The future is uncertain. But it feels less scary surrounded by feathered friends.

Bob Bauer, the personal attorney for President Biden and former White House counsel for President Barack Obama, is now wrestling with the win-at-all-costs nature of American politics.

The rings, passed down by her mother, remind the author of the connection she has to her ancestors.

Years before becoming the Post’s publisher, Will Lewis assigned an article based on stolen phone records, a former reporter said.

The I.R.S.’s Taxpayer Advocate Service found that many of those affected were lower-income people who depended on refunds to cover living costs. The wait is “ridiculous,” the head of the service said.

A core member of the anti-art movement Fluxus, he died by suicide hours after the death of his wife of 60 years.