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Even the Trump Transition Team Knew Some Appointees Were Bad Hires: Report

In newly obtained documents, the Trump transition team flagged some candidates as worrisome for the exact reason they were eventually let go.
Everything We Know About the Inhumane Conditions at Migrant Detention Camps

Some migrant children detained in Texas are reportedly being forced to sleep on the cement as punishment, while Trump delays a massive ICE action.
Christians Petition Netflix to Cancel Amazon’s Good Omens, Netflix ‘Agrees’

Good work!
Game of Thrones’ Battle of Winterfell Could’ve Been Direwolf Vs. Dragon Showdown

We were deprived of 50 direwolves. 50!
America’s Top Economists Needlessly Undermined Growth, Study Confirms

A new analysis confirms that for years, central bankers and top economists underestimated America’s true unemployment rate.
BoJack Horseman’s Animators Have Voted to Unionize

Animators have been wanting to unionize since season one.
Why Did Obama Pick Biden As His Veep in the First Place?

Biden’s “baggage” may not have mattered so much to Team Obama because they considered him too old to be an heir apparent.
Judge Approves Special Prosecutor to Examine Handling of Jussie Smollett Case

Judge Michael Toomin points to “unprecedented irregularities” as reason to investigate the probe.
Another SCOTUS Precedent Falls. Could Roe Be Next?

For the second time this term, the Court’s conservative majority has reversed a major Supreme Court precedent.
Manafort Promised Sean Hannity He Wouldn’t Flip on Trump

Probably because they were all totally innocent.
Fairfax Says Rape Allegations Have Raised His Profile, Eyes Gubernatorial Bid

The Virginia lieutenant governor is still fighting for his political life as Terry McAuliffe looms over the 2021 governor’s race.
Fake Alcohol Could be Behind American Deaths in the Dominican Republic

Authorities are investigating whether anti-freeze–laced bootleg liquor was the culprit.
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Ban ‘Corrupt and Inhumane’ Private Prisons

Private prisons are notoriously abusive. Elizabeth Warren says she’s got a plan for that.
Fake Alcohol Could Be Behind the Deaths in the Dominican Republic

Authorities are reportedly investigating whether bootleg alcohol could be causing the mysterious deaths.
Les Moonves Accused of Sexual Assault by Writer E. Jean Carroll

Carroll also claims she was assaulted by Donald Trump.
Where’s the Supreme Court’s Census Decision?

It’s possible new evidence of the administration’s true intent in placing a citizenship question in the 2020 Census is causing a delay at SCOTUS.
Trump Says He Canceled Strikes on Iran Because They Were ‘Not Proportionate’

The president tweeted that he called off attacks on Iranian targets, including radar and missile batteries, because he was worried about casualties.
The History of Trump’s Obsession With Air Force One

The president’s long and complicated relationship with the executive aircraft.
Six Takeaways From Hope Hicks’s House Judiciary Testimony

Hicks called Trump’s “Russia, if you’re listening” a joke, and said she issued only “white lies” in her time in the White House.
Trump Is Helping Democrats Mobilize Against Him

Base mobilization strategies tend to reach a point of diminishing returns. It’s unclear if Trump understands that, but persuasion’s not his thing.

