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Trump Administration Escalates Iran Conflict After Month of Peace, if Not Quiet

Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone in the Persian Gulf, hours after an Iranian diplomat proposed a de-escalation plan.
Here Are the Lineups for the Second Democratic Debates

There will be a Biden-Harris rematch on Wednesday night, while progressive candidates Warren and Sanders will lead the all-white bill on Tuesday.
If Democrats Are Going To Impeach Trump, They Should Impeach Him for His Bigotry

Al Green offered Democrats a chance to make it clear Trump’s racism isn’t acceptable. They turned it down.
GOP: Ilhan Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports the First Amendment

Omar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
American Woman Accused of Letting Hundreds of Ugandan Kids Die at a Fake Clinic

Renee Bach, a missionary from Virginia, is accused of posing as a doctor despite having no medical training.
Judge Resigns After Saying an Alleged Rapist Was ‘From a Good Family’

“This young man comes from a good family … He is clearly a candidate for not just college but probably for a good college.”
Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest Approaches

The senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.
Subway Station Turns Into (Extremely Dangerous) Water Park in Time for Heat Wave

Gushing water flowed onto a New York City subway platform on Wednesday night, almost sweeping a man onto the tracks as a train pulled in.
Chait: Trump Says He Stopped the ‘Send Her Back’ Chant. (He Didn’t.)

President faces blowback from racist campaign message, signals retreat, for now.
Moderate Democrats Say AOC Is Distracting From Their Nonexistent Message

Instead of complaining that “the squad” is a distraction, moderates should spotlight all the unpopular policies that Trump doesn’t want to defend.
CNN Debate Lottery Reflects New Structure of 2020 Democratic Race

The field will be divided into three drawings for debate night assignments, in hopes of breaking up front-runners Biden, Harris, Sanders, and Warren.
At Least 33 Dead After Kyoto Animation Studio Fire

Arson is suspected, and police have taken a man into custody.
Elizabeth Warren’s Latest Plan Targets Her Favorite Enemy: Wall Street

The new installment of her “economic patriotism” agenda takes an even more adversarial tone against private equity and powerful bankers.
Judge Denies Jeffrey Epstein Bail

Epstein will have to await trial in jail instead of his expansive Upper East Side residence.
Trump Supporters Have Found a New Horrifying Rallying Cry

They targeted Representative Ilhan Omar last night with chants of “Send her back!”
Marines Order Duncan Hunter to Stop Using Them in His Hate Mail

The Marines are down on the embattled Hunter — and Darrel Issa is sizing up his congressional seat — as his September trial for corruption approaches.
NBC Obtained Trump-Epstein Footage After Trump Kissed an Anchor Without Consent

The Trump-Epstein video showing Trump groping women came about because Trump non-consensually kissed NBC anchor Faith Daniels on the lips in public.
Rand Paul Blocks Senate From Unanimously Passing 9/11 First Responders Funding

The Kentucky senator joins a long and unsuccessful line of Republicans who have attempted to stymie funding for 9/11 victims and first responders.
Netflix Is Losing U.S. Subscribers for the First Time in Eight Years

Though they’re expected to return this summer.
Kevin Spacey’s Sexual-Assault Case Dropped by Nantucket Prosecutors

The civil suit against Spacey was dropped earlier this month.

