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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.
World Cup Champ Allie Long Was Robbed While Celebrating With Her Team

Someone stole her wedding ring and honorary key to New York City.
Everything We Know About Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged Madam

The 57-year-old socialite allegedly recruited and groomed young women into Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring.
Acosta Resigns in Wake of Epstein Plea-Deal Scandal

The Labor secretary’s press conference didn’t convince anyone, and was embroiling Trump even more in the Epstein scandal.
Elizabeth Warren Unveils a Sane, Humane Immigration Plan

It has a roughly zero-percent chance of getting through our nation’s paranoid, cruel Congress any time soon.
Trump: Paul Ryan Was Bribed to Call Me Stupid

“For him to be going out and opening his mouth is pretty incredible. But maybe he gets paid.”
At Least a Dozen More Women Say Jeffrey Epstein Sexually Abused Them

Many of them were underage at the time of the alleged abuse.

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.
8:20 P.M. Trump Attacks Congresswomen With White Nationalist Rhetoric With his reelection campaign now underway, the president is trying out an even bigger dog whistle.
8:00 P.M. 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.
7:23 P.M. 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.
6:00 P.M. Is the Bipartisan Consensus on Interest Rates an Illusion? Republicans and Democrats have found rare alignment on monetary policy. But will “the hack gap” reopen if a Democrat becomes president?
July 14, 2019 What It Means to Do It to Em Feet apart, hands clasped, ready to do it. To who? Em.
July 14, 2019 Power Back On After Blackout Strikes Manhattan Con Edison restored all service a little before midnight after some kind of mechanical failure knocked out power for more than 70,000.
July 13, 2019 The Epstein Scandal Has Even Spread to Israel’s Election Why is Benjamin Netanyahu highlighting lesser rival Ehud Barak’s link to Epstein? Because the prime minister knows he needs every edge he can get.
July 12, 2019 The FTC Fined Facebook $5 Billion. Facebook’s Stock Went Up. Wall Street celebrated the news, and it doesn’t sound like Facebook will radically change.
July 12, 2019 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.
July 12, 2019 House Votes to Require Congressional Approval for Iran War 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.
July 12, 2019 Why Are We So Obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein Story? Intelligencer staffers discuss why this sordid tale has touched such a nerve.
July 12, 2019 Is Acosta Just the First Epstein Enabler to Fall? A bipartisan cesspool of elites allowed Jeffrey Epstein to flourish for years. Now they’re hoping to cover their tracks before we can get answers.
July 12, 2019 Nearly Half a Million People Plan Ambush of Area 51 They demand to “see them aliens.”

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.
1:10 P.M. Personally, I Wouldn’t Taunt the Monster The best and worst line in Crawl is a classic trope of the genre.
1:05 P.M. The Best Kitchen Deals on Amazon Prime Day Everything you need, from a chef’s knife to an Instant Pot.
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.”
11:20 A.M. Diane Keaton’s GENIUS PANTS Went to the Farmer’s Market An ICONIC LOOK for buying FRESH FRUITS.
11:00 A.M. I Think About Bob Dylan’s Victoria’s Secret Ad a Lot Why did a brand known for scantily clad supermodels pick the 60-something singer for a cameo?
8:47 A.M. All the Best Clothes and Shoes to Buy on Amazon Prime Day Use this as an excuse to stock up on closet basics.
8:08 A.M. The Socialite on Jeffrey Epstein’s Arm Everyone who was anyone in New York knew Ghislaine Maxwell. But they didn’t know the whole story.
7:37 A.M. The Best Beauty Buys From Amazon Prime Day Prepare yourself.
6:30 A.M. A Bag That Truly Isn’t Square In both senses of the word.
8:30 P.M. The Graphic Designer Whose Date Is Into ‘Marriage Play’ This week’s sex diary.
8:00 P.M. Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of July 15 There’s a lunar eclipse in Capricorn this week.
4:36 P.M. These Photos of Roger Federer’s Wife Are a Mood At the Wimbledon men’s final, Mirka Federer was stressed.
2:32 P.M. Meghan Markle Meets Her Longtime Fan, Beyoncé The two women were seen chatting at the London premiere for Beyoncé’s film, ‘The Lion King.’
July 14, 2019 Scarlett Johansson Says She Has Rights to Play ‘Any Person’ Or “animal.” Or “tree.”
July 14, 2019 Exclusive Deals on Amazon’s Cute Workout Gear That goes up to a size 3X, no less.
July 13, 2019 J.Lo Gives Lap Dance to Women’s Soccer Player Carli Lloyd The World Cup celebrations clearly have not ended.
July 13, 2019 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.

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.
12:27 A.M. Paradise Hills Trailer: Alice In Wonderland & Make It Horror We’re starting to think there’s something not quite right about this secluded brain-washing facility for girls.
10:17 P.M. Jaden Smith Spends 21st Birthday Watching His Dad Hold Court Followed by a family round of tequila shots.
10:00 P.M. Gordon’s Magnificent Big Little Lies Train Set Cost $30,000 This custom-built beauty was gone too soon.
10:00 P.M. Big Little Lies Recap: That’s One Secret I’ll Never Tell The slut-shaming, victim-blaming fest that is Celeste’s custody battle is nightmarish without relief.
8:41 P.M. The Farewell Says Hello to Year’s Best Per-Theater Average With a blackout and everything.
3:58 P.M. Meghan Markle Finally Meets Her Longtime Fan, Beyoncé Two duchesses.

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.
July 8, 2019 How to Celebrate Bastille Day in New York City Nine distinctly français ways to observe French Independence Day.
July 8, 2019 Starbucks Barista Boots Cops From Store As you’d guess, the chain quickly apologized.

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1:44 P.M. The Best of Amazon Fashion’s Prime Day Sale All of the best things from Amazon Fashion’s Prime Day sale in one place.
1:42 P.M. David Pogue’s 11 Best Prime Day Tech Deals Including his favorite mesh Wi-Fi system, and a few rarely on-sale Apple products.
1:30 P.M. The Amazon Coat Is Just $84 (for Strategist Readers Only) It’s cheaper than it was when we first discovered it.
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10:52 A.M. Everlane’s Added a Bunch More Stuff to Its Summer Sale Including lots of strappy sandals.
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10:40 A.M. All of the Best TVs on Sale for Amazon Prime Day All of the best TV deals from Amazon’s Prime Day sale in one place.
9:21 A.M. If You Buy One Thing on Prime Day, Make It Supergoop Or ten.
July 12, 2019 What Are the Best Reef-Safe Sunscreens? Including a tinted moisturizer with SPF and a spray-on option.
July 12, 2019 The Best Powder Sunscreens, According to Dermatologists Including tinted, translucent, and reef-friendly options.
July 12, 2019 The Best Swim Gear for Babies, According to Swim Instructors Everything you need to get your little one in the water.
July 12, 2019 Everything You Need to Prevent and Treat Bunions From Epsom salt soaks to over-the-counter orthotic insoles.
July 12, 2019 These (Fugly) No-Tie Shoes Are the Only Pair I Wear “They are a gift for people with no tolerance for inefficiency.”
July 12, 2019 The Best Treatments for Sunburn, According to Dermatologists Including gels, lotions, creams — and some products you probably already have in your pantry.

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