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Trump Aides Pushed to Illegally Transfer Nuclear Technology to Saudis: Report

The White House pushed for the sale of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia — without seeking congressional approval, according to House Democrats.
West Virginia Teachers Strike Again, Appear to Score Another Victory

Hours after teachers walked out, a bill that would have raised their pay but allowed charter schools and private school vouchers was tabled.
Will Age Be an Issue in the 2020 Presidential Race?

With Sanders running and Biden in the wings, Democrats need to take a serious look at the actuarial tables.
The Obscure, Overcrowded Election That Could Change New York City Politics

Next week Melissa Mark-Viverito, Jumaane Williams, and 15 other candidates will compete for public advocate, often a launching pad for ambitious pols.
Problematic Tech Billionaire Teams Up With Problematic YouTube Millionaire

PewDiePie is trying to win a popularity contest, and it appears Elon Musk is lending a hand.
Emma Thompson Leaves Skydance Movie Luck After Company Hires John Lasseter

She had already started recording for the voice-acting role.
A Complete Timeline of the Jussie Smollett Case

What started as an apparent hate crime has since grown far more complicated.
Howard Schultz’s Deficit of Honesty

He says he doesn’t “see color.” That doesn’t tell us much about him, but it does tell us something about racism in America.
Clarence Thomas Wants to Make It Easier to Sue for Libel

In an opinion that Trump will cheer, the eccentric conservative justice attacks a long-settled precedent on criticism of public figures.
Harvey Weinstein Trial Date Pushed to June

About one month later than the previously set date.
Jussie Smollett Reportedly Rehearsed Attack Days Before It Happened

According to CBS, he paid the brothers $3,500 to carry out the attack.
Trump’s National Emergency Is Off to a Bad Start

Lawsuits, protests, horrible polls — and we’re only four days in.
Ryan Adams’s Collaborators Speak Out After Abuse Allegations

Jenny Lewis, Liz Phair, Phoebe Bridgers, Karen Elson, and more have all shared powerful statements.
Can You Believe YouTube Caused the Rise in Flat-Earthers?

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How Do Democrats Beat Trump in 2020? Barack Obama Has Some Ideas

The former president is reportedly telling Democratic candidates to rebut Trump’s dystopian vision and court rural voters.
White House Asked Japan for Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

But what did Japan get in return for the typically anonymous honor, and was it the only country to receive the request?
Unauthorized Nanny Grounds Nauert’s U.N. Ambassadorship

Maybe ICE should raid the White House.
NYPD Commander Allegedly Told Officers to Shoot 50 Cent ‘on Sight’ at Event

The rapper is now considering legal action.
Saturday Night Live Recap: Don Cheadle Makes It Look Easy

The ever-versatile Cheadle pulls off his hosting debut with aplomb, but the writing doesn’t take full enough advantage of his comedic range.
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“Wall works. Wall makes safe.”

