Friday's Headlines: GOP candidates set aside insults, talk about policy

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This debate took a markedly different tone with sharp exchanges over Social Security, foreign trade laws and how to fix the veterans' health-care system rather than the taunts that colored previous events.

By Karen Tumulty and Philip Rucker • Read more »

Usually a ruthless attacker, Trump plays it safe

An alpha politician who fends off opponents with pointed jabs and interruptions, Donald Trump found a different way to control the evening.

By Dan Balz • Read more »

Winners and losers from the 12th GOP presidential debate

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio performed well in the debate just before the vote in his home state. But was he better than Donald Trump ... or Jake Tapper’s pocket square?

By Chris Cillizza • Read more »

Fact-checking the debate

Here's our roundup of 16 fishy claims, including nine by Donald Trump.

By Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee • Read more »

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The Miami GOP debate: Trump’s rivals fail to hurt him

By Jennifer Rubin • Read more »

At debate, the GOP avoids insults — but not hypocrisy and histrionics

By Stephen Stromberg • Read more »

The Trump campaign speech that could beat Clinton this fall

By Charles Lane • Read more »

Trump is the demagogue that our Founding Fathers feared

By Michael Gerson • Read more »

The Holocaust and the Jewish identity

By Charles Krauthammer • Read more »

How America’s political decay has fueled Trump’s rise

By David Ignatius • Read more »

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Yes, Canada has fashion designers, and the first ladies wore them to the state dinner

Michelle Obama wore a full-length, strapless dress designed by Jason Wu in navy silk with a romantic floral print, and Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau’s gown was created by Lucian Matis.

By Robin Givhan • Read more »

Hillary Clinton moves to Obama’s left on border policy

Facing pressure from Hispanic activists, the Democratic front-runner’s no-deportations vow for most illegal immigrants is a big break from her former boss.

By David Nakamura • Read more »

Wounded Warrior Project executives fired amid spending controversy

The nonprofit only uses 60 percent of its budget on veterans, a watchdog organization said, and tax forms indicate it shelled out $26 million on conferences and meetings in 2014, according to CBS News.

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff • Read more »

A Naval Academy teacher fights to prove he’s innocent of sexual misconduct. Then a lost cell phone is found.

Amid a furor over sexual assault in the military, the Marine was accused of having sex with two students. What came next was a flawed investigation and a fight to prove he did nothing wrong. But did he?

By John Woodrow Cox • Read more »

This New York storm barrier could have slowed down Sandy. But European settlers ate it.

Superstorm Sandy cost New York more than $40 billion in damage. If oyster reefs were still in the harbor, that figure would likely be much lower, a study says.

By Darryl Fears • Read more »

Search for truth in rape case tests Afghan justice system

An alleged attacker went free, illustrating the clash of modern law and cultural practice.

By Tim Craig • Read more »

A liberal arts school pinned its hopes on a corporate leader. A culture clash ensued.

Experts say more colleges want presidents with business acumen, but the uproar at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland shows it can be very risky.

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Susan Svrluga • Read more »

Zika outbreak found to have more ‘alarming’ effects than feared, U.S. officials say

The officials leading the response to the virus said its growing links to a broad array of birth defects and disorders are worse than originally suspected, increasing the risk for harm during pregnancy.

By Lena H. Sun • Read more »

Shocker: Balenciaga now designs for normal people

A fashion house known for glamour turns it focus to... normcore? Plus, other startling moments from the Paris runways.

By Robin Givhan • Read more »

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