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Start your day with the news you need to know and insights you can’t get anywhere else. Every weekday morning, The Washington Post brings you an insider’s view of the biggest stories of the moment.

Start your day with the news you need to know and insights you can’t get anywhere else. Every weekday morning, The Washington Post brings you an insider’s view of the biggest stories of the moment.

 

#946

Introducing “The 7”

On The Post’s new podcast, "The 7," host Jeff Pierre takes you through the seven most impo... more

06 Dec 2022

06 MINS

06:44

06 Dec 2022


#945

Please, Go On: VP Kamala Harris on women in the workplace

In the inaugural edition of "Please, Go On," Post columnist James Hohmann speaks with Vice... more

11 Jun 2021

19 MINS

19:25

11 Jun 2021


#944

Introducing ‘Please, Go On’

Washington Post columnist James Hohmann sits down with the author of a compelling op-ed fr... more

04 Jun 2021

01 MINS

01:47

04 Jun 2021


#943

Infrastructure plan calls for $80 billion for rail. It could transform passenger service.

Plus, coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the c... more

02 Apr 2021

09 MINS

09:54

02 Apr 2021


#942

Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing

Plus, Georgia sports teams and major companies such as Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines conde... more

01 Apr 2021

12 MINS

12:56

01 Apr 2021


#941

Biden’s infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins

Plus, ‘I stay up nights apologizing to George Floyd,’ says teen who documented his death f... more

31 Mar 2021

10 MINS

10:28

31 Mar 2021


#940

Emotional first day of testimony at Derek Chauvin murder trial

Plus, the White House dramatically increased tax proposal as it sought to address tensions... more

30 Mar 2021

12 MINS

12:36

30 Mar 2021


#939

‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy

Plus, Senators see a possibility of bipartisan support for gun background checks in the wa... more

29 Mar 2021

14 MINS

14:06

29 Mar 2021


#938

Biden holds his first press conference

Plus, Georgia’s governor signs into law a sweeping voting reform bill, and multiple Republ... more

26 Mar 2021

06 MINS

06:56

26 Mar 2021


#937

At White House, Megan Rapinoe says she’s been ‘disrespected and dismissed because I am a woman’

Plus, the White House considers extending a federal ban on evictions, and New York Governo... more

25 Mar 2021

06 MINS

06:45

25 Mar 2021


#936

Shootings spur Biden to call for tighter gun rules

Plus, the Senate confirms Vivek H. Murthy as surgeon general, and North Korea fires short-... more

24 Mar 2021

07 MINS

07:15

24 Mar 2021


#935

White House prepares massive infrastructure bill

Plus, AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective, and Bost... more

23 Mar 2021

06 MINS

06:41

23 Mar 2021


#934

Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge

Plus, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin makes an unannounced trip to Afghanistan, and, the ac... more

22 Mar 2021

09 MINS

09:25

22 Mar 2021


#933

Biden will send Mexico surplus vaccine, as U.S. seeks help on immigration enforcement

Plus, the Senate confirms William Burns as next director of the CIA, and Donald Trump face... more

19 Mar 2021

05 MINS

05:09

19 Mar 2021


#932

Suspect charged with eight counts of murder in killings at Atlanta-area spas

Plus, the IRS to push the filing deadline for 2020 taxes to mid-May, and Ohio attorney gen... more

18 Mar 2021

05 MINS

05:58

18 Mar 2021


#931

Putin targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says

Plus, House Democrats bring back Medicare-for-all, seeking to push Biden left, and Israeli... more

17 Mar 2021

05 MINS

05:10

17 Mar 2021


#930

Biden faces growing political threat from border upheaval

Plus, four of Europe’s largest countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations; safety agency s... more

16 Mar 2021

05 MINS

05:36

16 Mar 2021


#929

New York’s vaccine czar called county officials to gauge their loyalty to Cuomo

Plus, President Biden’s push for equity in education faces a critical test, and, where we ... more

15 Mar 2021

08 MINS

08:41

15 Mar 2021


#928

Companies are scaling back layoffs because of Biden’s stimulus package

Plus, DOJ seeks to build large conspiracy case against Oath Keepers for Jan. 6 riot, and, ... more

12 Mar 2021

07 MINS

07:10

12 Mar 2021


#927

Congress adopts $1.9 trillion stimulus, securing first major win for Biden

Plus, the leaked U.S. plan to end the war in Afghanistan, and China and Russia to open moo... more

11 Mar 2021

06 MINS

06:25

11 Mar 2021


#926

Jury selection begins for the Derek Chauvin murder trial

Plus, Brazil’s growing coronavirus outbreak poses a threat far beyond its borders, and Bid... more

10 Mar 2021

06 MINS

06:31

10 Mar 2021


#925

Biden directs fresh review of Title IX rule on campus sexual assault

Plus, the RNC moves portion of its spring donor retreat to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, and Me... more

09 Mar 2021

07 MINS

07:11

09 Mar 2021


#924

Biden stimulus showers money on Americans

Plus, Biden signs executive order promoting voting rights on 56th anniversary of ‘Bloody S... more

08 Mar 2021

07 MINS

07:33

08 Mar 2021


#923

Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs

Plus, Meghan Markle says the royal family can’t expect her silence if palace is ‘perpetuat... more

05 Mar 2021

10 MINS

10:50

05 Mar 2021


#922

Andrew Cuomo says he will not resign, offers new apology for his behavior with women

Plus, Texas and Mississippi move to open ‘100%’ and lift mask mandates, and, reasons you’r... more

04 Mar 2021

10 MINS

10:46

04 Mar 2021


#921

FBI director says domestic terrorism ‘metastasizing’ throughout U.S. as cases soar

Plus, female stars and the media machine of the early 2000s, and community colleges are at... more

03 Mar 2021

10 MINS

10:58

03 Mar 2021