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Trump Adviser: Trump Surprised Ukraine Was the Scandal That Led to Impeachment

“Frankly, I think he’s a little surprised it’s the Ukraine thing that’s done it,” a presidential adviser reportedly said.
Is Pelosi Falling Between Two Stools in Her Impeachment Strategy?

It’s possible House Democrats are disappointing their own troops while psyching Trump’s right out of their skulls.
Donald Trump Jr. Exploits Nepotism by Shooting Endangered Animal in Mongolia

The president’s son got a rare retroactive permit to kill an endangered argali in Mongolia, a country that relies heavily on U.S. aid.
Polling Drought Helps Winnow Democratic Debate Field

After Thanksgiving, debate-qualifying polls dried up.
Harvey Weinstein and Over 30 Accusers Reach Tentative $25 Million Settlement

The preliminary deal would not require Weinstein to admit wrongdoing.
Terrifying Videos Show Men Hacking Into Home Security Cameras

Ring cameras are meant to help families monitor their homes. But hackers are now using them to spy on and harass people as they sleep.
Sinclair, Conservative Local TV Giant, Cuts Pro-Trump Propagandist

The company is dropping right-wing opinion segments from former Trump staffer Boris Epshteyn.
Children Keep Dying of the Flu in Immigration Custody

Now border officials are reportedly depriving children of flu shots.
Trump Pays $2 Million Fine for Abusing His Own Charity

The money was paid to eight real charities, per the terms of a settlement.
If Biden Is Too Old to Serve Two Terms, He Shouldn’t Serve One

Biden is telling aides he won’t run for reelection in 2024. If that’s true, nominating him would be the opposite of pragmatic.
The Crown, Bombshell Among 2020 SAG Award Nominees

Plus, nods for Apple TV+’s The Morning Show.
Chait: Buttigieg Denies Youthful Indiscretion of Cutting Private Insurance Costs

The most ridiculous “scandal” of the primary yet.
Everything We Know About the Gun Battle in Jersey City

A suspect, who is reported to have posted anti-Semitic comments online, targeted a Kosher grocery store.
Tucker Carlson Guest Suggests Immigrants Make New York Dirty

The host did not reject writer Seth Barron’s argument: Last December, Carlson claimed that immigrants were making America “poorer and dirtier.”
Police Arrest Driver in Slow-Moving Chase Outside Holland Tunnel

A paramedic on the scene said the arrest was not related to the shootout in Jersey City though the NYPD has yet to confirm that information.
Yang Qualifies, Busts Up All-White Debate Stage

New polls show seven candidates set for the Los Angeles debate stage. It’s unlikely anyone else will make it.
Trump Impeachment Schedule: What’s Next?

The House Judiciary Committee may vote as early as Thursday, setting up a full House vote to impeach President Trump for next week.
Everything We Know About Juice WRLD’s Death

The 21-year-old rapper died after a “medical emergency” at a Chicago airport during a federal search.
Well, Apparently the ‘Adulting’ Industry Is Booming

An increasing number of college students and postgrads are enrolling in “adulting” classes.
Senate Republicans Push Back Against Trump’s Impeachment Show Trial

Trump is now promoting a lengthy counter-trial that may alienate some Republicans, but Mitch McConnell is resisting him.

