Trump allies seek to co-opt coming election-security case to bolster 2020 lie
The largely left-leaning plaintiffs in the federal civil case going to trial this week in Georgia allege that the state’s voting machines are vulnerable to hacking -- not that they have been hacked.
By Emma Brown and Amy GardnerComplaints about home birth midwives languish amid Maryland backlog
After their babies died, parents in Maryland sought help from the state Board of Nursing, which regulates midwives. They are still waiting.
By Amy BrittainFat Leonard thought he was going free. Now he’s locked up in Miami.
Leonard Francis, the U.S. fugitive and celebrated con man, thought Venezuela was giving him his freedom. Instead, he was put on a plane back to the U.S.
By Craig WhitlockKhashoggi’s widow wins political asylum in the United States
The decision may be the final act in the twisted drama of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination by a Saudi hit squad in Turkey.
By Dana PriestWatch ‘Failure at the Fence’
“Frontline” and The Washington Post partnered on a detailed examination of how Hamas breached Israel’s vaunted “Iron Wall” on Oct. 7 to carry out its attack.
By Jon Swaine, Joyce Sohyun Lee and Sarah CahlanWhat we know about the Smithsonian’s human remains
The Smithsonian’s human brains were taken mostly from Black and Indigenous people and other people of color. Read key findings from The Post’s investigation.
By Nicole Dungca, Claire Healy and Andrew Ba TranSearch the Smithsonian’s records on human remains
The Smithsonian holds over 30,700 human remains, but never released a full inventory. The Post offers a starting point to learn more about the collection.
By Andrew Ba Tran, Claire Healy and Nicole DungcaFormer employees say Smithsonian resisted action on human remains
Interviews with former Smithsonian employees show they faced resistance from Natural History Museum anthropologists when seeking to repatriate human remains.
By Nicole Dungca and Claire HealySmithsonian targeted D.C.’s vulnerable to build brain collection
The Smithsonian museum’s collection of human remains contains dozens of brains from vulnerable Washington, D.C., residents, many taken without consent.
By Nicole Dungca and Claire HealyWhen government officials withhold records, the public pays the price
D.C. police declined to release the disciplinary file of retired officer Brett Parson, and The Post sued. FOIA Director Nate Jones explains what we found out.
By Nate JonesU.S. may hold key to finding remains of Grenada’s prime minister
A Post podcast finds the U.S. may have more information about the whereabouts of the body of Grenada’s prime minister, Maurice Bishop, executed in a 1983 coup.
By Martine Powers, Ted Muldoon and Rennie Svirnovskiy‘The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop’: Podcast episode guide
An episode guide: Grenada’s prime minister was executed in a coup in 1983. The location of his remains is unknown. New details reveal the role the U.S. played.
By Martine Powers, Ted Muldoon and Rennie SvirnovskiyBusinessman accused of bribing Sen. Menendez had deep ties to Egypt
Wael Hana’s extensive ties to the Egyptian government included arranging the shipment of military equipment from the U.S., associates say.
By Shawn Boburg, Claire Parker, Terrence McCoy and Marina DiasForbidden Russian oil flows into Pentagon supply chain
After multiple changes of ownership, the fuel is sold to a Greek refinery that serves the U.S. military, a Post examination finds.
By Evan Halper, Dalton Bennett and Jonathan O'ConnellA home birth midwife faces scrutiny after a baby dies. It’s not the first time.
Infants are twice as likely to die after planned home births compared with hospital deliveries, a Post investigation found. Inconsistent laws and limited accountability make it difficult to evaluate a home birth midwife’s record.
By Amy BrittainPhilip Meyer, reporter who brought data crunching to newsrooms, dies at 93
In the 1960s, he pioneered using social science methods and computers for investigative journalism.
By Michael S. RosenwaldA guide to the friends and patrons of Clarence and Ginni Thomas
These are the associates of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, have given gifts, made payments or otherwise supported the couple based on recent reporting from various news outlets.
By Shawn BoburgMapping Israel’s ground assault into Gaza
The Washington Post geolocated videos, photos and satellite images to understand where Israeli’s ground assault has reached within Gaza.
By Meg Kelly, Imogen Piper, Evan Hill, Joyce Sohyun Lee and Laris KarklisA barrage and a midair explosion: What visual evidence shows about the Gaza hospital blast
Videos analyzed by The Washington Post reveal that rockets were launched from Gaza in the direction of al-Ahli Hospital 44 seconds before an explosion there.
By Evan Hill, Meg Kelly and Imogen PiperIntroducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop”
Grenada’s revolutionary leader was executed in a coup in 1983, with seven others. The whereabouts of their remains are unknown. Now, The Washington Post’s Martine Powers uncovers new answers about how the U.S. fits into this 40-year-old Caribbean mystery.
By Ted Muldoon