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One day after Pelosi and Schumer endorsed the framework, several more Republicans expressed grudging support for a deal like it.
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MSNBC Taps Two New Anchors to Replace Joy Reid on Weekends

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Trump’s Star ‘Election Fraud’ Witness Was a Glorious Train Wreck

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Casanova Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy in Gang Indictment

He has now surrendered and faces three counts.
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More than 2,700 people died on Wednesday, and more than 100,000 are in the hospital.
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The Republican from Georgia is far and away the most prolific trader in the Senate — often with shares of companies he oversees in office.
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The CDC Has Relaxed Its Quarantine Guidelines

Public-health experts believe that a shorter period will improve overall compliance.
The Academy Reportedly Planning in-Person 2021 Oscars

Multiple insiders have countered these reports, saying that no decision has been reached about whether or not the ceremony will be in person.
John Mulaney Was Investigated by the Secret Service After His SNL Monologue

“Am I stoked there’s a file open on me? Absolutely. Did I enjoy it in the moment? Not so much.”
UK Is First to Grant Emergency Authorization for Western Vaccine

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The Man Who Fell Into a Sinkhole of Rats Is Suing

Leonard Shoulders says he suffered serious physical injuries and untold psychological damage from his fall.
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Prosecutors say they have evidence someone in prison wanted to make a “substantial political contribution” in exchange for presidential mercy.
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Dec. 3, 2020 DOJ Investigating ‘Bribery-for-Pardon’ Scheme GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy and Jared Kushner’s lawyer were reportedly enlisted in a plot to trade clemency for an ally for a “substantial” sum.
Dec. 3, 2020 Joe Biden’s Cabinet Begins to Take Shape A running list of Biden’s announcements and reported picks as the incoming administration begins to name its top personnel.
Dec. 3, 2020 DOJ Bans Trump Aide Seeking ‘Insider Info’ on Voter Fraud His liaison at Justice was booted from the building for pressuring officials to give up details about investigations into purported election fraud.
Dec. 3, 2020 Biden’s Vote Lead Over Trump Now More than 7 Million He’s blown-away his old boss Barack Obama’s performance, which was the best for a Democratic presidential candidate since LBJ.
Dec. 3, 2020 Senate Support Grows for Bipartisan Stimulus Bill One day after Pelosi and Schumer endorsed the framework, several more Republicans expressed grudging support for a deal like it.
Dec. 3, 2020 The Monoliths Are Stupid and I Hate Them Why does it feel like someone is trying to sell me something?
Dec. 3, 2020 America Has Central Planners — We Just Call Them ‘VCs’ Venture capitalists guide significant portions of industrial development by using their vast wealth to subsidize their favorite money-losing firms.
Dec. 3, 2020 Will Trump’s Antics Suppress Republican Turnout in Georgia? By falsely claiming the GOP-run election was stolen, he could damage his party in two very close Senate races it can’t afford to lose.
Dec. 3, 2020 Trump Is Still Owning the Libs, and Nature The administration has moved ahead with plans to sell drilling rights to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Dec. 3, 2020 U.S. Blows Past Daily COVID Death Record More than 2,700 people died on Wednesday, and more than 100,000 are in the hospital.
Dec. 3, 2020 Michael Cohen on How ‘Monster’ Trump Will Undermine Biden The onetime fixer, now out of prison, breaks down his ex-boss’s postelection tantrum.
Dec. 2, 2020 Extensive New Scale Perdue’s Shady Stock Trading Revealed The Republican from Georgia is far and away the most prolific trader in the Senate — often with shares of companies he oversees in office.
Dec. 2, 2020 Iowa Democratic Candidate Appeals to U.S. House In a race that was essentially tied, Rita Hart wants the kind of lengthy investigation Congress can offer, but Republicans are crying foul.
Dec. 2, 2020 Democrats Revive Stimulus Negotiations Pelosi and Schumer are accepting a modest compromise bill as the basis for talks. If McConnell plays ball, it can happen fast.
Dec. 2, 2020 What We Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan The largest mass-vaccination campaign in American history is about to begin. This is how it may or may not play out.
Dec. 2, 2020 The CDC Has Relaxed Its Quarantine Guidelines Public-health experts believe that a shorter period will improve overall compliance.
Dec. 2, 2020 In 2020, the Electoral Landscape Continued to Shift Who would have guessed Alaska would be more competitive than Virginia?
Dec. 2, 2020 Doug Collins’s Sacrilegious Attack on Raphael Warnock Georgia Republicans are engaged in holy war against Christian minister Warnock and his hallowed Atlanta church.
Dec. 2, 2020 U.K. Grants Emergency Authorization for Pfizer Vaccine High-risk Britons will start getting the shots next week.
Dec. 2, 2020 Trump’s Racist Urban Myth Hides His Suburban Failures The portrayal of Black cities as dens of criminality against pure suburbs didn’t work for him, but it’s not the first or last use of such rhetoric.

