Conservative Washington Times Shuts Down Trump Campaign Aide’s Literal Fake News
In a now-deleted tweet, Tim Murtaugh tried to mock the media with a doctored photo purporting to show a “President Gore” headline from 2000.
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Biden Seeks To Move Quickly And Build Out His Administration
President-elect Biden faces key staffing decisions in the days ahead.
Mr. Trump, Tear Down This Wall
Do not say that Donald Trump failed to build his wall. He built it. But he built it in Washington, D.C., not along the southern border, and he built it to shield himself from his fellow citizens, not to shield his fellow citizens from the existential threat posed by Mexican job-seekers.The White House today is hidden behind a welter of barricades, anti-scale fencing, bollards, and Jersey barriers. The tens of thousands of people who flooded downtown D.C.
Disability Advocates Express Joy After Biden Name-Checks Them With Important Word
In President-elect Biden’s victory speech, advocates recognized a word he used that draws a stark contrast between him and Trump, who had mocked them.
New York: Images of the Empire State
New York has the fourth-largest population of any U.S. state, and is home to the most populous city in the country, New York City. From Buffalo, through the Finger Lakes, to the Hudson Valley, Manhattan, and more, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of New York, and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.An earlier version of this photo essay misidentified the location of one of the photos.
Total Landscaping: A Masque
America is loose as a gooseIt avoided becoming Belarus.But that sulking Caesar, POTUS—where’s he gone?Is he watching Fox News with a big frown on?We’ll seize the cycle. We’ll make allegations.Reverse these numerical humiliations.A major press conference, that’s the thing.At the Four Seasons … Total Landscaping.So the gods of bathos displayed us allon pickled asphalt, by a lumpy green wall.
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham Pushes Voter Fraud Claims, Urges Trump Not To Concede
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, another Republican, also called into question Joe Biden’s projected victory.
Dave Chappelle Doesn’t Think America Is Saved
Dave Chappelle had the same thing on his mind when he came out onto the Saturday Night Live stage in 2016 and 2020, both times hosting the show right after the U.S. presidential election. “Don’t forget all the things that are going on … all these shootings in the last year,” he said in 2016, invoking the massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub.
New record high for U.S. coronavirus cases Saturday
It marked the fourth day in a row that new cases topped more than 100,000.
How to Tell the Story of a Cult
Not 20 minutes into The Vow, HBO’s enthralling-then-ultimately-gasbaggy docuseries, things started to feel concerningly familiar to me. Sarah Edmondson—an engaging Canadian actor with big valedictorian energy who had joined the Albany-based organization NXIVM (pronounced nex-ee-um)—was describing how she was first drawn into a group that she would later expose as a sex cult. Edmondson’s career had stalled, and she was looking for a sign from the universe.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Boyfriend Coddles His Daughter. Should I Say Something?
Parenting advice on coddled children, grieving parents, and baby names.
Poet Javier Zamora Wants Readers to Know What It’s Like to Be Undocumented
“The personal goal is just to be seen.
The Three Progressive Policies Voters Seem to Love
Even where they don’t elect Democrats, voters love minimum-wage hikes, marijuana, and Medicaid expansions.
How to Become the Hot Stroller on the Block
UPPAbaby cornered the U.S. market with the safe, affordable luxury you might look for when shopping for a car. But now a target may be on its back.
How Much of a Mess Was USPS During the Election, Really?
What we know, what we don’t, and whether it could have affected the vote.
Without the Senate, a Biden Presidency Will Be Crippled Before It Begins
Mitch McConnell and the Supreme Court will have the power to block everything—well, almost everything—that Democrats wanted Biden to accomplish.
Health agencies resist Trump civil service executive order
The order would strip certain civil service and due process protections from career federal employees who make policy.
The pandemic surge in charts
Spiking infections have seized the headlines — and it could get much worse.
Obamacare enrollment opening with millions more uninsured, law’s future in doubt
The sign-up season begins amid an intensifying pandemic and shortly before the Supreme Court will weigh Obamacare’s fate.
U.S. surpasses 9 million Covid cases
Nearly every region of the country is reporting an uptick in infections and hospitalizations.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter’s New Friends (and Their Parents) Are Terribly Racist
Parenting advice on racist friends, tech minimalism, and swearing.
China shapes a new U.S. economic era: The return of industrial policy
The latest episode of POLITICO’s Global Translations podcast explores the new industrial policy emerging in America to counter China’s ascent.
Fox survey finds 63 percent say country heading in wrong direction
The economy weighs heavily on voters’ minds.
Wall Street notches second-best Election Day of trading
The gains are a sign of positive trader sentiment, although it’s unclear if that has to do with hopes of a clear winner emerging.
GDP rebounds at record pace, but dark clouds reappear
Trump got a great economic report to use on the campaign trail. But behind the surface, giant risks are looming.
Retail in NYC gets option of outdoor shopping
The new Open Storefronts program — modeled on the city’s popular outdoor dining initiative — will allow 40,000 businesses to set up open air operations.