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How the Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Europe’s Far Right

The need for competent leadership has beat out issues like immigration.

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90 Million Americans Have Already Voted: Live Updates

Meanwhile, the Biden campaign is sending President Obama to Georgia on Monday in an attempt to flip the swing state and its two Senate seats.
Sean Connery, James Bond Himself, Dead at 90

The Oscar-winning Scottish actor had celebrated his 90th birthday in August
1,613 New York Readers on Civic Participation and Early Voting in 2020

“I have donated more money this election cycle than in my whole life combined.”
There’s an Outlier Poll for Whatever You Want To Hear Right Now

Polling averages in presidential and Senate races are fairly stable, but you can cherry-pick surveys going in all sorts of directions.
Trump Rallies Leave Trail of COVID Spikes in Their Wake

Fourteen counties that hosted MAGA rallies had increased rates of COVID cases one month later, in some cases outpacing rates in the rest of the state.
The Child-Care Crisis Could Erase 25 Years of Women’s Progress

It could also cost the economy billions.
Louisville Cop Sues Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend for ‘Emotional Distress’

One of the officers who fired at Taylor is suing her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, for shooting him in self-defense.
The U.S. Has Now Surpassed 9 Million COVID Cases

With more than half a million reported in the past week alone.
Trump Tells the Supreme Court It’s on His Election Team

President says the Court has a stake in him winning. He’s right.
Trump Changes Plans, Will Hunker Down in White House on Election Night

This should ensure plenty of time for angry and misleading tweeting as results roll in.
Chait: Donald Trump Jr. Falsely Claims Coronavirus Deaths ‘Down to Almost Nothing’

He’s a nepotist, dammit, not an epidemiologist.
U.S. Reaches New Daily High of COVID Cases, Tops 9 Million in Total

The United States recorded 89,940 cases on Thursday, a record that will be shattered soon, considering the uncontrolled spread of the virus.
Second Coronavirus Wave Propels European Countries Into Lockdown 2.0

France, Germany announce lockdowns that will last at least a month. “We no longer have control of the spread of the virus,” Chancellor Merkel warned.
Why Did Tucker Carlson Send a Flash Drive Through the Mail?

Carlson’s purportedly damning package on Biden family corruption wasn’t stolen, though it did turn out he sent digital documents through the mail.
Three Dead in Knife Attack in France

The attack comes amid a period of growing tension in France over secularism and religious equality.
Dr. Fauci Predicts No ‘Semblances of Normality’ Until 2022

Yikes.
Kelly Loeffler Claims She’s ‘Not Familiar’ With Access Hollywood Tape

Well, that’s a new one.
Chait: Tucker Carlson Reports He Lost the Only Copy of Documents That Nail Biden

Maybe see if a Canadian girlfriend from summer camp stole them?
And Now, a Sinkhole Full of Rats

A New York sidewalk split and swallowed its victim, plunging him into a rat pit.
Anonymous ‘Resistance Inside the Trump Administration’ Guy Is Former DHS Staffer

The notorious op-ed belongs to Miles Taylor, who wrote about how he fought Trump’s worst impulses while selling one of his most abhorrent policies.

