Evening Edition: Biden fights to sell democracy abroad when it faces challenges at home

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before their summit in Geneva. (AP) Biden fights to sell democracy abroad when it faces challenges at home As President Biden hopscotched across Europe, his most prominent message was the need for democracy to prevail over autocracy in what he cast as the existential challenge of the 21st century. But in fighting for democratic values abroad, he risks seeming as if he is looking past the threats in the U.S. By Ashley Parker, Anne Gearan and Sean Sullivan ●  Read more »   Risks and rewards: The summer that could define the Biden presidency The Take | Analysis ●  By Dan Balz ●  Read more »   'Italygate' election conspiracy theory was pushed by two firms led by woman who also falsely claimed $30 million mansion was hers By Jon Swaine and Emma Brown ●  Read more »   Severe heat and drought are hallmarks of a changing West Story by Scott Wilson and Sarah Kaplan | Photos by Melina Mara ●  Read more »   Teachers reflect on grueling school year: 'This was an opportunity to really make change in education ... And I don't think that's happened' By Joe Heim ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   How three enslaved people achieved freedom on their own in the 1860s Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered ●  By Gillian Brockell ●  Read more »   The dark side of Bob Baffert's reign By Gus Garcia-Roberts and Steven Rich ●  Read more »   An act of sportsmanship — and an injury — defined her Rio Olympics. Now she's trying to return. By Adam Kilgore ●  Read more »   Remembering Champ Biden: The president's beloved German shepherd dies at family home in Del. By Maura Judkis ●  Read more »   Video of police officer kneeling on neck of Black 14-year-old boy prompts outrage in Montreal By Antonia Noori Farzan ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Search continues for two missing in family's fatal tubing outing on N.C. river: 'It's just all a big tragedy' By Timothy Bella ●  Read more »   Tropical Storm Claudette hits Louisiana, will spread flooding rain over Southeast Capital Weather Gang ●  By Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   One lives in Germany; the other in Virginia. Two mothers in sister cities had different pandemic experiences. By Loveday Morris, Abigail Hauslohner, Marzena Skubatz and Gabriella Demczuk ●  Read more »   Iranian hard-liner wins presidential election, state media report By Kareem Fahim and Sarah Dadouch ●  Read more »   14 of the week's best photos By Dee Swann, Monique Woo, Stephen Cook and Troy Witcher ●  Read more »   How to be a feminist dad Perspective ●  By Amy Joyce ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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