6:00 A.M. Marianne Williamson Makes a Case for a Recovery Presidency Sixty-eight minutes with the self-help guru – and 2020 dark horse – who sees “both sides” on vaccines.
6:00 A.M. How Cindy Yang Learned to Throw a Party at Mar-a-Lago She was just a massage-parlor tycoon turned GOP bundler until Robert Kraft got arrested and the FBI started paying attention.
2:08 A.M. Trump Transition Anticipated Its Turnover Problem: Report In newly obtained documents, the Trump transition team flagged some candidates as worrisome for the exact reason they were eventually let go.
12:10 A.M. What We Know About Detained Migrants’ Inhumane Conditions Some migrant children detained in Texas are reportedly being forced to sleep on the cement as punishment, while Trump delays a massive ICE action.
5:23 P.M. Dem Candidates Respond to New Rape Allegation Against Trump They were asked to respond to E. Jean Carroll’s accusation and weigh in on whether Congress should get involved.
2:37 P.M. The Reaction to E. Jean Carroll’s Trump Allegation Carroll’s revelation has prompted praise, heartbreak, anger, and questions — here’s what’s been happening since she came forward.
9:00 A.M. The Fed Needlessly Undermined Growth, Study Confirms A new analysis confirms that for years, central bankers and top economists underestimated America’s true unemployment rate.
June 22, 2019 Why Did Obama Pick Biden As His Veep in the First Place? Biden’s “baggage” may not have mattered so much to Team Obama because they considered him too old to be an heir apparent.
June 22, 2019 ‘That’s Hell’: Democrats’ Debate Prep Gets Real Everyone expects Biden to come under serious fire. He’s getting ready for it.
June 21, 2019 Another SCOTUS Precedent Falls. Could Roe Be Next? For the second time this term, the court’s conservative majority has reversed a major Supreme Court precedent. Could Roe v. Wade be far behind?
June 21, 2019 Manafort Promised Sean Hannity He Wouldn’t Flip on Trump Probably because they were all totally innocent.
June 21, 2019 Here’s Who Trump Should Have Made Fed Chairman Neel Kashkari, like Trump, thinks the Fed should cut interest rates. The problem is that those beliefs stem from principle, not politics.
June 21, 2019 Fairfax Eyes 2021 Gov Race, Says Scandal Raised His Profile The Virginia lieutenant governor is still fighting for his political life as Terry McAuliffe looms over the 2021 governor’s race.
June 21, 2019 Frank Rich: Biden, McConnell and the Shadows of Segregation Fallacious comments from the Senate Majority Leader and the Democratic frontrunner show why a reparations bill is so urgent.
June 21, 2019 E. Jean Carroll Says Donald Trump Attacked Her In The 1990s The Elle advice columnist says the assault took place in Bergdorf Goodman.
June 21, 2019 Where’s the Supreme Court’s Census Decision? It’s possible new evidence of the administration’s true intent in placing a citizenship question in the 2020 Census is causing a delay at SCOTUS.
June 21, 2019 What Does Iran Think of Donald Trump? It sure seems like he wants to avoid military conflict. But he might not be up to the task of convincing the Iranians of that.
June 21, 2019 Andrew Sullivan: The Next Step for Gay Pride This is a moment to reflect on what has been achieved — and the remarkable possibilities for LGBT culture that stand before us.
June 21, 2019 Trump Says Planned Strikes on Iran Were ‘Not Proportionate’ The president tweeted that he called off attacks on Iranian targets, including radar and missile batteries, because he was worried about casualties.
June 21, 2019 Disaster Upon Disaster Flooding and tornadoes in the Midwest. Drought and extreme heat in India. The climate future is already here, we just can’t bear to look.

7:18 A.M. Dem Candidates Respond to New Rape Allegation Against Trump They were asked to respond to E. Jean Carroll’s accusation and weigh in on whether Congress should get involved.
11:37 P.M. The Wild Ride at Babe.Net The Aziz Ansari controversy was just the beginning of the trouble for the website.
8:30 P.M. The Educator Trying Her Hardest to Have More Sex This week’s sex diary
8:00 P.M. Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of June 24 Messenger planet Mercury enters regal Leo this week.
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June 22, 2019 Watch the Hermès Menswear Runway Show Livestream Enjoy! video
June 21, 2019 The New Sex Drug Is Called Vyleesi What would Daenerys think of the latest “female Viagra”?
June 21, 2019 Halsey Pairs Hot Heartthrob Hair With Hot Armpit Hair For the Hot Issue.
June 21, 2019 What Happened to Jennifer Dulos, the Missing New Canaan Mom? The mother of five mysteriously vanished on May 24 amid a custody dispute with her estranged husband.
June 21, 2019 Happy One-Year Anniversary to This Lollipop Do you remember where you were when you first saw this photo of Ariana and Pete?
June 21, 2019 The Best-est Party Looks of the Week One awe-inspiring look from every fête that mattered.
June 21, 2019 Does Gwyneth Paltrow Know Who Tom Holland Is? You know, that kid from work.
June 21, 2019 Why Do Americans Keep Dying While in the Dominican Republic? Authorities are now investigating whether anti-freeze–laced bootleg liquor could be causing the deaths.
June 21, 2019 Surprise! Net-a-Porter Is Having a 24 Hour Flash Sale Happy Summer Solstice.
June 21, 2019 J.K. Rowling Is a Lipstick Now A Charlotte Tilbury lipstick, to be precise.
June 21, 2019 Can Khakis Be Cool? Yes, if they’re by Karla Welch and Dockers.
June 21, 2019 A Special Bag Just for Your Sunglasses A bright, colorful bag from Susan Alexandra and Warby Parker
June 21, 2019 Warren Wants to Ban ‘Corrupt and Inhumane’ Private Prisons Private prisons are notoriously abusive. Elizabeth Warren says she’s got a plan for that.
June 21, 2019 Vaccine-Skeptic Just Means Anti-Vaxx Why Jessica Biel, Marianne Williamson and others can’t be “skeptical” of proven facts.
June 21, 2019 Happy Friday! A Rat Fell on a Table at Buffalo Wild Wings And all we have to say is no, no no no, nope, no way, absolutely not.

