NBA champion and MVP Kevin Durant holds his trophy during a parade in his honor in his home town of Seat Pleasant, Md., on Thursday. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) Basketball legend Kevin Durant returned Thursday to the rec center basketball…

President Trump departs the White House on his way to West Virginia earlier this month. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — A White House advisory council on infrastructure on Thursday became the latest casualty of the pique of business leaders…

As  Tropical Storm Harvey, located a couple of hundred miles east of the Windward Islands, headed west Thursday evening (Aug. 17), the National Hurricane Center was monitoring two other Atlantic systems:  Showers and thunderstorms associated with an area of low pressure…

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President Trump on Thursday assumed the role of leading spokesman for the racially charged cause of preserving Confederate statues on public grounds, couching his defense in historical terms that thrilled his core supporters and signaled his intent to use cultural…

Damage to the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald is seen as the vessel is berthed at its mother port in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, on June 18, 2017. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) The top two officers and the top enlisted sailor…

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