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How Condo Buildings End
Aggressive developers looking for a way in—or desperate homeowners looking for a way out.
Why the Crypto Industry Is Having a Meltdown Over the Infrastructure Bill
The Shiba Inu memes are howling—and it turns out they also have teeth.
Why Biden Could Succeed Where Trump Failed on Infrastructure
How did Democrats overcome Republican intransigence in order to to take on one of their highest priorities?
Dems plot to squeeze health care promises into social spending bill
To squeeze as many of their priorities as possible in the budget resolution, lawmakers are discussing making some of the new health spending temporary.
New York City to mandate vaccines for indoor restaurants, gyms, performances
The new program to “unlock New York City” will begin Aug. 16, with enforcement set to start Sept. 13, according to City Hall.
‘Literally losing our workforce’: Florida schools defy DeSantis’ anti-mask order
School districts view the mask mandates as a matter of life or death.
Help! My Son’s Wife Is Getting Bigger and Butcher Than a Woman Should.
I’m afraid she’s going to emasculate him, looking like this.
Ask a Teacher: Ask a Teacher: How Can I Help My Lonely Middle Schooler Find Friends?
Is it too late to help my son facilitate friendships?
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot
“We’re not trying to hide this,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s executive director said.
Biden’s economic gains come with newer worries about the future
Some economists have already begun to ease back on forecasts for the rest of this year.
U.S. economy surpasses prepandemic size with 6.5% Q2 growth
The growth is another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession.
Virus resurgence menaces economy just as rescue programs unravel
A new wave of cases followed by the looming expiration of enhanced jobless benefits, a ban on evictions and other rescue programs is sparking concern among lawmakers and economists.
The pandemic drove women out of the workforce. Will they come back?
Their absence could hurt the broader U.S. economy, so policymakers are weighing ways to help them return to work.
“They Killed Us from the Inside”: U.N. Inquiry Demanded into Officials’ Culpability in Beirut Blast
One year after the Beirut port explosion, a new Human Rights Watch report implicates senior Lebanese officials in the disaster that killed 218 people, wounded 7,000 others and destroyed vast swaths of the city. The blast on August 4, 2020, was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history.
News Roundup: COVID-19 continues to surge, infrastructure delayed, GOP blames everybody else
It’s Friday! Friday gets its name from love goddesses! Friday is also considered unlucky in some cultures, and very lucky (at least for crops) in others. Does it mean anything anymore that it’s Friday? Maybe not, in this era of 24/7 news and social media. But it matters to us, and to Daniel Craig.
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New details of Trump’s coup attempt show ‘an unnervingly plausible path to stealing the election’
Donald Trump isn’t just a sore loser. He isn’t even just a sore loser who indiscriminately lashed out and encouraged his supporters to riot. Donald Trump was at the head of an actual, methodical coup attempt last December and January, a fact that’s starting to draw more and more notice as details emerge.
Rep. Virginia Foxx gives a master class in how to offer condolences with no class whatsoever
Rep. Virginia Foxx wants the world to know exactly how committed she is to keeping workers down, and what better opportunity to broadcast it than the sudden death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka? Foxx saw that opportunity, and she took it:
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Senate infrastructure push stalls out temporarily, will resume Saturday
The Senate worked late into Thursday night attempting to wrap up amendment work on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but failed. It recessed until Saturday so that many members could travel to Wyoming for the funeral of their former colleague, Republican Mike Enzi.
Texas Republican who promoted mask burning dies of COVID-19
On Aug. 4, the Galveston County Republican Party of Texas posted a sad tribute to H. Scott Apley, a Texas Republican Executive Committeeman who passed away after an acute case of COVID-19. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share the news of the death of H. Scott Apley, our friend, our Patriot in Arms, our State Republican Executive Committeeman, Precinct Chair, Dickinson City Council Member. A tragedy. Please pray for Melissa and Reid and their family.
Texas GOP Leader Hospitalized For COVID-19 Dies Days After Mocking Vaccines
“I hope to live a long time. I have a lot of things I want to do and experience with my wife and my friends and my family,” H. Scott Apley wrote last month.
Megan Rapinoe Rips Trump’s ‘Sad Dig’ Against Medal-Winning U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
“You’re rooting for people to do bad? Yikes,” said the star American forward, whose stunning “Olimpico” goal Trump apparently missed.
No Resignation: Cuomo’s Attorneys Launch Kitchen Sink Defense
It was clear after a Friday afternoon press conference that the New York governor will not be resigning.
Biden Administration To Extend Student Loan Moratorium Until January 2022
The education secretary said this will be the “final extension.
Obamacare architect floated for top FDA job
The administration has struggled for months to find a nominee to lead the agency despite its central role in fighting the ongoing pandemic.
Secret Service Agent’s Brother Takes First Plea Deal For Assaulting Cops On Jan. 6
Scott Fairlamb, an MMA fighter who is the son of a New Jersey state trooper, entered a guilty plea Friday.
Pop Is Making Happiness Sound Pretty Dreary Lately
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Billie Eilish has some scary problems, she tells listeners on her new album’s first song, “Getting Older.” A stranger outside her door is acting deranged. Loneliness and burnout mount in her mind. Abuse and trauma darken her past. She murmurs about these things over a synthesizer that pulses like a time bomb. It never seems to explode, but the final verse does contain a shock.
Your Favorite Art-House Film From 2001
The year 2001 was a pivotal one for Hollywood. The indie wave of the ’90s was still cresting, but an era of franchises and unending sequels and reboots was on the horizon. Some of the hits of 20 years ago (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Fast and the Furious) have footprints that extend into the present day. It’s hard to imagine other daring work (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Vanilla Sky) making as big of an impression now.