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Executive privilege poses tricky situation for Obama

The answers to questions about the president’s first use of authority could have consequences during campaign.

(Refugee Esmatullah on his way to Kabul. | Mikhail Galustov/For The Post)

A long road home, pitted with worry

Even as many seek a way out of war-ravaged Afghanistan, droves of refugees pushed out of their adoptive lands are returning.

Sullivan supporters quietly plot
to reinstate her as U-Va. president

Sullivan supporters quietly plot<br> to reinstate her as U-Va. president

Some board members seek vote; incoming interim leader rules out becoming permanent president.

HIV infection rate nearly doubles among some poor black women in D.C.

HIV infection rate nearly doubles among some poor black women in D.C.

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Somebody in the government finally raises a question about war and taxes

Somebody in the government finally raises a question about war and taxes

FINE PRINT | After 11 years of fighting, we have a discussion about how to pay for the next conflict.

Valmon watches a runner in College Park, Md. | Mark Gail/Post

Valmon watches a runner in College Park, Md. | Mark Gail/Post

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Andrew Valmon is trying to focus on Team USA’s upcoming Olympics, but he can’t forget that one of his teams, and his job, in Md. is on the chopping block.

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World leaders gather for the Group of 20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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The former pitching powerhouse was being tried again on perjury charges.

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Vannak Anan Prum, who drew his life as a slave in Asia, is in D.C. to receive a State Department award.

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