rules
A phone, passport, weapon magazine and computer chip are not admissible in Luigi Mangione’s trial on state murder charges, a judge ruled.
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May 18, 2026
Ebola outbreak prompts U.S. to screen travelers at airports, other ports of entry
The U.S. is relying on a special public health authority to bar non-U.S. passport holders who have been to Uganda, Congo or South Sudan from...
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May 18, 2026
Strong tornadoes could threaten the Plains on Monday
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center is calling for “several tornadoes, a couple intense, scattered damaging winds, some hur...
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May 18, 2026
Swamped by data center demands, Dominion Energy just opted for a megamerger
NextEra Energy plans to buy the Virginia-based power company, creating the world’s largest regulated utility, as the U.S. races to keep up w...
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May 18, 2026
Trump will end $10 billion lawsuit against IRS over leaked tax records
President Donald Trump filed the suit after the leak of his and his family’s tax returns to the media.
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May 18, 2026
Would a $1 rideshare fee affect wealthier or working-class Philadelphians more?
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May 18, 2026
California’s anti-fossil fuel crusade is hurting Nevada
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May 18, 2026
Electoral reform won’t save the Republicans or the Democrats
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May 18, 2026
How GOP governors can rescue higher education
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May 18, 2026
The private sector can provide Cuba with the humanitarian aid it needs
Americans can help alleviate the suffering of the Cuban people without aiding their government.
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May 18, 2026