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The Washington Post, 8 Aug 2026

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ArticleTragedy in Thai­l­and

A 14-year-old stu­dent opened fire on seven people and wounded more than 20 on Fri­day in one of Thai­l­and’s dead­li­est school shoot­ings in years. The shooter killed his two grand­par­ents at the home they shared, then pro­ceeded to his high school...

Tragedy in Thai­l­and

ArticleThe cost of the Iran war to tax­pay­ers is mount­ing

As the U.S. approaches six months of war with Iran, the costs to tax­pay­ers and con­sumers con­tinue to grow, bey­ond what has yet been fully quan­ti­fied. Law­makers are wrangling over a plan to pay the bill. Con­sumers face bills of their own,...

The cost of the Iran war to tax­pay­ers is mount­ing

Article23,000 jobs were shed in July’s hir­ing slump

Hir­ing fell unex­pec­tedly in July as U.S. employ­ers shed 23,000 jobs, a sur­pris­ing show of weak­ness in an eco­nomy battered by tar­iffs, elev­ated infla­tion and the ongo­ing war in Iran. The unem­ploy­ment rate ticked down to 4.1 last month,...

23,000 jobs were shed in July’s hir­ing slump

ArticleTrump digs in on ball­room legal fight

Pres­id­ent Don­ald Trump on Fri­day said that he would ask the Supreme Court to allow him to resume build­ing his planned White House ball­room, after an appeals court ruled he had exceeded his author­ity by demol­ish­ing part of the man­sion and...

Trump digs in on ball­room legal fight