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Mitch McConnell’s Obstruction? Warren Says She Has a Plan for That

Her explanation for how she’d handle a GOP-led Senate: a “push from the outside and have leadership from the inside.”
Sanders Claims 2016 Primary Was Rigged, Won’t Commit to Supporting Winner

“Some people say that maybe if the system was not rigged against me, I would have won the nomination.”
Tiffany Cabán’s Lead Is Another Blow to the Queens Democratic Machine

Despite AOC’s upset, the Queens Democratic Party bet against a young Latinx progressive running for Queens DA.
House, Senate, Trump Locked in Three-Way Battle Over Border Spending Bill

Trump’s threatening vetoes, Senate Republicans are issuing ultimatums, and time’s running out as migrant children suffer.
The First Democratic Debates for 2020 Probably Won’t Break Any Ratings Records

Millions will watch, but it’ll be a shock if ratings come anywhere close to matching the 2016 election cycle.
Gorsuch Gives SCOTUS Liberals a Win in Two Criminal Law Cases

His application of Scalia’s strict principles of statutory interpretation, and perhaps a libertarian streak, distinguish Gorsuch from Kavanaugh.
Bernie’s Student Debt Plan Doesn’t Make Sense. Which Is Fine.

Forgiving all student debt wouldn’t be a maximally progressive allocation of limited resources. But nothing Congress does ever is.
Do Democratic Candidates Have a Plan B in Case the GOP Holds the Senate?

Other than Amy Klobuchar, the Democratic candidates are a bit short on plans to cope with a Senate that blocks all their bold and progressive ideas.
The Story Behind the Viral Photo of a Drowned Migrant Father and Toddler

The photo has been compared to a 2015 image of a drowned Syrian boy that drew attention to the refugee crisis.
Cozy Streetscapes and Big Data: Google’s Reimagining of Toronto

The public-corporate partnership on a huge scale.
Here’s How to Watch the First Democratic Presidential Debate

It’s easier than you’d hope.
Eric Trump Walks Into a Bar — and Says an Employee Spit on Him

The president’s son says he got more than he bargained for at the Aviary in Chicago.
On Crime Policy, Biden Worked Closely With His Segregationist Friends

The two story lines most corrosive to Biden’s African-American base of support may be converging.
What You Need to Know About the First Round of Democratic Debates

Who’s debating which night? Where is it being streamed? Who’s John Delaney again?
House Issues Subpoena for Robert Mueller to Testify Publicly on July 17

The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees issued subpoenas for the special counsel to testify publicly, despite his reluctance to do so.
Mike Pence Announces Hail Mary ‘Latinos for Trump’ Initiative

It’s going to be a hard sell. Democrats are holding on to a roughly two-to-one advantage among the demographic, and Trump’s rhetoric isn’t helping.
Pennsylvania GOP Chair Resigns Amid Sexting Scandal

Val DiGiorgio allegedly sent explicit texts to a local candidate, then compounded his error by trying to shut up his electronic paramour.

