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The 5 Worst Things Jared Kushner Told Bob Woodward About Trump’s COVID Strategy

In a newly published interview with Bob Woodward, Jared Kushner said in April that Trump wanted to get “the country back from the doctors.”
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.
Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks?

Negotiations were slowly making progress after repeated Trump flip-flops, then time ran out for a pre-election deal. Early 2021 remains the best bet.
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She opened the Mandarin in 1961, introducing this country to dishes that are now ubiquitous.
57 Migrant Women Say They Were Victims of ICE Gynecologist

More women have come forward with claims of forced procedures and other medical abuse at an ICE detention center in Georgia.
Chait: Badgers Football COVID Outbreak Might Doom Trump in Wisconsin

A high-profile symbol of Trump’s failure.
E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuit Against Trump Will Move Forward

A federal judge blocked the Justice Department’s attempt to shield the president from the defamation suit.
Congrats to the Dodgers, Except This One Dodger

Justin Turner tested positive for coronavirus and proceeded to hug his teammates.
Trump Supporters Left Stranded in Cold After Omaha Rally

Several people were taken to area hospitals with hypothermia after an organizational breakdown at the event.
Trump Campaign Website Hacked in Apparent Cryptocurrency Scam

A message up for around 30 minutes baselessly claimed that voters would soon learn that “the trump-gov is involved in the origin of the corona virus.”
National Guard Mobilized in Philadelphia After Police Killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

Several hundred guardsmen will be deployed to Philadelphia within 48 hours, following the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. on Monday.
Jon Stewart to Return to Television With New Apple TV+ Series

Multiple seasons of the hour-long show are in the works.
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The economy is on its own until January or later.
Jacob Wohl Has Been Indicted for Voter Suppression Again

Earlier this month, Wohl and his sidekick were charged with voter suppression in Michigan. Now, they’ve been indicted for the same plot in Ohio.
How Trump Failed to Make This a ‘Choice’ Election

COVID-19 and Joe Biden’s nomination screwed up Trump’s original campaign strategy, and he never adjusted.
NXIVM Founder Keith Raniere Sentenced to 120 Years in Prison

Last year, Raniere was found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering, among other charges, for his role in running a sex cult.
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Masha Gessen, thank you for your service.
Trump’s Justices Show How They Might Help Him in Contested Election

Gorsuch defends Republican state legislatures’ power over election disputes. Kavanaugh echoes Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots. Be very afraid.
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Following the shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr., people took to the streets in protest.

