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Author James Patterson on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Unbelievable’ Crimes

The bestselling novelist wrote a book about Epstein in 2016. People are finally paying attention.
Ilhan Omar: Trump Has ‘Agenda of White Nationalists,’ Calls for Impeachment

At a press conference responding to Trump’s attack on four Congresswomen of color, Omar repeated the call for Democrats to impeach the president.
Police Are Investigating the Murder of a Beloved Civil Rights Activist

Sadie Roberts-Joseph, who founded the African-American Museum, was found dead in the trunk of her car.
Is Biden’s Health Care Plan Actually That Moderate?

Intelligencer staffers chat about the practical and political wisdom of the former VP’s vision for building on Obamacare.
Why High Turnout May Not Help Democrats in 2020

Democrats need a backup plan in case turning the presidential election into a polarized frenzy drives untapped Trump voters to the polls, too.
How Trump’s Racism Divides Democrats

Trump’s white-nationalist rhetoric unites his opposition. But his white-nationalist policies divide Pelosi’s caucus.
New Yorkers Have a Field Day With de Blasio’s Blackout Absence

This may bring down the mayor’s previously sure-thing presidential candidacy.
Remembering the Time Jeffrey Epstein Rode on Donald Trump’s Plane

In 2000, Donald Trump grew irritated as he sat on his plane at LaGuardia airport waiting for a tardy Jeffrey Epstein to arrive.
What We Learned From Jeffrey Epstein’s Bail Hearing

A mysterious passport, “piles of cash,” and some information on Epstein’s finances.
Congresswomen Fire Back After Trump Suggests They Leave the Country

“You are angry because you can’t conceive of an America that includes us.”
New Trump Rule Would Virtually End Asylum for Central Americans

The rule, which is sure to face legal challenges, would not allow anyone who has passed through another country to claim asylum in the U.S.
Trump Attacks Democratic Congresswomen With White Nationalist Rhetoric

With his reelection campaign now underway, the president is trying out an even bigger dog whistle.
Lindsey Graham: ‘I Don’t Care’ if Migrants Stay in Detention for ‘400 Days’

After visiting two migrant detention centers in Texas, the South Carolina senator was not filled with sympathy.
Serena Williams Will Never Stop ‘Fighting for Equality’

After her Wimbledon loss, Williams responds to Billie Jean King’s comments that she should be focusing more on tennis.
Why Are We So Obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein Story?

Intelligencer staffers discuss why this sordid tale has touched such a nerve.
Sarah Jessica Parker Says a ‘Very Big Movie Star’ Harassed Her on Set

“No matter what my role was on set, I didn’t feel as powerful as the man who was behaving inappropriately.”
FTC Fines Facebook $5 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Wall Street celebrated the news, and it doesn’t sound like Facebook will radically change.
All Your Questions About R. Kelly’s Latest Arrest on Federal Charges, Answered

He’s been charged with ten counts of felony aggravated criminal sex abuse and arrested again for unpaid child support.
Why the GOP Might Learn to Love Putting Price Controls on Drugs

Conservatives’ traditional defense of America’s high drug prices is completely at odds with Trump’s “America first” ideology.
House Votes to Require Congressional Approval for War With Iran

A good number of Republicans, including Trump fans, want to avoid war with Iran and give peace a chance – but the defense bill is far from resolved.

