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After Sandy Hook, they voted no. Now these senators want new gun laws.

After a decade of mass killings and surging AR-15 sales, four current and three former senators recant some or all of their 2013 positions on restricting assault weapons in emotional interviews with The Post.

By Peter Wallsten and Paul Kane

Michigan Supreme Court allows Trump to appear on 2024 primary ballot

The decision not to hear the case comes a week after the Colorado Supreme Court determined Trump engaged in insurrection and is barred from running under the Constitution.

By Patrick MarleyUpdated 1 hour ago

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Trump disqualified from Colorado’s primary ballot by state Supreme Court

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Stories of the Year

The hidden cost of your electric vehicle

Mining and processing the minerals needed to meet the growing demand for EVs can be costly for workers, local communities and the environment.

By Aaron Steckelberg, Hannah Dormido, Ruby Mellen, Steven Rich and Cate Brown

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Paul Rudd, left, and Jonathan Majors in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” (Marvel)

StylePerspective

The 21 movies we hated in 2023 — and how to watch them, if you must

By Washington Post staff

Daily Mix

Posting kids online is risky. Here’s how to remove their images.

By Heather Kelly

The saga of the sock shoe keeps getting weirder

By Rachel Tashjian

Perspective

These gifts have nothing to do with holidays. They’re about humanity.

By Petula Dvorak

After this year, we’re all majoring in Taylor Swift

By Emily Yahr

Opinions

AI hallucinations? What’s not to love?

Let me explain, once and for all, why your AI chatbot glitches and why you shouldn’t worry when it does.

Opinion by Josh Tyrangiel

When is this movie really going to start? I’ve been here half an hour.

Opinion by Richard Zoglin

Senators’ second thoughts can be a first step toward better gun laws

Opinion by the Editorial Board

Having lost their flexibility, pro-lifers are losing their cause

Opinion by Megan McArdle

The 10 best things President Biden did in 2023

Opinion by Marc A. Thiessen

How government can respond to dismal nursing home vaccination rates

Opinion by Leana S. Wen

What past gay Washington scandals say about the Senate video

Opinion by James Kirchick

On the Record

One quote. Three chances.

Mini Meta Crossword

5x5 bitesized crossword.

Sudoku

Number. Order. Logic.

Keyword

One word to spell them all.

New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for using articles to train AI

By Gerrit De Vynck and Elahe IzadiUpdated 1 hour ago

Florida teen kills sister during fight over Christmas gifts, sheriff says

By Jennifer Hassan

Bill Granger, Australian chef who put avocado toast on the menu, dies at 54

By Grace Moon and Frances Vinall

People bury Palestinians in a mass grave after their bodies were returned by Israeli forces. (Loay Ayyoub for The Post)

The world wants a respite for Gaza. Israel vows to keep fighting.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli commanders have suggested that the level of violence with which they’re prosecuting the war on Hamas will persist or even intensify.

By Kareem Fahim, William Booth, Karen DeYoung, Hajar Harb and Miriam Berger

Live: Israel-Gaza War

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Songs of grief and defiance fuel Arab solidarity for Palestinians

A rare deer became legendary in Richmond. Then poachers showed up.

A Chesterfield, Va., man is under investigation for allegedly poaching a buck well-known for its magnificent rack and for roaming a Richmond cemetery.

By Gregory S. Schneider

Analysis

Joe Flacco is everything the Browns were looking for in Deshaun Watson

The QB situation in Cleveland, team rankings, the relevance of the Rams, the Saints’ woes and more in NFL Reset at midweek.

By Mark Maske

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Your Daily Listen

Ava DuVernay on making a film her way

December 26

Episode 1

The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop: ‘Somebody knows’

By Martine Powers

After Sandy Hook, they voted no. Now these senators want new gun laws.

After a decade of mass killings and surging AR-15 sales, four current and three former senators recant some or all of their 2013 positions on restricting assault weapons in emotional interviews with The Post.

Review

The 21 movies we hated in 2023 — and how to watch them, if you must

The underbelly of electric vehicles

Opinion

Having lost their flexibility, pro-lifers are losing their cause

Florida teen kills sister during fight over Christmas gifts, sheriff says

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Your year in news

Year in Review

(Illustration by Karlotta Freier for The Washington Post)

The 10 best books of 2023

By Book World Staff

Barbie, the Titan submersible and everything else we Googled in 2023

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

Did anything good happen in 2023? Actually, yes!

By Victoria Bisset and Washington Post staff

Advice

The most-read Carolyn Hax columns

By Haben Kelati and Carolyn Hax

Analysis

The very worst sports decisions of the year

By Matt Bonesteel, Des Bieler, Scott Allen and Glynn A. Hill

Holiday RecipesWhat do you want to cook today?

Economists disagree on Biden’s polling. Even when they’re in love.

A brainiac couple has found themselves on opposite sides of the hottest debate in economics, with crucial stakes for the 2024 presidential election.

By Jeff Stein

Analysis

The year of Republicans throwing accusations against Biden at the wall

By Philip Bump

Democracy In America

Can the exhausted, angry people of Ottawa County learn to live together?

By Greg Jaffe

Conviction of former congressman Jeff Fortenberry thrown out

By Maegan Vazquez

Election 2024

As Haley climbs in the polls, she confronts attacks criticized as sexist

By Dylan Wells and Maeve Reston

Ramaswamy campaign halts TV ad spending, calling it ineffective

By Hannah Knowles

Advice

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Carolyn Hax: Mother-in-law thinks teens should be punished for skipping church

Mother-in-law blames the letter writer for her teen grandkids’ decision to stop going to church.

