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Fed Chair Powell Says He’s Not Going Anywhere, But the Fed’s Moving Toward Trump

U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell says he intends to serve his term, but the Fed appears to be ready to cut interest rates.
Founder of NXIVM Sex Cult Found Guilty on All Counts

Keith Raniere faces life in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.
At NY1, Female News Anchors Say They Have an ‘Expiration Date’

Five women have sued the network, saying they were “edged out” for growing older.
Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump

Biden and Sanders’s strong position in early 2020 polls is likely related to perceptions that, based on 2016, candidate diversity may be too risky.
Trump May Live-Tweet the Democratic Debates, Against His Advisers’ Wishes

Live-tweeting the other party’s debates would be undignified, unprecedented, and perfectly in character for Trump.
Lindsay Lohan’s Reality Show and Nightclub Are Ending Due to Lack of Drama

Apparently, she wasn’t having enough breakdowns.
New York to Enact One of the Most Aggressive Climate Bills In the U.S.

The bill requires the state to get 70 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and includes stipulations similar to the Green New Deal.
Chait: Kook Art Laffer Wins Medal From Trump For Inventing Fake Curve

A fitting reward for decades of voodoo economic wrongness.
The Billionaire Mercer Family Has Reportedly Bailed on Trump in 2020

The reported loss of the Mercers — vital to Trump’s 2016 run — compounds campaign fears that the GOP’s big-ticket donors won’t show up in 2020.
Former Weinstein Company HR Director Files Suit

He claims he’s owed a payout from Harvey.
Warren, Beto, Biden, and Bernie Get Center Stage Positions At First Debates

O’Rourke, who hasn’t been polling that well, got lucky with his debate placement.
A Women’s Sex-Toy Company Is Suing the NYC Subway for Rejecting Its Ads

Dame Products claims the MTA is perpetuating a “ridiculous double standard” by banning its advertisements.
This Far-Right Activist Will Now Lead a Major U.S. Religious Freedom Body

Tony Perkins has claimed that Islam is not a religion. Now he’s helming the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Buttigieg Has a Police Shooting Problem

Mayor Pete’s struggle to gain minority support isn’t being helped by the shooting of a black South Bend citizen by a white police officer.
British Channel ITV Bans All-Male Comedy Writing Teams

“I hope that drawing attention to it might start producers thinking about how to address it.”
Polls: Voters Want Medicare for All — But Don’t Know What It Is

A majority of Americans think Medicare for All is a public option that would preserve private insurance, premiums, and deductibles. And they love it.
Amy Klobuchar Needs a Plan to Enact Her 137 Plans

The Minnesotan now has more specific plans than the wonky Elizabeth Warren. But she could use some priorities and a strategy for enacting legislation.
Paul Manafort Rescued From Rikers by Deputy Attorney General

“Calling this highly unusual doesn’t even begin to capture” it, one legal expert tweeted.

4:50 P.M. The Fed Signals the Interest Rate Cuts Trump Wanted U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell says he intends to serve his term, but the Fed appears to be ready to cut interest rates.
4:20 P.M. The Big Lie Fueling the Right’s Anti-Reparations Argument Republicans at Wednesday’s reparations hearing perpetuated one of the great lies about racist inequality: that white people got ahead without help.
4:01 P.M. Elizabeth Warren, Unity Candidate? Democratic centrists are exhibiting a warmth toward Elizabeth Warren that could help her create a party-spanning coalition.
12:41 P.M. Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump Biden and Sanders’s strong position in early 2020 polls is likely related to perceptions that, based on 2016, candidate diversity may be too risky.
11:59 A.M. Trump May Live-Tweet the Democratic Debates Live-tweeting the other party’s debates would be undignified, unprecedented, and perfectly in character for Trump.
10:40 A.M. Biden Segregationist Riff Even More Ignorant Than It Sounds Does the Democratic front-runner understand the modern political world?
8:00 A.M. McConnell Thinks Obama’s Election Was Reparations Enough McConnell reflects the belief of many white Republican voters that they, not African-Americans, are the victims of racial discrimination.
7:00 A.M. Trump Awards Kook Art Laffer for Inventing Fake Curve A fitting reward for decades of voodoo-economic wrongness.
2:09 A.M. At Trump’s 2020 Campaign Launch in Orlando, It’s Still 2016 Trump called this rally “45 Fest,” and it was billed as the official start to his reelection. It’s not clear yet what — if anything — this means.
12:08 A.M. New York to Enact One of the Most Aggressive Climate Bills The bill requires the state to get 70 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and includes stipulations similar to the Green New Deal.
7:30 P.M. The Mercer Family Has Reportedly Bailed on Trump in 2020 The reported loss of the Mercers — vital to Trump’s 2016 run — compounds campaign fears that the GOP’s big-ticket donors won’t show up in 2020.
6:44 P.M. Warren, Beto, Biden, Bernie Get Center-Stage Debate Spots O’Rourke, who hasn’t been polling that well, got lucky with his debate placement.
June 18, 2019 Far-Right Activist to Lead Major U.S. Religious Freedom Body Tony Perkins has claimed that Islam is not a religion. Now he’s helming the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
June 18, 2019 Buttigieg Has a Police Shooting Problem Mayor Pete’s struggle to gain minority support isn’t being helped by the shooting of a black South Bend citizen by a white police officer.
June 18, 2019 What Kyle Kashuv Gets Wrong About Harvard and Growth Kashuv says that Harvard is betraying its commitment to growth by rescinding his admission. Maybe Harvard’s own growth requires it.
June 18, 2019 Voters Want Medicare for All (But Don’t Know What It Is) A majority of Americans think Medicare for All is a public option that would preserve private insurance, premiums, and deductibles. And they love it.
June 18, 2019 Leftists Have Turned Obama Into Mitt Romney Obama has been accused of redistributing wealth upward and undercutting Elizabeth Warren’s attacks on business. Both claims are false.
June 18, 2019 Amy Klobuchar Needs a Plan to Enact Her 137 Plans The Minnesotan now has more specific plans than the wonky Elizabeth Warren. But she could use some priorities and a strategy for enacting legislation.
June 18, 2019 Paul Manafort Rescued From Rikers by Deputy Attorney General “Calling this highly unusual doesn’t even begin to capture” it, one legal expert tweeted.
June 18, 2019 Facebook’s New Competition: The U.S. Dollar Facebook just introduced Libra, a new cryptocurrency designed to blow up the global financial system.

