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One of the Washington Post’s longest tenured editors denounced the paper in stark terms on Wednesday night, declaring that it has “utterly lost its soul” after publishing an op-ed drawing false equivalence between pardons issued by Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “The Washington Post editorial this morning essentially equating Biden’s questionable pardons with Trump’s outrageous Jan. 6 pardons was unconscionable,” David Maraniss, a 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner who has been with the paper nearly 50 years, wrote on Bluesky. “The newspaper I’ve been part of for 48 years has utterly lost its soul.” Maraniss didn’t link to the editorial in...

Republican congressional candidate Madison Cawthorn faces increased scrutiny after multiple reports of unwanted sexual behavior. The allegations came to light following a social media post from a woman who shared her account of a date with Cawthorn six years ago. Katrina Krulikas said in the post that Cawthorn forcefully attempted to kiss her twice. Cawthorn, 24, of Hendersonville, has denied the allegations, and a public relations consultant for his campaign questioned the timing of Krulikas’ statement. Krulikas said her decision to share her experience of a date with Cawthorn in 2014 came after months of consideration. “I had written the...