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Dec. 3, 2020 Trump’s Star ‘Fraud’ Witness Was a Glorious Train Wreck So bad that Giuliani had to shush her.
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Dec. 3, 2020 Trump Lost, But My Brother’s Still in a Far-Right Militia The Cut spoke with someone who knows what it’s like to lose a family member to conservative propaganda.
Dec. 2, 2020 Four Seasons Total Landscaping Speaks The owners explain how Rudy Giuliani wound up giving a press conference in their parking lot.
Dec. 2, 2020 Glossier’s Holiday Collection Is Here Limited-edition merch and shiny new sets to gift (or keep).
Dec. 2, 2020 Michael Kors’s Annual Fundraising Gala Goes Virtual The pandemic didn’t stop the Golden Heart Awards; it only made it more urgent.
Dec. 2, 2020 The White House Holiday Parties Are Off to a Very Dark Start Footage from the most recent party is soundtracked by a mysterious guest coughing, hacking, and wheezing off-screen.
Dec. 2, 2020 This Minty Cleanser Wakes Up My Face Goodbye, dull skin.
Dec. 2, 2020 A Face Mask Expert on Her Favorite Beauty Products Summer Fridays co-founder Marianna Hewitt buys these 11 items again and again.
Dec. 2, 2020 Why Did Princess Diana’s Hair Look Like That? Her feathery mushroom cut both defined and defied ’80s glamour.

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12:44 A.M. Mariah, JHud, and Ariana, Drop Christmas Remix ‘Oh Santa’ Mariah Carey remains undefeated and unmatched in the Christmas song space.
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Dec. 3, 2020 Noah Cyrus Apologizes For Using Racially Offensive Remark “I am mortified that I used a term without knowing the context and history, but I know now and I am horrified and truly sorry.”
Dec. 3, 2020 The Fantasy Shows Are at It Again Updates on House of Dragon, the new Lord of the Rings series, and more.
Dec. 3, 2020 Superstore Is Closing After 6 Seasons America Ferrera departed the series earlier this year.
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Dec. 3, 2020 Casanova Charged in Federal Racketeering Indictment He has now surrendered and pleaded guilty.
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Dec. 3, 2020 HBO Max, Peacock, and the Power of Patience How the two streaming services defied early punditry.
Dec. 3, 2020 Queen Latifah’s The Equalizer to Kick Off After Super Bowl Just 2021 things.
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Dec. 3, 2020 This Compost Tumbler Turns Quarantine Scraps Into Plant Food It shrinks your trash while feeding your plants.
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Dec. 3, 2020 The Best Family Board Games, According to Amazon Reviewers “By the time I was done with my first game, I was crying from laughing so hard.”
Dec. 3, 2020 Gamers on the Gifts They Want for the Holidays Video-game enthusiasts of all ages weigh in.
Dec. 3, 2020 I Have Rolled With 2020’s Punches on These $95 Skates Actress Sasheer Zamata picked up the same style this year, too.
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Dec. 3, 2020 What’s the Best Weighted Blanket to Gift? For anyone who needs a good night’s sleep.
Dec. 3, 2020 11 Things on Sale You’ll Want: From Everlane to Le Creuset Including some deeply discounted headphones and one of our favorite plus-size jumpsuits.
Dec. 3, 2020 The 7 Best Meal Delivery Services for Kids Including baby food, finger food, and a chicken parm you’ll want to make sure they share.
Dec. 3, 2020 Stylish Dining Chairs Under $200 (That Aren’t an Eames Dupe) No Eiffels here.
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Dec. 3, 2020 Animal Crossing Is the Closest I’ve Come to a 2020 Vacation Almost as good as an island getaway.
Dec. 3, 2020 This Madewell Fleece (Made From Recycled Fabric) Is On Sale It recalls one of Sandy Liang’s trendier fleeces but costs a fraction of the price.
Dec. 3, 2020 What’s the Best Thing (Over $200) You Bought This Year? Actress Heléne Yorke, Sofia Coppola, Dorinda Medley, and more tell us.
Dec. 3, 2020 What’s the Last Day I Can Order Gifts in Time for Christmas? TL;DR: Shop early.
Dec. 2, 2020 I Feel Like a Lady Who Lunches (at Home) in This Necklace It elevates even the most humdrum of work-from-home outfits.
Dec. 2, 2020 33 Gifts That You Can Buy at Urban Outfitters Strategist-approved gifts for all your friends and family that you can buy in one convenient place.

