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Police say a woman stole a vehicle after throwing a nonvenomous snake at the driver, then crashed through barricades set up for a pole vaulting exhibition in Greenville, S.C. Police ID’d the suspect as Hilmary Moreno-Berrios, 29, who demanded a woman’s keys and threw a live black snake at her.

She then drove the SUV with the snake still in it into barriers set up for the Liberty Bridge Jump-Off. The snake was released in nearby woods. (AP)

A swimmer struggling in the sea off Sardinia had a lucky break. Italian news agency ANSA says the tourist got in trouble Sunday after his inflatable swan blew away. His friends alerted a lifeguard — but someone else was closer. Former world champion swimmer Filippo Magnini, who won bronze at the 2004 Athens Olympics, was able to reach the struggling man in a few quick strokes, and kept him afloat until the lifeguard arrived. (AP)

Two visitors to a Texas state park called 911 last month to say they were being stalked by a wild pig — only to find the noises that alarmed them were made by cars driving over rumble strips on a nearby road. According to a news release, a Government Canyon State Park officer found the two in a tree hiding from an angry wild pig. He soon determined that the sounds they’d thought were growls were actually coming from the rumble strips. (EXPRESS)

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page three Washington’s ultimate trivial pursuit THE DISTRICT After Will Dawson’s three-game winning streak on “Jeopardy!� in February, strangers begged for photos. They recognized him at the doctor’s office or at the National Geographic Museum, where he works.

This year, between host Alex Trebek’s cancer diagnosis (now in “near remission�) and supercontestant James Holzhauer’s virtuosic run (now over), “Jeopardy!� found its way back to the forefront of pop culture. But here in the capital city, the show has long been appointment television — and, for many, a goal.

When Dawson appeared on the show, he became part of a Washington club that is both exclusive and populous. In a city teeming with overachieving, overeducated, uber-competitive nerds, getting on “Jeopardy!� is both a mark of distinction and . . . kind of normal.

During this season, the show’s 35th, 10% of the contestants have hailed from the District, according to a producer — tied for first

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Nothing confers ‘nerd street cred’ here like being on ‘Jeopardy!’

Mehrun Etebari is a former “Jeopardy!� champion and a regular emcee at trivia night at Cafe Saint-Ex, right.

place with New York City. In the past five seasons, more than 200 contestants from the D.C. area have competed on the show.

The alumni ranks are thick enough that some of them communicate in private Facebook groups and gather for viewing parties. “You can swing a dead cat in this town,� Dawson says, “and hit someone who auditioned for or competed on ‘Jeopardy!’ �

You might hit David Tepper, a Falls Church lawyer in the DC Jeopardy People Facebook group whose familiarity with Portuguese and the 1989 miniseries

“You can swing a dead cat in this town and hit someone who auditioned for or competed on ‘Jeopardy!’ �

WILL DAWSON, a Washingtonian who had a three-game “Jeopardy!� winning streak in February

in town. Expect anywhere from five to 10 “Jeopardy!� alums to regularly appear among the players. The local talent dukes

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“The Women of Brewster Place� propelled him to a three-game winning streak in 2000. Or James Pethokoukis, a policy analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, who came from behind to win in 2002 by knowing the name of the man for whom the White House Press Briefing Room is named.

Years after their “Jeopardy!� appearances, local veterans of the show remain competitive in the pub trivia scene.

One hot spot is the basement of Cafe Saint-Ex on 14th Street, which hosts what is supposedly one of the tougher trivia nights

it out in teams with names like “The Washington Monu-gents� and “Mohammed Morsi Croak Like an Egyptian.�

Even the emcee, Mehrun Etebari, won “Jeopardy!� five times back in 2007. Etebari, an energy analyst, arrived in D.C. a year after he was on the show. But reruns were still airing, so he’d get recognized on the street or at the airport.

Washington fame is mostly reserved for political power players and cable news regulars; former “Jeopardy!� contestants barely qualify for the D-list. “You may want to be a celebrity,� Pethokoukis says, “but you’re not.� “To many friends outside the trivia scene, I’m not their ‘Jeopardy!’ champ friend,� Etebari says. “I’m one of their ‘Jeopardy!’ champ friends, because they know two or three.�

Still, membership in the post-“Jeopardy!� fellowship is a feather in the cap for professionals in a city where knowing things, even trivial things, is considered cool. “It certainly gets you nerd street cred in this hyper-intellectual town of ours,� Etebari says.

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Evans loses leadership role D.C. Council approves outside investigation of member’s business

Prince George’s confirms limits on deportations MARLENA SLOSS (THE WASHINGTON POST)

THE DISTRICT The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to remove council member Jack Evans as chairman of its Committee on Finance and Revenue and hire an outside law firm to investigate his actions, but stopped short of stripping him of other committee assignments.

