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8:02 P.M. McConnell Scorns Campaign Reform and Voting Rights McConnell jokes – and lies – his way through a Trump-friendly review of Democratic ethics and voting reforms.
6:22 P.M. GOP Economists Endorse (Surprisingly Robust) Carbon Tax Plan Some of the GOP’s top economists just called on the government to (gradually) euthanize the fossil fuel industry and establish a tiny UBI.
6:16 P.M. West Virginia Leads States With Boys Club Legislatures Some states, like Massachusetts (bad) and Georgia (relatively good), defy partisan stereotypes on legislative gender balance.
6:09 P.M. Trump May Try to Kill Medicaid As We Know It by Fiat Having failed for decades to pass legislation ending Medicaid as an entitlement program, Republicans may now try to get there by state waivers.
6:00 P.M. Why Do Shareholders Agree to Give Up Voting Rights? WeWork is facing questions about its CEO’s conduct. But its investors don’t have any power to make changes.
5:14 P.M. How the Government Shutdown Could Derail the Super Bowl Atlanta’s airport is a disaster and city officials are getting worried.
3:09 P.M. Could the Shutdown Finally Make Trump’s Base Abandon Him? Trump shut down the federal government to give his supporters a border wall. Now they’re giving him a significant drop in his approval rating.
2:30 P.M. A Civil Debate With Pot-Legalization Critic Alex Berenson Talking to the author of Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence.
2:23 P.M. The Waves and AirPods Meme Is the Newest Wave A new meme finds humor in a chintzy status symbol and a cross-cultural mashup.
1:40 P.M. Behold the Stupidity of Government Shutdowns The rules governing which parts of the government stay open are, to use a technical term, “not smart.”
1:05 P.M. Frank Rich: Pelosi Outmaneuvers Trump Once Again Pelosi knows how to push the levers of government, and how to push Trump’s buttons. It’s an unbeatable combination.
11:38 A.M. Why Bill de Blasio Is Acting Like a 2020 Candidate He’s not taking any of the steps a serious candidate would be taking. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a strategy.
11:29 A.M. The New Slack Logo Looks Good Compared to the Other Options You can thank the designer behind Hillary Clinton’s “H” for this development.
10:39 A.M. The Fate of Brexit Is in Jeremy Corbyn’s Hands There is no majority in Parliament for any deal — or a second referendum — without the Labour Party’s votes.
10:02 A.M. Michael Cohen Hired IT Firm to Tweet Horny Things About Him Cohen did not get the results he was looking for on either front, but the firm’s owner received a Walmart bag containing $13k in cash for his efforts.
8:57 A.M. Is It Time to Regulate Social Media Influencers? Cases of fraud are common in the multi-billion dollar influencer marketing industry. A “Cambridge Analytica moment” could be next.
6:00 A.M. Teachers’ Strike Brings L.A. Charter-School Battle to a Head Charter schools have seen explosive growth in L.A., and now striking educators claim they’ve left traditional schools overcrowded and under-resourced.
11:54 P.M. Turkey Seeks Arrest Warrant for Knicks’ Enes Kanter: Report Kanter says he fears he’ll be extradited or even killed for criticizing Erdogan and backing Fethullah Gulen, an exiled cleric living in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 16, 2019 Trump Lawyer No Longer Denying Campaign Colluded With Russia RIP, “No collusion.”
Jan. 16, 2019 Coulter and Limbaugh Keep Pressure Up on Trump to Hang Tough Who is Trump going to listen to? His conservative allies or everybody else?

