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If Trump Gets a Ransom to End the Shutdown, He’ll Do It Again and Again

The irrepressible Republican attraction to hostage-taking in place of normal compromise.
It Looks Like Trump Has Been Posting Photoshopped Pictures of His Hands

His fingers appear longer than they actually are in several images posted to his official Facebook page.
New York Has Finally Updated Its Archaic Abortion Law

The law, which the state Senate’s GOP majority blocked for years, takes abortion out of the criminal code and allows some abortions after 24 weeks.
Harvey Weinstein Hires Casey Anthony’s Lawyer

One of the new lawyers also repped Kobe Bryant.
Uber CEO Says Furloughed Workers Are Driving to Make Money During Shutdown

A study in 2018 found over half of Uber drivers make significantly less than minimum wage.
Nurse Arrested for Rape After Incapacitated Woman Gives Birth

Police arrested a 36-year-old man after a month-long investigation into a sexual assault at Hacienda Healthcare.
Director Bryan Singer Hit With 4 New Sexual Assault Allegations

The Atlantic spoke to over 50 people, many of whom allege Singer and his friends groomed teen boys.
Alec Baldwin Pleads Guilty in Parking-Spot Fight

He also has to complete a short anger-management course.
Shutdown Pushes Trump’s Disapproval to All-Time High in Two Polls

Seventy percent of voters say a border wall isn’t worth a shutdown. A supermajority backs Pelosi’s plan to reopen the government without wall funding.
‘Build the Wall and Crime Will Fall’: Trump’s New Rhyming Slogan Is Not True

Maybe it’ll help him sell some shirts though.
Bryan Singer Hit With New Allegations of Sexual Abuse, Dating Back to 1990s

Singer’s attorney said the director denies having sex with or having a preference for underage men.
Chris Brown Released After Rape Arrest, Intends to Sue Accuser

Brown responds, “This bitch is lyin’.”
Trump Reportedly ‘Furious’ Over Rudy Giuliani’s Recent Media Flops

A White House aide told Politico that “handling Rudy’s f**k ups takes more than one man.”
Deaths of Saudi Arabian Sisters Found in Hudson River Ruled Suicide

The bodies of Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, were found in October 2018.
Comedian and Rel Co-Creator Kevin Barnett Dead at 32

The New York comedy community has lost a beloved stand-up.
The Government Shutdown (Probably) Isn’t Ending Any Time Soon

Trump’s peace offering is full of poison pills. Democrats show few signs of caving — and the Supreme Court just gave them a reason to stand firm.
A History of Snapchat’s Dancing Hot Dog, AR’s Breakthrough Moment

Talking to Snap about the lens that captivated the world.
After a Weeklong Strike, Los Angeles Teachers May Have a Deal

Members of the United Teachers of Los Angeles still have to vote on the deal, but it sounds like a victory for striking educators.
Trump Labor Counsel Hopes Legal Trap Can Kill Scabby the Rat

Banning the ubiquitous inflatable rat balloon would be a psychological blow to labor, but experts believe the First Amendment will protect him.
CBS Refuses to Run Medical Marijuana Ad During the Super Bowl

A four-hour glorification of a game linked to head injuries meets network standards, but a PSA for a substance some players use to cope does not.