The votes followed lengthy, sometimes heated exchanges between Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, D, and others over a redistribution of the committee’s duties and whether stripping the chairmanship from Evans, DWard 2 — who is under scrutiny for private consulting he did for companies with interests before the D.C. government — adequately addressed the council’s concerns about the issue.

David Grosso, I-At Large, called for Evans to be removed from all committees pending the investigation.

Mendelson argued against the move, saying Tuesday morning that it would be unprecedented and would “emasculate” Evans.

“There has not been due process, there has not been an investigation,” Mendelson said.

“It would be as close as we can get to disenfranchising Ward 2 voters, because Mr. Evans is still the elected representative.”

Grosso said the allegations surrounding Evans also are unprecedented, and that due process doesn’t apply.

D.C. Council members on Tuesday fiercely debated the proper approach to limiting Jack Evans’ committee duties.

“This is not like he’s going to go to jail or he’s going to have to pay some big fine. This is about protecting the integrity of this institution,” said Grosso, who called Monday for Evans to resign from the council. “We have clear and convincing evidence that there was at least the appearance of a conflict happening … in multiple situations.”

Evans, first elected in 1991, has been a fixture of city politics since. Since the fall, a federal grand jury has issued several subpoenas to governmental bodies seeking documents about him and his clients.

The FBI recently searched his home, and Evans resigned from the Metro board last month after a newly publicized investigation

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Council tensions rise The D.C. Council took up a busy legislative agenda on Tuesday. Here are some highlights. (EXPRESS) At-large member Elissa Silverman’s bid to remove Corbett Price from the Metro board, where he was allied with former board chair Jack Evans, failed 4-8.

A new sports gambling contract for the city passed on a 7-5 vote.

Several members accused Council Chair Phil Mendelson of backroom dealing to exchange new committee assignments for a “yes” on betting.

At-large member David Grosso introduced legislation that would establish a program to shuttle D.C. students to and from schools located in neighborhoods with high crime rates.

found evidence that he committed ethics violations at Metro, where he served as chairman.

Mendelson said the international law firm O’Melveny & Myers will conduct the council’s probe of Evans, which he estimated will cost taxpayers between $100,000 and $200,000.

A report will be made public.

Mendelson said the law firm should finish by September, at which point an ad hoc council committee will be created to consider whether the results of the investigation warrant further action. He said he anticipated the committee will give Evans an opportunity to respond to allegations and that it should complete its work by mid-October.

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The amount the Department of Defense spent on President Trump’s July 4 “Salute to America” event on the National Mall, the Pentagon told CBS News on Tuesday. That figure accounts for “the cost of flying hours and transportation for tanks and fighting vehicle platforms,” but does not reflect the total cost of the event, CBS reported. Pentagon officials told CBS the amount is consistent with spending on recent events, including Fleet Week demonstrations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. (EXPRESS)

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IMMIGRATION Prince George’s County police launched training efforts this week that specifically prohibit officers from cooperating with federal immigration authorities to enforce civil deportation orders.

The training includes a fiveminute video that will be shown at the start of roll call over the next several days, reminding officers that they should cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement only if an individual is wanted on a criminal immigration warrant or in connection with certain suspected crimes, and not for any civil removal proceedings.

Historically, Prince George’s has not honored ICE detainers on noncriminal matters. But Police Chief Hank Stawinski, above, told The Washington Post last month that some officers were mistakenly alerting the federal agency after stopping undocumented immigrants who had civil removal orders entered in a federal database.

After inquiries from The Post and from advocates, the county developed specific written rules to prohibit the practice.

Stawinski says in the training video that a “small number” of officers acted incorrectly. He blamed arrests on language in the FBI’s criminal database that led officers to confuse an “outstanding administrative warrant of removal” — a civil summons — with a criminal arrest warrant. LYNH BUI (TWP)

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A deluge of rain across the region on Monday morning damaged roads and left dozens stranded. Here’s a guide to the aftermath. (EXPRESS)

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The number of gallons of rainwater dumped on D.C. on Monday morning. That figure doesn’t include Maryland or Virginia. According to Capital Weather Gang, that amount of rainfall would fill 48,000 Metro cars or 1.1 million hot air balloons.

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The estimated amount in damage to Arlington County infrastructure caused by Monday’s storm, according to an ARLnow report.

Arlington officials said six pedestrian bridges and one storage building were completely washed away.

Water main break near Baltimore stadium leads to widespread flooding and a derailed train

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Flooding rains take massive regionwide toll

Floodwaters flow at Westover Market in Arlington on Monday.

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The number of years (since 1871) the National Weather Service has been recording rainfall totals in D.C. Monday’s rainfall exceeded every previously recorded July 8 total and ranked among the 10 heaviest rainfall days on record in the D.C. area.

