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May asks E.U. for a three-month Brexit delay; Judge halts drilling in Wyoming over climate concerns

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The Take | Analysis The Brexit mess gets messier as the deadline nears Prime Minister Theresa May remains hamstrung at home and in Brussels over the plan for Britain to leave the European Union. President Trump and one of his sons aren't making things any easier. By Dan Balz · Read more May asks E.U. for a three-month Brexit delay European officials have grown frustrated by Britain's inability to negotiate its departure from the bloc. By William Booth and Michael Birnbaum · Read more   Judge halts drilling in Wyoming over climate concerns A judge said the Trump administration violated federal law by failing to take into account the climate impact of its oil and gas projects. The judge also blocked drilling on 300,000 acres in the state. By Juliet Eilperin · Read more   Trump attacks McCain again, saying he didn't get a 'thank you' for approving senator's funeral The president continued to viciously attack the late senator even as a growing number of Republican senators rose to McCain's defense. By Alex Horton · Read more   Post Reports | Listen Now The white candidates struggling to appeal to black voters Heather Long on the #MeToo moment in the field of economics; Cleve Wootson on 2020 candidates struggling to bridge the race gap; Rick Maese on another year without a near-mythical race. By The Washington Post · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   His uncle ran a polygamist cult. As the first sports star in his Utah town, he provides hope for a new life. James Jeffs had escaped Warren Jeffs's cult and was now doing things that were once banned: attending a public high school, becoming its first sports star and bringing the community together around basketball. "I'm me," he said. "Whoever else has that last name, they're them." Story by Roman Stubbs | Photos by Jabin Botsford · Read more   This convicted felon is helping people charged in the college admissions scandal prepare for prison Ever since the scandal broke, Justin Paperny's phone hasn't stopped ringing. By Peter Holley · Read more   The Fix | Analysis 'Let them see it': Trump just nixed a major argument against releasing the Mueller report The president said for the first time today that he doesn't mind if the report is made public. That should make it easier to release. By Aaron Blake · Read more   From the Magazine Candace Owens is the new face of black conservatism. But what does that mean? An old set of ideas about race and the right is getting new life through the 29-year-old's youth, charisma and innate instinct for viral outrage. By Rebecca Nelson · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Clarence Thomas breaks long silence at Supreme Court during jury discrimination case The justice, who last asked a question three years ago, inquired about the race of jurors dismissed by defense lawyers in a Mississippi murder case, drawing out the information that they were white. By Robert Barnes · Read more   The spring equinox arrives this evening. Here's everything you need to know. If you're ready for warmer weather, blossoming trees and allergies, you won't have to wait much longer. By Justin Grieser · Read more   The smallest and farthest worlds ever explored by NASA are really, really weird Historic encounters with the asteroid Bennu and the Kuiper belt object MU69 have revealed strange new features of these far-flung worlds. By Sarah Kaplan · Read more   In New Zealand, a soul-searching question: Are we as open-minded as we think we are? The mosque attacks have forced New Zealanders to challenge their assumptions — about themselves. By Anna Fifield · Read more

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