Oct. 28, 2020 The 5 Worst Things Kushner Said About Trump’s COVID Strategy In a newly published interview with Bob Woodward, Jared Kushner said in April that Trump wanted to get “the country back from the doctors.”
Oct. 28, 2020 Tucker Carlson: We Lost Only Copy of Documents Nailing Biden Maybe see if a Canadian girlfriend from summer camp stole them?
Oct. 28, 2020 Trump’s Base Isn’t Housewives, It’s Tradwives The president has provoked an internal gender war.
Oct. 28, 2020 Anonymous White House ‘Resistance’ 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.
Oct. 28, 2020 COVID Resurgence May Keep Trump From Closing Gap With Biden As Trump urges voters to stop dwelling on his handling of the pandemic, COVID-19 is making an attention-grabbing comeback, especially in the Midwest.
Oct. 28, 2020 Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks? Negotiations were slowly making progress after repeated Trump flip-flops, then time ran out for a pre-election deal. Early 2021 remains the best bet.
Oct. 28, 2020 Will Anyone Possibly Call the Race on Election Night? Why you should be extra-skeptical of pundits (and the president) making declarations on November 3.
Oct. 28, 2020 Want Nonpartisan Court Reform? Add 4 Liberal Justices. Manufacturing a liberal majority is likely a prerequisite for preventing the Roberts Court from striking down unprecedented nonpartisan reforms.
Oct. 28, 2020 Badger Football COVID Outbreak Might Doom Trump in Wisconsin A high-profile symbol of Trump’s failure.
Oct. 28, 2020 Georgia Is Still a Purple State Only in Theory Biden’s visit suggests the president’s segregationist bid for the suburbs isn’t working as he hoped. But Trump is the favorite until proven otherwise.
Oct. 28, 2020 Trump Supporters Left Stranded in Cold After Omaha Rally Several people were taken to area hospitals with hypothermia after an organizational breakdown at the event.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Stock Market and the Tale of Two Recoveries Stocks have been falling as a new COVID wave hits. But there is also a lot of economic good news too.
Oct. 28, 2020 Trump’s Racist Stench Will Cling to His Enablers Forever Conservatives who say they just want to stick it to woke radicals have exposed themselves.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Winners of Trump’s Washington Fifty-one insiders who profited off the presidency.
Oct. 28, 2020 Where the Trump Revolution Started and Ended Republicans thought they had a realignment on their hands four years ago. Iowa shows why they were wrong.
Oct. 28, 2020 Trump Campaign Site Hacked in Apparent Cryptocurrency Scam A message up for around 30 minutes baselessly claimed that voters would soon learn that “the trump-gov is involved in the origin of the coronavirus.”
Oct. 27, 2020 National Guard Mobilized in Philly After Police Shooting Several hundred guardsmen will be deployed to Philadelphia within 48 hours, following the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. on Monday.
Oct. 27, 2020 Hopes for a Stimulus Deal Before the Election Are Dead The economy is on its own until January or later.
Oct. 27, 2020 Jacob Wohl Has Been Indicted for Voter Suppression Again Earlier this month, Wohl and his sidekick were charged with voter suppression in Michigan. Now they’ve been indicted for the same plot in Ohio.
Oct. 27, 2020 How Trump Failed to Make This a ‘Choice’ Election COVID-19 and Joe Biden’s nomination screwed up Trump’s original campaign strategy, and he never adjusted.

Oct. 28, 2020 And Now, a Sinkhole Full of Rats A New York sidewalk split and swallowed its victim, plunging him into a rat pit.
Oct. 28, 2020 If They Can’t Make It, Who Can? Nicole Poturalski is no longer in an open marriage and dating Brad Pitt.
Oct. 28, 2020 How This Spice Dealer Gets Her Skin So Good Sana Javeri Kadri’s highly researched routine for acne and hyperpigmentation.
Oct. 28, 2020 So You Mean to Tell Me Adele and Skepta Aren’t Dating? Following a report that things were “heating up” between the two British stars, Adele has seemingly denied the dating rumor.
Oct. 28, 2020 57 Migrant Women Say They Were Victims of ICE Gynecologist More women have come forward with claims of forced procedures and other medical abuse at an ICE detention center in Georgia.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Best Gossip Site Is This Private Instagram Account A guide to @deuxmoi.
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Oct. 28, 2020 Yet Another Vanderpump Star Is Pregnant As Scheana’s own forearm would say, “It’s all happening.”
Oct. 28, 2020 I Shamelessly Aspire to This Level of Bougie This Fendi AirPod case is calling my name.
Oct. 28, 2020 Clare and Dale Aren’t Even Pretending Anymore 7(ish) questions I had about last night’s Bachelorette episode.
Oct. 28, 2020 But Wait, There’s Also Terrible Climate News The warming sea may now be releasing huge deposits of methane — which heats the atmosphere at a rate 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Last Four Years, The Last Five Decades Discussing the future of Roe v. Wade with Rebecca Traister on this week’s The Cut podcast.
Oct. 28, 2020 E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuit Against Trump Will Move Forward A federal judge blocked the Justice Department’s attempt to shield the president from the defamation suit.
Oct. 28, 2020 COVID-19 Cases Are Yet Again Surging The U.S. recently recorded over 80,000 new daily coronavirus cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Oct. 27, 2020 Hedi Slimane Courts the Tik Tok Generation With an even younger, sportier Celine.
Oct. 27, 2020 The Sexiest Show on Television Is About … Chess? The Queen’s Gambit gives the game a kind of tension more typical of a bomb-defusing scene.
Oct. 27, 2020 Giving Yourself a Pedicure Is About to Suck Way Less Thanks to this new pedi kit.
Oct. 27, 2020 Billionaire Humbly Checks Her Privilege on Private Island Kim Kardashian is facing backlash, this time for “humbly” recounting her lavish birthday party at a private island.
Oct. 27, 2020 NXIVM Founder Keith Raniere Sentenced to 120 Years in Prison Last year, Raniere was found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering, among other charges, for his role in running a sex cult.
Oct. 27, 2020 What Are the Best Sustainable Clothing Brands for Women? Experts share the environmentally and socially responsible brands they love.