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Special Virginia session following mass shooting ends after 90 minutes RICHMOND Barely more than an hour after convening a special session called

by Virginia’s Democratic governor to debate gun legislation, the GOP-controlled General Assembly abruptly adjourned without taking any action, stunning hundreds of gun control activists

and gun rights protesters outside.

The Senate started shortly after noon and at about 1:30 p.m., voted 20 to 18 along party lines to adjourn until Nov. 18.

A few minutes later, the House of Delegates followed suit. Democrats including Senate Minority Leader Richard Saslaw, D-Fairfax, struck a defiant note.

“This is far from over,” Saslaw said. “In the end, let me assure you we are going to prevail, one way or another.”

STEVE HELBER (AP)

Lawmakers take no action on guns Gun rights and gun control advocates rally Tuesday at the State Capitol.

Gov. Ralph Northam, D, said Republicans had abdicated their duty. “It is shameful and disappointing that Republicans in the General Assembly refuse to do their jobs,” he said in a statement.

Thief steals 12,000 lottery tickets and 170 cigarette cartons from Stafford, Va., convenience store

Before adjourning, Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, pulled a bill he had filed on Monday that would have banned guns from local government buildings and made any

violation a felony. State law now bans guns only in courthouses.

But Norment faced intense backlash from members of his own party and a gun rights group.

“I do not support — nor will I support — any measure that restricts the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens,” Norment said while pulling the bill.

W hen Nor tha m ordered the session after the Virginia Beach shooting that left 12 dead on May 31, he said he wanted “votes and laws, not thoughts and prayers” for the state’s gun violence, which claimed more victims in 2018 than traffic deaths. GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER, L AUR A VOZZELL A AND ANTONIO OLIVO (THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Trump feels ‘badly’ for Acosta

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Veteran sets her sights on McConnell Senate seat A Marine combat aviator who narrowly lost a House race to an incumbent Republican in Kentucky has set her sights on a more formidable target: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Amy McGrath sees McConnell as vulnerable because of his lengthy tenure in Washington, his stance on health care and his allegiance to President Trump. (AP)

Democrats demand labor secretary resign for role in Epstein’s plea

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POLITICS President Trump said Tuesday he would be looking “very closely” at Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s handling of a sex trafficking case involving billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, though he also praised Acosta’s Cabinet work.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said he feels “very badly” for Acosta and praised him as “very good” at his job.

“If you go back and look at everybody else’s decisions, whether it’s a U.S. attorney, or an assistant U.S. attorney or a judge, if you go back 12 or 15 years ago or 20 years ago and look at their past decisions, I would think you would probably find that they would wish they’d maybe did it a different way,” Trump said.

The comments came as a parade of presidential contenders and other top Democrats demanded that Acosta, a former federal prosecutor in South Florida, resign or be fired over his role in the secret 2008 plea deal that let Epstein, a wealthy financier, avoid federal prison after allegations of molesting teenage girls.

Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution and served 13 months in jail, during which he was allowed out to go to his office during the day.

That arrangement has drawn

President Trump said Tuesday he’ll look into how Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, right, handled Jeffrey Epstein’s case.

renewed attention since federal prosecutors in New York unveiled an indictment Monday charging Epstein with sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in the early 2000s.

Trump, questioned on Tuesday, said he felt “very badly” for Acosta because he’s been a “very good” secretary of labor. But the president also said repeatedly that the White House would be looking deeper into the issue.

Acosta also weighed in on the Epstein charges for the first time, saying in a series of tweets that new evidence emerging in New York “offers an important opportunity to more fully bring him to justice.” He said Epstein’s actions were “horrific” and expressed pleasure that

Trump’s ties to Epstein Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday called on President Trump to explain his past statements about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, pictured. In a 2002 magazine interview, Trump called Epstein a “terrific guy” and said he “likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” Schumer noted that Epstein had appeared in the past at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump told reporters that he knew Epstein from Palm Beach but that the two “had a falling out” about 15 years ago. Trump did not elaborate. (THE WASHINGTON POST)

prosecutors in New York were presenting a new case, but he made no mention of the calls for him to step down.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Acosta must quit and if he won’t, Trump should fire him. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., also called for Acosta’s resignation or dismissal.

On Monday night, Pelosi tweeted, “As US Attorney, he engaged in an unconscionable agreement w/ Jeffrey Epstein kept secret from courageous, young victims preventing them from seeking justice. This was known by @POTUS when he appointed him to the cabinet.”