12:47 A.M. Trump Adviser: Trump Dazed This High Crime Got Him Impeached “Frankly, I think he’s a little surprised it’s the Ukraine thing that’s done it,” a presidential adviser reportedly said.
7:00 P.M. Is Pelosi Falling Between Two Stools in Her Impeachment Bid? It’s possible House Democrats are disappointing their own troops while psyching Trump’s right out of their skulls.
6:36 P.M. Everything We Know About the Gun Battle in Jersey City A suspect, who is reported to have posted anti-Semitic comments online, targeted a Kosher grocery store.
5:55 P.M. Donald Trump Jr. Exploits Nepotism, Shoots Endangered Animal The president’s son got a rare retroactive permit to kill an endangered argali in Mongolia, a country that relies heavily on U.S. aid.
5:47 P.M. Polling Drought Helps Winnow Democratic Debate Field After Thanksgiving, debate-qualifying polls dried up.
5:38 P.M. If Trump Is Reelected, He Will Come for Your Amazon Prime The president’s other major initiative to punish Amazon and Bezos may have significant, direct impacts on consumers.
4:54 P.M. Did Hearst Plan a Social Media Campaign Against Its Union? Union busting comes to Instagram in the form of mysterious “@HearstUndivided” accounts.
4:20 P.M. Hunter Biden Is the New Hillary Clinton Email Server Is there any way for Democrats to avoid replaying the 2016 nightmare?
4:00 P.M. A Transit Hub for an All-Corporate San Francisco Future A public project that almost feels privatized.
3:14 P.M. Conservative Local TV Giant Cuts Pro-Trump Propagandist The company is dropping right-wing opinion segments from former Trump staffer Boris Epshteyn.
12:28 P.M. Trump Pays $2 Million Fine for Abusing His Own Charity The money was paid to eight real charities, per the terms of a settlement.
11:43 A.M. If Biden Is Too Old to Serve Two Terms, He Shouldn’t Run Biden is telling aides he won’t run for reelection in 2024. If that’s true, nominating him would be the opposite of pragmatic.
11:30 A.M. Trump Anti-Anti-Semitism Order Likely Violates Constitution The Trump administration is stumbling into a free-speech nightmare by using the power of the state to silence legitimate protest.
10:47 A.M. Can Democrats Overthrow the Tyranny of Swing Voters? Sacrificing party principles to their demands can be self-defeating.
9:35 A.M. Buttigieg Denies Youthful Indiscretion: Cutting Health Costs The most ridiculous “scandal” of the primary yet.
9:26 A.M. Paul Volcker Was Right About Inflation Imitators may have overlearned his lessons, but the former Fed chair took necessary steps to right the economy.
8:00 A.M. The Democrats’ Love of Bipartisanship Is Dangerous As Pelosi hands Trump a win on trade, and Biden defends the GOP’s good name, conservatives are entrenching their minority rule.
8:00 A.M. How New York Caricatured Richard Nixon Through the Years Talking to the magazine’s original graphic-design team about capturing the crooked president, who appeared on our cover ten times from 1968 to 1974.
7:00 A.M. The 10 Biggest Sports Stories of the Decade From the rise of athlete autonomy to the end of a very long baseball curse.
Dec. 11, 2019 Tucker Carlson Guest Suggests Immigrants Make New York Dirty The host did not reject writer Seth Barron’s argument: Last December, Carlson claimed that immigrants were making America “poorer and dirtier.”

6:51 P.M. What the Hell Happened With That Weinstein Settlement? His alleged victims are receiving a fraction of what they could have gotten. Who’s to blame?
6:07 P.M. TikTok Was Its Own Trend Universe in 2019 The most-Googled “outfit ideas” were popularized by the app.
5:55 P.M. Now This Is a Power Coat Cardi B’s courtroom catwalk continues.
5:52 P.M. Loewe Opened a Store and Threw a Rager All in one night.
5:45 P.M. What We Know About New Zealand’s Deadly Volcano Eruption Police have confirmed that eight people have died, though many more are missing or injured.
5:31 P.M. Can You Spot the Fake? Hint: Look at the pundits.
4:19 P.M. Terrifying Videos Show Men Hacking Home Security Cameras Ring cameras are meant to help families monitor their homes. But hackers are now using them to spy on and harass people as they sleep.
3:05 P.M. This Is What a Merry Chanel Christmas Looks Like It involves Kacey Musgraves, Lily-Rose Depp, and K-Pop group Monsta X.
2:37 P.M. Reports Surface on the Inner Workings of Emma Stone’s Fiancé The star got engaged last week, and now we have a bit more insight into her beau.
2:21 P.M. This Clean Brow Gel Works Just As Well As Boy Brow And it isn’t sticky.
2:09 P.M. Is This the Most Unhinged Cosmo Sex Tip of All Time? It involves lube, a sandwich bag (?), and a sock (??).
2:07 P.M. How Many Tiny Bags Can You Fit in This Giant Bag? We did the math.
1:59 P.M. What to Wear When You’re 28 and Running for Office Shahana Hanif is a community organizer in Brooklyn.
1:00 P.M. Gift of the Day: A Sleep Cap That Creates Good Hair Days The top of your head needs its beauty rest, too.
1:00 P.M. The Cut’s Advent Calendar Gift Guide With a new Cut-approved item every single day.
12:59 P.M. Marriage Story Made Me Feel Nothing I wanted to cry. Instead I thought about my to-do list.
12:46 P.M. 30 Holiday Gifts for Literally Any Man in Your Life Your holiday shopping dilemmas, solved.
12:40 P.M. Children Keep Dying of the Flu in Immigration Custody Now border officials are reportedly depriving children of flu shots.
11:40 A.M. Who Is Putting Tiny Cowboy Hats on These Innocent Pigeons? A Las Vegas mystery.
8:49 A.M. Oh No, Did Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson Break Up? A suspicious, since-deleted tweet from Delevingne sent queer women into a panic.