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5:55 P.M. Today Is Probably Your Favorite Celebrity’s Birthday January 17, the most stacked celebrity birthday day of the year, or at least the month.
5:36 P.M. My 24-Hour Investigation Into CoverGirl’s 24-Hour Mascara I didn’t wash my face before bed, for journalism.
5:28 P.M. The Marie Kondo Book Drama Does Not Spark Joy Letting go of this discourse.
5:25 P.M. 20 Things John Mayer Looks Like in This Photo The smell of Axe Body Spray and American Spirits, a sip of Coors Light when you’re parched, and more.
5:17 P.M. For Sale: $140 Strap, Bag Not Included Dissecting the new Brooklyn mom uniform.
4:50 P.M. Here Are the Real Effects of the Government Shutdown This is now the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
4:14 P.M. What If Pelosi and Trump Just Kept Writing to Each Other? “Dear Mr. President …”
4:14 P.M. What Happens When Trump Has 24 Hours to Work on a Comeback Did his petulant letter to Nancy Pelosi really take a full day?
3:49 P.M. Poet Mary Oliver Wrote Plainly and Affectingly of Love, Loss Here are a few favorite lines.
3:05 P.M. 6 Women Test a Much-Hyped Cream for Dark Under-Eye Circles Does Ole Henrikson’s Banana Bright Eye Cream do anything?
2:33 P.M. Thousands More Migrant Families May Have Been Ripped Apart The Trump administration was quietly separating families for a year, according to a new government report.
2:20 P.M. Do Our Dentists Hate Us? An attempt to find out if our filthy teeth have earned us an enemy.
1:04 P.M. Have You Heard the One About Louis C.K.’s Sexual Misconduct? The infamous comedian joked about it in a new set.
12:03 P.M. Don’t Give Up on the Women’s March The movement must transcend its organizers.
11:47 A.M. Of Course Michael Cohen Paid for His Thirsty Twitter Account According to a new report, he was behind @WomenForCohen, which regularly tweeted that he was a sex symbol.
11:09 A.M. Gillibrand’s Franken-Problem Won’t Die When a woman stands up to a powerful man, the fallout is all too predictable.
11:00 A.M. Am I Cool Enough for This Salad? After one failed attempt, the answer is yes.
11:00 A.M. How an Architect Transformed Her Office Into a Sanctuary Suchi Reddy renovated her Greenwich Village workspace, which includes a meditation room and kitchen you’d want at home.
10:39 A.M. Report: Rihanna Is Launching a Luxury Line She may have already given us a first look.

10:00 P.M. Geoffrey Rush Is Seeking Up To $25 Million in Damages Claim The defamation trial ended without a ruling in 2018.
10:00 P.M. Ted Danson Practiced His Good Place Floss Dance for Weeks “Pretty much any time you saw Ted between takes, he was getting a flossing tutorial from someone on set.”
10:00 P.M. The Good Place Recap: The Neighborhood Play A busy episode brings the gang back to where they began — sort of — in a last-ditch bid to change how modern humanity is judged.
9:30 P.M. Star Trek: Discovery Recap: Where’s My Damned Red Thing? Captain Pike isn’t a regular stepdad; he’s a cool stepdad.
9:29 P.M. Cardi B’s Government Shutdown Rant Got Remixed And issa bop!
9:01 P.M. Grey’s Anatomy Recap: Next Time, Take the Stairs The Grey Sloan elevators do so much work this episode, give them a promotion!
8:42 P.M. How to Watch the Oscar Nominations Live At least the nominations have hosts.
8:20 P.M. Issa Rae & Kumail Nanjiani to Star in The Lovebirds Two lovebirds sittin’ in a tree, S-O-L-V-I-N-G M-U-R-D-E-R-S
5:49 P.M. You Is a Gigantic Hit for Netflix, According to Netflix Netflix is suddenly getting chatty about its viewing stats. Here’s why their numbers seem (mostly) legit.
5:43 P.M. Best Rap This Week: Tree and Vic Spencer, Foolio, and More Including career highs, poignant looks at the past, and promising new tracks from rappers on the verge of breaking out.
5:39 P.M. Jimmy Kimmel to Host a Halftime Tribute to Trump Next Week Will Arnett, Alyssa Milano, and more will also appear.
5:21 P.M. Netflix’s Bird Box Slammed for Using Real Disaster Footage The film’s latest controversy.
4:56 P.M. Grimes, Azealia Banks Subpoenaed in Elon Musk Tweet Fiasco Social media will be the downfall of us all.
4:40 P.M. Lauren Lapkus Attempts a Threesome in the Unicorn Trailer The film heads to theaters next month.
4:33 P.M. This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Canada’s Dark Poutine Featuring cases from north of the border.
4:10 P.M. Kiernan Shipka Leads John Green Adaption Let It Snow She’s joined by Shameik Moore, Isabela Moner, Odeya Rush, and more.
4:04 P.M. Greta Van Fleet Talk SNL, the Grammys, and That Review “We had high aspirations to be the best. We didn’t ever understand what being the best would bring, and we’re still striving for that every day.”
3:31 P.M. Now the Riverdale Teens Are Doing Heathers: The Musical Welcome to my Jingle-Jangle stoooore.
3:27 P.M. 8 Shows About Horny British Youths You Can Stream Right Now Sex education, U.K.-style.
2:39 P.M. R. Kelly ‘Wanted to Fight’ Dave Chappelle Over 2003 Sketch Chappelle and Neal Brennan both recalled the time R. Kelly’s “goons” threatened Chappelle over the sketch in Chicago.