5:10 P.M. Meet Cat-Fox, Your New Ruler A new feline species was discovered in Corsica.
4:13 P.M. Cersei Apparently Had a Miscarriage in a Deleted GoT Scene Lena Headey said it was “a really traumatic, great moment for Cersei” at a recent comic convention.
4:05 P.M. Founder of the NXIVM Sex Cult Found Guilty on All Counts Keith Raniere faces life in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.
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2:09 P.M. There’s a Reason Men Accused of Abuse Keep Working for Trump Patrick Shanahan would have fit right in at the White House.
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1:08 P.M. At NY1, Anchorwomen Say They Have an ‘Expiration Date’ Five women have sued the network, saying they were “edged out” for growing older.
12:45 P.M. AOC Offers Fellow Democrats a Lesson in How to Be Online The congresswoman has responded to the DNC’s epically bad “Boy Bye” tweet.
12:15 P.M. The Best Dandruff Shampoos for Every Kind of Hair From curls to color-treated.
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10:14 A.M. Bachelor Star Falls Ill After Trip to Dominican Republic Americans have been falling mysteriously sick while on vacation.
10:03 A.M. James Charles Rises Phoenixlike From Ashes of YouTube Drama His first post–Tati Westbrook feud video is up, and trending at No. 1.
9:54 A.M. The Best Abortion Ever In the rural county where I live, it used to be impossible to get an abortion. The year I was 41, I needed two of them.
8:00 A.M. Lindsay Lohan’s Reality Show Is Ending Due to Lack of Drama Apparently, she wasn’t having enough breakdowns.
6:00 A.M. ‘My Friendships Make Me Sad’ Can you trust your instincts when it comes to friends?
5:55 P.M. Women’s Sex-Toy Company Sues MTA for Rejecting Its Ads Dame Products claims the MTA is perpetuating a “ridiculous double standard” by banning its advertisements.
5:50 P.M. Why Is Ben Affleck in Such a Hurry With His Laptop? A list of possibilities.
5:47 P.M. Is My Dog Manipulating Me? According to a new study, she might have evolved to.
June 18, 2019 Kourtney, Kendall, and Khloe Are Fighting About Potatoes And more contrived drama from this week’s episode.
June 18, 2019 I’d Rather Not Have My Feet Be This Naked Thanks so much!