12:48 A.M. Survivor Removes Contestant After ‘Off Camera Incident’ The removed contestant, Dan Spilo, had been accused of unwanted touching by a female contestant, Kellee Kim, during the season.
11:03 P.M. Tekashi 69 Tells Judge ‘My World is Crashing Down’ The rapper is going to be sentenced next week.
9:45 P.M. Riverdale Recap: Hypnosister In order to stop her shadowy alter ego from ever forming, Betty must go on a mind-soul-metaphysical journey. As you do.
9:27 P.M. Pierce Brosnan To Sing Again in Sony’s Cinderella Remake The remake also stars Camilla Cabello, Billy Porter, and Idina Menzel.
9:22 P.M. Succession’s Nicholas Braun to Be WeWork Founder In New Show Braun will also executive produce the series.
9:00 P.M. The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Dolphinado In which Jennifer gets knocked into the water by a large mammal for the second consecutive day.
8:49 P.M. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas Are Making A Dance Show It will be inspired by the the sangeet.
6:28 P.M. Harvey Weinstein and Accusers Reach $25 Million Settlement The preliminary deal would not require Weinstein to admit wrongdoing.
5:38 P.M. Jumanji: The Next Level Is a Modestly Funny Sequel 2manji feels kind of lifeless, but there are a few twists this time around.
5:25 P.M. All the Stephen King Easter Eggs in Castle Rock Season Two The Hulu series brings one of King’s most iconic characters to the town of Castle Rock, but season two’s name-dropping goes well beyond Annie Wilkes.
5:00 P.M. The 30 Best Action Movies on Netflix Right Now Triple Frontier, Snowpiercer, The Matrix, and more.
4:50 P.M. Everyone in Star Wars Is Being Shady About The Last Jedi You just know there’s a group chat dedicated to this.
3:53 P.M. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Maybe) Tackles Midge’s Flaws The season-three finale hints that it might, which is good, since the series is screaming out for Midge to take a harder look at herself.
1:50 P.M. Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 10 Trailer: Jon Hamm and F-Bombs Larry David’s series f- - -in’ returns to HBO next month.
1:43 P.M. Surviving R. Kelly Part II Trailer: Survivors Speak Out The three-night event begins January 2.
12:52 P.M. Vanna White Had 30 Minutes to Prep for Her Wheel Host Debut “P-A-N-I-C. Panic is the word that comes to mind!”
12:30 P.M. Every Movie of the 2010s, Ranked Our critics pored over 5,279 of the decade’s films. Here’s the best, worst, and mehst.
12:01 P.M. More Good Talk With Anthony Jeselnik Is in the Works Comedy Central has renewed the show for a second season.
12:00 P.M. Patrick Stewart on Revisiting Christmas Carol and Picard How he hope two lifelong projects will speak to the present.
11:10 A.M. Why You Can’t Help But Love Baby Yoda “The scientific community can officially rule that Baby Yoda is cute.”

12:15 P.M. Thai Breakfast Lands in Williamsburg Noods n’ Chill is from the family behind two of New York’s favorite Thai spots, the Plant Love House restaurants.
10:30 A.M. The Absolute Best New Restaurants of 2019 A diner’s dozen.
9:22 A.M. IHOP Wants to Open the Shake Shack of Pancakes The breakfast chain thinks its food can be even faster and cheaper.
Dec. 10, 2019 Internet Genius Invents Bun to Hold Double Hot Dogs “The world is ready.”
Dec. 10, 2019 Jury Convicts Man Who Shot L&B Spumoni Gardens Owner Lou Barbati was killed outside his Dyker Heights home in 2016.
Dec. 10, 2019 Inside Fast-Casual Chain Dig’s First Full-Service Restaurant 232 Bleecker, helmed by chef Suzanne Cupps, opens next week.
Dec. 10, 2019 5 Must-Eat Items From Brooklyn’s Best New Pastry Cases An all-in-one breakfast muffin, an impressive update to the classic lemon bar, and more.
Dec. 9, 2019 Trump Administration’s Cuts to Food Stamps Widely Criticized The rule change could take 700,000 off SNAP.
Dec. 9, 2019 Someone Ate the $120,000 Duct-Taped Banana Arguably, the dumbest display at this year’s Art Basel met an equally dumb end.
Dec. 9, 2019 Anton’s Angel-Hair Francese Nods to Village Icon Gene’s Chef Nick Anderer’s pasta dish, based on chicken francese, might not have breaded cutlets, but it still features a lemony, buttery sauce.
Dec. 6, 2019 Williamsburg’s Leo Finally Opens for Dinner Tonight The sit-down restaurant is ready to go.
Dec. 6, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Dec. 6, 2019 Cartoonist Liana Finck’s Grub Street Diet “My life’s goal — one of them — is to try pawpaw.”
Dec. 5, 2019 The Decade’s Dumbest Food Trend Was Viral Milkshakes The original Instagram food was an indicator of the very boring things to come.
Dec. 5, 2019 The 2019 Grub Street Gift Guide Including the perfect dinner-party album, well-sourced chili crisp and apple cider vinegar, and an in-home farm.
Dec. 4, 2019 The Seltzer Decade You can’t escape the bubbles.
Dec. 4, 2019 Is It Time to Start Hoarding French Fries? The truth about this week’s most overblown food story.
Dec. 4, 2019 The Absolute Best Latkes in New York From petite fritters topped with salmon roe to sunset-colored sweet-potato pancakes.
Dec. 3, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About the Starbucks Controversy A barista wrote “pig” on a police officer’s coffee cup, but that’s only the beginning.
Dec. 3, 2019 The Best Meals We Ate This Decade, According to 37 Chefs Marinated crab, a genre-defining mortadella sandwich, fluffy rice grits, and more.