Oct. 28, 2020 Peacock’s Brave New World Canceled After One Season “O brave new world, that has [not enough] people [watching] it.”
Oct. 28, 2020 RHOC Recap: Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Lemon Isn’t Braunwyn going through enough right now without subjecting herself to this fight with Shannon again?
Oct. 28, 2020 Brad Pitt Is Single and Available to Date Your Wife The movie star has reportedly called it quits with married model Nicole Poturalski.
Oct. 28, 2020 Stylish With Jenna Lyons Is Making Fashion Nicer “You’re never gonna get the best out of a person by being mean to them.”
Oct. 28, 2020 Mindy Kaling Got Schooled by the Never Have I Ever Teens She was “really chill” about rewriting certain lines.
Oct. 28, 2020 Rachel Bloom Gets Honest About A Bad Writers Room Experience “It’s all just this kind of general aggression, and general assertion of status, so it’s hard to define and you think you’re maybe making it up.”
Oct. 28, 2020 Harry Styles Drinks a Spot of Tea, Feeds Fish at Fan’s Home Like a true gentleman, Styles left super fan Theadora a lovely note, apologizing for missing her.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Baby-Sitters Club Is Back in Business for Season Two I hope they remember to disinfect the landline phone between calls.
Oct. 28, 2020 Rachel Bloom Tells Her Bully That She Was in Love With Him That’s “very obvious” in retrospect.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Craft: Legacy Is Progressive, Positive, and Dull The ’90s teen-witch classic gets a 2020 overhaul that leaves it feeling too woke for … conflict?
Oct. 28, 2020 Nicole Kidman Loves TV So Much She’s Making Another Show Things I Know to Be True is based on a stage play of the same name.
Oct. 28, 2020 The 40 Scariest TV Episodes to Watch This Halloween Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, The Haunting of Hill House, and more.
Oct. 28, 2020 Rumour Has It Once Again That Adele Is Dating Skepta But she called herself “single” in a new Instagram post.
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Oct. 28, 2020 Pop-Culture Reunions Are the Democrats’ Not-So-Secret Weapon It’s still unclear what effect these events will have on the election, but it is clear that this is one place the Trump campaign simply can’t compete.
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Oct. 28, 2020 Khloé Has COVID in Keeping Up With the Kardashians Trailer The episode confirms that the Kardashian had coronavirus earlier this year.

