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Competing agendas and cover songs: Inside Trump’s talks with foreign leaders

As he pursues a return to the White House, Donald Trump is speaking regularly with foreign officials looking to influence his thinking on a range of issues.

By Josh Dawsey, Marianne LeVine and Michael Birnbaum

DeSantis meets privately with Trump, agrees to help with fundraising, people familiar say

By Josh Dawsey

Former president Donald Trump with Polish President Andrzej Duda in New York on April 17. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)

A Ukraine-born congresswoman voted no on aid. Her hometown feels betrayed.

Indiana Republican Victoria Spartz, the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, voted against aid for Ukraine, drawing fury in her home city, which is still under Russian attack.

Story by Siobhán O’Grady, Anastacia Galouchka and Marianna Sotomayor | Photos by Oksana Parafeniuk

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Russia arrests more journalists in intensifying crackdown on dissent

ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

For Jewish students, protests stir fear, hope and questions

Jewish college students are left pinballing between emotions: worry over Israel’s safety and the fate of the hostages, fear of rising antisemitism at home, and empathy for Palestinians.

By Laura Meckler and Michelle Boorstein

This mayor turned down a meeting with Biden’s campaign manager. That move sent a message.

By Yasmeen Abutaleb

Policing campus protests brings new set of challenges

StyleReview

The best movies of 2024 so far, according to critics

By Washington Post staff and contributors

Better LivingEasy wins. Good habits.

You can now get a $7,500 upfront discount for buying an EV

By Nicolás Rivero

Air fryer tofu nuggets get flavor from a freezing trick — and a sauce

By Joe Yonan

Perspective

This $16 Italian white wine is wonderful for warm weather meals

By Dave McIntyre

They bought homes for under $1 million. Here’s what they learned.

By Rachel Lerman and Maggie Penman

THE 7 MORNING BRIEFING

Opinions

What I learned about the human body from a sudden fall

Physicians must not only study the human body, but live in it.

Opinion by Dwaine Rieves

No joke: Biden turns up the heat on Trump

Opinion by Karen Tumulty

Is student loan debt an emergency? Take our quiz.

Opinion by the Editorial Board

We can’t blame Russia for American unrest anymore. It’s homegrown.

Opinion by Catherine Rampell

A Republican and a Democrat confront our era of bad vibes

Opinion by E.J. Dionne Jr.

This tiny flower teaches us all we need to know about growing old

Opinion by Dana Milbank

Why we shouldn’t panic if bird flu becomes the next pandemic

Opinion by Leana S. Wen

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On the Record

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Keyword

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How an inclusive gym brand became a battlefield over LGBTQ+ rights

More than 50 Planet Fitness locations have been evacuated because of bomb threats in recent weeks after online criticism from an anti-trans activist.

By Taylor Lorenz and Gus Garcia-Roberts

Style

A journalist, an influencer and a consultant walk into D.C.’s biggest party ...

The White House correspondents’ dinner weekend may be old and past its prime — but it’s still a hot ticket for young, ambitious people who do business in this company town.

By Maura Judkis, Kara Voght, Jesús Rodríguez and Ben Terris

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Chiropractor works on giraffe, is nuzzled: ‘Giraffes are just giant dogs?’

Three quick videos of Joren Whitley adjusting Gerry the giraffe’s neck and jaw have been viewed more than 48 million times on TikTok.

By Cathy Free

Analysis

What to know from the NFL draft: The Falcons fumbled and the Chiefs reloaded

By Adam Kilgore

Capitals get swept aside by N.Y. Rangers

By Bailey JohnsonUpdated 32 minutes ago

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He threatened Marjorie Taylor Greene amid a mental health crisis. Then came the consequences.

In a time of rising anger and threats, one man threatened Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, telling her, “You spread hatred, and you’re gonna pay for it.” Here’s what happened to him.

Advice

Ask Amy: Boyfriend’s CPA dad did my taxes wrong for years

Review

The best movies of 2024 so far, according to critics

A Ukraine-born congresswoman voted no on aid. Her hometown feels betrayed.

Biden roasts Trump (in a serious way) at annual press dinner

Politics

He threatened Marjorie Taylor Greene amid a mental health crisis. Then came the consequences.

By Ruby Cramer

Trump VP hopeful draws backlash after book recounts shooting of dog and goat

By Maegan Vazquez

Analysis

Former lawmakers have ideas on fixing Congress. Will anyone listen?

By Paul Kane

Analysis

Trump claims 200 million Americans ‘love’ him. How many actually do?

By Aaron Blake

Trump Cases

The Trump Trials: Escape from New York

By Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett

Secrets, lies and payoffs laid bare in week 1 of testimony

By Shayna Jacobs, Tom Jackman, Derek Hawkins and Devlin Barrett

Analysis

New evidence that criminal conviction won’t tank Trump’s candidacy

By Philip Bump

Advice

(Illustration by Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post)

Carolyn Hax: Is checking his phone the best way to prove he isn’t lying anymore?

Does sharing his passcode mean the letter writer’s boyfriend can now be trusted not to lie about talking to his exes?

By Carolyn HaxApril 29

Ask Amy: Boyfriend’s CPA dad did my taxes wrong for years

April 29

Miss Manners: I think kindergarten graduations are ‘ridiculous’

April 29

Ask Sahaj: My mom won’t vent her frustrations to my dad. So she dumps them on me.