7:25 P.M. CNN Hires Former Jeff Sessions Flack to Run 2020 Coverage Sarah Isgur has no experience as a journalist, but she has lots of experience as a political shill with questionable opinions.
6:05 P.M. Trump Team Pushed to Illegally Give Nuclear Tech to Saudis The White House pushed for the sale of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia — without seeking congressional approval, according to House Democrats.
5:47 P.M. Kirsten Gillibrand Couldn’t Keep This Woman From Her Ranch Talking with Twitter’s mystery ranch woman.
5:39 P.M. A Viral Video of Cybergoths Presaged the Emote Dance Craze It turns out the cybergoths were years ahead of their time.
3:55 P.M. West Virginia Teachers Strike Again, Score Another Victory Hours after teachers walked out, a bill that would have raised their pay but allowed charter schools and private school vouchers was tabled.
2:20 P.M. Will Age Be an Issue in the 2020 Presidential Race? With Sanders running and Biden in the wings, Democrats need to take a serious look at the actuarial tables.
1:27 P.M. Problematic Tech Billionaire Joins With Problematic YouTuber PewDiePie is trying to win a popularity contest, and it appears Elon Musk is lending a hand.
12:57 P.M. An Obscure, Overcrowded Election Could Change NYC Politics Next week Melissa Mark-Viverito, Jumaane Williams, and 15 other candidates will compete for public advocate, often a launching pad for ambitious pols.
12:40 P.M. Meet the New Bernie Campaign, Same As the Old One Sanders’s message hasn’t changed much over the past four years (or decades). His team hopes that this consistency will make a difference in 2020.
12:33 P.M. Trump’s Defense: Can’t Investigate Because Too Many Crimes Conservative legal experts insist investigations would interfere with the president’s, uh, “work.”
12:11 P.M. Howard Schultz’s Deficit of Honesty Howard Schultz says he doesn’t “see color.” That doesn’t tell us much about him, but it does tell us something about racism in America.
11:52 A.M. Clarence Thomas Wants to Make It Easier to Sue for Libel In an opinion that Trump will cheer, the eccentric conservative justice attacks a long-settled precedent on criticism of public figures.
11:03 A.M. Trump’s National Emergency Is Off to a Bad Start Lawsuits, protests, horrible polls — and we’re only four days in.
9:52 A.M. Can You Believe YouTube Caused the Rise in Flat-Earthers? Big if true.
Feb. 18, 2019 Hudson Yards Is a Billionaire’s Fantasy City Where nothing is ever dirty and everything works, where you can live your perfect life and never have to leave — provided you can pay for it.
Feb. 18, 2019 How Stephen Ross Became New York’s Modern Robert Moses He’s outmaneuvered, outspent, out-leveraged, and out-sweet-talked his way into the Hudson Yards deal.
Feb. 18, 2019 How Do Dems Beat Trump in 2020? Barack Obama Has Some Ideas The former president is reportedly telling Democratic candidates to rebut Trump’s dystopian vision and court rural voters.
Feb. 18, 2019 Trump Has Lost His War on the War on Coal Government agency closes coal plants, saying they’re too expensive.
Feb. 18, 2019 White House Asked Japan for Trump’s Peace Prize Nomination But what did Japan get in return for the typically anonymous honor, and was it the only country to receive the request?
Feb. 17, 2019 Unauthorized Nanny Grounds Nauert’s U.N. Ambassadorship Maybe ICE should raid the White House.

7:12 P.M. Lagerfeld Spoke Fluent Chanel — With His Own Accent He imagined himself as a re-incarnated Chanel, sent by her from the beyond.
6:30 P.M. Kirsten Gillibrand Couldn’t Keep This Woman From Her Ranch Talking with Twitter’s mystery ranch woman.
5:58 P.M. Lady Gaga and Her Fiancé Have Broken Up A rep for the star confirmed she broke off her engagement with Christian Carino.
5:43 P.M. Are Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson Really Over? He allegedly cheated on Khloe with Kylie Jenner’s best friend.
5:10 P.M. Remembering Karl Lagerfeld’s Love of His Cat, Choupette The late Chanel designer’s devotion to his cat was legendary.
5:03 P.M. All About Meghan Markle’s NYC Baby Shower What to know about the duchess’s New York City celebration.
4:32 P.M. A Store for the Most Stylish Men You Know Opens in New York A three-story haven for men who love a sharp suit.
4:06 P.M. See the Best Street Style From London Fashion Week Bold prints and colors galore. gallery
4:00 P.M. Karl Lagerfeld Did the Work The pop-culture icon worked harder, changed faster, and lasted longer than any other fashion designer.
3:54 P.M. My Secret to Good Skin Is Owning 24 Freaking Washcloths They cost $15.
3:40 P.M. A Complete Timeline of the Jussie Smollett Case What started as an apparent hate crime has since grown far more complicated.
1:05 P.M. Burberry Apologizes for Hoodie With Nooselike Tie A model who walked in the show had tried to call it out before the show.
12:00 P.M. ‘I Want to Make a Career Change at 40’ You have a bunch of things going for you.
11:56 A.M. Karl Lagerfeld, Boy Prince of Fashion The late designer had opinions on everything — even his own death.
11:36 A.M. I Tried Karl Lagerfeld’s Diet Losing weight with the designer’s regimen of Diet Coke and burnt quail.
11:23 A.M. Karl Lagerfeld’s Most Memorable Quotes From the controversial to the inspiring
10:58 A.M. Who Is Virginie Viard, Karl Lagerfeld’s Right-Hand Woman? She’s been appointed by the house to oversee the creative work for Chanel in the wake of Lagerfeld’s death.
10:48 A.M. How This Musician Gets Her Skin So Good Annahstasia Enuke’s nighttime routine doubles as her meditation.
10:29 A.M. How I Get It Done: Amy Sedaris The actress and comedian on rabbit care and getting wellness tips from Justin Theroux.
9:54 A.M. 40 Incredible Moments from Karl Lagerfeld’s Runway Shows The man loved pageantry. gallery