8:31 P.M. Rising Insulin Prices Have Claimed Another Life Rising insulin prices are stoking a public health crisis. In June, Jesimya Scherer-Radcliff died rationing insulin after losing his health insurance.
7:24 P.M. James Patterson on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Unbelievable’ Crimes The best-selling novelist wrote a book about Epstein in 2016. People are finally paying attention.
6:41 P.M. Ilhan Omar: Trump Has ‘Agenda of White Nationalists’ At a press conference responding to Trump’s attack on four Congresswomen of color, Omar repeated the call for Democrats to impeach the president.
6:33 P.M. Is Biden’s Health-Care Plan Actually That Moderate? Intelligencer staffers chat about the practical and political wisdom of the former VP’s vision for building on Obamacare.
5:25 P.M. Why High Turnout May Not Help Democrats in 2020 Democrats need a backup plan in case turning the presidential election into a polarized frenzy drives untapped Trump voters to the polls, too.
4:03 P.M. The Flaw in Trump’s Intimidation-Based Immigration Strategy Threatening painful and controversial actions, like ICE raids, may work in the short term, but eventually he’ll have to deliver — or admit defeat.
3:12 P.M. New Yorkers Mock de Blasio for His Blackout Absence This may derail the mayor’s previously sure-thing presidential candidacy.
3:11 P.M. How Trump’s Racism Divides Democrats Trump’s white-nationalist rhetoric unites his opposition. But his white-nationalist policies divide Pelosi’s caucus.
2:54 P.M. Remembering the Time Jeffrey Epstein Rode on Trump’s Plane In 2000, Donald Trump grew irritated as he sat on his plane at LaGuardia airport waiting for a tardy Jeffrey Epstein to arrive.
2:47 P.M. Republicans Baffled Why Trump Keeps Saying Racist Things The Republican response to Trump’s racism imagines a Trump who can do better.
1:40 P.M. What We Learned From Jeffrey Epstein’s Bail Hearing A mysterious passport, “piles of cash,” and some information on Epstein’s finances.
12:42 P.M. New York City Is Still a Disaster for the Disabled Old infrastructure and grudging compliance add up to only moderate progress toward accessibility.
12:17 P.M. Reagan, Abzug, and More, from New York’s 1977 Blackout Issue What the powerful had to say after the lights came back on.
10:30 A.M. Trump Rule Would Virtually End Asylum for Central Americans The rule, which is sure to face legal challenges, would not allow anyone who has passed through another country to claim asylum in the U.S.
9:50 A.M. ‘A Thousand Small Sanities’ Author Adam Gopnik Interview A discussion of a new defense of liberalism against its critics on the right and the left.
1:07 A.M. More Details About Jeffrey Epstein’s Past Emerge A round-up of the major reporting over the weekend, from Epstein’s creepy past at the Dalton school to the New Mexico AG’s interest in the case.
11:06 P.M. Graham: ‘I Don’t Care’ if Migrants Are Held for ‘400 Days’ After visiting two migrant detention centers in Texas, the South Carolina senator was not filled with sympathy.
July 14, 2019 Trump Attacks Congresswomen With White Nationalist Rhetoric With his reelection campaign now underway, the president is trying out an even bigger dog whistle.
July 14, 2019 The Case for Biden’s ‘Electability’ Fades Under Scrutiny The more you examine the reasons Democrats desperate to beat Trump think Biden’s the one, the more fragile the arguments look.
July 14, 2019 What to Expect From Jeffrey Epstein’s Bail Hearing on Monday Epstein’s lawyers claim he has been on a “straight and and narrow path,” while prosecutors allege he may have paid off potential witnesses.