3:31 P.M. Biden and Beto’s Aid to GOP Candidates Is Disqualifying In a historically important midterm election, Biden and O’Rourke boosted vulnerable GOP incumbents over the objections of local Democratic parties.
2:33 P.M. If Trump Gets a Ransom to End Shutdown, He’ll Do It Again The irrepressible Republican attraction to hostage-taking in place of normal compromise.
1:31 P.M. New York Has Finally Updated Its Archaic Abortion Law The law, which the state Senate’s GOP majority blocked for years, takes abortion out of the criminal code and allows some abortions after 24 weeks.
1:04 P.M. Want to Try AR? This Is the Hardware You’ll Need While phones are perfectly suitable AR devices, if you want to make 3-D models or battle zombies the right way, you’ll need dedicated hardware.
11:05 A.M. Uber CEO Says Furloughed Workers Are Driving During Shutdown A study in 2018 found over half of Uber drivers make significantly less than minimum wage.
10:36 A.M. Trump’s Disapproval Hits All-Time High in Multiple Polls Seventy percent of voters say a border wall isn’t worth a shutdown. A supermajority backs Pelosi’s plan to reopen the government without wall funding.
10:16 A.M. ‘Build the Wall & Crime Will Fall’: Trump’s Dumb New Slogan Maybe it’ll help him sell some shirts though.
8:57 A.M. Chart Shows Coming Death of Small-Government Conservatism Three generations of white people thought government was doing too much. The next two want it to do more.
12:48 A.M. Report: Trump ‘Furious’ Over Giuliani’s Recent Media Flops A White House aide told Politico that “handling Rudy’s f**k ups takes more than one man.”
5:45 P.M. The Government Shutdown Probably Isn’t Ending Any Time Soon Trump’s peace offering is full of poison pills. Democrats show few signs of caving — and the Supreme Court just gave them a reason to stand firm.
5:21 P.M. Trump Offered NASA Unlimited Funding to Go to Mars by 2020 “What if I gave you all the money you could ever need?” the president asked a baffled NASA official, according to former aide Cliff Sims.
4:40 P.M. A History of Snapchat’s Dancing Hot Dog, AR’s Breakthrough Talking to Snap about the lens that captivated the world.
4:15 P.M. After Weeklong Strike, Los Angeles Teachers May Have a Deal Members of the United Teachers of Los Angeles still have to vote on the deal, but it sounds like a victory for striking educators.
Jan. 22, 2019 Trump Labor Counsel Hopes Legal Trap Can Kill Scabby the Rat Banning the ubiquitous inflatable rat balloon would be a psychological blow to labor, but experts believe the First Amendment will protect him.
Jan. 22, 2019 CBS Refuses to Run Medical Marijuana Ad During Super Bowl A four-hour glorification of a game linked to head injuries meets network standards, but a PSA for a substance some players use to cope does not.
Jan. 22, 2019 I Went to Caroline Calloway’s Seminar So You Don’t Have To The uncanceled workshop offered five and a half hours of personal stories, journaling lessons, and Fyre Festival jokes.
Jan. 22, 2019 10 Augmented-Reality Apps That You Might Actually Use Google Play and the App Store are awash with augmented-reality apps, and many of them are terrible. Here are 10 that actually show AR’s potential.
Jan. 22, 2019 Giuliani Possibly a Legal Genius, But Probably Just an Idiot The middle ground is disappearing. Rudy’s either Keyser Soze or Barry Zuzkerkorn.
Jan. 22, 2019 On Brexit, May Is Out of Ideas and Nearly Out of Time It appears her “Plan B” is to keep pushing her rejected deal until either Parliament or the E.U. gets spooked enough to accept it.
Jan. 22, 2019 Former MS-13 Member Who Secretly Helped Police Is Deported An immigration judge said he had no choice but to deny asylum to the teen who cooperated with authorities only to be jailed with those he informed on.

3:16 P.M. Vanessa Hudgens Broke the Cardinal Rule of All Theatre Kids I know, it’s awful.
2:58 P.M. Why Not Communicate With Your Friends Through Celebrities? Cameo is a service for hiring celebrities to tell your friends things like “happy birthday.” But what if you used it to tell them “I’m running late”?
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2:15 P.M. Trump Has Been Posting Photoshopped Pictures of His Hands His fingers appear longer than they actually are in several images posted to his official Facebook page.
1:28 P.M. Are Brad Pitt and Charlize Theron Dating? And more in this week’s celebrity gossip column.
12:34 P.M. The Rowdy British Family Has Finally Left New Zealand They apparently tried to steal one last Red Bull on the way out.
12:14 P.M. Nurse Arrested for Rape After Incapacitated Woman Gave Birth Police arrested a 36-year-old man after a month-long investigation into a sexual assault at Hacienda Healthcare.
10:58 A.M. What Does My Dog Think I’m Doing When I’m Watching TV? Experts weigh in on my nagging question.
10:52 A.M. Chris Brown Is Planning to Sue His Rape Accuser for Slander His accuser told a French magazine that the attack was “brutal and violent,” and authorities say the investigation is still ongoing.
10:49 A.M. Director Bryan Singer Hit With 4 New Sexual-Assault Claims The Atlantic spoke to over 50 people, many of whom allege Singer and his friends groomed teen boys.
10:44 A.M. What’s Up With the Bookstore Aprons on You? So you like a little attention. Okay, I bite …
10:24 A.M. What I Would Like to Learn From Lasagna A restaurant is now offering a gender-reveal lasagna. But can’t the delicious dish reveal something more interesting?
9:27 A.M. Chanel Is Opening a New Beauty Wonderland in NYC Makeup lessons, applications, and more.
9:05 A.M. Justin & Hailey Pushed Back Their Wedding Ceremony… Again They’re now apparently considering a destination wedding.
7:00 A.M. A Family in 6 Acts The writer Rumaan Alam answers the prompt: What is a family?
6:00 A.M. ‘Every Man I Date Finds the ‘One’ Right After We Break Up!’ Ask yourself why you’re so into these narratives about how you lose and lose and lose.
6:00 A.M. The Making and Marketing of a 9-Year-Old Meme Machine The legend of Lil Tay, the foul-mouthed preteen who swept Instagram.
7:30 P.M. Deaths of Saudi Sisters Found in Hudson River Ruled Suicide The bodies of Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, were found in October 2018.
5:36 P.M. What Catholic-School Alums Think of the MAGA Teens “I am familiar with that bullying smirk. I have been on the receiving end of that stare.”
5:16 P.M. Are You Kate Middleton, or Am I? Looking for answers in a glass door.