3:14 A.M. The First Debate Lesson: The Race Is Not All About Joe Biden He may be the front-runner, but a different kind than we’re used to. He wasn’t mentioned once.
2:49 A.M. Who Won (and Lost) the First Democratic Primary Debate The 10 candidates’ performances ranked, from best to worst.
12:57 A.M. 2020 Democrats Don’t Know What to Do About Mitch McConnell Two moderators tried to get the candidates to come to grips with the awful specter of a Republican Senate in 2021 without much success.
12:20 A.M. What You Missed in the First 2020 Democratic Debate Side-eye! Unnecessary pointing! Technical difficulties! Here are all the best moments, in GIFs and screengrabs.
12:03 A.M. Was Beto O’Rourke Really That Bad? Intelligencer staffers discuss who made an impression and who tanked at Wednesday night’s debate
11:52 P.M. McConnell’s Obstruction? Warren Says She Has a Plan for That Her explanation for how she’d handle a GOP-led Senate: a “push from the outside and have leadership from the inside.”
11:19 P.M. Cory Booker Side-Eyes Beto O’Rourke Over Spanish Answer Booker made quite the face when O’Rourke answered a question in Spanish. Later in the debate … he answered a question in Spanish.
11:02 P.M. Warren Makes Risky Call to End Private Health Insurance Did Warren just film an attack ad against herself?
10:38 P.M. Bad Spanish Is Surprise Star of the First Democratic Debate After Beto O’Rourke showed off his serviceable Spanish, Cory Booker gave it a shot, to a lesser effect.
5:19 P.M. Cabán Lead Is Another Blow to the Queens Democratic Machine Despite AOC’s upset, the Queens Democratic Party bet against a young Latinx progressive running for Queens DA. It’s time for them to recalibrate.
5:03 P.M. Piracy Is Back There are too many streaming services. Something’s gotta give.
4:51 P.M. Sanders Says 2016 Was Rigged, Won’t Pledge to Support Winner “Some people say that maybe if the system was not rigged against me, I would have won the nomination.”
4:33 P.M. Congress, Trump in Three-Way Battle Over Border Spending Trump’s threatening vetoes, Senate Republicans are issuing ultimatums, and time’s running out as migrant children suffer.
4:23 P.M. Revisiting Brazil’s Dizzying Fall Into Far-Right Rule Netflix’s The Edge of Democracy offers an intimate look at living through profound political changes that once seemed ridiculously impossible.
4:05 P.M. Instead of Juul, San Francisco Should Have Banned Cigarettes Or gotten ahead of the vaping more effectively by piloting an effective age-restriction regime.
3:52 P.M. The Tyranny of the Unwoke White Swing Voter The fate of our republic lies with the 10 percent of white working-class voters who still haven’t decided which team they’re on.
2:27 P.M. DNC Chair Tom Perez: ‘We Don’t Want to Talk About Hand Size’ The chief Democrat on the debate rules, what he thinks about his critics, and why you should stop worrying about a brokered convention.
2:22 P.M. Could O.J. Really Be This…Boring? His Twitter is a mind-numbing, delusional void.
1:00 P.M. Do Democrats Have a Plan B in Case the GOP Holds the Senate? Other than Amy Klobuchar, the Democratic candidates are a bit short on plans to cope with a Senate that blocks all their bold and progressive ideas.
12:54 P.M. Gorsuch Gives SCOTUS Liberals a Win in Two Criminal Cases His application of Scalia’s strict principles of statutory interpretation, and perhaps a libertarian streak, distinguish Gorsuch from Kavanaugh.

11:48 P.M. Julián Castro Is an Underrated Candidate At the first Democratic primary debates, the former mayor of San Antonio proved that he deserves more attention than he’s getting.
11:38 P.M. Tulsi Gabbard’s Sister Is Already Stirring Up Debate Drama She tweeted from Gabbard’s account mid-broadcast.
11:17 P.M. Bad Spanish Is Surprise Star of the First Democratic Debate After Beto O’Rourke showed off his serviceable Spanish, Cory Booker gave it a shot, to a lesser effect.
10:35 P.M. Beto Is in Over His Head He had a rough time in the Democratic debate.
6:24 P.M. Jeremy Renner Has Big ‘Kim Cattrall Scatting’ Energy Song of the Summer?
5:53 P.M. This Sale Is Full of Good Summer Clothes & Other Stories is the spot to update your warm-weather wardrobe.
5:48 P.M. Baby Found Alive in Plastic Grocery Bag Remains a Mystery Police are asking anyone with information about “Baby India” to come forward.
4:00 P.M. The Best Hair Straighteners for Every Hair Type And every budget.
3:36 P.M. The Art Stars of Entre Nous Inside the dining club that’s becoming a networking powerhouse for women of color in the art world.
3:08 P.M. Who Is Andrew Yang and Why Do the Gen-Z Kids Love Him? #YangGang.
2:54 P.M. A Beauty Product for the Perpetually Clumsy Try this if you’re constantly walking into things.
2:02 P.M. The Story Behind the Viral Photo of Drowned Migrants The photo has been compared to a 2015 image of a drowned Syrian boy that drew attention to the refugee crisis.
1:26 P.M. Which U.S. Presidents Were Wife Guys? An Investigation How many of our commanders-in-chief have fit the newest loathsome internet archetype?
12:12 P.M. How to Become a Plant Person When You’re Lazy Do you need a plant consultant in your life?
12:06 P.M. A-Rod Is Terrified of Kylie Jenner He nearly incurred her wrath this week.
11:44 A.M. This Is a Message to Every Establishment Man Progressive women are transforming the political landscape in New York State — and we’re just getting started.
10:55 A.M. I’m Prepared to Fight for Megan Rapinoe The star midfielder is the best part of the World Cup.
10:17 A.M. Eric Trump Walks Into a Bar — and Says Someone Spit on Him The president’s son says he got more than he bargained for at the Aviary in Chicago.
10:05 A.M. Leo DiCaprio’s One True Love, Summer, Has Turned on Him The Oscar-winning actor got smacked in the head by a volleyball.
8:30 A.M. Internet Fame Doesn’t Pay the Bills Phoebe Robinson from 2 Dope Queens on the difference between Portlandia and podcasting, when it comes to being paid.

