For our new visual investigation into how night vision and city lights may have played a part in the DCA crash we flew a drone along the helicopters route, filmed incoming planes through night vision goggles, and analyzed it all within a 3D model of Washington, D.C. Watch here wapo.st/4atdTBI

Vice President JD Vance has come under mounting pressure to condemn Nick Fuentes, a young podcaster who peddles white supremacist views and antisemitic tropes — underscoring the Republican Party’s divisions over the rise of fringe activists.

For months, the seven states of the Colorado River basin have failed to reach an agreement on new rules to share the river’s dwindling supply of water. The current rules expire next year, risking water supply and power generation.

Protecting your privacy in AI tools comes with some trade-offs. The biggest: The less a chatbot knows about you, the less personally useful its responses might be. Here's how to get the most out of AI without the surveillance.

Tesla’s vehicles have long featured flush-mounted, electronically powered door handles, sleek components that have drawn scrutiny for potentially complicating escape in an emergency. The Cybertruck pushes the design philosophy to a new extreme.

Paramount Skydance revised its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery with a guarantee that Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison — the father of Paramount’s chairman and chief executive, David Ellison — would personally guarantee more than $40 billion in financing.

The Trump administration has begun to detail events to mark the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding next year, including a competitive youth athletic event, a fair and a UFC fight on the grounds of the White House.

Over a dozen Heritage Foundation employees recently walked away from their jobs. Heritage has been wrapped in controversy after its president defended Tucker Carlson’s interview of Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist who routinely espouses antisemitic views.

Republicans are considering a second party-line package to address health care and other matters, while Democrats are drafting proposals aimed at making everything from health care to groceries more affordable.

INSIDE EL CECOT (GIFT LINK) The Post's reporting on the Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration sent migrants deported from the United States, based on interviews with 16 former detainees wapo.st/3KUUv6n

DENTRO DEL CECOT (ENLACE DE REGALO) El informe del Washington Post sobre la prisión salvadoreña a la que la administración Trump envió a migrantes deportados de los Estados Unidos, basado en entrevistas con 16 exdetenidos wapo.st/3MPEeA6

Betty Reid Soskin, who served as the nation’s oldest park ranger and related firsthand accounts of segregation as a Black woman on the World War II home front, has died. She was 104.

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf swiped at a fan who was standing in the front row of the stands at Sunday’s game in Detroit, an incident that is expected to be reviewed by the NFL for potential disciplinary action.

CBS News abruptly pulled a “60 Minutes” segment on the Trump administration’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador’s CECOT prison after the Trump administration refused to grant an interview, according to an email obtained by The Post.

President Donald Trump announced he is appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) as special envoy to Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark that the president has said he wants to acquire for the United States.

After rising to prominence as a rebel against the establishment, Sen. Ted Cruz is now a vocal champion of some longtime orthodox GOP positions, as a new generation of conservatives is ascending with a different vision.

An uncle’s ski lessons are terrifying, but this teen doesn’t want to disappoint her family by saying no. “I would rather just ski on my own, taking my time on easy slopes,” they write. Advice columnist Carolyn Hax responds:

Fall River, Massachusetts, is experiencing a manufacturing revival, focusing on quality craftsmanship and high-tech production. The city aims to bridge the generational gap by introducing students to manufacturing careers.

Christmas holiday travel may be wet for some and toasty for others. Here’s a look at where weather will be stormy, or warmer than average, across the U.S. this week:

Steinbach Nutcrackers are one of the most recognizable German exports of the holiday season. This year, however, tariffs imposed by President Trump have become a bureaucratic headache for niche businesses that rely on direct-to-consumer shipments.

Review: “Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective” at the Museum of Modern Art only scratches the surface of Asawa’s contribution. Artists who need inspiration or who need reassurance that what they do matters should visit this show.

Disney’s first reptile protagonist Gary De’Snake is enchanting Chinese fans and allowing the studio to strike gold in the year of the snake. Gary’s popularity helped “Zootopia 2” to become the top-grossing imported animated film in Chinese history.

Pakistan’s military is tightening its grip on the country with sweeping legal changes that critics say are centralizing power in the hands of army chief Gen. Syed Asim Munir. He will have more power than any Pakistani military official.

Video games may improve our cognition. But how we play them matters when it comes to the benefits they provide. Experts caution against overdoing it. Here’s what they say about cognitive engagement:

Parents who put money into their children’s “Trump Accounts” might face a headache come tax time: They may be required to fill out a little-used gift tax form that can take hours to complete and can only be filed by mail.

