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The fifth Democratic debate in the 2020 presidential election cycle is Wednesday beginning at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, hosted by MSNBC and the Washington Post live from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. The 10-candidate lineup will be questioned by moderators Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell, Kristen Welker of MSNBC and Ashley…

Martin Baron, the executive editor of The Washington Post, said that President Donald Trump’s latest attack on the publication was a “repugnant attempt to intimidate and harass” its staff. His comment was in response to a series of tweets that Trump posted on Thursday, attacking The Post over a report that he asked…

Covington, Kentucky high schooler Nicholas Sandmann can proceed with his $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post, as a District Court judge has reversed his previous ruling dismissing the case. He will now allow three counts to proceed. Judge William O. Bertelsman of the US District Court for the Eastern…

Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server while she served as secretary of state, potentially exposing secret information to foreign governments, is back under increased scrutiny by the State Department. The Washington Post reported Saturday that as many as 130 former Clinton aides have been told that emails…

Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron has fired back at President Trump for threatening to ban two Post reporters from the White House over a story that accused him of “self-sabotage.” "The Washington Post staff is immensely proud to have these two superb journalists on staff," Baron wrote in a statement…

A $250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post for defaming a Kentucky high school teen was dismissed by a federal judge on Friday, who cited the media company’s rights to free speech in the decision. The case drew national attention because of the confusion over the interactions between Covington High School…

Marty Baron, the editor made famous by the Oscar-winning movie Spotlight who is now executive editor of the Washington Post, said the newspaper has expanded without editorial interference under the nearly six-year ownership of Jeff Bezos. Even when the editorial team covers Amazon or Bezos personally, Baron said, “He…

Roseanne Barr is continuing to stir the pot during her ongoing semi-apology, semi-defiant interviews. In the latest edition, Barr spoke to the Washington Post and revealed that she was suicidal and spent time after being fired from her namesake show "holed up in her mom's basement in Utah, chain-smoking and in…

The Washington Post has issued an editor’s note that admits its coverage of the Lincoln Memorial confrontation between Covington, Kentucky teens and a Native American activist was inaccurate in some of its reporting. The newspaper faces a $250 million defamation lawsuit in regard to its coverage of the incident, which…

President Donald Trump lashed out at the press this morning, bragging he personally has “kept many of them in business” and that in six years, which would be the end of his second term, “they all go bust.” Triggering Trump’s Wednesday tweetstorm was a New York Times report, <a…

UPDATE: The video can be viewed below. Tom Hanks stepped up for The Washington Post during a Super Bowl commercial. The veteran actor narrated a 60-second spot airing during the big game about the importance of journalists. The ad featured images of some of the biggest stories since World War II, with Hanks talking…

If revenge is a dish best served cold, then President Donald Trump is delivering ice to one of his arch-rivals. The Commander-in-Tweet has capped off a day of online blasts by skewering embattled Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who just happens to own the Washington Post, one of Trump’s biggest critics and a constant source of…