5:25 P.M. On-Set Stabbing Briefly Shuts Down Anne Hathaway’s New Movie A crew member for The Witches was attacked by a knife-wielding man.
5:17 P.M. Ari Aster’s Midsommar Is an Ambitious, Blurry Horror Trip The Hereditary director seems sure of only one thing: that he wants to make you feel as if your head is being sawed off.
4:41 P.M. Ava DuVernay Reacts to Trump’s Central Park Five Comments “It’s expected. It’s not a big deal to me.”
4:39 P.M. Cersei Apparently Had a Miscarriage in a Deleted GoT Scene Lena Headey said it was “a really traumatic, great moment for Cersei” at a recent comic convention.
4:10 P.M. 15 Fantasy Adaptations We’re Excited to See on TV Soon Swords, potions, magic, oh my.
4:00 P.M. The 30 Best Action Movies on Netflix Right Now Triple Frontier, The Terminator, The Dark Knight, and more.
3:36 P.M. Phoebe Robinson Isn’t Ruling Out More ‘2 Dope Queens’ Also, she loves Lizzo! video
3:28 P.M. Does Beyoncé Know Drake Has a Massive Portrait of Her? And other questions we had while looking at Drake’s Instagram.
3:17 P.M. Netflix Gets Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick … Boom! After a pretty hot bidding war.
3:06 P.M. Pixar Announces Soul, Your Next Animated Existential Crisis Directed by master manipulator Pete Docter.
2:32 P.M. Marsai Martin on Becoming Hollywood’s Youngest Producer “I wanted to do it more because there wasn’t a lot of people who looked like me that was my age that was doing this.” video
2:06 P.M. Rosamund Pike Set to Star in The Wheel of Time Adaptation The Gone Girl actress will be playing Moiraine.
1:30 P.M. Netflix Renews Tim Robinson’s I Think You Should Leave A blessing for comedy nerds everywhere.
1:09 P.M. This Is Us Stars on Portraying a War Vet and an Addict “Shooting in Vietnam did bring a new dynamic.” video
12:58 P.M. We Asked a Dog Trainer to Fact-check Dog Movies Who doesn’t tear up during the last scene of Homeward Bound? video
12:51 P.M. How Puberty and Pantsing Inspired Nick Kroll’s Big Mouth “She saw my bald little cashew.” video
12:36 P.M. La Bruja Is the Best Kind of Therapy Eliza Cossio’s short is as funny as it is heartbreaking.
12:12 P.M. Little’s Tracy Oliver Is Rewriting All Your Favorite Movies The writer behind BET’s First Wives Club talks rebooting Hollywood, and reflects on the control she lost remaking Big.
12:00 P.M. Pose and Russian Doll Lead the TCA Award Nominations HBO got the most nominations of any network.
11:55 A.M. Endgame Is Being Rereleased With New Footage to Beat Avatar The new version comes with “a deleted scene, a little tribute, and a few surprises.”

11:55 A.M. Inside the Dinner Party That Uses Pasta to Build Friendships At Pasta Social Club, the focus is on carbs and comfort.
11:44 A.M. The Frye Fest Is the Summer Festival America Deserves Who wouldn’t love “an immersive fried potato festival”?
10:24 A.M. Culinary Institute of America Starts Bourdain Scholarship It will support students in their studies abroad.
10:15 A.M. 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 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
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 12, 2019 The Absolute Best Veggie Burgers in New York From vegan restaurants to newfangled burger stands, here’s where to get the best meat-bomb alternatives.
June 11, 2019 Flynn McGarry Will Close His LES Tasting Room for the Summer The 20-year-old plans to spend ten weeks traveling and cooking here and abroad.
June 11, 2019 Amazon Will Kill Its Restaurant Delivery Service After four years, the tech company is shutting down Amazon Restaurants.
June 11, 2019 Can Restaurants Be Fixed From the Inside? The industry is grappling with ideas to save its workforce.

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4:45 P.M. Three ‘Everlaneologists’ on What to Buy (and What to Skip) Not surprisingly, their go-to pieces include lot of denim, silk shirts, and tees.
4:42 P.M. Stuff We Buy Ourselves: The Sunglasses Our Editors Wear The sunnies we swear by.
3:55 P.M. All the Best Things for Summer From flattering swimsuits to effective sunscreens and windproof beach umbrellas.
12:55 P.M. Home Things Up to 78 Percent Off at Macy’s Clearance Sale 75 percent off Cuisinart cookware, anyone?
11:25 A.M. The ‘Dewy Dudes’ on Every Product in Their Skin-Care Routine How do you pronounce “niacinamide”?
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June 18, 2019 What La La Anthony Can’t Live Without Including the underwear she owns 100 pairs of.
June 18, 2019 The Best Women’s Walking Shoes, According to Reviewers “The most comfortable shoe I’ve ever worn.”
June 18, 2019 Good Summer Clothes Up to 69 Percent Off at Anthropologie Including tops, dresses, and jumpsuits.
June 18, 2019 This Curve-Hugging, Surprisingly Well-Fitting Suit Costs $26 Extreme in cut, but sparing in price.
June 18, 2019 This Pair of Lululemon Leggings We Love Is Now $19 Cheaper Plus some bike shorts and sports bras that are up to 40 percent off.
June 18, 2019 The 24 Things I Recommend to Anyone Adopting a Cat Toys, treats, trees, and more for spoiling your new kitten.
June 17, 2019 Where Can I Get That Laptop Case From Always Be My Maybe? The green-marble case is actually from Amazon — and costs less than $20.
June 17, 2019 28 Famous People on Their Favorite Lip Balms Including Beyoncé, Troye Sivan, and Natasha Lyonne.
June 17, 2019 Just a Few Hours Left of Wayfair’s Big Summer Clearance Sale We spy some over-70%-off Cuisinart.
June 17, 2019 What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Lip Balm and Bug Spray Plus: no-show socks, Dopp kits, and more.
June 17, 2019 The Best Couches Under $2,000, As Tested by the Strategist Interior designers recommended 80 options; we narrowed it down to seven — and sat on them.
June 17, 2019 Cuisinart Dutch Ovens Are Over 40 Percent Off Right Now An excellent dupe for more expensive French enameled cast-iron cookware for under $100.

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