8:00 A.M. Welcome to the Post-Post-Corruption Era of the GOP Pat Pizzella, former partner in Jack Abramoff’s most notorious scheme, is now running the Labor Department. The post-post-corruption era is here.
7:50 A.M. Trump Says U.S. Took Down Iran Drone, But Tehran Denies It Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone in the Persian Gulf, though Iran seems to be looking to deescalate the situation.
6:00 A.M. Four Democrats Have Pulled Ahead of the 2020 Pack With Biden, Sanders, Warren, and Harris now dominating the race, there’s a stronger chance of an early primary win – or a contested convention.
8:19 P.M. Here Are the Lineups for the Second Democratic Debates There will be a Biden-Harris rematch on Wednesday night, while progressive candidates Warren and Sanders will lead the all-white bill on Tuesday.
7:51 P.M. How About Impeaching Trump for His Bigotry? Al Green offered Democrats a chance to make it clear Trump’s racism isn’t acceptable. They turned it down.
6:17 P.M. GOP: Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports Free Speech Omar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
6:12 P.M. Republicans: Define Us by Racist Policies, Not Racist Chants Republicans have expressed concern that Trump’s racist remarks are distracting the public from the GOP’s policies — which are even more racist.
3:08 P.M. Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As 2020 Approaches The senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.
2:22 P.M. Subway Station Turns Into (Incredibly Dangerous) Water Park Gushing water flowed onto a New York City subway platform on Wednesday night, almost sweeping a man onto the tracks as a train pulled in.
2:18 P.M. Moderate Dems: AOC Distracts From Our Nonexistent Agenda Instead of complaining that “the squad” is a distraction, moderates should spotlight all the unpopular policies that Trump doesn’t want to defend.
1:51 P.M. Here’s Why Airline Safety Videos Got So Elaborate They used to have the drab feel of corporate instructional videos. But in recent years, airlines have sensed a branding opportunity.
1:44 P.M. CNN Debate Lottery Reflects Changing Structure of 2020 Race The field will be divided into three drawings for debate night assignments, in hopes of breaking up front-runners Biden, Harris, Sanders, and Warren.
1:35 P.M. Trump: I Stopped the ‘Send Her Back’ Chant. (He Didn’t.) President faces blowback from racist campaign message, signals retreat, for now.
1:28 P.M. Baseball’s Latest Identity Crisis MLB players are hitting more home runs than ever, and that’s all right with me.
12:27 P.M. Judge Denies Jeffrey Epstein Bail Epstein will have to await trial in jail instead of his expansive Upper East Side residence.
12:09 P.M. Warren’s Latest Plan Targets Her Favorite Enemy: Wall Street The new installment of her “economic patriotism” agenda takes an even more adversarial tone against private equity and powerful bankers.
11:56 A.M. Democrats Find a New Bogeyman to Blame Their 2020 Loss On FaceApp, the theory goes, is a front for the Russian government because it is based in St. Petersburg.
11:12 A.M. Conservative Reactions to Trump Rally ‘Send Her Back’ Chant Ranging from “the chant was terrible” to “Trump should make it his 2020 campaign slogan.”
9:03 A.M. Marines Order Duncan Hunter to Stop Using Them in Hate Mail The Marines are down on the embattled Hunter — and Darrell Issa is sizing up his congressional seat — as his September corruption trial approaches.
July 18, 2019 Kamala Harris’s Medicare for All Plan Makes No Sense The senator says she will move virtually all health spending onto the government’s rolls, while cutting taxes on the middle class.