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6:37 P.M. Police Investigating Murder of Beloved Civil-Rights Activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph, who founded an African-American history museum in Baton Rouge, was found dead in the trunk of her car.
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5:38 P.M. Ariana Grande, Please Wear More Suits Givenchy is helping the singer find a new look.
4:46 P.M. How a Predator Operated in Plain Sight Jeffrey Epstein knew that when it comes to sex, the rules have always been different for “brilliant” men.
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3:52 P.M. The Best Character on Big Little Lies Is Barely on It An appreciation of Tori Bachman, the spurned wife horny for revenge.
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2:05 P.M. A Sacred Vanderpump Marriage May Not Have Even Happened Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz’s 2017 forest wedding may not have been legal, according to Vanderpump associate Lance Bass.
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12:50 P.M. Mona Kattan Hates the Smell of Rubber Gloves The Global President of Huda Beauty and co-founder of KAYALI much prefers roses and vanilla.
12:09 P.M. A Guide to 2019’s Messiest ‘Celebrity’ ‘Engagement’ YouTuber Jake Paul is apparently engaged to fellow YouTuber Tana Mongeau … and Bella Thorne is also somehow involved.
11:39 A.M. AOC Fires Back After Trump Suggests She Leave the Country “You are angry because you can’t conceive of an America that includes us.”
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4:26 P.M. The Barbie Movie Is Now Being Written by Greta Gerwig The one with Margot Robbie.
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2:41 P.M. The Joke That Defined Gay Villains Forever On this week’s Good One podcast, James Adomian revisits his bit about what all the TV and movie villains of his childhood had in common. podcast
2:13 P.M. Why Did It Take So Long to Recognize Joseph Yoakum’s Genius? In fairness, it took me a long while, too.
2:08 P.M. Elizabeth Debicki Is Virginia Woolf in Vita and Virginia An affair by post.
1:14 P.M. Love Island Is Boring, But Hard to Escape One week in, the new CBS version of the U.K. reality franchise remains unknowably vague — and strangely comforting.
1:11 P.M. The Office DVD Box Set Is on Sale Today Yes God Please Yes Don’t forget to also get a DVD player.
1:00 P.M. Watch a Very Drunk John Early Tell a Story About Watergate Vanessa Bayer plays the woman with “the hottest goss in D.C.”
12:49 P.M. Austin Butler’s Pelvis to Star in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Movie Maybe next time, Miles Teller!
11:46 A.M. Stranger Things 3’s Unexpected Requiem for the Mall In an age when shopping centers have come to represent a dead end, the vibrantly alive Starcourt mines a particularly potent vein of nostalgia.
11:14 A.M. The King’s Man Trailer: Manners Maketh Prequels It takes just a few punctuation marks.
10:58 A.M. Michaela Watkins on Sword of Trust and Conspiracy Theories “This was kind of fun to turn my brain over and try to cook the other side and just be totally free to improvise.”
10:37 A.M. Jasmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers Is a Debut Film to Watch What the director does better than almost anyone I can think of is dramatize the illusory nature of control.
10:14 A.M. Charles Levin, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue Actor, Found Dead He was reported missing by family on July 8.
10:03 A.M. Batman Chins, Ranked Of all the men who have become Batman, who filled out the chin area the best?
9:36 A.M. Big Little Lies Finale Trailer: ‘The Lie Is the Friendship’ Cue the theme music.
8:48 A.M. Euphoria Recap: Me and My Boyfriend Everyone’s so desperate to live up to their idea of their imagined selves that they’re willing to endanger their real ones.

3:37 P.M. 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.’”
3:05 P.M. 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.
12:45 P.M. Dosas, Death, and the Pangs of Guilt Wrestling with nostalgia at Saravanaa Bhavan, whose founder is a convicted murderer.
12:38 P.M. Chef Floyd Cardoz Will Close the Bombay Bread Bar The restaurant was celebrated as the chef’s return to Indian cuisine in New York.
10:09 A.M. Cheap Eats Favorite Madcap Café Has Closed The restaurant served its last flatbread-wrapped bacon, egg, and cheese on Sunday.
9:00 P.M. 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.
July 12, 2019 French Chef Furious to Be Accused of Cooking With Cheddar The most French drama ever.
July 12, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
July 12, 2019 Hip-Hop Expert Rob Markman’s Grub Street Diet “That was the thing that I’d get, once I started getting a job and having a little more money in my pocket.”
July 11, 2019 ‘I’ve Always Had This Mentality of Hustle’ After years of feeling like an outsider, Nicole A. Taylor is ready to get shit done.
July 11, 2019 In Praise of the Soothing Perfection of Poached Chicken Tender meat, delightfully gelatinous skin, and pure poultry flavor.
July 11, 2019 Restaurant World Ceramicist Wynne Noble Has Died The Brooklyn-based artist crafted plates for Gramercy Tavern, Momofuku Kawi, Contra, and more.
July 10, 2019 Dunkin’ Is Suing Franchisees That Hire Undocumented Workers The company is trying to shut their stores down.
July 10, 2019 The Underground Gourmet’s Best Outdoor Dining in New York The 21 best things to eat (and where to eat them), ranked.
July 9, 2019 Netflix’s All-Taco Show Comes Out This Friday Cancel your plans!
July 9, 2019 Tribeca’s Odd, Wonderful Arcade Bakery Is Set to Close Owner Roger Gural is looking for a buyer.
July 9, 2019 Inside the Race to Redefine Meat and Change Burgers Forever How long will it be before cows are obsolete?
July 9, 2019 Thieves Stole €500,000 Worth of Wine From a Paris Restaurant More than 150 bottles of vintage wine from Michelin-starred restaurant Maison Rostang were taken in a highly targeted heist.
July 8, 2019 Future Arrives As IBM Unveils Its ‘E-Tongue’ Technology It uses AI and transfers data to an app.

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