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The Take | Analysis Trump turns Ohio's political landscape upside down The contours of the Buckeye State's new politics will be on national display over the coming days and began with President Trump's visit today to Cleveland. The stop comes ahead of Tuesday's primary elections in Ohio, which will offer clues as to how both parties are navigating the new Trumpian environment. By Dan Balz  •  Read more » Trump campaigns for Senate candidate, derides immigration laws Though billed as an official White House event, the president was overtly political in his remarks and urged Ohioans to vote for Rep. James B. Renacci in Tuesday's primary election. By Afi Scruggs and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   'Knives, knives, knives': Trump comments on London attacks draw backlash across the pond President Trump told a gathering at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting that an increase in knife crimes in London had caused a hospital in the center of the city to become "like a war zone." By Adam Taylor  •  Read more »   'The whole island felt it': Hawaii rocked by historic earthquake as new lava flows threaten homes Two days after the most active volcano on the big island of Hawaii erupted, some residents there continue to suffer through a triple whammy of threats: lava oozing from new fissures toward homes, several earthquakes jolting residents and noxious fumes posing what could be the island's greatest threat to public health. By Amy B Wang and Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   As the 'King of Debt,' Trump borrowed to build his empire. Then he began spending hundreds of millions in cash. Donald Trump's vast outlay of cash, tracked through public records and totaled publicly here for the first time, provides a new window into the president's private company, which discloses few details about its finances. By Jonathan O'Connell, David A. Fahrenthold and Jack Gillum  •  Read more »   Everything you need to know about the 144th Run for the Roses Get ready for the action at Churchill Downs by learning who is favored, who are the longshots, the race history, the best bets and the key characters. By Washington Post Staff  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT This year's field is dominated by a horse that died in 2015 Scat Daddy, the first sire in 95 years to produce four entrants at one Derby, including the top two favorites, died unexpectedly at 11 just as his line was being established. By Chuck Culpepper  •  Read more »   'My Old Kentucky Home': The Kentucky Derby's beloved, fraught sing-along about slavery Many people who sing the Kentucky state song at Churchill Downs have no idea that the history behind the Stephen Foster song is so complicated. By Lindsey Bever and Lynda Robinson  •  Read more »   Russian police detain more than 1,600 protesting Putin's 4th presidential term Police dragged the protest's organizer, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, out of the Moscow rally by his arms and ankles minutes after he arrived. By Amie Ferris-Rotman and Anton Troianovski  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT A week in the harsh limelight shows Sanders's struggles with credibility White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders fills a precarious role as the public face of the Trump administration, representing a president who traffics in mistruths and obfuscations. By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Pelosi asks for ethics probe of congressman accused of sexual abuse Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) has vehemently denied the allegations that he sexually abused a 16-year-old girl in 2006. By Robert Costa and David Weigel  •  Read more »   Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz accused of sexual misconduct, misogynistic behavior The author has withdrawn from the Sydney Writers' Festival following allegations that he forcibly kissed a woman several years ago. By Kristine Phillips  •  Read more »   Karl Marx's German home town celebrates his 200th birthday with a statue built and paid for by China Dueling demonstrations formed a noisy backdrop to the unveiling on Saturday. By Griff Witte and Luisa Beck  •  Read more »   How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that's so surprising The documentary "RBG" shows that Ginsburg had always been recognized for her intelligence but not so much for her pizazz. Now, she's the Notorious R.B.G. and she has created a whole new way for the public to look at a Supreme Court justice. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   Think one space between sentences is best? Science just proved you wrong. The rules of spacing have been wildly inconsistent going back to the invention of the printing press. But three researchers decided it's time for modern science to settle this typographical debate once and for all. By Avi Selk  •  Read more »

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