She added the hashtag #AcostaResign. ALAN FRAM AND JILL COLVIN (AP)

DECLINE IN TEEN POT USE AFTER LEGALIZATION

The estimated drop in the odds of teenagers using marijuana in states that have legalized its use for adults, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. One reason may be that it’s harder and costlier for teens to buy marijuana from licensed dispensaries than from dealers, said lead author Mark Anderson, a health economist at Montana State University. The researchers analyzed national youth health and behavior surveys from 1993 through 2017 that included questions about marijuana use. Responses from 1.4 million high school students were included. (AP) France to slap new “ecotax” on plane tickets in 2020 to fund environmentally friendly alternatives

Space tourism venture Virgin Galactic is planning to go public, creating the first publicly traded human spaceflight firm. Virgin Galactic said Tuesday it is merging with Social Capital Hedosophia.

The company intends to offer “a unique, multi-day experience culminating in a personal spaceflight.” The value of the merger was put at $1.5 billion. (AP) TECHNOLOGY

Twitter bans hate speech toward religious groups Twitter will prohibit hate speech that targets religious groups by using dehumanizing language, a ban it says it may extend to other categories, such as race and gender. The social network already bars hateful language directed at individual religious adherents. Twitter, along with YouTube and Facebook, has been under fire for the prevalence of harassment and hate on its service. (AP) TRIPOLI, LIBYA

U.N.: Death toll from fighting exceeds 1,000 The battle between rival militias for the Libyan capital has killed more than 1,000 people since it began in April, the U.N. said Tuesday, a grim milestone in a stalemated conflict partly fueled by regional powers. Battle lines have changed little since fighting began, with both sides dug in and shelling one another in the southern reaches of Tripoli. (AP)

French tycoon Bernard Tapie acquitted of fraud in huge arbitration case

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nation+world Four employees tend to a Volkswagen Beetle at a gas station in Germany in 1954.

The end of the road

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Court: Trump cannot block Twitter users

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CULTURE Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model today at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. It’s the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938.

It has been: a part of Germany’s darkest hours as a never-realized Nazi prestige project. A symbol of Germany’s postwar economic renaissance. An example of globalization, sold and recognized all over the world. An emblem of the 1960s counterculture in the U.S. Above all, the car remains a landmark in design, as recognizable as the Coca-Cola bottle.

The car’s original design — a rounded silhouette, nearly vertical windshield and the air-cooled engine in the rear — can be traced back to Austrian engineer Ferdinand Porsche, who was hired to fulfill Adolf Hitler’s project for a “people’s car” that would spread auto ownership the way the Ford Model T had in the U.S. Mass production was canceled

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From Nazis to hippies, the VW Beetle leaves its mark on history

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler speaks at the opening of the Volkswagen factory in Fallersleben, Germany, in 1938.

due to World War II. Instead, the massive new plant turned out military vehicles, using forced laborers from all over Europe under miserable conditions.

Relaunched as a civilian carmaker under supervision of the British occupation authorities, the Volkswagen factory was transferred in 1949 to the German government and the state of Lower Saxony, which still owns part of the company. By 1955, the millionth Beetle had rolled off the assembly line in what had become the town of Wolfsburg.

The U.S. became Volkswagen’s

A variety of Volkswagen Beetles are displayed during the annual gathering of Israel’s “Beetle Club” in 2017.

most important foreign market, peaking at 563,522 cars in 1968, or 40% of production.

“Unlike in West Germany, where its low price, quality and durability stood for a new postwar normality, in the United States the Beetle’s characteristics lent it a profoundly unconventional air in a car culture dominated by size and showmanship,” wrote Bernhard Rieger in his 2013 history, “The People’s Car.” Production at Wolfsburg ended in 1978 as newer front-drive models like the Golf took over. But the Beetle wasn’t dead. Production

went on in Mexico from 1967 until 2003 — longer than the car had been made in Germany.

The New Beetle — a completely retro version build on a modified Golf platform — resurrected some of the old Beetle’s cute, unconventional aura in 1998 under CEO Ferdinand Piech, Porsche’s grandson. In 2012, the Beetle’s design was made a bit sleeker.

The last of 5,961 Final Edition versions of the Beetle is headed for a museum after ceremonies today in Puebla to mark the end of production. DAVID McHUGH (AP)

Billionaire investor, activist Tom Steyer reverses course and joins Democratic race for presidential nomination

COURTS President Trump can’t block critics from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the First Amendment calls for more speech, rather than less, on matters of public concern.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower court judge who said Trump violates the Constitution when he blocks critics.

“The irony in all of this is that we write at a time in the history of this nation when the conduct of our government and its officials is subject to wide-open, robust debate,” Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker wrote on behalf of a three-judge panel.

“This debate, as uncomfortable and as unpleasant as it frequently may be, is nonetheless a good thing,” the 2nd Circuit added. “… If the First Amendment means anything, it means that the best response to disfavored speech on matters of public concern is more speech, not less.”

The ruling came in a case brought by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. It had sued on behalf of seven individuals blocked by Trump after criticizing his policies.

