Now she's out of a job.  Her struggle is just beginning.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.  —  BUFFALO — Lexi Rizzo was cleaning dishes in the back of her Starbucks store on March 31 when she noticed that her manager was printing a document, her hands shaking.

The Dad Canon (Circa Now)  —  The Dad Canon  —  (Circa Now)  —  Our highly specific, clearly subjective taxonomy of what today's dads can't stop wearing, reading, and talking about.  —  In the spring of 2020, a few months after we became parents, my wife asked what I wanted for Father's Day.

Mike Pence promises to fire FBI Director Chris Wray, blasts ‘puppet master’ Soros in Post interview  —  Donald Trump “was” his friend, President Biden is a “disaster” and Democratic mega-donor George Soros is a “puppet master,” former Vice President Mike Pence said during an exclusive interview with The Post.

‘All we received was abandonment’ Migrants sent to Sacramento by DeSantis speak out  —  They saw themselves in the video that Florida officials offered up as proof of their consent to travel to California, but they said it's not what it seemed.  —  They were happy, yes.  That part was true.

Spotify Has Stopped Even Sort of Trying to Stem Joe Rogan's Vaccine Misinformation  —  As a recent conversation between the podcast host and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes clear.  —  A broad swath of the anti-vaccine universe celebrated Thursday, when Joe Rogan, the biggest podcaster in the country …

3 Charged With New Hampshire Public Radio Attacks  —  The homes of New Hampshire Public Media journalists were vandalized after they aired a sexual harassment investigation involving a prominent businessman in the state.  —  Federal prosecutors in Boston unveiled criminal charges on Friday …

I-95 will reopen ‘within two weeks,’ Gov. Shapiro says; Biden tours I-95 collapse site  —  What you should knowPresident Joe Biden will be in Philadelphia on Saturday for his first political rally since he announced his 2024 reelection campaign.Biden will speak at a rally during …

Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case  —  A volunteer for Lawyers for Trump, Kellye SoRelle became Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes's girlfriend and a key post-2020 election contact with ‘Stop the Steal’ groups  —  A federal judge on Friday found Kellye SoRelle …

Exclusive: Twitter to focus on video, commerce in business revamp  —  Twitter plans to focus on video, creator and commerce partnerships to revitalize the social media company's business beyond digital advertising, according to an investor presentation by owner Elon Musk and new Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino …

Michigan teen arrested for plotting mass shooting at synagogue  —  A Michigan teenager has been arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue, according to a criminal complaint filed against the teen.  —  The complaint charges 19-year-old Seann Pietila with transmitting …

US rightwing group planned $6m for anti-trans messaging in 2022 midterms  —  Independent Women's Voice turned resources to fighting trans rights in 10 key swing states, documents reveal  —  In the months leading up to the 2022 US midterm elections, hundreds of thousands of Facebook users …

Pentagon's Secret Service Trawls Social Media for Mean Tweets About Generals  —  When the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley enters into his scheduled retirement later this year, one of the perks will include a personal security detail to protect him from threats — including “embarrassment.”

Trump repeatedly celebrated the inclusion of transgender women in his beauty pageant  —  Years before he said he was running for president to “defeat the cult of gender ideology,” Donald Trump welcomed and praised the inclusion of transgender women in the Miss Universe pageant.

The Business of Being Chris Christie  —  Mr. Christie left the governor's office in New Jersey and set out to, as he put it, “make money.”  He successfully traded on his political profile — and on his ties to the man he now wants to defeat.  —  Nick Corasaniti, who reported from New Jersey …

Girl Sues Hospital for Removing Her Breasts at Age 13  —  A hospital and doctors in California are facing a new lawsuit for removing the breasts of a 13-year-old girl after she claimed she was a boy.  —  The defendants carried out “ideological and profit-driven medical abuse” …

Thousands protest Dodgers' Pride night event honoring LGBTQ+ ‘nun’ group  —  Thousands of religious protestors held a “prayerful procession” outside Dodger Stadium Friday night in response to the Dodgers honoring an LGBTQ “nun” group at its Pride Night event.

S.F. drug overdose deaths could set a record this year.  What's causing the spike?  —  The number of people who died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco rose in May to 74, marking one of the deadliest months of the local fentanyl crisis since the city began releasing monthly overdose death data in 2020.

Federal judge halts Indiana from enforcing ban on care for trans minors  —  The order enjoins the state from enforcing new puberty blocker or hormone bans, as well as a ban on “aiding and abetting” others in providing gender-affirming medical care for trans children.

Jim Jordan Notes 'We Don't Know For Sure If These Tapes Exist' When Asked About Impeaching Biden Over Probe  —  Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan pointed out “we don't know” if the tapes Republicans claim implicate President Joe Biden “exist” when he was asked about impeaching the president.

Jack Smith seeks order to protect info on ‘uncharged individuals’ in classified docs case  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion seeking a protective order to govern discovery in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

Ron DeSantis Wants More Honoring Confederates, Less Funding for Black History … Last week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis promised to rename Fort Liberty after Confederate general Braxton Bragg, a slave owner who fought against the United States whose name previously adorned the base.

Putin says Russia positions nuclear bombs in Belarus as warning to West  —  President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.