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Russian interference threatens 2020 election, Mueller warns At a House committee hearing, Robert S. Mueller III offered an impassioned plea for policymakers to address Russian meddling in the U.S. elections: "They're doing it as we sit here, and they expect to do it in the next campaign." By Washington Post Staff · Read more The Fix | Analysis 6 takeaways from Mueller's highly anticipated testimony If Democrats hoped this would be a seminal moment, they will apparently be sorely disappointed. By Aaron Blake · Read more   The Opioid Files | Follow the Investigation 'It's sort of ground zero everywhere': Flooded with opioids, Appalachia is still trying to recover New DEA data show the pipeline of prescription opioids from factories to pharmacies. The opioid epidemic, which has roots in such painkillers, has been brutal in central Appalachia, which has seen the coal industry contract and now has some of the highest poverty and disability rates in the nation. By Joel Achenbach, Joyce Koh, Dalton Bennett and Melina Mara · Read more   Johnson takes power as prime minister, promising 'no ifs or buts' that Britain would leave the E.U. in October "The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong, again," Boris Johnson said in his first remarks as prime minister. By William Booth and Karla Adam · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT New Pentagon chief says U.S. will 'escort' American-flagged ships facing Iranian threats Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said the initiative doesn't necessarily mean every U.S.-flagged ship going through the Strait of Hormuz will have a destroyer behind it. By Paul Sonne · Read more   In Europe, a historic heat wave is shattering records with astonishing ease and may hasten Arctic melt All-time temperature records are likely to fall in London and Paris on the same day. By Andrew Freedman · Read more   Amazon has 'destroyed' retail and should be scrutinized, Treasury chief Mnuchin says The comments come one day after the Justice Department announced it was opening a wide-ranging antitrust review of the "market-leading online platforms." By Abha Bhattarai · Read more   Analysis With all eyes on Boris Johnson, Germany quietly swears in a possible rival The woman German Chancellor Angela Merkel has chosen as her preferred successor was sworn in as defense minister. By Rick Noack · Read more   Rutger Hauer | 1944-2019 Rugged Dutch actor best known for role as android outlaw in 'Blade Runner' dies at 75 The blond-haired, blue-eyed actor was scarcely known in the United States when he burst off the screen in director Ridley Scott's 1982 film. By Harrison Smith · Read more   Perspective We can't let go of the Al Franken question. There's good reason for that. We lack a template for addressing behavior that's not criminal but bad nonetheless. By Monica Hesse · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT Recommended for you Get the Fact Checker newsletter Count the pinocchios: A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics, from The Post's famous fact-checking team. Sign Up

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