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He will deliver the address Tuesday at a juncture of opportunity and peril for his presidency, and his anxious allies hope he will summon the capacity to do something he has never done before: bring the country together.
What he says, what he doesn't say and how the audience reacts may reveal much about what's in store for year two of his presidency. Here's what Post national political correspondent Karen Tumulty and senior editor Marc Fisher will be looking for from the speech.
The president and his Republican allies have placed special emphasis on the classified memo, but Democrats have characterized it as misleading talking points designed to smear the FBI.
By Ashley Parker, Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Carol D. Leonnig • Read more »
The stock market rally has boosted the nation's retirement accounts to record heights, and some are so confident that they are taking money out for vacations or home improvements — despite the taxes and penalties.
Brigitte Adams's story was one of empowerment. She remembers feeling a sense of freedom after she froze her eggs in her late 30s, despite the $19,000 cost. Her plan was to work a few more years, marry and still have a house full of her own children. With her 45th birthday approaching, she learned that egg freezing is no guarantee.
By Story by Ariana Eunjung Cha | Photos by Carolyn Van Houten • Read more »
Turkey's assault against Kurdish militants in Syria has exposed the limitations of the Trump administration's new Syria policy and highlighted the difficulty of maintaining alliances with two forces at war with each other. It also calls into question the feasibility of Washington's plans to maintain a military presence in Syria without becoming embroiled in a wider conflict.
By Louisa Loveluck, Liz Sly and Kareem Fahim • Read more »
The group led by billionaire industrialist Charles Koch already spent $20 million to push the tax-code overhaul through Congress. It views its education campaign as key to holding the Republican congressional majorities in the 2018 midterm elections.
The Copacabana neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro's wealthy South Zone is at the center of rising tensions between its affluent residents and a street population swollen by the country's worst recession on record.
A new study challenges the idea that ending gerrymandering will cure what ails democracy — and shows there is no perfect way to draw congressional districts.
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