National - The Washington Post (2024)

“It’s a wonderful thing to be in a place where you’re totally accepted for who you are,” said Andre Simpson, 67, about the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s senior prom.

By Sydney PageJuly 6, 2024

Thunderstorms on Friday dumped more than 5½ inches of rain on Manawa, Wis., causing floodwaters to burst through a levee, officials said.

By Jonathan Edwards and Kelsey BakerJuly 5, 2024

A lawsuit by billionaire Kenneth Griffin, whose tax records were leaked, led to an IRS apology to more than 80,000 people and businesses who also were affected.

By Joe DavidsonJuly 5, 2024

Beryl is expected to pass near Jamaica on Wednesday.

By N. Kirkpatrick, Dylan Moriarty and Szu Yu ChenJuly 5, 2024

“When they’re rounded up, a lot of them slip through the cracks and go to unloving homes,” said Clare Staples, founder of the nonprofit Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary.

By Cathy FreeJuly 4, 2024

The decision allows students who paid the University of Farmington, which was set up by the government to root out visa fraud, to sue to recoup their payments.

By Praveena SomasundaramJuly 4, 2024

A judge blocked Texas’s attempt to shutter a decades-old migrant shelter network in a pair of rulings Tuesday, calling Ken Paxton’s actions “intolerable.”

By Anumita Kaur and María Luisa PaúlJuly 3, 2024

“I love to do weird, goofy stuff like this,” said John Edwards, who organizes the yearly event.

By Sydney PageJuly 3, 2024

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has pursued complicated racketeering cases with multiple defendants. Critics say it’s a drain on an overwhelmed court system.

By Holly BaileyJuly 3, 2024

How civil rights lawyer Jill Collen Jefferson convinced the Justice Department to investigate allegedly racist and abusive policing in tiny Lexington, Miss.

By Robert KlemkoJuly 3, 2024

What may be considered “official acts” and how will a judge interpret the legal lines drawn by the high court in Donald Trump’s federal criminal election obstruction case in D.C.

By Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel WeinerJuly 2, 2024

Vice President Harris is better at telling other people’s stories rather than her own. That’s not a failing, and it may well be a virtue.

By Robin GivhanJuly 2, 2024

Donald Trump’s lawyers are seeking to vacate his New York hush money conviction based on Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

By Shayna Jacobs and Devlin BarrettJuly 2, 2024

Theodore Roosevelt’s watch was stolen from a museum in Buffalo. More than 35 years later, an auctioneer found it and fought to prove its authenticity.

By Jonathan EdwardsJuly 2, 2024

Use this customized guide to help you determine what actions you can take to keep your family, home and pets safe before, during and after a hurricane.

By N. Kirkpatrick, Aaron Steckelberg and Leslie ShapiroJuly 2, 2024

Arielle Lok and John Sanchez led a march in Boston to demand the MBTA add cartoon eyes to the front of trains. The agency agreed.

By Daniel WuJuly 1, 2024

The records from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2006 criminal case show how prosecutors raised doubts about the credibility of teenage victims recruited by the wealthy financier.

By Lori RozsaJuly 1, 2024

The decision was not as clear-cut as the crowd initially believed.

By Emma UberJuly 1, 2024

Read, who was accused of fatally striking John O’Keefe with her car, has insisted she was framed by officers seeking to cover for another suspect.

By Kim Bellware and Adela SulimanJuly 1, 2024

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville is accused of having a secret, improper meeting with prosecutors and a star witness.

By Holly BaileyJuly 1, 2024