Jameel Jaffer, the institute’s director, said in an email that public officials’ social media accounts are now among the most significant forums for discussion of government policy. Trump has over 60 million followers of his @realDonaldTrump Twitter account. LARRY NEUMEISTER (AP)

Former Argentine President Fernando De la Rúa dies at age 81

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nation+world Eccentric politician had two independent runs for president in 1990s

1930-2019 H. Ross Perot, an eccentric Dallas billionaire whose two independent runs for president in the 1990s tapped into voters’ frustration with the major political parties, died Tuesday at his home in Dallas. He was 89.

The cause was leukemia, a family spokesman said.

In 1992, running without a party affiliation, Perot received

19.7 million votes, draining support from both major-party candidates and contributing to the victory of Democrat Bill Clinton over the incumbent president, Republican George H.W. Bush.

Perot’s 19% share of the total was the most for an independent or third-party candidate since former President Theodore Roosevelt won 27% of the vote in 1912. That showing “assured Mr. Perot’s place in American history,” said Bruce Buchanan, a University of Texas political scientist.

As a boy in Texarkana, Texas,

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Texas billionaire Perot dies at 89

Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot died Tuesday of leukemia at age 89.

Perot delivered newspapers from the back of a pony. He earned his billions in a more modern way, however. After attending the U.S. Naval Academy and becoming a salesman for IBM, he went his own way — creating and building Electronic Data Systems Corp., which helped other companies manage their computer networks.

Yet the most famous event in his business career didn’t involve sales and earnings; he financed a private commando raid in 1979 to free two EDS employees who were being held in a prison in

Iran. The tale was turned into a book and a movie.

Forbes this year estimated Perot’s wealth at $4.1 billion.

Former President George W. Bush said in a statement that “Texas and America have lost a strong patriot.”

“Ross Perot epitomized the entrepreneurial spirit and the American creed,” Bush said.

“He loved the U.S. military and supported our service members and veterans. Most importantly, he loved his dear wife, children and grandchildren.”

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nation+world President to announce changes to transplant, kidney dialysis systems HEALTH President Trump will order a broad overhaul of the nation’s organ transplant and kidney dialysis systems today in an executive order designed to prolong lives and save the government billions of dollars, according to people familiar with the plan.

Trump will outline proposals to keep people with kidney disease off dialysis longer and make treatment less expensive; encourage more live donation of kidneys and livers; and force the 58 nonprofits that collect transplant organs to improve their performance,

people briefed on the plan said. He also will try to reduce discards of less-than-perfect organs by transplant surgeons.

In all, the government believes it can make 17,000 more kidneys and 11,000 more hearts, livers, lungs and other organs available for transplant every year, as well as save money for Medicare and Medicaid, which cover much of the cost of dialysis and transplantation. The United States has a severe shortage of transplant organs. More than 113,000 people are waiting for them; most need kidneys.

“These are all good ideas. I’m impressed, very impressed,” said Tommy Thompson, who worked to boost organ donation when he was secretary of Health and

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Trump seeks health overhaul

The government believes its new plan will make 17,000 more kidneys available for transplant every year.

Human Services under President George W. Bush. “They are finally modernizing organ procurement.”

The executive order the

president is expected to announce today is one of a series of health care initiatives Trump is announcing in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. Other recent plans have called for disclosure of health care prices and reducing transmission of HIV by 90% by 2030.

Kidney dialysis is a grueling regimen endured by about 510,000 of the 726,000 people who suffer from end stage kidney disease, according to the National Kidney Foundation. In the United States, most people receive hemodialysis, a treatment that requires a device to filter waste and toxins from their blood in hours-long sessions three times a week.

Judge blocks swap of lawyers on census case

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Dallas unveils memorial to 5 police officers killed in 2016

DROP IN BORDER ARRESTS

The decrease in the number of people taken into custody along the U.S. southern border in June, a drop that U.S. officials say reflects the early impact of Mexico’s crackdown on Central American migration. U.S. authorities detained 104,344 along the border last month, down from 144,278 in May, a significantly larger number than in previous years. (TWP)

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DALLAS | A memorial in honor of the five officers fatally shot by a U.S. Army veteran in a July 7, 2016, ambush is unveiled at the Dallas police headquarters on Monday. The sculpture shows the faces of Dallas officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith and Patrick Zamarripa, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson. The shooting is considered the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the 9/11 terror attacks.

Authorities say suspect is in custody after stabbing 3 people at random in Seattle

POLITICS A federal judge in New York on Tuesday denied a bid from the Justice Department to replace the team of lawyers on the census citizenship question case, writing that its request to do so was “patently deficient.”

The department had earlier this week announced its intention to swap out the legal team — without saying why. A person familiar with the matter said the decision was driven in part by frustration among at least some of the career lawyers who had been assigned to the case about how it was being handled, though the department wanted to replace those in both career and political positions.