April 25

Work Advice: Can you be a nice person but a bad manager?

April 25

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Recent

Why not get rid of email at work? Daniel Pink answered your questions.

Parenting chat: My ex-husband disparages me and my partner to our kids

Cooking chat: Are cooked chicken thighs that show ‘blood’ safe to eat?

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Well+BeingNews and advice to live well every day

(Owen Gent for The Post)

Perspective

I’m in my early 20s. Why do I have breast cancer?

By Rachel S. Hunt

What scoliosis feels like, and how to ease pain when it flares up

By Elizabeth Landau

Cleaning product chemicals called ‘quats’ may affect the brain

By Teddy Amenabar

Running or hiking solo? 9 ways to stay safer while exercising alone.

By Allison Salerno

Perspective

A man plunged to his death in front of me. I can’t get it out of my mind.

By Mark Shavin

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

(Kim Raff for The Post)

Finding space for wind farms might be easier than we thought

By Allyson Chiu

Cicadas are emerging — and they’re so loud, some called the sheriff

By Anumita Kaur

U.S. solar companies, imperiled by price collapse, demand protection

By Evan Halper

Heavy rains and flooding kill dozens as extreme weather racks Kenya

By Rael Ombuor

Global warming threatens Antarctica’s meteorites

By Erin Blakemore

Tornadoes kill at least 4 people in swath of devastated Oklahoma

By Matthew Cappucci and Ben Brasch

Severe storms, tornadoes to continue overnight across central states

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

Violent tornadoes wreak destruction in Nebraska and Iowa

By Matthew Cappucci, Jason Samenow and Frances Vinall

Tornado season is here. Here is what you need to know.

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

Policing campus protests of Israel-Gaza war brings new set of challenges

By Robert Klemko, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Tim Craig and Kim Bellware

Soldiers reunite with their pets from overseas: ‘It meant everything to me’

By Cathy Free

Commencement photos and protests define two realities at Columbia

By Kyle Melnick and Lauren Lumpkin

The formerly enslaved lawmaker who warned about rewriting Black history

By Ari Berman

Texans’ Tank Dell suffers ‘minor wound’ in Florida shooting

By Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala

WORLD

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Russia arrests more journalists in intensifying crackdown on dissent

By Robyn Dixon

World Central Kitchen will resume aid work in Gaza on Monday

By Tim Carman

The TakeAnalysis

Britain’s Conservative Party, like the U.S. Republican Party, is in turmoil

By Dan Balz

With U.S. aid resumed, Ukraine will try to dig itself out of trouble

By Missy Ryan and Siobhán O'Grady

Blinken to travel to Saudi Arabia amid renewed push for a hostage deal

By Niha Masih, Jennifer Hassan and Adela Suliman

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

(Bridget Bennett for The Post)

She broke racial barriers as a Vegas showgirl. At 97, she’s still dancing.

Anna Bailey was the first Black woman to perform in an all-White chorus line on the Strip — and helped transform the city during the struggle for civil rights.

By Amanda Fortini

Looks from the White House correspondents’ dinner

By Rachel Tashjian and Lauren Bulbin

Perspective

The sisterhood of the Express pants

By Monica Hesse

The best new TV shows and series in 2024 so far

By Lili Loofbourow, Gene Park and Herb Scribner

Review

An eye-popping ‘El Niño’ at the Met paints the Nativity at grand scale

By Michael Andor Brodeur

Movie Review

‘We Grown Now’: Nothing shy in this Chi-Town

By Amy Nicholson

Review

The sexy, vexing and surpassingly strange art of Christina Ramberg

By Sebastian Smee

D.C., MD. & VA.

Health

Inside the opaque world of IVF, where errors are rarely made public

By Lenny Bernstein and Yeganeh Torbati

Study looks at teens who deny suicidal thoughts, but later die by suicide

By Erin Blakemore

Agony over ecstasy: FDA bid shows it’s hard to test psychedelics

By David Ovalle and Daniel Gilbert

Science

Bones of 1800s battlefield dead may have been dug up for fertilizer

By Dave Kindy

Frontier myth vilified the California grizzly. Science tells a new story.

By Ian Rose

New study offers hope for a rare and devastating eye cancer

By Mark Johnson

SPORTS

Perspective

Rangers swept Capitals, and it’s time for the new core to take charge

By Barry Svrluga22 minutes ago

Capitals get pushed aside by Presidents’ Trophy-winning Rangers

By Bailey Johnson32 minutes ago

Analysis

What to know from the NFL draft: The Falcons fumbled and the Chiefs reloaded

By Adam Kilgore

Analysis

Adam Peters didn’t try to fix everything. He just laid the foundation.

By Sam Fortier

Nick Senzel, relentless Nats erase seven-run deficit to stun Marlins

By Spencer Nusbaum

Business

This electrician and union leader could be Biden’s secret weapon in Michigan

By Jeanne Whalen and Toluse Olorunnipa

How this new rule protects retirement savers from costly advice

By Michelle Singletary

Tesla’s Autopilot linked to more crashes even after massive recall

By Ian Duncan and Trisha Thadani

‘DIVEST’: College endowments turn into flash point of student protests

By Rachel Siegel, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Richard Morgan

Claiming high user satisfaction, IRS will decide on renewing free tax site

By Julie Zauzmer Weil

Food