10:58 P.M. Batwoman Has A Dad and His Name Is Dougray Scott And he also wants to fight crime.
10:01 P.M. This Is Us Recap: This Is Beth The long-awaited Beth Pearson showcase episode has its requisite amount of sadness, but ends on a truly hopeful note.
10:00 P.M. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas A wasted Lisa Vanderpump is the most exciting thing to happen to an otherwise lackluster episode of Rich Women Doing Things.
10:00 P.M. Theater Review: ‘By the Way, Meet Vera Stark’ An overlooked (imagined) actress stands in for hundreds of lost Hollywood stories.
9:01 P.M. Good Trouble Recap: All’s Fair in Love and Basketball The ladies of the Coterie are getting after it in a fun, flirty filler episode.
9:00 P.M. Theater: Fiasco’s Lo-Fi Reworking of Merrily We Roll Along How does it happen? Where is the moment?
5:45 P.M. Alfonso Cuarón Used to Be a Party Animal “I’m missing all the parties!”
5:18 P.M. Here’s the Trailer for the Controversial Michael Jackson Doc Coming to HBO in March.
5:09 P.M. Weinstein Reemerges to Dispute Gwyneth’s Shakespeare Story Is he just at home reading the trades?
2:58 P.M. Childrens Hospital Alums Return for Netflix Comedy Series It’s like if Childrens Hospital involved a “civilization-threatening virus” and global conspiracy!
2:30 P.M. The History of A Star Is Born Striking Out at the Oscars If Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born comes up short on Sunday night it won’t be the first one.
2:18 P.M. Emma Thompson Leaves Movie Luck After Company Hires Lasseter She had already started recording for the voice-acting role.
1:56 P.M. This Is Us Is Finally Putting Beth Pearson in the Spotlight After three seasons, the NBC drama is telling Beth’s story. With a dance number included!
1:53 P.M. Late-Night Hosts Mock Trump’s National Emergency “That’s like saying, ‘I’m having emergency surgery to get butt implants. I didn’t need to do this, but I hate doing squats.’”
1:46 P.M. Nicole Kidman Wants ‘Sexy Date Night Movies’ From Amazon Nicole loves Basic Instinct and Cruel Intentions.
1:19 P.M. The Weird Sadness of Aughts Nostalgia The good art from the era came at the expense of great distress.
1:06 P.M. The Bachelor’s Cassie Was in a Christian Reality Show Before competing for Colton’s love, Cassie was the star of a reality show about Evangelical college students.
1:06 P.M. Fighting With My Family Is a Charming Underdog Story It’s just clear-eyed enough about the absurdities of a life in wrestling to have some grip to it.
12:08 P.M. The Most Autobiographical Character Seth Meyers Ever Wrote On this week’s Good One podcast, the late-night host discusses writing the Documentary Now! episode “Juan Likes Rice and Chicken.”
12:05 P.M. Ariana Grande Just Tied the Beatles’s Insane Chart Record She’s the first artist to occupy the Top 3 on the Hot 100 since the Beatles in 1964.

