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Trump Gets Closer to All-Lobbyist Dream Cabinet With New Energy Secretary

Imagine the energy choices former auto-industry lobbyist Dan Brouillette might support. He will be the fifth ex-lobbyist in Trump’s current cabinet.
Justin Trudeau to Win Election for Second Term as Canadian Prime Minister

Trudeau hung on through multiple controversies, though projections show that his Liberal Party will form a minority government, suffering a blow.
Trump Attitude Toward Ukraine Influenced by Putin and Orbán: Report

Trump’s early opinion on Ukrainian President Zelensky was reportedly influenced by negative recommendations from the two autocrats.
Commies Versus the Klan? Democrats and Republicans Have a Dim View of Each Other

Republicans think Democrats are socialist and Democrats think Republicans are racist. One or both of them may be right, but nobody will be civil.
Does Pete Buttigieg Have a Plausible Path to the Nomination?

Intelligencer staffers discuss whether the South Bend mayor’s rising profile corresponds to rising odds.
Here Are the 2020 Michelin Stars for New York City

It’s that time of year again.
How Many Candidates Can Survive a Bad Showing in Iowa?

There are traditionally “three tickets out of Iowa,” but there may be four this time around.
Mitt Romney Is Pierre Delecto: A Brief Guide to Political Pseudonyms

Plenty of political figures, including Senator Mitt Romney and President Donald Trump, have been known to use ridiculous aliases.
‘Empowerment Seminar’ Tells Women They Have Small, Pancake-Like Brains

At a training seminar for female executives at Ernst & Young, women were taught how to dress modestly and appease their male colleagues.
Buttigieg Showing Strength in Iowa

Meanwhile, would-be Biden alternatives Harris and Booker are struggling in Iowa, where they have both bet the farm.
Eric Trump Rips ‘Sickening’ Political Families That Enrich Themselves

Of course, he doesn’t consider his family among them.
Community, The Bachelor, and The Man In the High Castle Head to Vulture Festival

Six seasons and a Vulture Festival reunion!
Hillary Clinton Curses Comeback Tour With Bad Tweet

Maybe we don’t need the 2016 Democratic candidate posting mediocre jokes from Jimmy Kimmel involving the phrase “busting my nuts.”
Mick Mulvaney Struggles Not to Admit to Ukraine Quid Pro Quo Again

Mulvaney pretended he never said Trump withheld aid in exchange for an investigation into Dems — as Fox News played video of him saying just that.
‘Surprised’ Trump Kills Plan to Promote Doral Resort With G7

There apparently is such a thing as a Trump-branded bridge too far.
AOC Credits Sanders for Her Political Awakening at Bernie’s Big Comeback Rally

Hoping to reinvigorate his campaign just weeks after a heart attack, Sanders rolled out Ocasio-Cortez, who linked her political origin story to him
Ronan Farrow Proposed to His Fiancé in a Draft of His Book

His partner, Pod Save America host Jon Lovett, responded with … “sure.”
In Rare Interview, Meghan Markle Discusses Her ‘Really Challenging’ Duchess Life

“Thank you for asking. Not many people have asked if I’m okay.”
Kasich Comes Out for Trump Impeachment

The former governor and 2016 candidate, like Mitt Romney, used to be a classic hardcore conservative. The GOP has changed a lot.
Production Halted on Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop After John Cho Injured on Set

The actor reportedly requires surgery following a knee injury sustained during filming.

