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Stormy Daniels court appearance reopens wounds for Trump’s #MeToo accusers

By Hannah Knowles

Stormy Daniels leaves the courthouse Thursday. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

The Trump Trials

Michael Cohen expected to take stand Monday

By Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein

An IRS change cut child support for Native moms. Other families may be next.

Tribal families have lost access to certain child support payments that the IRS used to collect by garnishing tax refunds. The rest of the country could follow.

By Julie Zauzmer Weil

The elections next door: Mexico’s cartels pick candidates, kill rivals

More than two dozen candidates have been killed leading up to the June 2 vote. Hundreds more have dropped out of their races.

By Mary Beth Sheridan

Department of DataAnalysis

What state best represents America?

This week, we take a stab at identifying the most normal state in the nation and discover that, by at least one measure, it’s the state you’d least expect.

By Andrew Van Dam

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

Why you should embrace using cold water, almost all the time

By Allyson Chiu

Strawberries and blueberries steal the show in these 8 cake recipes

By Becky Krystal

Perspective

How to save money abroad by avoiding sneaky fees and pointless charges

By Amy Rose Dobson

How to co-exist with a belligerent catbird

By Caitlin Gibson

THE 7 MORNING BRIEFING

Opinions

The age of discovery is only beginning

New brain research is a sign of how little we understand of ourselves, our universe and our place in it.

Opinion by David Von Drehle

The mothers of Ukraine need you

Opinion by Olena Zelenska

Cannon plays ‘catch and kill’ with the Trump classified documents case

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

No, Apple, people do not want tech to crush everything in its path

Opinion by the Editorial Board

Biden’s confrontation with Netanyahu was unavoidable

Opinion by E.J. Dionne Jr.

Where will you go if your town disappears into the ocean?

Letters to the Editor

Who loses in the ‘man or bear’ showdown? Women.

Opinion by Megan McArdle

Game Break

On the Record

One quote. Three chances.

Mini Meta Crossword

5x5 bitesized crossword.

Sudoku

Number. Order. Logic.

Keyword

One word to spell them all.

Sen. Bob Menendez’s trial, where gold bars may shine, begins Monday

By Salvador Rizzo

Putin reassigns defense minister in shakeup of Kremlin security team

By Mary Ilyushina

Live: Middle East conflict

Israel renews fight in north Gaza while advancing on Rafah in south

Updated 19 minutes ago

Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds

In the months following return-to-office mandates, an increased number of senior employees departed Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX, often to work for competitors.

By Taylor Telford

Md. fire department paid $220,000 for new ambulances. It was scammed.

The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department was a victim of “business email compromise” during what was supposed to be a secure wire transfer.

By Jasmine Hilton

A mystery illness stole their kids’ personalities. These moms fought for answers.

Their children’s decline was precipitous and dramatic, with patients losing function in days or weeks, including the ability to talk, move or take care of themselves.

By Richard Sima

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Advice

Carolyn Hax: What’s the real cost of going halfsies on a modest engagement ring?

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election 2024

Senate candidate Bernie Moreno with Donald Trump in March. (Andrew Spear for The Post)

In top races, Republicans try to stay quiet on Trump’s false 2020 claims

Whether they have previously dismissed or embraced his claims, GOP nominees in some of the year’s most critical races are now evading the question and changing the topic after support of Trump’s election-denying approach turned out to be a turnoff to many swing-state voters in 2022.

By Patrick Marley

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What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign

By Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow

GOP escalates fight with Secret Service over convention protesters

By Josh Dawsey

Trump insults prosecutor at Jersey Shore rally filled with vulgar jabs

By Marianne LeVine

Politics

Analysis

An unexpected sight to behold: Ted Cruz working bipartisan deals

By Paul Kane

Clarence Thomas calls criticism of him ‘nastiness’ and ‘lies’

By Justin Jouvenal, Tobi Raji and Ann E. Marimow

Ex-aides dispute Rep. Nancy Mace’s claims that staff ‘sabotaged’ her

By Patrick Svitek and Jacqueline Alemany

Paul Manafort will no longer take on Republican convention role

By Josh Dawsey, Maegan Vazquez and Isaac Stanley-Becker

Advice

(Illustration by Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post) (Illustration by Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post)

Carolyn Hax: What’s the real cost of going halfsies on a modest engagement ring?

Letter writer makes huge sacrifices for fiancé, and fiancé balks at paying more than half toward a $900 engagement ring.

By Carolyn HaxMay 13

Ask Amy: Dad hurt by daughter publicly reconnecting with her biological family

May 13

Miss Manners: Should I accept offered seat swaps when I’m flying for free?

