My dearest Republicans, I know that somewhere, way back deep in the recesses of your memories, when you ran for elected office—maybe not all, but at least some of you—had some sense that you might actually do something good for the country. That you had something—it may not have been much, but something, at least—to contribute to make this country just a little bit better.
The unnamed aide claimed the New York governor inappropriately touched her late last year at the governor’s mansion, the Times Union reported.
The Ohio Democrat implored Republicans to stop with the culture war and “start working with us” to pass legislation to help Americans.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, like many politicians (and people for that matter), has embellished his personal history at points. Cawthorn, unlike most people, has seemingly generated an almost entirely fact-free mythology about himself. He’s lied about being accepted into schools. He’s lied about anonymously running a racist website that attacked his opponent in the North Carolina District 11 elections. He’s lied about his pursuit of Olympic excellence.
Another massive injection of federal cash could ignite the economy like never before. It also could drive up inflation and burst market bubbles, creating new headaches in an otherwise positive outlook.
Not one but three professors from the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos of them dressed in racially insensitive Halloween costumes surfaced. According to the Associated Press, the photos are from a 2014 on-campus party, in which one professor identified as Bob Wood dressed as a Confederate soldier while the other two identified as Alex Sharland and Teresa Weldy posed with whips and nooses.
He wouldn’t nuke it. But his ideas might help neutralize it.
The legislation prohibits abortion in the state unless a pregnancy poses a risk to the mother’s life. A legal challenge to the bill is virtually certain.
The portraits were removed from the White House’s grand foyer during the Trump administration and relegated to a little-used room, far from Trump’s sight.
This will appreciably improve the lives of Americans—and position the administration to do even more.
The submissions to this year’s World Nature Photography Awards have been judged, and the winning images and photographers have just been announced. Thomas Vijayan was the Grand Prize winner, with his image of an orangutan climbing a tree. The contest organizers have shared with us some of the winning images, shown below, from their 13 categories. Captions were provided by the photographers and have been lightly edited for clarity.
In 2019, a romance blossomed between an eligible European royal and a Black commoner whom traditionalists considered unsuitable for a royal marriage. The lovebirds were not Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who had already been married for a year. They were Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her boyfriend, a Californian named Durek Verrett. Like Prince Harry, Princess Märtha Louise is a spare heir with a brother in training for the throne.
The probe comes amid a push by the CDC to modernize its data systems and create more accurate Covid-19 platforms.
For an estimated 10 to 30 percent of COVID-19 patients, recovery can take months. Known as COVID long-haulers, these patients suffer from symptoms such as severe fatigue and brain fog long after their initial infection.
For me, it’s the last time I swam in the ocean. It was a February evening in Florida, and I didn’t know that the people I was there with would be the last new friends I’d make, on a work trip I didn’t know would be the last I’d take.Everyone else seemed content to sit on the sand and look up nearby restaurants on the internet. But I felt like maybe I’d regret it if I didn’t go in.
Fifty years ago, on March 8, 1971, a group of eight activists staged one of the most stunning acts of defiance of the Vietnam War era when they broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, and stole every document they found. The activists, calling themselves the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, began leaking shocking details about FBI abuses to the media.
Texas is the largest state to lift its mandate on face masks and fully reopen businesses, joining a growing movement in states governed by Republicans to ease pandemic restrictions even as experts warn it is too soon to do so, despite the accelerating pace of vaccinations in the United States. “This is completely politically motivated,” says Dr.
The murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter for killing George Floyd, is proceeding to jury selection despite an order from an appeals court judge that a third-degree murder charge be considered, as well. We speak with Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and racial justice activist, who says that if the trial proceeds, who serves on the jury could prove crucial in the case.
In the beginning, there was one.The first genome for the virus causing a mysterious illness we had not yet named COVID-19 was shared by scientists on January 10, 2020. That single genome alerted the world to the danger of a novel coronavirus. It was the basis of new tests as countries scrambled to find the virus within their own borders. And it became the template for vaccines, the same ones now making their way to millions of people every day.
I am on a strict calorie-counting diet, and they know this.
Parenting advice on children’s clothes, ex-spouses, and vasectomies.
We’ve never had to negotiate so many things with our friends, hookups, roommates, and families.
Oh good, the Democrats are avoiding the obvious political disaster they were loudly warned about.
The issue used to be a nonstarter for the GOP. Here’s what changed.
Oh good, the Democrats are avoiding the obvious political disaster they were loudly warned about.
Raise a glass for comity and moderation.
But Mike DeWine and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson both decline to attack fellow GOP governors who have lifted them.
The issue used to be a nonstarter for the GOP. Here’s what changed.
The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.