2:39 P.M. 2020 Election Updates: 90 Million Have Already Voted Meanwhile, the Biden campaign is sending President Obama to Georgia on Monday in an attempt to flip the swing state and its two Senate seats.
12:00 P.M. How the Pandemic Dealt a Blow to Europe’s Far Right COVID-19 led to setbacks for many far-right parties across Europe as issues like immigration receded and voters sought out competent leadership.
9:02 A.M. 1,613 Readers on Civic Participation and Early Voting “I have donated more money this election cycle than in my whole life combined.”
9:00 A.M. Why the GOP Does Nothing About Silicon Valley Republicans complain that Twitter and Facebook are out to get them, but it’s liberal customers who have the real power.
Oct. 30, 2020 There’s an Outlier Poll for Whatever You Want to Hear Polling averages in presidential and Senate races are fairly stable, but you can cherry-pick surveys going in all sorts of directions.
Oct. 30, 2020 Will the Unrest in Philly Affect How Pennsylvanians Vote? Strategists and organizers in both parties are thinking hard about the question as election day draws near in a crucial swing state.
Oct. 30, 2020 Trump Rallies Leave Trail of COVID Spikes in Their Wake Fourteen counties that hosted MAGA rallies had increased rates of COVID cases one month later, in some cases outpacing rates in the rest of the state.
Oct. 30, 2020 Inside Glenn Greenwald’s Blowup With The Intercept The site’s co-founder says he was being canceled, but insiders say he ostracized himself.
Oct. 30, 2020 Texas Has Exceeded Its 2016 Turnout. Here’s What That Means. The county-level early voting data offers Democrats good and bad news — and one key lesson.
Oct. 30, 2020 The Child-Care Crisis May Erase 25 Years of Women’s Progress It could also cost the economy billions.
Oct. 30, 2020 Trump to Hunker Down in White House on Election Night This should ensure plenty of time for angry and misleading tweeting as results roll in.
Oct. 30, 2020 Trump Tells the Supreme Court It’s on His Election Team President says the Court has a stake in him winning. He’s right.
Oct. 30, 2020 Donald Trump Jr. Says Coronavirus Deaths ‘Almost Nothing’ He’s a nepotist, dammit, not an epidemiologist.
Oct. 30, 2020 Democrats’ Other Fear in Florida? Biden Winds Up Like Gore If it’s close, a recount would be armageddon compared to 2000.
Oct. 30, 2020 U.S. Sets New COVID Case Daily High, Tops 9 Million in Total The United States recorded 89,940 cases on Thursday, a record that will be shattered soon, considering the uncontrolled spread of the virus.
Oct. 29, 2020 Why Would Tucker Carlson Mail Hunter Docs on a Flash Drive? Carlson’s purportedly damning package on Biden family corruption wasn’t stolen, though it did turn out he sent digital documents through the mail.
Oct. 29, 2020 Second COVID Wave Propels France, Germany Into Lockdown 2.0 France, Germany announce lockdowns that will last at least a month. “We no longer have control of the spread of the virus,” Chancellor Merkel warned.
Oct. 29, 2020 Trump’s Voter Suppression Is a Crisis (Even If It Backfires) Historic turnout doesn’t erase the threat posed by the GOP’s open contempt for the political rights of its opposition.
Oct. 29, 2020 Frank Rich: Tuesday’s Worst-Case Scenario Biden may well win in a landslide, but there’s still plenty to keep liberal insomniacs awake.
Oct. 29, 2020 How SCOTUS Has Already Tinkered With the 2020 Election The Court has deferred to state decisions about mail-ballot deadlines and other election issues, with some conservatives clearly wanting to intervene.

Oct. 30, 2020 How Vanity Fair’s AOC Cover Came Together The magazine’s fashion director explains the choices behind the clothes.
Oct. 30, 2020 32 Holiday Gifts for Literally Any Man in Your Life Your holiday shopping dilemmas, solved.
Oct. 30, 2020 A Tinder Date From Hell Don’t Text Back satirizes the danger of entitled men.
Oct. 30, 2020 21 Things on Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Dyson to Frette Including some cozy sweaters and jackets
Oct. 30, 2020 Here’s One Way to Celebrate the Full Moon Allow Marion Cotillard and the new Chanel No. 5 film to demonstrate.
Oct. 30, 2020 Cop Sues Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend for ‘Emotional Distress’ One of the officers who fired at Taylor is suing her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, for shooting him in self-defense.
Oct. 30, 2020 Can Pets See Ghosts? We asked the experts, and some of them got back to us.
Oct. 30, 2020 The U.S. Has Now Surpassed 9 Million COVID Cases With more than half a million reported in the past week alone.
Oct. 30, 2020 My History With Pleasure I am proud to say that I learned how to masturbate from a book.
Oct. 30, 2020 Bachelorette Producer on the Moment Clare Had to Be Replaced It wasn’t the strip-dodgeball date.
Oct. 30, 2020 Brace Yourselves for a Halloween Blue Moon This hasn’t happened in 76 years.
Oct. 30, 2020 ‘I Love My Boyfriend, But I Can’t Trust Him With Money’ You can’t force him to get his act together, but you can put your foot down if he doesn’t.
Oct. 30, 2020 Banish Unwanted Thoughts With These Baffling Dance Moves Concentrating on the unnatural movements of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson will keep your mind from wandering.
Oct. 30, 2020 Should I Cut Off All My Hair? The thought is a thrill, every time.
Oct. 30, 2020 You Can Visit This Virtual Costume Exhibit From Your Couch A closer look at outfits from The Queen’s Gambit and The Crown.
Oct. 29, 2020 Kanye Got Kim K a Hologram of Her Late Dad Kim Kardashian received a very special gift for her 40th birthday.
Oct. 29, 2020 Look Who’s Back on the Market Timothée Chalamet and Eliza González reportedly broke up — if they were ever really dating to begin with.
Oct. 29, 2020 It’s Not Too Late to Help Defeat Trump Here are eight last-minute actions you can take in the days ahead.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Original Beauty Influencer on Her Favorite Products Michelle Phan explains the 21 items she uses to the last drop.
Oct. 29, 2020 5 People Try Glossier’s New Body Stuff An exfoliating bar soap and a dry-touch oil.