1:36 A.M. Trump Picks Yet Another Ex-Lobbyist for Energy Secretary Imagine the energy choices former auto-industry lobbyist Dan Brouillette might support. He will be the fifth ex-lobbyist in Trump’s current cabinet.
12:04 A.M. Justin Trudeau to Win Second Term as Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau hung on through multiple controversies, though projections show that his Liberal Party will form a minority government, suffering a blow.
9:40 P.M. Trump Attitude on Ukraine Coached by Putin and Orbán: Report Trump’s early opinion of Ukraine’s President Zelensky was reportedly influenced by negative recommendations from the two autocrats.
7:34 P.M. Commies Versus Klan? Dems’ and GOP’s Dim Views of Each Other Republicans think Democrats are socialists, and Democrats think Republicans are racists. One or both of them may be right, but nobody will be civil.
6:15 P.M. Does Pete Buttigieg Have a Plausible Path to the Nomination? Intelligencer staffers discuss whether the South Bend mayor’s rising profile corresponds to rising odds.
5:51 P.M. The Most Ridiculous Thing About Jacob Wohl Is His Tech Setup The vibe: when you gave your parents a “Why I Should Be Allowed to Have a Nintendo” presentation in third grade.
3:39 P.M. There Is No Such Thing As ‘At Cost’ at Trump Doral Running the numbers on Trump’s now-abandoned plan to host a G7 summit at his Florida golf resort.
3:29 P.M. How Many Candidates Can Survive a Bad Showing in Iowa? There are traditionally “three tickets out of Iowa,” but there may be four this time around.
3:02 P.M. Pierre Delecto to Ron Vara: A Guide to Political Pseudonyms Plenty of political figures, including Senator Mitt Romney and President Donald Trump, have been known to use ridiculous aliases.
1:50 P.M. What Emmett Till’s Bulletproof Memorial Says About Us Three previous memorials in the same location have been stolen, tossed into a nearby river, or riddled with bullets.
1:19 P.M. Why Congress Might Impeach Trump and Actually Remove Him How the big one could go down.
12:13 P.M. Buttigieg Showing Strength in Iowa Meanwhile, would-be Biden alternatives Harris and Booker are struggling in Iowa, where they have both bet the farm.
10:37 A.M. Eric Trump Rips Political Families That Enrich Themselves Of course, he doesn’t consider his family among them.
8:58 A.M. It’s a Crucial Week for Brexit (Yes, Again) Parliament withheld support for Boris Johnson’s deal on Saturday, so now Brexit’s fate will come down to how MPs amend the terms of the withdrawal.
Oct. 20, 2019 Hillary Clinton Curses Comeback Tour With Bad Tweet Maybe we don’t need the 2016 Democratic candidate posting mediocre jokes from Jimmy Kimmel involving the phrase “busting my nuts.”
Oct. 20, 2019 Biden and Warren Can’t Keep Dodging Their Weaknesses Forever Hunter Biden and the taxes to finance Berniecare aren’t going to go away in the general election.
Oct. 20, 2019 ‘Surprised’ Trump Kills Plan to Promote Doral Resort With G7 There apparently is such a thing as a Trump-branded bridge too far.
Oct. 20, 2019 Mick Mulvaney Struggles Not to Admit to Quid Pro Quo Again Mulvaney pretended he never said Trump withheld aid in exchange for an investigation into Dems — as Fox News played video of him saying just that.
Oct. 19, 2019 Yes, Identity Politics Still Matter The goal isn’t a world where identity no longer matters, but where it doesn’t hold anyone back.
Oct. 19, 2019 Sanders Returns to Trail, Hosts AOC at Big Queens Rally Hoping to reinvigorate his campaign just weeks after a heart attack, Sanders rolled out Ocasio-Cortez, who linked her political origin story to him

8:16 P.M. Take Me to Harry Styles’s Secret Frozen Clothes Vault Harry Styles’s clothes are all cryogenically frozen in time and kept in a secret vault.
6:13 P.M. FTC Gives Surprising Ruling to Sunday Riley Review Scandal The FTC has found skin-care brand Sunday Riley in violation of posting fake reviews, but without meting out much punishment.
5:48 P.M. NBC Allegedly Buried Yet Another Sexual-Assault Story Activist Sil Lai Abrams claims the network killed a story about her allegations against A.J. Calloway and Russell Simmons in 2018.
5:42 P.M. The Bernie Rally Felt So Much Bigger Than Bernie The coalition behind Sanders — overwhelmingly made up of young, female politicians of color — shows the future of the progressive movement.
5:10 P.M. Jake Gyllenhaal Rescued a Dalmatian … or Did He? Investigating this “Page Six” story.
5:09 P.M. The ’00s Fashion Star Who’s Making a Comeback Thakoon Panchigul, a Michelle Obama favorite, is back with a new line.
4:55 P.M. Nike’s New Drop Is an Ode to NYC in the ’90s Nordstrom’s Olivia Kim is the brains behind this nostalgic collection. gallery
4:45 P.M. How Adam Driver Gets So Large A new profile sheds light into the noted large man’s habits, including how many eggs he consumes.
4:29 P.M. Oh No, Kristen From Vanderpump Is Writing a Self-Help Book It’s called “He’s Making You Crazy.”
4:00 P.M. The Best Beauty Advent Calendars to Buy Before They Sell Out “Behind every door there’s something new to try.”
2:41 P.M. I, Too, Would Leave My Fiancé for Dev Patel I want to mash my face into his hair.
2:38 P.M. ‘Empowerment Seminar’ Tells Women They Have Small Brains At a training seminar for female executives at Ernst & Young, women were taught how to dress modestly and appease their male colleagues.
1:08 P.M. Okay, Fine, Scream Is Really Good All this time I thought it was dumb. I was wrong.
11:33 A.M. How I Get It Done: Angelica Nwandu, CEO of The Shade Room “My assistant has to lie and tell me my meeting is an hour earlier for me to be on time. So I just leave that in her hands.”
10:24 A.M. Imagine Being Able to Pull Off This All-Turquoise Look Of course Helen Mirren can.
10:13 A.M. For This Photographer, Friendship Smells Like a Sweatshirt Talking to Mario Sorrenti about his favorite scents and new collaboration with La Mer.
9:02 A.M. Prince Harry Addresses Rumored Rift With Prince William “We’re certainly on different paths at the moment.”
6:30 A.M. Dior Makes a Case for Tartan Boots Like a plaid flannel shirt but way more glamorous.
Oct. 20, 2019 Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of October 21 Scorpio season starts this week!
Oct. 20, 2019 The Copywriter Juggling Five Guys at Once This week’s sex diary.