May 13

Ask Sahaj: My husband wants me to forget all about his emotional affair

May 9

Work Advice: For this single mom, ‘Bring Your Kid to Work Day’ is every day

May 9

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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Carolyn Hax chat: My dad and stepmom hate that I live with my mom

‘I was one of those children.’ Readers chatted about the idea of past lives.

Cooking chat: How do I get air fryer potatoes to actually be crispy?

More live chats

Well+BeingNews and advice to live well every day

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Perspective

How do I tell my young son I have breast cancer?

By Lia Romeo

Hip breaks more deadly than some cancers in elderly, study finds

By Erin Blakemore

Perspective

My mom is a florist. She taught me that flowers can be a superpower.

By Elana Gordon

Perspective

Older adults are having sex, and they’re getting STIs, too

By Steven Petrow

Advice

Why insomnia provokes performance anxiety that keeps you awake

By Lisa Strauss

Help Desk

Google’s new ‘Find My’ device network is useful but a stalking risk

By Shira Ovide

The iPad lost. Smartphones won.

By Shira Ovide

Apple plays up AI potential in new iPads

By Chris Velazco

Technology

Fooled by AI? These firms sell deepfake detection that’s ‘REAL 100%.’

By Nitasha Tiku and Tatum Hunter

Pokémon Go players are adding fake beaches to map program to make rare catches

By Jonathan Edwards

Apple apologizes for iPad ad after blowback

By Heather Kelly

National

(Jabin Botsford/The Post)

‘Bunker mentality’ at Columbia lit protest spark that spread nationwide

By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Susan Svrluga

Retropolis

First free Black settlement in U.S., long buried, is being resurrected

By Sarah Enelow-Snyder

Prosecutors seek 40-year sentence for man who attacked Paul Pelosi

By Robert Klemko

The city made him hide his boat — so he had it painted on his fence

By Rachel Kurzius

Biden commencement address at Morehouse sparks debate over identity

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

WORLD

(Reuters)

Hospitals overflowing in besieged Sudanese city as final battle looms

By Katharine Houreld and Hafiz Haroun

Today’s WorldViewAnalysis

Why Spain will recognize a Palestinian state

By Ishaan Tharoor

Israeli operations in north and south Gaza force displaced to flee again

By Miriam Berger, Niha Masih, Leo Sands and Claire Parker

‘Nothing left’: At least 300 dead as flash floods devastate Afghanistan

By Rick Noack

Tens of thousands in Georgia protest Russian-style ‘foreign agents’ law

By Annabelle Timsit

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

(Shedrick Pelt for The Post)

Review

Neil Young refuses to race against time

Has anyone in rock history besides Neil Young been this good at making music this loud at this age?

By Chris Richards

Inside Mar-a-Lago, where Trump is in control

By Ben Terris and Josh Dawsey

How sketch artists at Trump’s hush money trial capture what cameras can’t

By Kelsey Ables

The newest TV shows and movies to stream right now

By Olivia McCormack

Perspective

The greatness — yes, greatness — of the Planet of the Apes

By Jessica Kiang

Perspective

Four movie moms who feel real

By Olivia McCormack

Roger Corman, low-budget filmmaker who launched many careers, dies at 98

By James Hohmann

D.C., MD. & VA.

Health

Man who received pig kidney transplant dies weeks after milestone surgery

By Jennifer Hassan

On a D.C. sidewalk, a race to save a Marine general’s life

By Dan Lamothe

Federal dollars to increase bird flu testing for dairy cows, farm workers

By Lena H. Sun and Rachel Roubein

Science

Voyager 1 was in crisis in interstellar space. NASA wouldn’t give up.

By Joel Achenbach

Scientists are starting to decode what sperm whales are saying

By Mark Johnson

Mysterious blobs inside Earth triggered plate tectonics, study suggests

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

SPORTS

Juan Soto, shuffling and smiling again, is putting on a show with the Yankees

By Chelsea Janes

Perspective

Baseball’s endangered species: The ace is nearly extinct

By Barry Svrluga

Wizards just miss No. 1 pick again but land top consolation prize this time

By Ben Golliver

Mistakes pile up, leaving the Nationals with a 3-2 loss at Fenway Park

By Andrew Golden

Meet Cooper Flagg, the next ‘White Duke villain’ and a potential No. 1 pick

By Ben Golliver

Business

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Target’s Pride Month collection to appear in fewer stores

By Aaron Gregg

Federal judge halts new U.S. rules limiting credit card late fees

By Tony Romm

Advice

5 myths about Social Security as the program faces a funding crisis

By Michelle Singletary

Cyberattack is affecting patient care at company that runs 140 hospitals

By Daniel Gilbert, Joseph Menn and Dan Diamond

McDonald’s, Wendy’s shareholders demand companies tackle child-labor problems

By Lauren Kaori Gurley

Food