4:42 P.M. All the Costumes Celebs Wore to Their At-Home Halloweens Multiple Moiras Rose.
1:39 P.M. Fox Sends Kim Cattrall Series Filthy Rich to TV Afterlife The network also canceled sci-fi drama NeXt.
12:30 P.M. New on Netflix: November 2020 The Crown season 4, Fruitvale Station, Dawson’s Creek, and more.
11:21 A.M. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Sean Connery, ‘the Only Bond’ Cary Elwes, Edgar Wright, and more pay tribute on social media.
9:45 A.M. Sean Connery, James Bond Himself, Dead at 90 The Oscar-winning Scottish actor had celebrated his 90th birthday in August.
12:26 A.M. Amber Ruffin Posts Late Night Sketch Written for Hillary Win As you might recall, she didn’t, so it never aired. Until now!
Oct. 30, 2020 Clive Barker Has Such Sights to Show You in Hellraiser Show The author has finally escaped the Lament Configuration (we assume) and joined David Gordon Green’s upcoming series.
Oct. 30, 2020 Suzie Pickles Would Not Thrive in Lord of the Rings But that’s what makes her interesting.
Oct. 30, 2020 Spike Lee Invites Jared Kushner’s ‘Punk Ass’ to Brooklyn “What the hell is he talking about? We don’t want to succeed?! He’s nuts!”
Oct. 30, 2020 Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba Talk Surviving Hollywood Shortly before their show, L.A.’s Finest, was canceled, the two came to Vulture Festival and had a conversation that’s as timely as ever.
Oct. 30, 2020 Two Real Housewives Have One Thing in Common: Producer James Gizelle Bryant and Heather Gay came ready to talk about the behind-the-scenes reality of Housewives and address that step-grandpa thing.
Oct. 30, 2020 End the Week With a Twitter Feud Between Kirstie Alley & CNN Veronica’s Closet fans are advised to sit this one out.
Oct. 30, 2020 The 50 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now The Silence of the Lambs, Poltergeist, The Guest, and more.
Oct. 30, 2020 Ariana Grande Ends Positions With a Bit of Emotional Honesty Closer ‘pov’ is a rare moment when Grande is an unsure human like the rest of us.
Oct. 30, 2020 Rachel Brosnahan Thoughtfully Assigns Dogs to Her Characters Including the golden-arm lady.
Oct. 30, 2020 Taylor Swift Lends Her Voice to Get Out the Vote Ad Miss Americana wants YOU to vote.
Oct. 30, 2020 Amber Ruffin As ‘a Melania Trump’ Won Late Night This Week Not the Melania, a Melania. Articles are important.
Oct. 30, 2020 Rachel Wenitsky Has Excellent Taste in Office Lunch We chatted with the comedian and Tonight Show writer on Instagram Live.
Oct. 30, 2020 The Great British Baking Show Recap: Eat the Pickle, Paul! There’s nothing inherently wrong with Japanese Week as a concept, but this episode illustrates all the ways it can go bad.
Oct. 30, 2020 Positions Flirts With Greatness But Isn’t Ready to Commit While Ariana Grande’s latest album is expertly constructed and pleasant, the formula is starting to feel a little safe.