As President Trump continues the boat strikes and with the declaration of a “blockade” of all sanctioned vessels transporting Venezuelan oil, he has all but abandoned the public pretense that his goal is simply stopping migrants and drugs.

Scott Long was determined to make his home shine one last time, because he didn’t know if he would get another chance. Long has been battling Stage 4 cancer, and he expects this to be his last Christmas.

This year, millions of American families that have relied on Obamacare are being squeezed on multiple sides: Premiums are rising, covid-era subsidies are shrinking, and there are fewer choices with insurers pulling out of some markets.

The DOJ released a slice of its massive files on Jeffrey Epstein, a much-anticipated disclosure that revealed new details about the government’s investigation into Epstein’s sex crimes and opulent life.

Reps. Ro Khanna (D-California) and Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) said that they will seek to find Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress for not releasing more documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Radio City Rockettes, founded in 1925, are rounding out their 100th season with the annual blockbuster eight-week run of “Christmas Spectacular. Here’s a look at the most recognizable dance troupe on the planet from the past century:

Missions were shattered. Entire agencies were deleted. Nearly 300,000 employees were forced out of the federal workforce. Here’s a look into how DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the federal government:

“I’m trying to set myself up to be less of a burden ...” More baby boomers and Gen Xers are sifting through paperwork and making other end-of-life plans to ensure their children aren’t left with the financial and emotional toll of caretaking.

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a U.S. official said, in what would mark the third interception of a tanker in the waters off that country this month. This would be the second tanker the U.S. stopped this weekend.

FACT CHECK American companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela, and officials didn’t kick them out. Venezuela, following Mexico, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, nationalized its most lucrative sector in 1976 and developed mutually beneficial partnerships with American and other firms wapo.st/4jblLKs

President Trump said this week that the expropriation of American oil company assets justified a “total and complete blockade” of oil tankers arriving and leaving Venezuela. Here’s a timeline of the exchange between the countries:

SNL went meta for Bowen Yang’s last show with the beloved cast member playing an eggnog serving employee at a Delta Air Lines Sky Club lounge. “They’re closing my station,” Yang told some passing travelers. “This is my last shift.”

The Post examined the bright skyline around Reagan National Airport and whether it may have been a factor in the January plane crash, which killed 67 people. To see the full reconstruction, watch the video on this page:

The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funds from the Smithsonian if it did not submit extensive documentation for a sweeping content review. President Trump is set out to purge what he called “improper ideology” from the museum system.

Inside the federal government as Trump and DOGE pushed it past its breaking point in 2025, as told by some of the more than 1,200 federal workers @hannahnatanson.bsky.social and @merylkornfield.bsky.social have spoken to this year

Trump has scrapped plans for commemorative coins honoring women’s suffrage and Frederick Douglass. Instead, we’ll get George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and a Pilgrim couple — all of whom have already appeared on U.S. currency www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

Hundreds gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday afternoon to mark the end of an era for the penny, after the U.S. Mint pressed the final coins last month. As guests left the funeral, they bid their goodbyes and tossed pennies into the casket. https://wapo.st/3KLIRL4

When Charlie Hicks, 78, a regular at the Shrimp Basket, stopped showing up, the chef went looking for him. He ended up saving his life. https://wapo.st/4qbkSUp

Review: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film “The Secret Agent” creates a sense of dread through beguiling uncertainties and a vivid portrayal of urban Brazil under military dictatorship, starring Wagner Moura. https://wapo.st/4jg2nfu

Column: After a DUI years ago, this letter writer avoids drinking often. How do they respond to questions asking why?

Plenty of people still think that boxes are synonymous with low-caliber wine, but quality and cardboard aren’t mutually exclusive. Here are 8 boxed wines we love:

Column: One in 6 American adults uses AI chatbots monthly for health advice, according to health nonprofit KFF. But only about 1 in 3 trust their information. Here's how ChatGPT's medical advice differed from what one doctor tells his own patients:

Advice: Traveling has always come with complications. This column weighs in on your obligations to your partner if they’ve neglected to enroll in a service that speeds up the airport security line.

Beyond the gray halls of monotony, there exist airports where you may actually want to stay awhile. So we set out to rank the best in the United States.

As we barrel toward the coldest part of the year, so, too, we enter the season of comforting stews. Simmer one of these stew recipes — starring beef, chicken, seafood and vegetables — to warm your belly and home.