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Stuck in traffic when you’re already late. Fuming while on hold with customer service. While patience often feels so elusive in the moment, it’s a skill you can get better at.
Here are some expert-backed strategies that can help: wapo.st/43A3dMX
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In a break from past tech booms, three IPOs are poised to generate record wealth at a historic scale, but with the spoils going to a smaller pool of companies and people. wapo.st/4w7VF0n
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KNICKS IN FIVE! The New York Knicks rallied to win Game 5 in San Antonio, beating the Spurs 94-90 to win New York's first NBA championship since 1973. wapo.st/4ouQFjE
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Texas’s Republican platform, which attendees will vote on Saturday, has become increasingly extreme in recent years even as it has become more influential in helping to shape national policy. wapo.st/4elrET8
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As Democrats wrestle with the past behavior of their Senate candidate in Maine, one name keeps coming up: Donald Trump.
“Look who’s in the White House,” said Abigail Woods, a city councillor. “Purity politics don’t get us anywhere.” wapo.st/4fEo7Sp
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A a Texas couple was convicted of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a pandemic-era pyramid scheme targeting Black investors.
Here's what to know to keep yourself safe: wapo.st/4veCNMY
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UFC chief executive Dana White is arguably the most powerful man at the intersection of sports and American politics.
Now, he is hours away from what could be his magnum opus: UFC’s Freedom 250, staged on the White House’s South Lawn. wapo.st/3SlnBPu
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The World Cup Final will be a test of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s leadership and political acumen — especially considering it lands in the middle of a Knicks championship run that has gripped the city. wapo.st/4a041ym
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D.C.’s Office of Campaign Finance ordered Janeese Lewis George and her mayoral campaign to pay $16,000 in fines after investigators concluded her team improperly coordinated with labor unions and an independent expenditure committee. wapo.st/4g2YnPZ
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Congress’s most important job is deciding how federal money is spent.
The breakdown in bipartisan budgeting every year threatens public programs that millions of Americans rely on and further endangers the government’s long-term fiscal health. wapo.st/4e9sDak
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Decades of advances in the global fight to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS are in peril amid wide-scale cuts to prevention programs, according to a United Nations report. wapo.st/4oodZiR
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The U.S. team’s electric 4-1 win over Paraguay was a clear statement from a team eyeing a breakthrough run on home soil.
But it also marked a much-needed pronouncement from the squad’s unassuming catalyst. wapo.st/4vN6tjZ
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President Trump began his week at the NBA Finals, booed by the New York crowd. Sunday night, he'll be cheered on at a UFC cage match outside the White House on his birthday.
The fans’ reaction underscores how sports have become a partisan playing field. wapo.st/4ekjH0v
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Michael Keating, who made headlines as a child after Pope Francis stopped to bless him, died June 9 of complications from cerebral palsy. wapo.st/3S6bRQW
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The U.S. and Iran are expected to finalize a deal within the next 24 hours, a move that would extend the ceasefire, Pakistan’s prime minister said.
Tehran cast doubt on the prospect, and U.S. officials did not immediately confirm it. wapo.st/4eGzjwL
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In Khan Younis, Gaza, displaced Palestinians came together to watch the opening match of the World Cup at a cafe. The Palestinian national team came close to qualifying for the tournament but fell just short.
“Despite the suffering we endure, we came with joy to watch the World Cup,” said Osama Hamdan, who was displaced from Rafah. “We had hoped that one day our Palestinian national team would be present.”
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For Roobens Michel, Haiti’s qualification for the World Cup was the first joy he had felt since November 2024.
That’s when armed gangs forced him out of his neighborhood, burned his family home and set off the events that led to the death of his nephew. wapo.st/4oouYBI
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The Justice Department is suing Virginia over new state laws limiting federal immigration enforcement, including a ban on federal agents wearing masks. wapo.st/4opdHIN
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In dogs, two clinical trials of antiaging drugs are underway: One for rapamycin and one for LOY-002, a more mysterious medicine.
If studies show that these drugs lengthen a dog’s healthy lifespan, there would be additional support for their use in humans. wapo.st/42ZAX5Y
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“Who puts a live dog in a garbage can?” sanitation worker Nazir Nalls asked.
The dog was in dire condition, but quickly warmed up to the crew trying to save him. wapo.st/4gkj3Tn
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