Oct. 30, 2020 51 Gifts for Every Type of Girlfriend From a silk eye mask to a robot vacuum.
Oct. 30, 2020 Have You Bought a Space Heater Yet? Temperatures may be dropping, but that doesn’t mean you can’t stay warm outside.
Oct. 30, 2020 What Are the Best Ski Jackets? Including a jacket ski patrollers love, and a durable pick that’s gotten one NOLS instructor through 15 guiding seasons.
Oct. 30, 2020 A ‘Dead-on’ Diptyque Dupe and Other TikTok-Famous Candles Another one sold out at Bath & Body Works because it smelled exactly like Draco Malfoy.
Oct. 30, 2020 The Best Gifts for Every Type of Home Cook Including the cookbook-obsessed foodie, the aspiring chef, and the home cook who has it all.
Oct. 30, 2020 What’s the Best Men’s Black T-shirt? For winter layering, weekend lounging, and (eventually) the office.
Oct. 30, 2020 This Rarely On Sale Cult-Favorite Vitamin C Serum Is 15% Off This will help fade your maskne-induced dark spots.
Oct. 30, 2020 21 Things on Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Dyson to Frette Including some cozy sweaters and jackets
Oct. 30, 2020 The Strategist Haul: What the Editors Bought in October Including books about forestry and Black feminism, a 50-inch smart TV, and lots of moisturizers for hair and body.
Oct. 30, 2020 The Most Wanted Holiday Toys, According to Trend Forecasters We asked toy experts for the hottest toys of 2020.
Oct. 30, 2020 Ask the Strategist: The Best Unique Alarm Clocks With numbers big enough to see without your glasses and style you won’t be ashamed to display.
Oct. 30, 2020 What Kristin Cavallari Can’t Live Without “Even if it’s just a little piece, I have to have one after dinner every night.”
Oct. 29, 2020 24 Gifts for Your Whole List (That You Can Buy at Macy’s) A bunch of Strategist-approved gifts from the department store that brings you the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Oct. 29, 2020 What’s the Best Men’s Dopp Kit? Compact enough to squeeze in a carry-on, durable enough to withstand years of travel.
Oct. 29, 2020 Trend Forecasters on Women’s Gifts to Buy Now Loungewear in soothing colors, “mood-boosting” jewelry, and other gifts to buy before they’re gone.
Oct. 29, 2020 What Are the Best Snow Pants? Skiing, sledding, and snowboarding are a lot more fun when you’re dry and warm.
Oct. 29, 2020 This $17 Hair Wand Smooths My Flyaways (and Tames My Brows) A rare #FYP find that actually lives up to the hype.
Oct. 29, 2020 The 10 Hoodies I Recommend to Most Everyone I Know From adult friends who want the comfiest hoodie they won’t mind spilling coffee on, to their kids who want hoodies like one Justin Bieber would wear.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Best Gifts for Bookworms (That Aren’t Books) Because they’ve probably already read that novel.
Oct. 29, 2020 Where Can I Find a (Budget-Friendly) Closet Fragrance? We found everything, from scented sachets to lavender-infused cedar blocks.

Oct. 30, 2020 Cities Prepare for Election Night with Curfews and Plywood Boarding up windows, locking down, and anticipating an unsettled outcome.
Oct. 30, 2020 What Do Shop-Owners Think About NYC’s ‘Streetail’ Program? Some are more skeptical than others.
Oct. 30, 2020 Astor Hair Is Closing, Rat-Skeleton Rain, and Other News The important — and unimportant — things that happened around town this week.
Oct. 30, 2020 See This Art Basel Online Show Looking at the ‘Dream House’ While you’re stuck inside your maybe-not-so-dreamy home.
Oct. 30, 2020 A Tiny House in East Hampton That’s Inspired by a Duck Blind Artist Scott Bluedorn made it out of found materials: local kelp, a kid’s jungle gym.
Oct. 30, 2020 70 Vetted Airbnbs — All Within Three Hours of New York City A renovated milk barn (on a working farm) in the Catskills, a Shaker-themed “chalet” in the Poconos, and 68 others.
Oct. 29, 2020 We Unearthed the 73 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now A rare Greenwich Village loft, a six-bedroom apartment in Harlem, and studios under $1,500 in Clinton Hill.
Oct. 29, 2020 I Waited 13 Years for a Target to Open. Now I Don’t Want It. It took over a decade for L.A. to pave a strip mall and put up a parking lot.
Oct. 29, 2020 Afrofuturist Ari Melenciano Doesn’t Mind Quarantine “All of my gadgets — they’re basically my toys — are everywhere.” And they inspire her.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Comptroller, the Mayor, and Public Housing: A Beef Turns out the money is spoken for and is being spent on a fairly inflexible schedule.
Oct. 29, 2020 How Does a Sidewalk Just Collapse and Swallow a Guy Up? Oh, great.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Look Book Goes to the Hudson Yards Equinox Where members were working out on treadmills, ellipticals, and weight machines under a tent.
Oct. 29, 2020 Remembering Fort Thunder: 11 Dudes, Two Bands, One Toilet Jim Drain looks back at life in the Providence punk art commune.
Oct. 28, 2020 A $389K Prewar Studio and an Architect’s Park Slope Spot Plus, an ornate brownstone studio on the Upper West Side, a quirky two-bedroom in Bed-Stuy, and more.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Listings Novelist Rumaan Alam Likes to Stare At “Listen, I’d probably do bad things to get this house.”
Oct. 28, 2020 Greenpoint’s New Public Library “Makes You Want to Move In” We paid a lot for it, but we got something worth having.
Oct. 27, 2020 The Most Notorious Property-Tax Underpayers in California Proposition 15, which would level the field, is a 50-50 shot to pass on Election Day.
Oct. 27, 2020 How to Stop the Next Invitation Homes. A chance to prevent private equity from devouring small landlords.
Oct. 27, 2020 Four Hacks for Safely Distributing Candy on Halloween From simple tools like trash grabbers to DIY candy chutes.
Oct. 27, 2020 She Hasn’t Skipped a Landmarks Meeting in 37 Years (Apart from a few sick days, that is.) Christabel Gough may have the quietest influence in New York.

