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Brown University gunman; ‘Trump Kennedy Center’; how to feel wonder; and more
Dec 19, 2025·—
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Friday, December 19. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey: washingtonpost.com/podcastsurvey
Trump’s White House address; a crackdown on leftists; Alzheimer’s tests; and more
Dec 18, 2025·—
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Thursday, December 18. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey: washingtonpost.com/podcastsurvey
Venezuela blockade; Susie Wiles interviews; plastic chemicals; and more
Dec 17, 2025·—
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Wednesday, December 17. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey: washingtonpost.com/podcastsurvey
Hunt for the Brown University shooter; Bondi Beach gunmen; Trump’s Rob Reiner post; and more
Dec 16, 2025·—
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Tuesday, December 16. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey: washingtonpost.com/podcastsurvey
Shootings in Australia and at Brown University; Rob Reiner found dead; Kansas City Chiefs; and more
Dec 15, 2025·—
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Monday, December 15. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Kristi Noem hearing; Trump order on AI; record cold weather; tiny robots; and more
Dec 12, 2025·—
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Friday, December 12. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey: washingtonpost.com/podcastsurvey
Seized oil tanker; Trump administration billionaires; interest rates; ancient fire; and more
Dec 11, 2025·—
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Thursday, December 11. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey: washingtonpost.com/podcastsurvey
Trump’s affordability tour; Miami mayoral election; a piano-playing octopus; and more
Dec 10, 2025·—
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Wednesday, December 10. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start. Tell us what you think! Take our podcast survey: washingtonpost.com/podcastsurvey
Ukraine and Russia; Nancy Mace airport incident; Golden Globe nominations; and more
Dec 9, 2025·—
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Tuesday, December 9. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
U.S. citizens detained in immigration operations; Kennedy Center Honors; lanternfly honey; and more
Dec 8, 2025·—
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Monday, December 8. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
D.C. pipe bomb arrest; Trump’s new ballroom architect; Black Death volcano theory; and more
Dec 5, 2025·—
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Friday, December 5. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Pete Hegseth under pressure; Trump pardons Cuellar; pajamas at the airport; and more
Dec 4, 2025·—
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Thursday, December 4. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Trump’s rant against Somalis; Tennessee House race; the companies trying to block the sun; and more
Dec 3, 2025·—
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Wednesday, December 3. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Pete Hegseth and boat strikes; ‘everywhere chemicals’; new TSA fee; Olivia Nuzzi memoir; and more
Dec 2, 2025·—
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Tuesday, December 2. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Pete Hegseth’s boat strike orders; Stockton shooting; Ozempic’s wider impacts; and more
Dec 1, 2025·—
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Monday, December 1. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Post Reports: Kathryn Bigelow on ‘A House of Dynamite’ and the nuclear ‘elephant in the room’
Nov 28, 2025·—
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You can read today’s edition of The 7 newsletter here . While The 7 podcast takes a break today, we wanted to share this Post Reports episode from earlier this month. It’s about the movie, “A House of Dynamite,” a new thriller on Netflix about nuclear war. Kathryn Bigelow has been thinking about the threat of nuclear war ever since she was a kid. “I come from the era of duck and cover,” she says, “where when I was very little, we had to hide under the desk in the event of an atomic bomb blast.” Over the last 40 years, she’s been directing tightly-paced thrillers such as “The Hurt Locker ” (which won her the Academy Award for best director) and “Zero Dark Thirty.” Her latest film, “A House of Dynamite,” takes on a question that has been on her mind for decades: What would happen if the U.S. were targeted by a nuclear missile? The film, which is out on Netflix, has struck a nerve with audiences, becoming the streamer’s most-watched movie in the world and igniting conversation about the accuracy of its depiction of the U.S. missile defense system . Today on Post Reports, Elahe Izadi speaks with Kathryn Bigelow and with the film’s screenwriter, Noah Oppenheim, about why they chose to make this film in this moment, and about how they responded when they saw news that the U.S. could restart nuclear testing for the first time in decades . Today’s show was produced by Peter Bresnan and Josh Carroll, with help from Emma Talkoff. It was edited by Reena Flores and mixed by Sean Carter. Subscribe to The Washington Post here . And watch us on YouTube here .
The FBI and Democrats; Trump’s ballroom plans; national park fees; and more
Nov 26, 2025·—
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Wednesday, November 26. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
James Comey and Letitia James cases; Oval Office sign; Thanksgiving meal costs; and more
Nov 25, 2025·—
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Tuesday, November 25. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Ukraine talks; MAGA divide; electricity prices; ‘forever chemicals’; and more
Nov 24, 2025·—
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Monday, November 24. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Billionaire donors; Trump’s ‘treason’ allegation; swastika rule; Elon Musk and Grok; and more
Nov 21, 2025·—
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Friday, November 21. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Trump signs bill to release Epstein files; Marjorie Taylor Greene; December forecast; and more
Nov 20, 2025·—
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Thursday, November 20. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Trump downplays the killing of Jamal Khashoggi; volcano-powered energy; tech and the brain; and more
Nov 19, 2025·—
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Wednesday, November 19. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Epstein files vote; Mohammed bin Salman visit; a clever wolf; and more
Nov 18, 2025·—
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Tuesday, November 18. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
Trump reverses course on the Epstein files; ultra-processed foods; snow forecast; and more
Nov 17, 2025·—
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Monday, November 17. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
MAGA rift; California congressional map; frog apocalypse; robot face-plant; and more
Nov 14, 2025·—
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Friday, November 14. The seven stories you need to know today. Read today's briefing. If you're not a subscriber, click here to start.
