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| |  |  | | The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors. | | | | | | | |  | | (Al-Furqan Media/AFP/Getty Images) | | | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in Syria, a breakthrough more than five years after he launched the Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate. | | By Missy Ryan and Dan Lamothe ● Read more » | | | | | Over 45 minutes, Trump offered a suprising, unfiltered and unverified account of the military operation. | | By Josh Dawsey ● Read more » | | | | | Baghdadi shaped one of the most notorious terrorist groups of modern times. | | By Joby Warrick ● Read more » | | | | | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on the president to brief lawmakers on the operation. | | By Felicia Sonmez ● Read more » | | | | | President Trump disclosed that Russia was given a heads-up about the operation even as top Democrats in Congress were not. | | The Fix | Analysis ● By Aaron Blake ● Read more » | | | | | Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) pledged to deploy "every resource available" as blazes burned on both ends of the state. In Northern California, authorities estimated that 180,000 people had been ordered to flee the Kincade Fire, which had spread to 30,000 acres. | | By Courtney Teague, Lea Donosky, Derek Hawkins and Kayla Epstein ● Read more » | | | | | | | | The Michigan Democrat's career rapidly crumbled at 88 when he resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. | | By John Otis ● Read more » | | | | | | | | The president's public obsession sheds light on a process that usually unfolds in the shadows. | | By Dan Zak ● Read more » | | | | | The choice is stark: stick with the austerity program of President Mauricio Macri or return to the social spending of the Peronista ticket of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. | | By Sebastián Lacunza ● Read more » | | | | | The task has fallen to local organizers, who believe a focus on neighborhood issues will drive voting. | | Campaign 2020 ● By Jenna Johnson ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | |
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