3:31 A.M. Nipsey Hussle’s Family Accepts His BET Humanitarian Award “Thank you so much, world, for loving him, too.”
2:10 A.M. Rihanna Honors Mary J. Blige With BET Lifetime Award It’s only gonna be about a matter of time, specifically 48 years.
11:37 P.M. Amazon Drops Meek Mill’s Free Meek Trailer During BET Awards The show scrutinizes America’s probation system through the experience of the Philadelphia rapper.
11:10 P.M. NOS4A2 Recap: Psycho Killer (Qu’est-ce Que C’est?) In its current form, this show may not be built to handle its increasingly horrifying material.
11:02 P.M. Euphoria Recap: A Very Narrow Window of Cool How long can this series churn through shock value before it reaches its quota?
10:01 P.M. Big Little Lies’ Douglas Smith on Playing Jane’s New Beau He also knows how to surf!
10:00 P.M. Big Little Lies Recap: The Best Monster Mary Louise solidifies her place as one of TV’s most complicated, ruthless villains.
9:55 P.M. Madonna’s Madame X Becomes Her Ninth Number One Album Second best is never enough.
9:20 P.M. Luther Finale Recap: Everybody Hurts After five seasons of spectacular deviance and destruction, perhaps some time away might do Luther well.
8:28 P.M. Roseanne Barr and Andrew Dice Clay Unite for Comedy Tour For better or for worse, ‘til death do they part.
3:28 P.M. Netflix Agrees to Cancel Amazon’s Good Omens After Petition Good work!
1:55 P.M. We Almost Got 50 Direwolves in GoT’s Battle of Winterfell We were deprived of 50 direwolves. 50!
11:50 A.M. Taylor Swift & Katy Perry’s Reconciliation Sounds Exhausting “We didn’t know if we were ever gonna really tell people about it,” Swift said of their friendship.
11:26 A.M. Sacha Baron Cohen Got FBI Training for His O.J. Simpson Chat Even the FBI knew chances of a murder confession were slim.
10:39 A.M. Seth Meyers Cancelled His Show for Rihanna, But Not His Son “So the order goes, my first son, Rihanna, my second son.”
June 23, 2019 It’s Happening Again: They’re Memeing Twin Peaks Which @dril tweet best exemplifies the soul of the Log Lady?
June 22, 2019 Someone Tried to Steal Halle Berry’s Entire Gosh Dang House Like, the whole house. Lightbulbs and everything!
June 22, 2019 BoJack Horseman’s Animators Have Voted to Unionize Animators have been wanting to unionize since season one.
June 22, 2019 Today Excludes Matt Lauer and Ann Curry in Anniversary Video The ex-hosts were wiped clean from the show’s retrospective.
June 22, 2019 Alison Brie Wants to Do a Community Movie for Netflix “It would be fun to do.”

June 21, 2019 It’s Time to Try a G&T-Plus Yes, there is a way to make a gin-and-tonic ever-so-slightly better.
June 21, 2019 Jarry Editor Lukas Volger’s Grub Street Diet “Four times a year, you get a box of six pounds of beans — it’s a little overwhelming.”
June 20, 2019 A Guide to All the Very Italian Restaurants Opening In NYC The city’s restaurant scene is overflowing with eateries from Italians.
June 20, 2019 Which 2020 Candidate’s Comfort Food Is the Most Haunting? “A BAKED POTATO.”
June 20, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
June 19, 2019 Inside the Dinner Party That Uses Pasta to Build Friendships At Pasta Social Club, the focus is on carbs and comfort.
June 19, 2019 The Frye Fest Is the Summer Festival America Deserves Who wouldn’t love “an immersive fried potato festival”?
June 19, 2019 Culinary Institute of America Starts Bourdain Scholarship It will support students in their studies abroad.
June 19, 2019 How to Peel Garlic A handy guide for the harried home cook.
June 18, 2019 Where Does Au Cheval Go From Here? What happens when critics take issue with a restaurant’s core concept?
June 18, 2019 The 2019 ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ List Rollout Begins The always-controversial ranking of restaurants arrives.
June 18, 2019 The Oral History of Serious Eats How a cash-strapped start-up became the internet’s food-nerd utopia.
June 17, 2019 The New East Wind Snack Shop Has an Unexpected Specialty Dragon’s beard candy is being made at the dumpling shop’s third location.
June 17, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About LaCroix’s Recent Troubles It’s been a wild nine months for the seltzer brand, which seems to be losing its cult status among consumers.
June 16, 2019 Crown Shy Brings Uncommon Finesse to Fidi Chef James Kent’s precise, seasonal brand of cooking is on display at this deceptively ambitious new restaurant.
June 14, 2019 Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Grub Street Diet “It makes me feel like a million bucks.”
June 13, 2019 On the Trail of New York’s Nutcracker Kings How a brain-numbing street cocktail became a multimillion-dollar uptown hustle.
June 13, 2019 The Grub Guide to the Summer’s Can’t-Miss Food Festivals A massive food market in the Bronx, a festival dedicated entirely to cider, the latest edition of an Afrocentric jollof competition, and more.
June 12, 2019 A Secret Downtown Star Will Get a New Forum for His Cooking Efrén Hernández quietly took over hot-spot-gone-cold Mimi, and now the team is expanding with Babs.
June 12, 2019 Kraft to America’s Parents: Give Your Kids ‘Salad Frosting’ This country had a good run, folks.

