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Wednesday, May 1. The seven stories you need to know today.Read today's briefing.

Tuesday, April 30. The seven stories you need to know today.Read today's briefing.

Monday, April 29. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing.

Friday briefing: Supreme Court Trump case; USC and Columbia student protests; Harvey Weinstein; NFL draft first round; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: Arizona election charges; Supreme Court abortion case; Columbia University protests; NFL draft; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Wednesday briefing: Ukraine aid; TikTok ban; David Pecker at Trump’s trial; Supreme Court abortion case; campus protests; and moreRead today's briefing.

Tuesday briefing: Student protests at Yale, NYU and Columbia; David Pecker; Supreme Court homeless case; summer forecast; and moreRead today's briefing.

Monday briefing: Ukraine aid; TikTok ban; Trump trial opening statements; Columbia University protests; Meta AI; and moreRead today's briefing.

Friday briefing: Israel strikes Iran; Trump jurors; new Title IX rules; Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: Russian strike in Chernihiv; Trump jury selection; Arizona abortion law; Indonesia volcano; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Wednesday briefing: Trump jurors; Supreme Court Jan. 6 case; pro-Palestinian protests; House Speaker Mike Johnson; and moreRead today's briefing.

Tuesday briefing: Trump’s hush money trial; Jan. 6 Supreme Court case; coral bleaching; Caitlin Clark at the WNBA draft; and moreRead today's briefing.

Monday briefing: Trump’s hush money trial; Iran’s attack on Israel; tax deadline; Scottie Scheffler’s Masters win; and moreRead today's briefing.

Friday briefing: O.J. Simpson; student debt forgiveness; Harvard admission test policy; Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: Trump criticizes Arizona’s abortion ban; ‘gun show loophole’; Dexter Reed; Masters rain delay; and moreRead today's briefing.

Wednesday briefing: Arizona abortion ruling; James and Jennifer Crumbley; ‘forever chemicals’; Boeing whistleblower; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Tuesday briefing: Solar eclipse; student debt forgiveness; Tesla Autopilot settlement; Jonathan Majors; U-Conn. Huskies; and more Read today's briefing.

Monday briefing: Total solar eclipse; Trump’s abortion stance; six months of the Israel-Gaza war; South Carolina’s championship; and moreRead today's briefing.

Friday briefing: Trump’s classified documents case; Biden’s warning to Israel; airport security breaches; Final Four games; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: World Central Kitchen strikes; Taiwan earthquake; snow forecast; George Carlin AI comedy special; and moreRead today's briefing.

Wednesday briefing: Taiwan earthquake; World Central Kitchen workers; Donald Trump and Ruby Garcia; bird flu outbreak; and moreRead today's briefing.

Tuesday briefing: World Central Kitchen workers killed; Florida abortion ban; Alex Murdaugh; bird flu; Caitlin Clark; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Monday briefing: Israel protests; Baltimore bridge cleanup; storm forecast; AT&T data breach; March Madness Final Four; and moreRead today's briefing.

Check out The Campaign Moment, The Washington Post’s weekly politics roundtable to help you keep track of the biggest developments during the 2024 campaign. Senior political reporter Aaron Blake, who writes The Post’s new newsletter by the same name, and investigative political reporter Josh Dawsey join Martine Powers this week. They talk about how election denial is becoming more central to the RNC, what to make of this week’s NBC/Ronna McDaniel drama, the latest on efforts by a group trying to recruit a third-party candidate, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. factor and why Josh says former president Donald Trump is “running for his freedom.” Subscribe to Aaron’s newsletter, The Campaign Moment, here. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.The show was produced and mixed by Ted Muldoon. It was edited by Renita Jablonski.

Friday briefing: Baltimore bridge; Obama and Clinton campaign with Biden; Sam Bankman-Fried; Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: Baltimore bridge collapse victims; Joe Lieberman; MLB Opening Day; ‘negative leap second’; and moreRead today's briefing.

Wednesday briefing: Baltimore bridge collapse victims; mifepristone access; Ronna McDaniel; NFL kickoffs; total eclipse; and moreRead today's briefing.

Tuesday briefing: Baltimore Key Bridge collapse; Trump’s hush money trial; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs raids; Shohei Ohtani; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Monday briefing: Moscow attack suspects; Trump bond deadline; Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun; March Madness Sweet 16 schedule; and moreRead today's briefing.

“Impromptu” from Washington Post Opinions invites listeners to eavesdrop on our columnists as they have frank, thoughtful conversations on the news and cultural debates they can’t stop thinking about.Washington Post Opinions columnists want to bring you inside their conversations, before they start typing, to help you figure out your own point of view. New episodes of “Impromptu” will be released every Wednesday, starting March 20. 

Friday briefing: Government shutdown deadline; the U.S. sues Apple; Gaza cease-fire vote; pig kidney transplant; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: Trump’s finances; Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’; Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers; March Madness; and moreRead today's briefing.

Wednesday briefing: Texas immigration law; Ohio Senate primary results; government shutdown talks; Jonathan Glazer letter; and moreRead today's briefing.

Tuesday briefing: Trump’s finances; Gaza famine report; asbestos ban; Kate Middleton video; new Banksy; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Monday briefing: Putin claims a landslide election win; Boeing plane loses panel; Iceland volcano; March Madness brackets; and moreRead today's briefing.

Friday briefing: Fani Willis and Donald Trump; James Crumbley; Chuck Schumer; Indiana tornado; SpaceX flight; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: House passes bill that could ban TikTok; Trump classified documents hearing; Paul Alexander; and moreRead today's briefing.

Wednesday briefing: Biden vs. Trump; Aaron Rodgers; takeaways from Robert Hur’s testimony; TikTok ban; Andrew Tate; and moreRead today's briefing.

Tuesday briefing: Republican nomination; Robert Hur; Haiti’s prime minister; Boeing whistleblower; Airbnb cameras; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Monday briefing: Oscar wins for ‘Oppenheimer’ and Emma Stone; Trump mocks Biden’s stutter; Kate Middleton photo; and moreRead today's briefing.

Friday briefing: Biden’s State of the Union address; Gaza port; MH370 mystery; Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul; the Oscars; and moreRead today's briefing.

Thursday briefing: State of the Union; Alabama IVF bill; Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed; lead in cinnamon; and moreRead today's briefing.

Wednesday briefing: Nikki Haley; Super Tuesday results; Kyrsten Sinema; State of the Union address; bitcoin record; and moreRead today's briefing.

Tuesday briefing: Super Tuesday; Trump and the Supreme Court; France abortion rights; Opill; IRS Direct File; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Monday briefing: Nikki Haley and Donald Trump; California blizzard; mifepristone in CVS and Walgreens; Caitlin Clark; and moreRead today's briefing.

Friday briefing: Trump and Biden at the border; Navalny funeral; IVF in Alabama; Jack Teixeira; ultra-processed foods; and moreRead today's briefing.Sign up for “The Campaign Moment” newsletter, click here. 

Thursday briefing: Trump and the Supreme Court; Mitch McConnell; Texas wildfire; Richard Lewis; microplastics; leap day; and moreRead today's briefing.

Wednesday briefing: Michigan primary results; government shutdown deadline; Smokehouse Creek Fire; Wendy’s surge pricing; and moreRead today's briefing.To take advantage of new premium audio perks in Apple Podcasts with a Washington Post subscription, click here.

Tuesday briefing: Michigan primaries; Sweden and NATO; Ruth Gottesman and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; and moreRead today's briefing.

Monday briefing: South Carolina primary results; Supreme Court social media case; Gaza cease-fire negotiations; Kenneth Mitchell; and moreRead today's briefing.