2:16 A.M. Ford v Ferrari Stars Damon, Bale Both Gunning for Best Actor Who will cross the finish line, and who will spin out, flip over and careen wildly into the Oscars audience?
12:38 A.M. Yellowcard Lawsuit Over Juice WRLD ‘Lucid Dreams’ Is So Emo The band says Juice WRLD’s 2018 hit is too similar to their 2006 song “Holly Wood Died.”
10:23 P.M. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker Trailer: Long Have You Waited “The Force will be with you. Always.”
9:21 P.M. Kesha Returns to ‘Utter Debaucherous Joy’ in Album Trailer If life is just one long road trip, you might as well take the High Road.
9:18 P.M. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Making Sexy Goth Shows for HBO Max The Shelley Society and The Brides are submitted for your thirst consideration.
8:43 P.M. Bret McKenzie to Adapt Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas By far the best otter-centric jug-focused holiday special ever made.
8:04 P.M. Rob Lowe and Liv Tyler Star in the 9-1-1: Lone Star Trailer Fires! Huge Storms! Ominous baths with incense burning!
6:12 P.M. Julia Garner May Play Scammer Anna Delvey In Netflix Series The actress is reportedly in talks with Shondaland.
6:01 P.M. Looking for Alaska Recap: (Try to) Do the Right Thing How will we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?
5:37 P.M. Busy Tonight Is Still on TV, But Only in The Affair Busy Philipps herself was apparently surprised to discover this.
4:52 P.M. It’s a Parent Trap: Dennis Quaid Is Engaged to a 26-Year-Old Next thing you know, a lizard will crawl into her mouth.
4:10 P.M. How I Learned to Write Mysteries the Mystic River Way By deconstructing Dennis Lehane’s best seller, Angie Kim was able to shape her own debut novel.
2:50 P.M. Charlize Theron: Playing Megyn Kelly ‘Harder’ Than Monster “She’s conflicting.”
1:20 P.M. Weak-Throated Director Darren Aronofsky Spotted Sans Scarf At the Quad Cinema.
1:00 P.M. Monica Lewinsky Revisiting 15 Minutes of Shame With New Doc The anti-bullying activist is coming to HBO Max.
12:55 P.M. A New, Ever-Complicated Era of Frank Ocean Is Upon Us Is Frank Ocean circling album mode again?
12:07 P.M. What Living With Yourself’s Creator Learned From Paul Rudd “It’s made me much more conscious of my posture. Stand straight and you’ll be a better version of yourself.”
12:04 P.M. Get Ready for Two Coldplay Albums, 100 Years in the Making The project is called Everyday Life, with one half named Sunrise and the other Sunset.
12:00 P.M. Every Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Segment, Ranked The Simpsons’ long-running Halloween specials are indeed a disturbing universe.
11:12 A.M. Mike Birbiglia’s The New One to Debut on Netflix Next Month The 2018 Broadway show will now be a Netflix special.