But U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman denied the formal, legal bid to do so.

“Defendants provide no reasons, let alone ‘satisfactory reasons,’ for the substitution of counsel,” Furman wrote.

Furman said the department could refile its request, if it gave “satisfactory reasons” for the attorneys’ withdrawal and promised that the attorneys who had worked the case would be available upon request.

The judge’s decision was latest development in the Trump administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Last month, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s plan to add the question. MATT ZAPOTOSKY, SEUNG MIN KIM AND TARA BAHRAMPOUR (TWP)

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The next three weeks will decide whether the Nationals are buyers or sellers at the July 31 trade deadline. But it’s hard to envision which way they’ll go.

The Nats (47-42) used a 28-11 run to enter the All-Star break sitting second in the NL East, though only a half-game ahead of the Phillies and one game ahead of the Mets. They’re leading the wild-card standings right now, tenuous as that position may be. Strong starting pitching and five weeks of mostly crummy opponents have given Washington some hope for a postseason berth.

But is this recent success really fool’s gold? The schedule will soon tell.

Washington begins a threegame series at Philadelphia (47-43) on Friday, followed by two games at Baltimore (27-62) and four games at NL East leader Atlanta (54-37). A 10-game homestand against the Rockies (44-45), Dodgers

(60-32) and Braves follows.

The final game against Atlanta comes on Major League Baseball’s trade deadline. If Washington fails to significantly reduce Atlanta’s current six-game lead — or worse, falls further behind — then the Nats will be sellers.

Washington would need to break up an aging roster — 17 players are at least 30 years old — and maybe even trade Anthony Rendon before he becomes a free agent and bolts for more money like Bryce Harper did. That Nats owner Ted Lerner recently met with Rendon’s agent is irrelevant.

Harper’s departure showed that nothing is certain until a deal is signed, so why watch a talented player walk away without gaining anything?

But if the Nats cut Atlanta’s lead to four games or fewer, then Washington should become a buyer and will need to pick up a reliever or two to take care of the seventh and eighth innings. The bullpen nearly buried this team at 19-31 earlier this season. Washington

PATRICK SEMANSKY (AP)

Buying or selling: What will Nats do at trade deadline?

If the Nationals are selling at the trade deadline this season, All-Star third baseman Anthony Rendon could be a valuable bargaining piece.

should even overpay if it has to like it did in 2017, when it got Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle from Oakland.

After tons of injuries, a healthy lineup is once again producing, and starting pitchers are thriving. Max Scherzer is unbeaten in his last nine starts with a 0.84 ERA, while Stephen Strasburg is 6-1 recently and 10-4 overall.

The Nats will need a big bullpen move, but are understandably hesitant to do so before they know whether it will be worthwhile. With only one NL team and five AL

teams at least 10 games back in the wild-card race, few clubs are willing to concede the season and trade a reliever.

The next three weeks will sort contenders from pretenders as the trade deadline looms.

Maybe the Nats’ recent surge wasn’t a mirage. But they’ll need to prove it over the rest of the month. Othereason will let them wise, midseason e whether the team clearly see up for 2020. can regroup

The Nationals’ search for bullpen help didn’t stop for the All-Star break. The team is close to signing right-hander Brad Boxberger, a 31-year-old former All-Star, multiple people with knowledge of the situation said. In 29 appearances for the Royals this season, Boxberger had a 5.40 ERA and 27 strikeouts against 17 walks in 26 ⅔ innings. The Royals designated him for assignment June 26 and released him July 1.

The bullpen remains one of the Nats’ biggest questions, even after a scorching stretch put them atop the NL wild-card race to end the season’s first half.

Washington’s bullpen ERA of 6.08 is the worst in baseball, even behind the last-place Orioles (6.06).

(THE WASHINGTON POST)

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Manfred denies juiced-ball claims Man

MLB C Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday denied accusations by Justin Verlander and d other pitchers that baseballs have been deliberately altered. A 2018 study found reduced d drag on the ball, leading to more home runs, but the league can’t seem to explain it. Batters are on pace to hit 6,668 homers leadin this se season — 19% above last year’s total of 5,558 and 9% over the record 6,105 hit in 2017.

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MYSTICS After an eventful West Coast road trip, the Mystics returned to practice Tuesday in a different arena and missing one star player.

Elena Delle Donne missed practice at Capital One Arena, where the Mystics will play an 11:30 a.m. “camp day” game against Phoenix today, because she was at a doctor’s appointment for the broken nose she suffered Sunday. Delle Donne took a shoulder to the face on the first play of Washington’s 98-81 loss to the Sparks. Mystics coach and general manager Mike Thibault said she doesn’t appear to need surgery, but Delle Donne, the team’s leading scorer, is questionable to play in today’s game.