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11:23 A.M. Can ‘Surge Pricing’ Really Take Off at Restaurants? Proponents say it combats rising costs without raising prices — and they make a persuasive argument.
10:26 A.M. 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.
Jan. 15, 2019 Photos From Trump’s Fast-Food Feast, Ranked by Sadness “I thought it was a joke.”
Jan. 14, 2019 A New Midtown Bar Pairs Stiff Drinks With Killer Views Like drinking in a penthouse.
Jan. 14, 2019 Kylie Jenner Versus an Egg Is the Celebrity Feud We Deserve We did this to ourselves.
Jan. 14, 2019 American Hero Banned From Walmart for Best Reason Ever “ … drinking wine from a Pringles can for several hours while riding on an electric cart.”
Jan. 11, 2019 Soho Health-Food Destination to Close, Internet Melts Down Though there’s a petition to prevent it from happening.
Jan. 11, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Jan. 11, 2019 Whole Foods to Pick Over Corpses of Dead Sears and Kmarts The Amazon-owned company is reportedly eyeing locations in less densely populated midwestern states.
Jan. 11, 2019 Comedian Jon Glaser’s Grub Street Diet “I enjoy high-quality potato chips and high-quality potato chip–based humor.”
Jan. 10, 2019 Restaurant Bravely Announces Bird Box–Themed Dinner Guests will be blindfolded throughout the dinner at the Milleridge Inn in Jericho.
Jan. 10, 2019 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Podcasters IRL, tea with Frankenstein, and a comic to know.
Jan. 10, 2019 One of Our Favorite Restaurateurs Is Opening a New Wine Shop Forêt Wines is the project of Marie Tribouilloy, who wants to sell the wines you love to drink at Ops — and many more.
Jan. 10, 2019 Okay, Now It’s Safe to Eat Romaine Caesar is back.

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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.
Jan. 15, 2019 What Dita Von Teese Can’t Live Without “I never thought of myself as a onesie kind of gal but it’s pretty chic.”
Jan. 15, 2019 There’s a Bunch of Cuisinart Dutch Ovens on Sale at Amazon In a classic blue or red gradient or a more modern matte white or gray.
Jan. 14, 2019 I Found This Sweatshirt-Like Bathrobe at a Kimpton Hotel It feels like the best college hoodie.
Jan. 14, 2019 Does the Arc Trainer Burn As Many Calories As It Claims? We found out whether gym machine calorie counters are actually accurate.
Jan. 14, 2019 A Bunch of Fuzzy, Furry Teddy Coats Are Up to 70 Percent Off From Tibi, Topshop, J.Crew, Free People, and more!
Jan. 14, 2019 What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Weighted Blankets, Pens Plus natural deodorant, baby swaddles, and more.
Jan. 11, 2019 Rio Stops By: Jackie Johnson of the Natch Beaut Podcast Talking with the natural beauty guru about cruelty-free products and the power of Tatcha and Dr. Sturm.
Jan. 11, 2019 What Are the Best Remedies for Lactose Intolerance? We asked a dietitian and a nutritionist for advice.
Jan. 11, 2019 The Best Containers for Storing and Transporting Meals Make your meal-prep New Year’s resolution a little easier.
Jan. 11, 2019 41 Things on Sale You’ll Actually Want to Buy Including: Isabel Marant, Carhartt, Uniqlo, and Veja.
Jan. 10, 2019 The Muji Swab Can Pick Up a Mascara Flake Between Lashes It’s so much thinner and better for precise makeup tweaks.
Jan. 10, 2019 Ask the Strategist: Find an Alternative to This Duvet Cover? The Strategist helps a reader on her quest to find the perfect blue-gray duvet cover.

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