3:48 P.M. Here Are the 2020 Michelin Stars for New York City It’s that time of year again.
2:16 P.M. The Times Square Sbarro Is Closed New York is over.
10:07 A.M. New York Institution City Bakery Has Closed The home of the pretzel croissant was open for nearly 30 years.
9:55 A.M. Protests Force Chick-fil-A Out of U.K. The conservative chicken chain won’t last long in the United Kingdom.
8:00 A.M. Llama-San Gives Peru’s Nikkei Cuisine a New York Stage The setting is casual but the food is inventive and ambitious.
Oct. 18, 2019 Kellogg’s Has a New Cereal Flavor: Inclusivity The new “All Together” cereal box benefits GLAAD.
Oct. 18, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Oct. 18, 2019 The Great British Baking Show Recap: Pie in the Sky This Pastry Week is refreshingly light on soggy bottoms — but at what cost?
Oct. 18, 2019 Waris Ahluwalia’s Grub Street Diet “The pancakes had run out, but I kept the eggs going for late arrivals.”
Oct. 17, 2019 The Soufflé Makes Its Grand Return A new brasserie in the former Les Halles space will give the French classic a much-needed update.
Oct. 17, 2019 Server Fired After Refusing to Serve ‘Transphobic’ Couple Now the restaurant is at the center of the controversy.
Oct. 17, 2019 What Does Sunny D Taste Like? Twitter has thoughts.
Oct. 17, 2019 These Are the City’s Most Thrilling New Breakfast Sandwiches Start your day right.
Oct. 16, 2019 New Report Details Dangers of America’s Meat Industry “Pretty much every other day a worker is sent to the hospital or loses a body part.”
Oct. 16, 2019 There’s Still Time to Buy Tickets for New York Taste Salt and pepper calamari awaits.
Oct. 15, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About the Brooklyn Wegmans The new grocery utopia opens its doors on October 27.
Oct. 15, 2019 Taco Bell Recalls ‘Beef’ in 21 States To the tune of 2.3 million pounds.
Oct. 15, 2019 The Underground Gourmet Plan-B Restaurant Determinator Part two of our foolproof, field-tested, fiasco-averting, starvation-preventing restaurant guide.
Oct. 14, 2019 Here Are Michelin’s 2020 Bib Gourmand Picks for NYC Including Maison Yaki, Haenyeo, Saint Julivert Fisherie, and Ruffian.
Oct. 14, 2019 Lokanta’s Çılbır Will Ruin You For All Other Poached Eggs Chef Orhan Yegen’s take on the traditional Turkish breakfast dish is absurdly satisfying.

4:31 P.M. The Best Slime for Every Kind of Person Including unicorn slime, fluffy slime, crunchy slime, magnetic slime, and even slime that changes color.
4:00 P.M. The Best Beauty Advent Calendars to Buy Before They Sell Out “Behind every door there’s something new to try.”
3:30 P.M. The 20 Best Car Seats and Booster Seats for Kids Safe, economical, and easy to install.
1:30 P.M. The Best Sheets on Amazon, According to Reviewers Including a set approved by a Frette sheet sleeper.
11:57 A.M. Brands We Love Are Up to 40 Percent Off at Urban Outfitters Including Dansko clogs, Levi’s jeans, and Supergoop! sunscreen.
10:00 A.M. What K-Pop Star Jackson Wang Can’t Live Without “My protein shake every morning is an orange, chicken breast, greens, then an apple and banana. Sounds disgusting, but it’s actually good.”
9:46 A.M. Rag & Bone Jeans That Aren’t Trying Too Hard Are on Sale They’re 60 percent off.
9:30 A.M. What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Dishcloths and Denim Plus: Dog beds, lip balm, and more.
Oct. 18, 2019 What Are the Best Black Flats Under $200? “It could be from the ’90s or today and will look relevant for years to come.”
Oct. 18, 2019 The Best Strategist-Approved Men’s Shaving Products Including the creams, razors, combs, trimmers, brushes, and cleansers you need to get a barber-quality shave in your own bathroom.
Oct. 18, 2019 The Best Shower Water Filters, According to Experts The secret to healthy hair and skin is “softer” shower water.
Oct. 18, 2019 Everything Is 25 Percent Off at Anthropologie Right Now Including clothing, shoes, home goods, kids’ stuff, and jewelry.
Oct. 18, 2019 The 35 Best Gifts for Tween Girls, According to Tweens From Hydro Flasks to nameplate necklaces.
Oct. 18, 2019 The Best Women’s Running Clothing for Every Kind of Weather From warm and sunny to below zero.
Oct. 18, 2019 This Instant Pot Slow Cooker (for Roasts and Stews) Is $60 At 80 percent off, the 11-in-1 appliance’s price is one of the lowest we’ve ever seen for an Instant Pot product.
Oct. 18, 2019 9 Best Beard Balms and Conditioners, According to Experts Including moisturizing balms, styling balms, balms for new beards, and conditioners you can rinse out or leave in.
Oct. 18, 2019 38 Things on Sale You’ll Actually Want to Buy Including a $2 ice-cube tray.
Oct. 18, 2019 What Freida Pinto Can’t Live Without “With CBD chocolates, you also have to be careful, you just can’t be popping them like regular candy.”
Oct. 17, 2019 The Costume Wigs on Amazon, According to Reviewers “Girl, as soon as I put this wig on, I felt like Khloe Kardashian.”
Oct. 17, 2019 The 19 Things Inside One Stay-at-Home Dad’s Survival Kit The “solid, if eclectic (and still evolving), kit” is ideal for new dads, particularly stay-at-home dads of younger kids.

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