Front PageWed, Jul 15, 2020
- Numbers on jobs saved by loans don’t add up
- Surge in caseload driven by poorer nations — and U.S.
- In new climate plan, Biden sets more-ambitious goals
- U.K. bars Huawei gear in 5G setup, a win for White House Huawei ban in U.K. pleases U.S., escalates global 5G rift
- A crisis in campus care
- HIV research boosts race for coronavirus vaccine
Inside A-Section
- Digest
- Upcoming Washington Post Live events
- $1.2 billion fighter jet deal is a boost for Boeing
- Ginsburg hospitalized for a possible infection
- Former hospital worker pleads guilty to killing veterans
- Judge denies bail for Maxwell, accused of conspiring in Epstein’s abuse
- Trump plans to revise environmental law to hasten construction projects
- Democrats bullish on widening their House majority
- Voters in Texas, Maine head to the polls for key House, Senate primaries
- Sessions loses bid to reenter Senate, partly defeated by Trump’s antipathy
- White House backs National Guard role in data collection
- Trump uses Rose Garden event for extended attack on Biden
- U.S. carries out its first federal execution in 17 years
- Digest
- Attack deepens gloom over Afghan peace process Amid attacks, despair at Afghan peace process
- Trump’s two main foes plan major pact
- Britain to require masks in all shops
- In Japan, shutdowns make online hearts grow fonder
- Digest
- Postal Service memos detail ‘difficult’ changes
- Big banks prepare for lengthy recession, report significant drop in profits
- China sanctions Lockheed Martin over Taiwan deal
- White House signals openness to extending jobless aid
- IG says head of White House vaccine effort can keep pharma investments
- White House swiftly derided over ‘Find Something New’ job campaign
- Plan to require foreign students to take in-person class is dropped
Opinion
- A better tomorrow is finally here for Muscogees
- Covid-19 makes systemic racism deadly
- No president has politicized the CDC’s science like Trump
- Trump shuts his ears to Fauci’s truths
- How not to reopen schools
- Use the pandemic ridership turndown to build more mass transit
- A penny-wise, pound-foolish crusade
- Mr. Maduro’s power grab
- The stench of a coverup
- Keep VOA independent and relevant
- Move the Olympics out of China
- A baby step worth taking
- Real ‘law and order’ includes justice
- A president beyond satire
- Why I won’t be a part of prosecuting Amy Cooper
- A victory for the wrongthink police
Metro
- Hogan, Northam shorten the leash
- Hispanics are majority of county’s June cases
- Name change won’t mean the end of activist’s fight
- Trying to make a new life amid a crisis
- From the right, a call to preserve D.C. statue
- Virtual schooling in fall gains momentum
- Neo-Nazi group leader pleads guilty to ‘swatting’ minorities, journalists
- When somebody dies, it’s the businesses and charities that can’t seem to let go
- Local Digest
- Republican congressman tests positive for virus
- Magician entertained children, enjoyed bringing ‘that sense of wonder’
- D.C. mother goes on hunger strike as she seeks answers about son’s death
- After 19 days in the 90s, Washington nears a record — with more in store
- Electrical engineer and roboticist co-hosted long-running ‘MythBusters’
- Pioneering virologist made critical breakthroughs in HIV/AIDS research
- Restaurateur known for a giving heart
Style
- Hatching a silly goose
- NYT writer at center of firestorm resigns
- This novel deserves to go platinum
- ‘Old Guard’ goes new school
- The formula for making sausage patties without getting your hands sticky: H2O
- Shakespeare Theatre lays off a third of its staff, slashes budget
- Journalists fret over uncertainty after hedge fund buys newspapers
- science fictionSilvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar
- Sure, they levitate, but never really soar
- TV Highlights
- Young detectives hatch secret plan to find a missing girl
Food
- Picking a pivot over plywood
- It’s roasting outside, so roast on a grill
- This savory souffle is a showstopper. Just get it to the table in a hurry.
- It’s like dinner at a Mexican seaside resort, without a fish in sight
- The dirtiest spots in your kitchen can be the ones you never thought to clean
- Simple syrup is as easy as the name implies, and adding flavor is no harder
- Wineries work to balance hospitality with safety as they reopen for tastings
- Recommendations
- Fluffy grated egg delivers a pop of color and protein to creamy cucumber salad
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