Paul Ryan is in another fight he doesn't want — this time over gay rights; Trump is just borrowing the GOP brand. He'll resist bending to party leaders.; In Brazil's political crisis, a powerful new force: Evangelical Christians; Baylor to fire football coach, demotes president Kenneth Starr amid team's allegations; Oklahoma's abortion, transgender bills called political 'smokescreen'; As Iraqi offensive unfolds, civilians trapped in Fallujah face multiple threats; Muslim Scouts pursue an American tradition — in an America wary of Muslims; Teen in Manassas 'sexting' case sues authorities who wanted photos of his genitalia; Donald Trump’s campaign chief just made an amazing admission about his candidate; The Fix: Here's how 'yuge' a Trump-Sanders debate would have been.; Don Rickles was politically incorrect before it was incorrect. And at 90, he's still going.; After 70 years of waiting, WWII 'Memphis Belle' gunner revisits England. And dies quietly there.; Is 10,000-steps goal more myth than science? Study seeks fitness truths through our phones.; | | | | The day's most important stories | | | | In Brazil's political crisis, a powerful new force: Evangelical Christians | Just as the Rev. Jerry Falwell's "Moral Majority" emerged as a force in the U.S. in the 1980s, Brazilian evangelical leaders have gone from the political sidelines to the center. Their movement is not a coordinated effort to take power, they insist, but a grass-roots backlash against secularism, homosexuality and changes introduced during 13 years of Marxist-inspired Workers' Party rule. | By Dom Phillips and Nick Miroff • Read more » | | | | | | Don Rickles was politically incorrect before it was incorrect. And at 90, he's still going. | His peers? Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead (Buddy Hackett, Alan King, George Carlin, Joan Rivers — even Garry Shandling, who was almost 25 years his junior). Rickles is one of the last of the old-time stand-ups standing. These days, he's a sit-down comedian. | By Karen Heller • Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071 | | | | | | | |
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