6:30 A.M. Your Favorite Bag From the ’90s Is Staging a Comeback It was only a matter of time.
6:27 P.M. Am I on Acid or Watching the Cats Trailer? We’ve all gone to the Heavyside Layer.
6:09 P.M. American Accused of Letting Ugandan Kids Die at Fake Clinic Renee Bach, a missionary from Virginia, is accused of posing as a doctor despite having no medical training.
6:04 P.M. Meet Me at the Chanel Yacht Club, Dahling It’s open to the public on Shelter Island.
4:22 P.M. 5 Women on Lululemon’s New Moisturizer for Sweaty Faces Over the course of one incredibly sweaty week.
3:48 P.M. Judge Resigns After Saying Rape Suspect Was from Good Family “This young man comes from a good family … He is clearly a candidate for not just college but probably for a good college.”
2:52 P.M. This Brand Knows Its Way Around a Suit *Adds to fall mood board*
2:05 P.M. You Can Get Zendaya’s New Perfume a Month Early It’s very fun to hold.
1:59 P.M. Empty Vessel Gets Emptier Ivanka Trump’s silence is specific and self-preserving.
1:40 P.M. I Look Like an Adult (Not a Big Baby) in This $27 Jumpsuit And it’s about $200 cheaper than my beloved Ilana Kohn jumpsuit.
1:37 P.M. Men’s Stock Rises When They Trade in Young Women Jeffrey Epstein was hardly alone in treating them like consumable pleasures.
1:34 P.M. Let Neko Case Tell You About Her Pet The musician on how her dog Bruce is a hero with the personality of a brooding cowboy.
1:19 P.M. Carole Radziwill Wasn’t Friends With Tinsley Mortimer, Okay? Carole claims her friendship with Tinsley was exclusively for the show.
12:14 P.M. A Case Against Sunglasses We wear them wantonly.
11:44 A.M. Inside an Art Collector’s Sun-Drenched Los Angeles Home Dr. Joy Simmons’s home is a gorgeous homage to some of the country’s best contemporary African-American art. video
11:40 A.M. Saks Fifth Avenue Opened a New Men’s Shoe Floor Fine leather everywhere.
11:36 A.M. Gwendoline Christie Had to Submit Herself for an Emmy A lesson in knowing your own worth.
11:23 A.M. Can a Mustard Bath Mend a Broken Heart? It depends how much you like mustard.
11:12 A.M. A Forced Trump Kiss: How NBC Got the Trump-Epstein Video The Trump-Epstein video showing Trump groping women came about because Trump nonconsensually kissed NBC anchor Faith Daniels on the lips in public.
11:00 A.M. A Gut Renovation in Brooklyn That Was Worth Every Headache This historic 1919 neo-Federal brick house on Prospect Park West, which features a new rooftop and lush garden, took roughly two years to complete.

8:00 A.M. How the Original Lion King Animators Murdered Mufasa It took a Disney kingdom to kill cartoon Mufasa. The only thing more distressing than his death is the impending end of the medium responsible for it.
5:04 A.M. Superstore’s ICE Raid Could Shape The Show For Years Nico Santos told the Comic-Con crowd, “Well, I’m here. So that’s a good sign!”
4:20 A.M. CW’s Nancy Drew Is Definitely Your New Horny Mystery Show Is Horseshoe Bay the next town over from Riverdale?
1:57 A.M. Marc Maron Weighs in on Joaquin Phoenix and Gallagher One storms out of hotel rooms, the other paces across sets.
1:03 A.M. You Can Now Stream Beyoncé’s The Lion King: The Gift The album blends the voice work of James Earl Jones with the music of Africa.
12:40 A.M. Warner Bros. Is Being Sued by It Miniseries Producer Pennywise also named in limited liability.
11:46 P.M. 4 Major Takeaways from Comic-Con’s His Dark Materials Panel “I do something quite nasty to a child,” Ruth Wilson says of her character. “It was quite fun, though!”
11:04 P.M. Conan: How Tom Cruise Embodied Tropic Thunder’s Les Grossman “I want to have fat hands, and I’m going to dance.”
9:58 P.M. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to End Next Season “You’re not playing how do we undo this when we get to the next season. You’re playing that this is going to be the end of the story.”
9:25 P.M. Watch the New His Dark Materials Comic Con Trailer Brrr! It’s cold in here!
9:10 P.M. Theater Review: Moscow Moscow Is Like, LOL, Whatevs, Chekhov Halley Feiffer’s reinterpretation of Three Sisters in modern-day
8:50 P.M. Meow, It’s Judi Dench! A Few Thoughts on the Cats Trailer Singing! Dancing! Anthropomorphic cats with human hands and human breasts!
8:16 P.M. Tina Fey and Ted Danson Are Making a New NBC Comedy Coyotes! A teenage daughter! A wealthy, selfish, inexperienced politician!
6:46 P.M. Why Do the Cats in Cats Have Human Breasts? The cats are finally out in the open — and this time, they’ve got human breasts.
6:00 P.M. How James Cameron Got Linda Hamilton to Do Terminator Again “I sent her a long, rambling email with a lot of reasons why she should do the movie but also a lot of reasons she shouldn’t.”
5:36 P.M. Watch the Unspeakable Trailer for Cats The Jellicle Ball arrives December 20.
4:13 P.M. Top Gun: Maverick Trailer: Tom Cruise Never Says Die! See Top Gun 2 in theaters next summer.
4:00 P.M. The 50 Best TV Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now House, The Good Wife, The Sopranos, and more.
2:47 P.M. This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: An Irish Mystery Plus, a new season of Bundyville.
2:42 P.M. Where Did Spider-Man’s Aunt May Get Her Bell-Bottoms? We the people need to know!

