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Democracy Dies in Darkness Most popular right now As a willing warrior for Trump, Sarah Sanders struggles to maintain credibility The White House press secretary plays a precarious role representing a president who traffics in mistruths and obfuscations. By Ashley Parker  •  Read more » Opinion This week proved God exists, and he has a wicked sense of humor The juxtaposition of the National Day of Prayer with the president’s Stormy Daniels admission got me to wondering . . . By Dana Milbank  •  Read more » Speaking of Science One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong. Obviously, there needs to be a standard. But do we really want to leave it to science? By Avi Selk  •  Read more » Early Lead 2018 Kentucky Derby: Everything you need to know Get ready for the 144th Run for the Roses by learning who is favored, who are the longshots, the race history, the best bets and the key characters. By Washington Post Staff  •  Read more »

How the music industry overlooked R. Kelly’s alleged abuse of young women A Washington Post investigation found that this disregard for the singer’s alleged behavior played out on many levels, from billionaire record executives to the low-paid assistants. By Geoff Edgers  •  Read more »

Giuliani tries to clarify comments on Trump’s reimbursement of payment to porn star Stormy Daniels The president’s new attorney issued a statement after Trump said Giuliani was still learning the facts. By Devlin Barrett  •  Read more »

The new film ‘RBG’ reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprising “She has become perhaps the best-known justice in the history of the court.” By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »

Acts of Faith Southern Baptist leader who advised abused women not to divorce doubles down, says he has nothing to apologize for The seminary has also fired a student for a tweet over the comments. By Sarah Pulliam Bailey  •  Read more »

Morning Mix Earthquakes rattle Hawaii’s Big Island after Kilauea shoots lava, ‘dangerous’ gas into the air “You could hear the power of it pushing out of the ground,” a resident of the Big Island said. By Allyson Chiu  •  Read more »   NBA playoffs: The new-school Rockets went old school to dismantle the Jazz; Warriors go down in New Orleans Houston hasn't lost two games in a row with Chris Paul and James Harden in the lineup since December. By Tim Bontemps  •  Read more »   The Kentucky Derby field is dominated by a horse that died in 2015 The first sire in 95 years to produce four entrants at one Derby, including the top two favorites, died unexpectedly at 11 just as his line was being established. By Chuck Culpepper  •  Read more »   The Post's View • Opinion Mike Pence dishonors himself. Again. By lauding Joe Arpaio, the vice president embraces racial profiling and criminality. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Vice president’s physician resigns amid ongoing furor over White House Medical Unit Jennifer Peña had reportedly raised concerns about former White House physician Ronny L. Jackson before his VA nomination was scuttled. By Josh Dawsey  •  Read more »   To Your Health The risky surgery to remove a woman’s 132-pound tumor that grew by 10 pounds every week "I don't think this woman would have made another couple of weeks,” a doctor said. “She came to my office in a wheelchair accompanied by her mom and her son and I saw fear in her eyes.” By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   Federal judge says special counsel wants Manafort to ‘sing’ about Trump A judge in Virginia alleged that Robert S. Mueller III’s team is looking for information “that would reflect on Mr. Trump and lead to his prosecution or impeachment.” By Rachel Weiner  •  Read more »   Fancy Stats • Analysis Best bets for the 2018 Kentucky Derby include Bolt d’Oro and other long shots Last year's winner, Always Dreaming, became the fifth straight favorite to win the Derby but the trifecta still paid $16,594 on a $2 ticket. By Neil Greenberg  •  Read more »