Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks as Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and other congressional Republicans listen during a press event on tax reform September 27, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, Republican leaders proposed cutting …

Photo A Philadelphia judge on Monday sentenced the rapper Meek Mill to two to four years in prison. Credit Matt Rourke/Associated Press A lawyer for the rapper Meek Mill has accused a Philadelphia judge of inappropriate and “vindictive” behavior toward his client after she sentenced the rapper this week to …

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter Most languages will now have twice as many characters to say what they want on Twitter. The company announced on Tuesday in a blog post that it was rolling out the 280-character limit to all languages where “cramming” …

Media magnate Oprah Winfrey is raking it in on her stake in Weight Watchers. The company’s shares were up nearly 20 percent Tuesday after the diet company reported better-than-expected earnings and raised its outlook, bringing Winfrey’s potential profit to roughly $300 million over two years. Weight Watchers stock is up …

Photo Audra McDonald and Martha Plimpton in “Hello Again.” Credit Screenvision In recent years, the movie musical has struggled for its complete resurrection as a genre, in efforts ranging from the Hollywood high-flown (“Into the Woods”) to the modest and quirky (Jeffrey St. Jules’s little-seen “Bang Bang Baby,” from 2014). …

Amazon hit yet another all-time high Tuesday, and TradingAnalysis.com founder Todd Gordon says the charts are hinting the e-commerce giant could soon reach a new milestone. “You can see that [Amazon has made a very nice uptrend in 2017],” the technical analyst said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Trading Nation.” “And if …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with county sheriffs in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 7, 2017. As if he doesn’t have enough to worry about, questions are coming up over President Donald Trump’s personal health. …

Oliver Contreras | The Washington Post | Getty Images Robert Mercer speaks on the phone during the 12th International Conference on Climate Change hosted by The Heartland Institute on March 23, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Renaissance Technologies founder Jim Simons played a role in Robert Mercer giving up his leadership …

He did, thanks to a 14-month stint with the physical therapy team at the Australian Ballet in Melbourne. There he retreated into a monastic routine of daily physical therapy and exercise, relearning the fundamentals of ballet technique and how to use his body. Mr. Hallberg offers a detailed and moving …

Jahi Chikwendiu | The Washington Post | Getty Images A patient gets a checkup from infectious disease doctor Fadi Al Akhrass, at the Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, KY. Pop quiz: What is the out-of-pocket limit for your health plan in 2018? How about your deductible? These two figures are …