December 27

Ask Amy: Wife wants reconciliation after daughters reported son’s marijuana use

December 27

Miss Manners: We missed a school dance because of a classmate’s rule-breaking

December 27

Ask Sahaj: Every time I visit home, I turn into my parents’ therapist

December 21

My son can dress himself, but some mornings refuses. Do I make him?

December 20

Well+BeingNews and advice to live well every day

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What is ‘normal’ body temperature? Some experts say it’s not really 98.6.

By Marlene Cimons

If ‘dry’ January sounds daunting, try ‘damp’ January instead

By Anahad O’Connor

Advice

As a doctor, here are 5 things I want my patients to know

By Trisha Pasricha, MD

An unhealthy obsession with sickness increases risk of dying, study says

By Kyle Melnick

At 91, I feared falling. But I couldn’t bring myself to get a walker.

By Barbara Morris

ClimateExpanded coverage of a changing planet

Learning to sleep like a bear could save your life

By Dino Grandoni

Seven easy climate actions that I learned many people aren’t doing

By Michael J. Coren

Global warming was predicted to accelerate. It may be happening now.

By Chris Mooney and Shannon Osaka

Genetic engineering was meant to save chestnut trees. Then there was a mistake.

By Dino Grandoni

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More states deciding home buyers should know about flood risks

By Brady Dennis

What is the ‘D.C. snow hole,’ and is it real?

By Dan Stillman

Blizzard and ice storm slam northern Plains, snarl travel

By Matthew Cappucci

Here’s how extreme Christmas weather can be around the world

By Ian Livingston

When to watch the last and longest full moon of the year

By Kasha Patel

Tired of too many meetings? These companies helped cut the excess.

By Danielle Abril

Posting kids online is risky. Here’s how to remove their images.

By Heather Kelly

Apple is banned from importing or selling its latest Apple Watches

By Chris Velazco

Technology

Two U.S. firms to launch spacecraft to the moon within weeks of each other

By Christian Davenport

From dropout to ‘king of the cannibals’: How Sam Altman took over Silicon Valley

By Elizabeth Dwoskin, Marc Fisher and Nitasha Tiku

How much money do influencers make? 10 creators give us the real numbers.

By Emma Kumer and Rachel Lerman

National

(Illustration by Laura Padilla Castellanos/The Post; Chet Strange for The Post; Nick Hagen for The Post; iStock)

Questions to ask before choosing an assisted living facility

By Yeganeh Torbati and Julie Zauzmer Weil

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The number of church organists is declining. But a new generation is emerging.

By Adelle M. Banks

As the pandemic adoption boom cools, pet shelters overflow

By Jacob Bogage

Exonerated after 48 years in prison and now fighting Stage 4 cancer

By Timothy Bella

The lives upended by Florida’s school book wars

By Reshma Kirpalani and Hannah Natanson

WORLD

A May 2021 photo of the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk, which Ukraine claimed Tuesday to have destroyed in an attack. (Reuters)

Ukraine attacks Russian landing ship in Crimean port

By Gerrit De Vynck and Mary Ilyushina

For many Ukrainian artists, fighting Russia in war is tragic last act

By Lizzie Johnson, Serhii Korolchuk and Serhiy Morgunov

Missing Russian dissident Navalny located in penal colony in Siberia

By Mary Ilyushina

Think your credit card rate is high? Some in Brazil pay 455 percent.

By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Gabriela Sa Pessoa

A sinking nation is offered an escape route. But there’s a catch.

By Michael E. Miller

ISRAEL-GAZA WAR

StyleNews from the front lines of culture

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Perspective

The overlooked gems in Black TV’s canon

In charting the evolution of Black TV, don’t forget the shows that faded from popular memory, struggled to get their due or were canceled before their time.

By Bethonie Butler

These things used to be fun. Now they overwhelm, exhaust and annoy.

By Karen Heller

Ye apologizes on Instagram for antisemitic comments

By Herb Scribner

The newest TV shows and movies to stream right now

By Washington Post staff

TikToker Delaney Rowe roasts Hollywood. Will Hollywood embrace her?

By Anne Branigin

Perspective

The furious tango of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos

By Sonia Rao

Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor in Oscar-winning ‘Parasite,’ dies at 48

By Min Joo Kim and Brian Murphy28 minutes ago

D.C., MD. & VA.

Health

Complaints about home birth midwives languish amid Maryland backlog

By Amy Brittain

FDA warning and Matthew Perry’s death darken ketamine’s glow

By Daniel Gilbert

How the anti-vaccine movement is gaining power in statehouses

By Lauren Weber

Science

Miners saw a flash of white in the rock. It was an Ice Age mammoth tusk.

By Daniel Wu

Perspective

NASA likely to delay ambitious plans to reach the moon, watchdog says

By Joe Davidson

A baby orangutan’s paternity was unclear. Maury Povich had the results.

By Timothy Bella

SPORTS

(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)

Jacoby Brissett will start at QB in Commanders’ game vs. 49ers on Sunday

By Nicki Jhabvala1 hour ago

NFL Week 17 playoff/elimination scenarios: 24 teams still have hope

By Matt Bonesteel

Perspective

Disappointment is part of college football. Tell the politicians.

By Kevin B. Blackistone

Military Bowl flyover will feature Tulane, Virginia Tech graduates

By Scott Allen

Virginia Tech is happy to stay local in the Military Bowl against Tulane

By Gene Wang

Business

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2024 might be do or die for corporate diversity efforts. Here’s why.

By Taylor Telford

Robust holiday shopping sends economy soaring into 2024

By Rachel Siegel and Aaron Gregg

EV transition cools as demand slows and automakers trim production

By Jeanne Whalen

Americans tell us why they’re feeling better — or worse — about the economy

By Abha Bhattarai

Analysis

The unfortunate way Americans afford their Christmas spending sprees

By Andrew Van Dam

Food