1:52 A.M. Stranger Things Is Even Scarier at a Wax Museum It’s like the Upside Down but much more expensive.
1:22 A.M. Adam Scott Won’t Let Mitch McConnell’s Twitter Use His Image The Big Little Lies star successfully out-tweeted the politician’s social-media team.
12:44 A.M. Ariana Grande Had an Aggressively Normal Birthday Party Except for the shout-outs from Barbra Streisand and Larry King.
10:00 P.M. Southern Charm Recap: What’s Your Hook? As Austen returns from the boys’ get-over-Madison RV trip, he appears to have still not gotten over Madison.
10:00 P.M. Jane the Virgin Recap: A Storm’s Coming As it approaches its endgame, Jane looks backward in order to move ahead.
9:22 P.M. Salma Hayek in Talks for Marvel’s The Eternals It’s getting very hot in here.
8:38 P.M. ALF Star Max Wright Has Passed Away He also appeared in Cheers, Friends, and The Drew Carey Show.
8:37 P.M. Video-Game Companies Band Together Against Trump’s Tariffs Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are not happy with the taxes on Chinese goods.
7:32 P.M. How Realistic Is Hollywood’s Depiction of Women in Media? Is it really as glamorous as it seems? video
5:36 P.M. How to Be a Good Friend Like Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello Step one: Uh, star in a super-sexy music video together.
5:30 P.M. What’s Leaving HBO: July 2019 Blockers, The American President, Ready Player One, and other movies leaving HBO this month.
5:05 P.M. A Horror Fan’s Guide to the Expanded Conjuring Universe Annabelle Comes Home marks the seventh movie in the Patrick Wilson–Vera Farmiga series. Here’s how they all connect.
4:59 P.M. DGA Disqualifies Most Streaming Films for Top Award The award is now called the “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film.”
4:40 P.M. Sinbad Explains Some Deep Cuts From His Résumé “Oh, I did that movie!” video
3:30 P.M. What’s Leaving Hulu: July 2019 Zombieland, Major League, Kindergarten Cop, and more.
3:02 P.M. The Dem Debates Probably Won’t Break Any Ratings Records Millions will watch, but it’ll be a shock if ratings come anywhere close to matching the 2016 election cycle.
2:45 P.M. Cuba Gooding Jr. Amid Groping Case: ‘God Is Good’ He was back in court today.
1:49 P.M. The Handmaid’s Tale Transformed D.C. Into a Gilead Nightmare The Lincoln Memorial is headless. The Washington Monument is a crucifix. Here’s how the show brought Gilead’s capital to life.
1:30 P.M. What’s Leaving Netflix: July 2019 The Matrix, Wedding Crashers, and more.
1:12 P.M. Oh, Another Bachelorette Contestant Had a Secret Girlfriend? Why you, Peter the pilot!