6:00 A.M. Pastry Chef Nicole Rucker’s Grub Street Diet “We got the turnip cakes, pork buns, pea shoots, fried eggplant, clams and basil — oh my God, the clams and basil.”
12:39 P.M. A Nice Pastrami Sandwich for Noshers Not Fressers Shalom Japan’s excellent new Wagyu pastrami sando is like Katz’s meets (a Tokyo) 7-Eleven.
12:00 P.M. British Desserts Make a Comeback — Here’s Where to Try Them A handy guide to the sudden resurgence of UK-born desserts at restaurants around New York City.
11:05 A.M. India’s ‘Dosa King’ Has Died P. Rajagopal began serving a life sentence in prison for a 2001 murder just nine days ago.
10:24 A.M. What Happens When You Combine Corner Bistro and Peter Luger? Find out tonight when the Red Hook Tavern opens. Here’s everything you need to know.
10:00 A.M. Meet the Snackbeasts of Instagram “It’s just so cool that I can go to your house and open a trunk of snacks.”
July 17, 2019 Can Madison Lee Become the New Queen of Big-Money Cake? The world of bespoke occasion cakes is filled with grueling hours, massive sums of money, and piles of buttercream.
July 17, 2019 A Chinatown Tofu Legend Will Return This Summer Fong On will be a reboot of 80-year-old tofu and soy milk producer, Fong Inn Too.
July 16, 2019 Frenchette’s Chefs Have Taken Over a Legendary Uptown Bistro Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr are revamping Le Veau d’Or (and they’re keeping the tripe).
July 16, 2019 Edie Jo’s Opens in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens The American restaurant is run by industry vets Doug Friedman and Ben Toro, and traffics in Denver roasts, vegan muffulettas, and Negronis for two.
July 16, 2019 Williamsburg’s Walter Foods Is Closing After 11 Years The owners plan to hold on to the space for a new project due this fall.
July 16, 2019 Farewell to Dean & DeLuca, New York’s Food Utopia It made the city a better place to eat; now it’s on the brink of collapse.
July 16, 2019 Kwame Onwuachi’s Memoir Is Being Adapted Into a Movie Lakeith Stanfield will star in the feature, which is being financed by A24.
July 15, 2019 A Harlem Chef Returns to the Neighborhood That Made Him “I hope FieldTrip becomes a cult,” chef J.J. Johnson says of his new venture. “And that people in other communities are like, ‘We need this here.’”
July 15, 2019 A Big Cookie Gets a Bigger Stage Levain Bakery embarks on a growth campaign, beginning with a spiffy new store on the Upper East Side this Wednesday.
July 15, 2019 Dosas, Death, and the Pangs of Guilt Wrestling with nostalgia at Saravanaa Bhavan, whose founder is a convicted murderer.
July 15, 2019 Chef Floyd Cardoz Will Close the Bombay Bread Bar The restaurant was celebrated as the chef’s return to Indian cuisine in New York.
July 15, 2019 Cheap Eats Favorite Madcap Café Has Closed The restaurant served its last flatbread-wrapped bacon, egg, and cheese on Sunday.
July 14, 2019 Finally, a Serious Seafood Restaurant at the Seaport Globally accented menu meets picturesque coastal setting at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Fulton.
July 12, 2019 NYC Council Member Calls for GrubHub Antitrust Investigation He’s asked the New York Attorney General to do so.

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9:55 A.M. Prime Day Is Over … But the Instant Pot Is Still $50 Half off at both Amazon and Walmart.
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