4:00 P.M. The Best Facial Cleansing Brushes, According to Experts “There is no way your hands could move this effectively.”
3:12 P.M. Gamers on the Gifts They Want for the Holidays Video-game enthusiasts of all ages weigh in.
3:07 P.M. The Best Gifts for People You Don’t Want to Shop For Including picks for your overbearing boss and the uncle whose political views make your head spin.
1:18 P.M. 12 Things That’ll Almost Definitely Sell Out Including a box of Glossier best sellers, a designer T-shirt for your mini-greyhound, and a pair of McDonald’s socks.
1:10 P.M. The Best 25-Year Wedding Anniversary Gifts Silver gifts for your silver anniversary.
12:16 P.M. 19 Best Deals From Shopbop’s Massive Sale-on-Sale From Eberjey to Rachel Comey, with picks up to 73 percent off.
10:53 A.M. What Rob Corddry Can’t Live Without “Even now, I’m licking my lips and I feel like reaching into my pocket to get my tube.”
10:00 A.M. 14 Products a Veteran Beauty Writer Uses for Thinning Hair Bodifying shampoos, shaft-fortifying masks, and self-gripping rollers.
10:00 A.M. What 10 Radio City Rockettes Want for the Holidays A multi-compartment backpack, a handheld massager for post-high-kicks, and lipstick (in a festive holiday red, of course).
9:25 A.M. The Slip Silk Pillowcase Is 20 Percent Off A favorite of Kourtney Kardashian, Kristen Bell, and dermatologists.
Dec. 10, 2019 The 15 Best Gifts for Every Beauty Obsessive on Your List Fancy cream for a fancy lady, a Glossier starter-kit for a Gen-Z sibling, and a brown lip duo for the ‘90s nostalgist.
Dec. 10, 2019 How to Treat and Prevent Scars, According to Dermatologists The sun is your enemy, and the key to treating scars is the earlier the better.
Dec. 10, 2019 Ask Chris Black: What Are Your Favorite Winter Gloves? Three pairs at various prices to keep hands warm, plus Chris’s favorite flannels and some highbrow gift ideas for highbrow teens.
Dec. 10, 2019 Lots of Coats Are on Sale at Urban Outfitters Including picks from Penfield, Pendleton, and Puma.
Dec. 10, 2019 The New York City Merch Gift Guide For the person who thinks it’s a helluva town.
Dec. 10, 2019 A Bunch of Giftable Happy Socks Are $10 (and Under) Add a pop of color to their Christmas stocking with geometrically patterned or animal-printed socks.
Dec. 10, 2019 These Rarely-on-Sale Everlane Day Boots Are Just $175 Buttery-soft leather that fits like a glove — but for your feet.
Dec. 9, 2019 I Can’t Stop Using This Mobile Photo Printer We tested out the Polaroid Lab, a new photo printer that projects digital photos from your phone onto film for truly analog prints of digital images.
Dec. 9, 2019 Lots of Rarely-on-Sale Mansur Gavriel Bags Are Half Off Seriously, they’re never this discounted.
Dec. 9, 2019 130 People With Particular Taste on the Best Gift Under $104 We set a $100 limit but couldn’t leave out Rita Konig’s cucumber trug.

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