12:20 P.M. Shun Serves French Food With Japanese Flair The second restaurant from a longtime Joël Robuchon chef is now open.
11:35 A.M. Where to Party Like a Patriot Over the 4th of July Weekend A nighttime celebration on a boat, a Governors Island feast, a gut-busting pig roast, and 13 other ways to observe America’s birthday.
10:30 A.M. Momofuku Brings Seoul to Hudson Yards Homestyle Korean cooking with cheffy touches propels Kāwi beyond its generic mall setting.
9:55 A.M. Eric Trump Walks Into a Bar — and an Employee Spits on Him The president’s son says he got more than he bargained for at the Aviary in Chicago.
June 25, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About Mirazur And why you don’t need to lose your mind over this particular list.
June 25, 2019 Social Media Is Alight With Tributes on Bourdain Day Today would have been the late author and TV hosts’s 63rd birthday.
June 25, 2019 Here Are the ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ for 2019 The always-controversial ranking of restaurants arrives — and Noma isn’t No. 1.
June 24, 2019 How to Summerize a Negroni A barista turned bartender is challenging the cocktail orthodoxy by shaking a drink most say should be stirred!
June 24, 2019 Seriously, Why Does This Gordon Ramsay Show Exist? Does the world really need a travel show starring Gordon Ramsay?
June 24, 2019 This ‘Mom & Mom Shop’ Wants to Make Meat Fun Again Former White Gold butchers Jocelyn Guest and Erika Nakamura on starting a family and launching their own business.
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?

5:50 P.M. The Best Dental Floss, According to Dentists Including one that comes in four flavors.
5:32 P.M. This Spray Has Made My Bleached Hair Look Naturally Glossy I feared my pre-dye shine would never return. It has.
5:26 P.M. The Charcoal Whitening Powder That Got Me Off Whitestrips After a few consecutive days of brushing with the powder then toothpaste, my teeth appeared to go from a coffee-stained beige to a shinier ivory.
4:51 P.M. My Kid’s Play Set Is Also a Herman Miller–Style Coffee Table It’s only $150, and there’s no assembly required.
4:25 P.M. The Best Things for Tongue Cleaning, According to Dentists “You’ll be prime time for some close talking on the subway, or a 10-second Frencher on Friday night.”
4:03 P.M. 9 Things That’ll Almost Definitely Sell Out Including Baby Phat’s almost-gone collaboration with Forever 21.
3:12 P.M. The Best Running Books, According to Runners and Coaches All of them offer the perfect motivation to set a personal best — or just get off the couch.
3:08 P.M. If I’m Not Great About Flossing, Should I Get a Water Pick? According to dentists, yes.
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2:28 P.M. The 17 Best Deals From REI’s (Ongoing) Fourth of July Sale The retailer is offering up to 40 percent off select men’s and women’s clothing, outdoor gear, and more from now through July 4.
12:34 P.M. The Best Toothbrushes for Babies, According to Dentists Including ergonomically designed brushes, electric brushes, and teeth-cleaning wipes.
12:10 P.M. The Best Bike Helmets, According to Experts Protect your head in rose gold or leopard print.
12:09 P.M. Ask Chris: What’s a Good Summer Host Gift (That Isn’t Rosé)? Plus: Nice-looking straw hats for guys, and a contraption to give your T-shirts a perfect fold.
11:04 A.M. Shop This Hotel: Tourists, a Woodsy Berkshires Getaway From the Japanese dishes to the shampoo bottles to the light fixtures.
10:15 A.M. These Fashion Flip-Flops From Everlane Are 40 Percent Off They’re also on sale in light pink and “apricot.”
8:00 A.M. The New Class of Handblown Glass A surge of young glassblowers are creating loopy glass straws and warped vessels that have found their way into hypercurated homewares shops.
June 25, 2019 The 6 Things I Use to Make Teeth Aligners More Tolerable Including products that massage sore teeth, deodorize trays, and actually make the aligners a little better aligned.
June 25, 2019 The 11 Things I Always Bring to the Beach (and I Go Weekly) Including some weirdly stylish waterproof Crocs and a superlight cooler.
June 25, 2019 The Best Electric Toothbrushes, According to Dentists Including kinds that vibrate, vibrate and rotate, and an inexpensive drug-store model.
June 25, 2019 The Dual-Purpose Fan Hat I Keep in My Bag May to October “The miraculous hat that emerges has a wicker-like top and structured cloth brim.”

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