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2:18 P.M. Jay-Z, Meek Mill Launch Prison Reform Alliance, Pledge $50M “This started out as a buddy movie and it’s now become the Avengers,” CEO Van Jones said.
2:06 P.M. Hulu Boosts Price of Live TV, Trims Cost of Cheapest Plan The basic ad-supported service will drop to $5.99 per month, while Hulu with Live TV will jump to $44.99 monthly.
1:51 P.M. How The Masked Singer Can Become a Better Version of Itself Fox made some bad choices in adapting this South Korean concept for American TV. But the wonderfully weird singing competition can still be saved.
1:42 P.M. Kate Winslet Is Coming Back to HBO for a Dark Miniseries Winslet will star in Mare of Easttown, playing a Pennsylvania cop who investigates a murder.
1:12 P.M. Harvey Weinstein Hires Casey Anthony’s Lawyer One of the new lawyers also repped Kobe Bryant.
12:44 P.M. Broad City Is Back for One Last Time, and That Feels Right Abbi and Ilana are still funny, but Broad City is taking its final bow at the right moment.
12:41 P.M. Mindy Kaling Says Kelly Kapoor Is Now in Jail for Murder Bad news for fans of Ryan from The Office.
12:36 P.M. King of Thieves Wastes Its Once-in-a-Lifetime Cast I kept wishing James Marsh would just drop the not-particularly-interesting plot and let these god-level geezers go off on one another.
12:18 P.M. Beach Bum Teaser: McConaughey Wants to Have Some Fun, Man Featuring a coke-addicted parrot.
12:15 P.M. To Whom Does Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ Owe Its Sound? If the question is whether or not “7 Rings” owes its existence to appropriation, then the answer is yes.
12:06 P.M. Polar Is Putrid, Soulless, and Worst of All, Stale Jonas Åkerlund’s latest is a sad, lint-filled key bump scraped together from the bottom of the post-Tarantino ’90s exploitation baggie.
11:21 A.M. Patty Jenkins on Why Female Directors Were Snubbed by Oscars She points to an issue with the voting branch.
11:00 A.M. Mitra Jouhari and Sandy Honig’s Left of Centre Is Dead-on Here’s what happens when a male feminist and an incel host a show together.
10:37 A.M. Alec Baldwin Pleads Guilty in Parking-Spot Fight He also has to complete a short anger-management course.
10:09 A.M. Bryan Singer Hit With New Allegations of Sexual Abuse Singer’s attorney said the director denies having sex with or having a preference for underage men.
10:00 A.M. How First Man Crafted Its Most Uncomfortable Scene Screenwriter Josh Singer breaks down Neil Armstrong’s pre–moon landing family sit-down.
9:58 A.M. Conan Debuts New Show, and Don’t Worry It’s Mostly the Same The band is now happily living on a farm.
9:30 A.M. If I Hate Violence So Much, Why Do I Love Writing About It? Writers of violent thrillers reflect on — and reaffirm — the ethics of what they do.