The Mystics are playing in their old home of Capital One Arena to better accommodate what’s expected to be a large crowd filled with local summer campers.

Delle Donne’s status isn’t the only thing up in the air for Washington (9-4). In addition to preparing for their first meeting of the season with the Brittney Griner and DeWanna Bonner-led Mercury (6-6), Thibault has been in talks with the WNBA about how the Mystics will make up one

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half of a game against the Aces.

Washington completed the first half Friday night in Las Vegas, leading 51-36, before the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Southern California shook Mandalay Bay Events Center so significantly that it was deemed unsafe to continue the game.

Emma Meesseman and Kim Mestdagh return to the Mystics roster Saturday after competing with the Belgian national team in EuroBasket. Meesseman in particular will be a welcome addition in light of Delle Donne’s injury. The forward averaged 19.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game during EuroBasket.

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Neubauer was happy to be wrong. (TWP) New York hosting parade for World Cup champion U.S. team today

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‘She’s something our sport has never seen’ WIMBLEDON Slowed by a balky ankle and trailing by a service break in the third set of her Wimbledon quarterfinal, Serena Williams appeared to be in trouble Tuesday against an opponent playing the tournament of her life.

Williams was down, but not out. And now she is two victories from a 24th Grand Slam title that’s been eluding her.

Grabbing the last three games and capping the comeback with her 19th ace — at 121 mph — Williams gutted out a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over 55th-ranked Alison Riske.

“I had to just button up and play hard,” said Williams, who owns seven Wimbledon titles.

“She was playing her heart out.”

That she was. Riske, a 29-yearold from Pittsburgh, was appearing in her first major quarterfinal. For Williams, this was No. 51.

That might have made all the difference. It’s Williams who possesses boundless muscle memory in these situations, who knows

Men’s Big 3 play today

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Serena punctuates win with fiery 121-mph ace, advances to semifinals

After defeating Alison Riske on Tuesday, Serena Williams will face Barbora Strycova in the semifinals.

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“I definitely thought maybe

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The Big Three return for the men’s quarterfinals, all facing opponents who beat them the last time they met. Defending champion Novak Djokovic starts at 8 a.m. today against David Goffin. Around 10 a.m., eight-time champion Roger Federer will take on Kei Nishikori as Rafael Nadal, a two-time Wimbledon champion, plays Sam Querrey. (AP)

I had a peek here and there at a couple openings, but Serena really upped her level, as only a champion would,” Riske said.

“She’s something our sport has never seen before.”

Next for the 37-year-old Williams will be a match against 54th-ranked Barbora Strycova, who reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at age 33 on Tuesday with a 7-6 (5), 6-1 victory over No. 19 Johanna Konta. Thursday’s other semifinal will be No. 7 Simona Halep against No. 8 Elina Svitolina.

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If you didn’t already know Cuco was a musician, his choice of wardrobe may have tipped you off.

Malaysian rapper tests boundaries

MUSIC When Omar Banos — the Mexican American artist who goes by Cuco — shuffles wordlessly into the lobby of a Bogota, Colombia, hotel in April, he looks like a regular, shy 21-year-old. He has ruffled hair and glasses that give him a nerdy-cool demeanor. Still drowsy from a performance the night before, he mutters a quick “hey” and fidgets with a plastic cup of orange juice.

In just three years, the laidback and unassuming Cuco has gone from being a hidden jewel of the internet to an indie-music act so promising that he sparked a bidding war among record labels and walked away with a sevenfigure deal from Interscope. He’s rallied a devout legion of followers, many of them Latino kids in the United States who connect with his stripped-back songs and lyrical y millennial moping. p g

“I wasn’t expecting any of this at all,” Cuco says of his newfound fame. “When things did start blowing up, I was always just tripping about how it kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger. So it was intense — it’s been intense more than anything.”

His bullet-speed ascent is partially a result of how much he bares himself to fans, awkward aloofness and all. On Instagram, he broadcasts that he’s, as he puts it, “just hella boring.” His music is also unabashedly emotional and plain-spoken, igniting a kind of blissed-out teen wistfulness in listeners. He usually pours his heart out in Spanglish — a detail that lets him cross cultural worlds. He’s experimental and hard to categorize, making his career feel like something of an escape hatch in an industry that often forces minority artists into particular genres or stereotypes.

“Cuco has really struck that balance of, ‘This is who I am, and this is what I sound like,’ ” says Leila Cobo, Billboard’s vice president and Latin industry lead.

AMANDA LOPEZ (FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

Cuco speaks a language of his own The Mexican American singer has developed a style that defies genre

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“It wasn’t an artist who had one single but someone who had built a loyal fan base, and that made him attractive in the long term.”