Oct. 30, 2020 The Problems With This Week’s Great British Baking Show It was not necessarily the best week in the tent.
Oct. 30, 2020 Cookbook Author Nik Sharma’s Grub Street Diet “I really love ice cream.”
Oct. 29, 2020 What Went Wrong at Brooklyn Roasting Company? The local coffee chain has filed for bankruptcy protection and closed its biggest shops. Can it chart a new path forward?
Oct. 29, 2020 Voting Is Wonderful. Free Pizza Makes It Better. As voters brave waits of two, three, or even four hours, some good Samaritans offer relief in the form of food.
Oct. 28, 2020 Influential S.F. Restaurateur Cecilia Chiang Has Died She opened the Mandarin in 1961, introducing this country to dishes that are now ubiquitous.
Oct. 28, 2020 Is New York Actually Ready to Expand Indoor Dining? A November 1 deadline is looming.
Oct. 27, 2020 Eric See’s Mother’s Chiles Rellenos Revealed The secret is Ritz crackers.
Oct. 27, 2020 Live Music Returns to New York’s Bars and Restaurants “Music is an energy exchange. That is so necessary, especially now.”
Oct. 26, 2020 At Ernesto’s, Not Much (and Everything) Has Changed Adam Platt returns to Ryan Bartlow’s Basque-inspired taverna, which was the last dining room he patronized as a working critic in March.
Oct. 23, 2020 The Great British Baking Show Was Never Going to Save Us Perhaps we’ve been asking too much of Paul Hollywood and the gang.
Oct. 23, 2020 Author Bryan Washington’s Grub Street Diet “Yeah, no, one curry a week isn’t enough, to put it lightly.”
Oct. 22, 2020 What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? Do they count as outdoor dining?
Oct. 22, 2020 The Nightmare Inside Mission Chinese Food The restaurant’s chefs preached kindness. Behind the scenes, it was a different story.
Oct. 22, 2020 The Odeon, Four Decades On “None of us was thinking of this as a career. It was just sort of a fun idea.”
Oct. 21, 2020 It’s Time for Funfetti This is not birthday cake or celebration cake. It’s cake because things are grim and it is a Wednesday.
Oct. 21, 2020 A Completely New Soft-Serve Lands in New York What happens when booza meets Mister Softee?
Oct. 20, 2020 Is This the End of the Road for Michelin in America? Even the storied guide realizes restaurants need support, not stars.
Oct. 20, 2020 Food-Stamp Ruling Is a Loss for Trump, a Win for Decency A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to end SNAP benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed Americans.
Oct. 19, 2020 Freed From Restaurants, a Chef Couple Turns to Pelmeni Jessica and Trina Quinn are diving into the cuisine of Eastern Europe.
Oct. 16, 2020 Even in the Bake Off Tent, Things Have Gotten Bad The world is mired in problems of our own making. Why must it also be that way in the tent?

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