11:28 A.M. The Absolute Best Chicken Wings in New York Chicken wings for football addicts and everyone else.
10:33 A.M. The Eleven Madison Park Guys Are Going to London Daniel Humm and Will Guidara will open Davies and Brook there this summer.
9:45 A.M. Atlanta Stadium’s Chick-fil-A Won’t Open for the Super Bowl The famously religious chain won’t break its closed-on-Sundays policy when the biggest night in sports heads down South.
Jan. 22, 2019 French Chef Literally Cannot Get Rid of Michelin Stars Sébastien Bras tried to relinquish his Michelin stars. The restaurant guide gave him some anyway.
Jan. 22, 2019 The Return of Rocco DiSpirito After 15 years, the celebrity chef is back in a kitchen — will his critics give him another chance?
Jan. 22, 2019 April Bloomfield Has Abruptly Closed Her L.A. Restaurant The restaurant was open for just over a (very tumultuous) year.
Jan. 21, 2019 Why 10 Corso Como’s Struncatura Is Bucket-List Pasta Dish The cucina povera lip-smacker comes with anchovy, garlic, chiles, bread crumbs, and a not-so-appetizing backstory.
Jan. 20, 2019 Hot Hummus and “Mama Ghannouj” at Vish and Zyara Two pita-pocket-size spots serve up good cheer and great Middle Eastern grub.
Jan. 18, 2019 You’ve Got About Two Weeks Left to Try Grub Street’s Salad Our Little Italy Salad won’t be around forever.
Jan. 18, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Jan. 18, 2019 A Line Cook Says She Was Fired for Speaking Spanish Francisca Pérez alleges her boss demanded she speak English.
Jan. 18, 2019 Ecco Publisher Daniel Halpern’s Grub Street Diet “Eating alone is one of life’s greatest pleasures, time to consider the life-imitating-life issues.”
Jan. 17, 2019 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Lil Rel, outsider art, and Martin Luther King Jr. tributes.
Jan. 17, 2019 Can ‘Surge Pricing’ Really Take Off at Restaurants? Proponents say it combats rising costs without raising prices — and they make a persuasive argument.
Jan. 17, 2019 Where to Eat Hot Pot in NYC Right Now Grab some friends and get ready for the ultimate soupfest.
Jan. 16, 2019 The Absolute Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in New York For picky palates and gourmets-in-training alike.
Jan. 16, 2019 America’s Restaurants Are Helping Unpaid Government Workers The shutdown has brought out the best in the country’s hospitality industry.
Jan. 16, 2019 Is the New Impossible Burger Any Good? The high-tech veggie burger gets a surprise upgrade.
Jan. 15, 2019 #WhiteHouseDinners Is Your New Favorite Twitter Hashtag It’s a place to process the fast-food feast.
Jan. 15, 2019 Alex Stupak’s Newest Empellón Opens This Friday Chef Alex Stupak’s second location of Empellón al Pastor opens this week.

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Jan. 18, 2019 The 8 Products That Save My Skin From Winter Scaliness In the dead of New York City January, my skin slurps these guys up.
Jan. 18, 2019 Guest Strategist Haul: What Scott Campbell Bought Last Month “My daughter loves them, and I can sometimes get up to two or three days of good behavior. It’s like gold bullion to 4 year olds.”
Jan. 18, 2019 38 Things on Sale You’ll Actually Want to Buy Including: Nike, Coach, Rachel Comey, and Kiehl’s.
Jan. 18, 2019 Ask the Strategist: What’s the Best Personal Bag for Flying? Our editors’ favorite backpacks, totes, and fanny packs for in-flight essentials.
Jan. 17, 2019 The Best Workout Tops, According to Fitness Experts Tees, long-sleeves, and tanks.
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Jan. 17, 2019 The Best Personal Finance Books, According to Money Experts Read how to make a budget, pay off debts, plan for retirement, and more.
Jan. 17, 2019 Lots of Cold-Weather Gear From Urban Outfitters Is Just $10 From Patagonia, the North Face, Topo Designs, and More
Jan. 16, 2019 What Do I Need When Recovering From Surgery? Much more useful than flowers and a balloon
Jan. 16, 2019 What’s the Next Status Chocolate Bar? We asked chocolate buyers to make their best guesses and came up with two front-runners (and five runners-up).
Jan. 16, 2019 Lots of Super-Warm Ugg Slippers Are Up to 50 Percent Off Cozy shearling-lined slippers are on sale for both men and women.
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