LEILA COBO, Billboard’s vice president and Latin industry lead, on the rise of singer-songwriter Cuco

“It wasn’t an artist who had one single but someone who had built a loyal fan base, and that made him attractive in the long term.”

The rush of success occasionally bewilders Cuco. He’s excited

for everything that’s coming — his studio debut, “Para Mi,” drops July 26 — but he finds a dazzling absurdity in the speed at which he’s moved from playing backyard shows in Los Angeles to sharing stages with Kenny G and having throngs of fans crowd him at airports, which happened recently in Peru.

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“When I was in Asia and Europe, pe, seeing people know my stuff uff word for word — that’s crazy. zy.

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One of the few Malaysian female rappers, Bunga at first didn’t consider a career in music. “My initial dream was to be a politician or a lawyer,” she says. But her success is changing her tune. Bunga is one of the only known rappers who wears a hijab and baju kurung, a traditional Malay dress, at her performances.

She raps about her personal life, and her experiences of being bullied. And Bunga says she is “living proof” that women can make it in a male-dominated industry. “I want to make a lot of songs,” she says. “I want to go on tours. I want to release albums. I want to g go worldwide.”

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Tegan and Sara’s “Hey, I’m Just Like You” out Sept. 27

Actor Eddie Jones died Saturday at 84

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entertainment FILM

Imagine a world without The Beatles. That’s the conceit of “Yesterday,” which follows musician Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) as he suddenly finds he’s the only person who remembers the iconic band. In making the film, now playing, director Danny Boyle was able to consider the world’s relationship with The Beatles.

What’s your relationship with The Beatles, and how did you decide to make this movie?

I’m big into music, and I always have been. In a way, it’s more of a driving force in my life than

the movies, to be honest. … I haven’t watched a film every day of my life, or worked on a film every day of my life, but music I have — I’ve listened to music every day of my life. Anybody

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Why ‘Yesterday’ remixes history

Danny Boyle, left, tasked Himesh Patel with singing The Beatles’ catalog.

who’s like that is going to have a relationship with The Beatles.

Do you think The Beatles would be popular today?

Some would argue that these

songs might not work to a modern audience brought up on Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift or whatever. I think they would. I was expecting naturally that, in so many songs, some would feel

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like they aged, and some would feel a bit period or whatever, and you’d have to forgive that. None of them felt like that. People hear something in them that feels really timeless. They are a force that history will not overtake.

What do you see as the inherent power of music?

The film has got a slightly oldfashioned view of music. Philosophically, I certainly believe this music is in us and belongs to us. Not just The Beatles. In a way, what these artists do is they awaken the songs within us. I really do believe that. There’s obviously no scientific proof of this, but I believe there will be one day.

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Many noted that Leonard, known for his awkwardness, probably wouldn’t care.

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PAR SCORE 150-160, BEST SCORE 227

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You receive instructions that send you in an unexpected direction today. Focus on the things that confirm your beliefs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Your ambition is keen, and your willingness to do whatever is necessary is not easily matched at this time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’re likely to be tested by someone today in a way that you have never expected. This is a lesson you’ll carry with you for quite some time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You’ve set your sights unusually high at this time, but that’s nothing to be unsettled by, as you’re ready to tackle anything.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You may

be surprised at who appears just in time to play a key role in your affairs today. You’ll want to make time for some honest talk.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You may not be able to avoid all tension today, but you’ll surely be able to minimize its effects in the most important of situations.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’ve been struggling under the same adverse circumstances for quite some time; today, you should be able to make some lasting changes.

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88 | 70

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A conflict is likely to arise today after you try to clear the air. Not everyone wants to hear what you have to say.

TODAY: It will be another dry day with mostly sunny skies, but temperatures will edge a bit hotter toward highs in the upper 80s to near 90 with moderate humidity.

Light winds will mainly blow in from the south. Some increase in cloudiness and moderate humidity levels tonight will keep low temperatures a bit warmer.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Signs and signals may be clear early in the day, but they are likely to become obscured later on. Interpreting them will take some time.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You are in the right, but not everyone is willing to acknowledge the fact. Take care that you don’t become aggressive.

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AVG. HIGH: 88 RECORD HIGH: 105 AVG. LOW: 70 RECORD LOW: 54 SUNRISE: 5:51 a.m. SUNSET: 8:35 p.m.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You

have a clear choice today: You can double down on a mistake you recently made, or you can correct it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) The direct approach may be advised by some, but, in truth, you are best to try something that is more subtle and suggestive today.

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1919: President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification.

(However, the Senate rejects it.)

1985: Bowing to pressure from irate customers, the Coca-Cola Co. says it will resume selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.

2004: President George W. Bush says in his weekly radio address that legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization, and that a constitutional amendment was needed to protect traditional marriage.

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Ariana bares her soul once more

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