Review: Reams of scholarship and fictional takes have imagined how Shakespeare’s life influenced his plays. “Hamnet” isn’t one of them. The movie may be more interested in earth and its life cycles than in the legacy of one man.

As Trump intensifies his threats against strongman Nicolás Maduro, many Venezuelan and Cuban American supporters in Miami are urging the president to take whatever steps are necessary to remove the embattled leader.

As snow spreads across more of the U.S. and meteorological winter begins, the National Weather Service remains hampered by a staffing shortage, despite a Trump administration pledge to restore hundreds of positions cut by Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service.

Jayden Daniels, who was cleared to play against the Vikings on Sunday, scrambles more than any quarterback in the NFL. Protecting himself while doing so will be the key to a successful return.

Bryan Reisberg spends one day a week taking shelter dogs out of their kennels, slipping them in a “adopt me” backpack and carrying them around New York. His goal is to help people see shelter dogs the way he does: curious, sweet and full of potential.

Turn on any pop station and soon enough you’ll hear Olivia Dean’s megahit “Man I Need.” Dean’s 2023 debut album “Messy” already helped build a fan base in her native Britain, but she hadn’t yet found a larger audience stateside — until now.

An Apache girl comes of age in a traditional ceremony. The Post followed 11-year-old Lozen through her Sunrise Dance ceremony, possibly the last at Oak Flat in Arizona before the area is reopened to copper mining.

At Kellenberg Memorial High School, dogs roam the hallways and the classrooms. Sometimes, students even hear parrots and peacocks during tests. It’s all part of the experience. “We wouldn’t know what Kellenberg was like without them,” said former student Tara O’Donoghue.

NEW >> I spoke to industry experts and CNN staffers to find out what the Netflix–Warner Bros. Discovery deal means for the company. "There’s some short-lived relief I think that it wasn’t Paramount, and Bari won’t be our boss," one staffer said. https://t.co/Ql5CmsWwZK

Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDC’s immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.

Rosie O'Donnell moved to Ireland to escape the emotional toll of Donald Trump’s presidency. In Ireland, she found solace and a renewed connection to her craft, despite her ongoing fixation with Trump. Here’s what she’s been up to:

When Netflix announced a blockbuster $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, among the elements not included in the purchase was a conspicuous one: CNN. Here’s what the deal means for the cable news giant:

I wrote about Heated Rivalry's unlikely journey to global phenomenon for the @washingtonpost -- and how Rachel Reid plans to write more about the characters Shane and Ilya, who have much of North America captivated. Here's a gift link:

President Trump declared himself “the affordability president,” while brushing off concerns about rising costs as “a con job by the Democrats.” However, there’s little evidence that his push to reframe the economic narrative is resonating with Americans.

Trump brands himself around peace while threatening war. The "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" arrives as Trump's Department of War touts its lethal boat strikes. "Orwellian is about the nicest term I can come up with,” Sen. @ChrisCoons told me. https://t.co/O3gwI9MS8w

Trump struggles to persuade Americans to ignore affordability issues. A president who has often seemed to float above the laws of politics confronts a new political reality, by @NaftaliBendavid

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NEW: How the CDC became a powerful platform for the anti-vaccine movement it sought to fight. Me and @DavidOvalle305 @pw_cunningham @washingtonpost 1/4 https://t.co/Adpde0zSS6

Three hundred and thirty New Mexico high-schoolers are set to join a newly launched state pilot program offering monthly $500 payments to teens experiencing housing insecurity and other issues, conditioned on meeting certain goals. https://t.co/nGI98jnzRJ

Column by Monica Hesse: I would wager that “With Love, Meghan” is not exactly the future that Meghan Markle imagined. And mostly, I would speculate that this is because her repatriated future would have been unimaginable to anyone. https://t.co/5YIIa7rLTP