June 21, 2019 With These Butt Patches, Mosquitoes Don’t Even Know I Exist I’ve actually watched a mosquito approach me, linger a while, and then buzz off.
June 21, 2019 The Best Litter Boxes, According to Vets and Rescuers Because cats — and their owners — can be picky.
June 21, 2019 The 21 Best Deals From Net-a-Porter’s Flash Summer Sale Including sundresses, espadrilles, and a Grateful Dead T-shirt.
June 21, 2019 The Best Vitamin C Serums, According to Dermatologists Including specific serums for dry, oily, and acne-prone skin.
June 21, 2019 35 Things on Sale From Instant Pot to Patagonia Plus: Cos, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, and Herbivore.
June 20, 2019 This Probiotic-Infused Cleanser Stops My Summer Breakouts This cruelty-free, vegan, and probiotic-infused stuff has totally saved my skin from its annual sweat-provoked congestion.
June 20, 2019 Can You Actually Do Anything About Cellulite at Home? It affects more than 90 percent of women, yet is notoriously hard to treat.
June 20, 2019 What Are the Best Swim Trunks for Men? It’s time to ditch those knee-length board shorts.
June 20, 2019 Ask Chris Black: What Are Your Travel Essentials? Plus: towels and slippers to use instead of a smelly bath mat, and stylish swim trunks for guys (without a lobster print in sight).
June 20, 2019 Strategist Favorites From Baggu Are Up to 50 Percent Off Totes, weekenders, wallets, and more
June 20, 2019 What Cookbook Author Corky Pollan Can’t Live Without “It’s very convenient to fall in love with these pistachios.”
June 20, 2019 Nothing Keeps Me As Cool on My Runs As This Ugly Shirt Its exterior is covered in tiny white dots made of titanium dioxide, the same stuff used in many sunscreens.
June 20, 2019 These Slightly Unusual (But Not Wacky) Tevas Are $14 Off Take 20 percent off Teva Hurricane XLT2 right now at Zappos.
June 19, 2019 11 Things That’ll Almost Definitely Sell Out Including a new Teva collaboration and patriotic Cap’n Crunch cereal.
June 19, 2019 Three ‘Everlaneologists’ on What to Buy (and What to Skip) Not surprisingly, their go-to pieces include lot of denim, silk shirts, and tees.
June 19, 2019 Stuff We Buy Ourselves: The Sunglasses Our Editors Wear The sunnies we swear by.
June 19, 2019 Home Things Up to 78 Percent Off at Macy’s Clearance Sale 75 percent off Cuisinart cookware, anyone?
June 19, 2019 The ‘Dewy Dudes’ on Every Product in Their Skin-Care Routine How do you pronounce “niacinamide”?
June 19, 2019 This Almost-Never-On-Sale Serum Is 15 Percent Off Today Editors swear by this super-serum.
June 18, 2019 Rio Eats Doughnuts With Beauty YouTuber Madelynn De La Rosa The influencer and co-creator of Rio’s favorite lip-and-cheek stick talks vegan beauty, at-home haircuts, and cast-free sunscreen.

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Donald Trump, His Attack, and 20 Other Hideous Men

“I made a list of hideous men in my life. It includes the president — who assaulted me in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman 23 years ago.” By E. Jean Carroll

astrology Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of June 24 Messenger planet Mercury enters regal Leo this week. By Claire Comstock-Gay
in memoriam Inside the Spectacular Tribute for Karl Lagerfeld Two-thousand five-hundred people turned up to pay respects to fashion’s late great designer. By Cathy Horyn
zodiac seasons Cancer Season Is the Best Time to Cry It Out It’s time to feel your feelings. By Claire Comstock-Gay

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