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Oct. 28, 2020 The Best Gifts for Everyone (From Black-Owned Businesses) From a ceramic bowl just for cereal to a durable, merino-wool tug-and-chew dog toy.
Oct. 28, 2020 36 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Bathroom Accents Including an actually cute toilet brush, a mushroom-shaped night light, and a bath mat for the young (or young at heart).
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Oct. 28, 2020 What Are the Best Snowboarding Jackets? It’s a golden age of snowboarding: a time when the same jacket gives you performance on the mountain and non-slouchy style on the street.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Best Gifts for Music Lovers, According to Music Lovers From record players to merch to microphones.
Oct. 28, 2020 10 Things On Sale You’ll Want: From Calvin Klein to Samsung Including an under-$50 Calphalon toaster and a Vera Bradley tote bag.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Best Gifts for Retirees, According to Retirees Including cooking classes, wine clubs, and erotic literature.
Oct. 28, 2020 This Dentist-Recommended Electric Toothbrush Is On Sale It’s also one of our writer’s all-time favorite purchases.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Best Conditioners, According to Hairstylists “The reparative work this does is second to none.”
Oct. 27, 2020 The Best Gifts for Photographers, According to Photographers Because you can do better than a camera-lens-shaped coffee mug.
Oct. 27, 2020 Real Housewife of Potomac Monique Samuels’s Bird Essentials “I call him a puppy with wings.”
Oct. 27, 2020 47 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Kitchen Accents Including an Umbra soap pump, matryoshka measuring cups, and a vintage timer.
Oct. 27, 2020 Four Hacks for Safely Distributing Candy on Halloween From simple tools like trash grabbers to DIY candy chutes.
Oct. 27, 2020 The Best Fitness Trampolines on Amazon, According to Reviews “I can actually say this is the first time in years I’ve really enjoyed exercising.”
Oct. 27, 2020 What’s the Best Actually Nice-Looking Judaica? Menorahs, mezuzahs, and more you’ll proudly want to display.
Oct. 27, 2020 What Are the Best Sustainable Clothing Brands for Women? Experts share the environmentally and socially responsible brands they love.
Oct. 27, 2020 The Best Men’s Hair-Loss Treatments, According to Doctors Exploring the hair-growth treatments that work, the laser treatment that might, and the vitamins that don’t.

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. 27, 2020 This Maplewood Mid-century Is Now $1M Cheaper The sprawling 7,000-square-foot home stands out on a New Jersey street of Colonials and Tudors.
Oct. 27, 2020 The Beauty-Supply Store Run by a 16-Year-Old In September, just as her Zoom classes were starting, high-school senior Paris McKenzie held the grand opening of Paris Beauty Supplyz.
Oct. 26, 2020 Just a Very Pretty Upper East Side Two-Bedroom The twice-renovated prewar unit comes with restored casement windows and five built-in arched bookshelves.
Oct. 26, 2020 Office Life, Inside and Out Paper co-founder Kim Hastreiter renovated a studio in her building to be her new office. But for now, meet her in Washington Square Park.
Oct. 23, 2020 Manhattan Rents Drop, Pig Busts Into a Garden, and More News The important — and unimportant — things that happened around town this week.
Oct. 23, 2020 Norwood Young Got Tired of Being Famous for His L.A. House He’s moved to Bangkok, where he is treated like a king.
Oct. 23, 2020 A Week of Curbside Finds From a Stooping Pro “I was looking for a cup of coffee, but instead stumbled upon this really nice desk.”
Oct. 22, 2020 We Unearthed the 61 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now Several spacious studios under $2,000 and a West Village three-bedroom with a particularly lush garden view.
Oct. 22, 2020 What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? Do they count as outdoor dining?
Oct. 22, 2020 The 8 Knives a Fourth-Generation Butcher Uses in Her Kitchen First and foremost, they’re functional. But — and don’t tell Grandpa Seymour this — they’re also beautiful to look at.
Oct. 22, 2020 Andy Coolquitt’s Austin Art Commune Was Inspired by Duchamp “It’s really an experiment in … learning how to live a sane existence.”
Oct. 22, 2020 Why Does Trump Keep Talking About ‘Tiny Windows’? Make fenestration great again?
Oct. 21, 2020 Artist Stephanie H. Shih Happily Gave Up On Minimalism “I realized that will never be me. It can’t be me.” A visit to her Carroll Gardens apartment.

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?
Oct. 16, 2020 Xi’an Famous Foods Owner Jason Wang’s Grub Street Diet “The sauce is where it’s at.”
Oct. 15, 2020 Inside Fany Gerson’s Brand-new Doughnut Shop The fryer is on at Fan-Fan Doughnuts.
Oct. 15, 2020 How to Pair (Great) Wine With McDonald’s Big Macs and Burgundy.
Oct. 15, 2020 Mourning the Restaurants I’ll Never Get to Visit Everyone has the list of places they’ll get to eventually. What happens when they all close?

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