September 2017

Democracy Dies in Darkness

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The Fix • Analysis

Trump doesn't get it on Puerto Rico. He just proved it by lashing out at San Juan's mayor.

The mayor pleaded with the Trump administration, saying, "We are dying." The president claims she's playing politics and attacked her leadership.

By Aaron Blake • Read more »

Lost weekend: How Trump's time at his golf club hurt the response to Maria

The president and top aides paid scant attention to Puerto Rico during a crucial four-day period after the hurricane.

By Abby Phillip • Read more »

Georgetown bank teller stole $185,000 from homeless customer with garbage bag of cash

Court case detailed how cash was taken from unnamed 'homeless street vendor'

By Spencer S. Hsu • Read more »

The new reality of old age in America

By Mary Jordan • Read more »

With or without Trump, GOP insurgency plans for a civil war in 2018 midterms

Stoked by former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, a new wave of anti-establishment activists are plotting a political insurrection that may be out of anyone's control.

By Robert Costa • Read more »

'I wish I could say I'm surprised': Ex blasts mom charged with abandoning kids to tour Europe

Police found four children 12 and younger at Erin Lee Macke's home, making their own dinner while an unsecured gun was on a bedroom shelf.

By Lindsey Bever • Read more »

On Twitter, Trump attacks mayor of San Juan for 'poor leadership' amid deepening crisis

The president lashed out at the San Juan mayor and the "fake news" media for criticism of his administration's hurricane relief efforts.

By David Nakamura • Read more »

Fact Checker • Analysis

Did President Trump add $33 million to Puerto Rico's debt by bankrupting a golf course there?

The golf resort was flailing with a nearly $30 million debt to Puerto Ricans even before Trump came along.

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee • Read more »

Super Awesome Sylvia was a role model to girls in science. Then he realized he is a boy.

This is the story of the famous girl genius Super Awesome Sylvia and the pretty regular boy Zephyrus Todd, and how they're the same person, and also not.

By Avi Selk • Read more »

Meet the Air Force general who delivered a powerful speech against racism

Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria's forceful denunciation has been heard far beyond the Air Force Academy in Colorado.

By Herman Wong • Read more »

With kids in tow, Catalonia's pro-independence parents occupy polling stations in mass act of civil disobedience

The occupation of elementary and high schools, which in Spain serve as polling stations, set the stage for a confrontation between pro-independence Catalans and their central government.

By William Booth • Read more »