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11:35 A.M. Could This Cocktail Be the New Cosmo? It’s got all the pieces — except a TV show to adopt it.
10:26 A.M. An Exciting Dinner Series Will Bring Paris’s Mokonuts to NYC Gabriel Stulman will host some of the world’s best neighborhood restaurants at his Simon & the Whale.
10:00 A.M. After 50 Years, the Donut Pub Is Expanding Talking to Buzzy Geduld ahead of his doughnut shop’s new branch, opening soon off Astor Place in Noho.
6:00 A.M. Chelsea Market’s Buon’Italia Has a Secret Pasta Kitchen The gourmet grocer slings a mean paccheri puttanesca and more.
Feb. 18, 2019 This Popcorn Will Bedazzle Snack Snobs at Your Oscar Party Cult brand BjornQorn’s new meteorologically inspired flavor, Cloudy Qorn, is smaller, crisper, and roastier than the original.
Feb. 15, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Feb. 15, 2019 Amazon Bailed — and Restaurant Owners Are Bummed “Conservatively, I’d say we’ve lost $2 million in revenue per location.”
Feb. 15, 2019 Film Historian Karina Longworth’s Grub Street Diet “Everything arrived looking like a magazine spread from the 1950s.”
Feb. 14, 2019 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Frida Kahlo, Off-Broadway Week, and Interpol.
Feb. 14, 2019 Which Highly Instagrammable Olive Oil Is the Best? Five experts put some of the most aesthetically pleasing oils to the test.
Feb. 14, 2019 I Bought Illicit Sweethearts — and Couldn’t Give Them Away For the first Valentine’s Day in over a century, Necco’s candy hearts aren’t available. It turns out nobody really cares.
Feb. 13, 2019 New Chef’s Table Trailer Will Fill Your Food-Porn Cravings Netflix’s ode to high-caliber cooking returns on February 22.
Feb. 13, 2019 The Absolute Best Vegan Restaurants in New York From fake-pepperoni pizza to terrine of foie gras made with tahini and cashew cream, vegan food even an omnivore will like.
Feb. 13, 2019 L.A. Times Names In-N-Out Fries Worst in America Truly, no fry can compete in the terribleness category.
Feb. 13, 2019 Thank you, Fatima Ali The chef became an icon by honoring her roots.
Feb. 12, 2019 Whole Foods Is Raising Its Prices Back Up Amazon has also slashed the grocer’s inventory.
Feb. 12, 2019 Everything You Know About Pizza Is Wrong … Maybe Does America have a forgotten father of pies?
Feb. 12, 2019 Why Do Foods Get Banned? How seemingly random, extremely complicated rules prevent you from eating the food you want.
Feb. 11, 2019 Hart’s Team Debuts New Rotisserie and Natural Wine Spot The Fly opens in Bed-Stuy next week.

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11:04 A.M. What Are the Best Digital Bathroom Scales? One displays an emoji along with your weight.
Feb. 15, 2019 Best Books on How to Raise Toddlers, According to Experts Parenting books to help you navigate the terrible twos and beyond.
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Feb. 15, 2019 The Strategist’s Mega Presidents’ Day Sales Guide Keep checking in over the weekend.
Feb. 15, 2019 What’s the Best Sofa Under $1,000? We polled interior designers to hear their recommendations.
Feb. 15, 2019 Today Is the Day to Get Yourself a Nintendo Switch You get $35 in Nintendo credit, which is free money toward a game.
Feb. 14, 2019 Ask Chris Black: What Are Your Top 5 Amazon Fashion Staples? Plus: the best men’s moisturizers and workout gear.
Feb. 14, 2019 This SPF Moisturizer Has Replaced My Everyday Moisturizer It makes you look gleamy, but not greasy.
Feb. 14, 2019 These Matt & Nat Backpacks Are Up to 40 Percent Off Pick from structured or (elegantly) slouchy styles.
Feb. 14, 2019 What Are the Best Gym Bags? We polled ten workout enthusiasts to find out their favorites.
Feb. 13, 2019 The Best Sex-Proof Makeup, According to Makeup Artists The best long-wear makeup for keeping it all on while getting it on.
Feb. 13, 2019 37 Valentine’s Day Gifts for Every Type of Man (on Amazon) A cannabis-scented candle, a Braun watch, and real-deal Japanese matcha.
Feb. 13, 2019 Do Blue-Light-Blocking Glasses Actually Do Anything? The answer’s yes, but that doesn’t mean you should wear them all day.
Feb. 13, 2019 What Laure Hériard Dubreuil Can’t Live Without “I can never get enough sunshine — my first-grade teacher called me ‘the tropical plant’ because of my love for sun.”

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