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Donald Trump’s baffling explanation for violence at his campaign rallies

This takes victim-blaming to a new level.

By Janell Ross • Read more »

Astronomers say they’ve found the biggest structure in the universe and they named it the BOSS

The BOSS is big. Really big. Yuuuuuge. It's an immense complex comprising more than 800 galaxies and weighing 10,000 times as much as the Milky Way.

By Sarah Kaplan • Read more »

Ben Carson backs Trump, saying combative billionaire has ‘cerebral’ side

The two former rivals for the Republican presidential nomination met on Thursday. They are expected to hold a joint news event Friday, according to sources.

By Robert Costa • Read more »

Winners and losers from the 12th Republican presidential debate

The best. Also, the worst.

By Chris Cillizza • Read more »

Get ready, Donald Trump. You’re about to run into a buzz saw.

Last night's GOP debate shows just how little scrutiny Trump has had to endure thus far.

By Greg Sargent • Opinions • Read more »

Trump followers defend the sucker punch: ‘Just a little poke on the beak’

Some defended the punch by invoking race, blaming interlopers at Trump rallies or blaming the liberal news media.

By Justin Wm. Moyer • Read more »

Trump supporter charged after sucker-punching protester at North Carolina rally

John McGraw, 78, was charged with assault and disorderly conduct in connection to the incident.

By Justin Wm. Moyer • Read more »

The Daily 202: Trump triumphed in last night’s Republican debate

His opponents, playing it safe, let him off the hook

By James Hohmann • Read more »

The Trump campaign speech that could beat Clinton this fall

The GOP front-runner could put the Democratic leader on the defensive.

By Charles Lane • Opinions • Read more »

Trump is the demagogue that our Founding Fathers feared

Democracy is producing a genuine threat to American self-government.

By Michael Gerson • Opinions • Read more »

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Fact-checking the 12th GOP debate

Here's our roundup of 16 fishy claims from the GOP debate, including nine by Donald Trump.

By Glenn Kessler • Read more »

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•	Tulsi Gabbard gave Bernie Sanders an endorsement. He gave her a platform on war and peace.
•	It’s not just Trump. Authoritarian populism is rising across the West. Here’s why.
•	Asked about violence at Trump rallies, his rivals pivot and don’t condemn it

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The Holocaust and Jewish identity

Bernie Sanders’s sincere, revealing answer.

By Charles Krauthammer • Read more »

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Allen Iverson calls Steph Curry ‘a whole different monster’

The Answer, unlike some former players, has very high praise for the Warriors star.

By Des Bieler • Read more »

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A woman vanishes, body parts wash up on a pier, and her husband throws himself into the sea

Paul Titchener gave a TV interview pleading for help in finding his missing wife. Hours later, he had jumped from a bridge.

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•	Zika outbreak: ‘The more we learn, the worse things seem to get’
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