Dec. 3, 2020 New York Needs A Place To Pee In Public So Bad It’s a decades-long problem.
Dec. 3, 2020 We Unearthed the 48 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now An Upper West Side triplex with 22-foot ceilings, a rent-stabilized two-bedroom in Williamsburg, and more.
Dec. 3, 2020 From Prada to Rice: It’s All Free at These Brooklyn Stores “We had a shelf of cereal, and then four black leather BDSM harnesses.”
Dec. 3, 2020 The Art on This Big Bushwick Project Is Not Mere Marketing Denizen aims to engage with its Brooklyn surroundings.
Dec. 2, 2020 Will SF Really Fine You for Smoking In Your Apartment? Probably not the first time.
Dec. 2, 2020 A $595K West Village Spot and a Duplex With a Greenhouse Plus, the cheapest apartment on Roosevelt Island, a spacious Sunset Park two-bedroom, and more.
Dec. 2, 2020 The Second-Gentleman-Elect Grew Up in This Brooklyn Building The Midwood roots of Kamala Harris’s husband.
Dec. 1, 2020 Artists to MoMA: Take Down Philip Johnson’s Name The founding director of the museum’s Architecture and Design department was a known white supremacist.
Dec. 1, 2020 An Urban Planner on the City Council. Can She Help Fix L.A.? Nithya Raman is calling for systemic change — including breaking up her own district.
Nov. 30, 2020 The Wind Flipped a Streetery Into the Middle of First Avenue This doesn’t bode well for the winter, does it?
Nov. 30, 2020 Evictions Caused More Than 10,000 COVID Deaths And led to 400,000 additional infections too.
Nov. 30, 2020 Here’s What Happens When You Fight NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ The tenants of a crumbling Crown Heights building went on a rent strike and now the owner’s trying to evict everyone.
Nov. 30, 2020 5 Things to Buy From Nest’s New Capsule Collection The interiors magazine with a cult following is back with home goods and apparel.
Nov. 30, 2020 A Maximalist Bedroom With a Chakra-Enhancing Headboard Bailey Li designs by her own rules.
Nov. 30, 2020 Inspecting 11 Rooms From The Queen’s Gambit Designer Uli Hanisch on painting wallpaper, leaving taste behind, and building a “temple to chess.”
Nov. 25, 2020 People in COVID Testing Lines Are Turning on Each Other Line-cutters, it turns out, aren’t treated kindly by those waiting six hours for a nose swab.
Nov. 25, 2020 Upper West Side Homeless Shelters: What You Need to Know The latest: A judge ruled that the city is allowed to transfer the over 200 Lucerne Hotel residents to the Radisson in the Financial District.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Approval System for New Building Encourages Mediocrity In Gowanus, we’re dredging for an idea everyone can live with.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Remaining Rockettes on Their Spectacular-less Christmas “Our kick lines look the same, but we are doing them socially distanced.”
Nov. 25, 2020 From Community Organizer to the Ultimate Insider Kathy Wylde, the longtime head of the Partnership for New York City, has a message for today’s young socialists.

Dec. 3, 2020 What to Know About the Mac’s Public House Controversy How a Staten Island tavern became an epicenter for pandemic fatigue.
Dec. 3, 2020 Why America Still Can’t Quit the Air Fryer It was hailed as the next Instant Pot. It has become something more.
Dec. 3, 2020 Another Perfect Night at Max Fish The storied LES bar is closed. This time, it may be for good.
Dec. 2, 2020 The Best 2020 Cookbooks to Give, According to Food Writers From the ultimate guide to pie-making to one of the year’s best memoirs.
Dec. 2, 2020 America Ushers in Post-Trump Era With Lady Gaga Oreos The Chromatica cookies will debut in January.
Dec. 2, 2020 Good-bye to the Strange Tropical Splendor of the Brancolada The Williamsburg bar Donna, which closed this weekend, took the piña colada on a winter vacation.
Dec. 1, 2020 French Madman Breaks Intense Pizza Record It is literally the world’s cheesiest pie.
Dec. 1, 2020 ACQ Bread Is a New Kind of Brooklyn Bakery House-milled grains, breathtaking milk bread, and a strong anti-capitalist message.
Nov. 30, 2020 Watch David Chang Win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire He’s donating the money to a restaurant-related charity.
Nov. 30, 2020 Remembering New York’s Favorite Cheese Man “Life for him was wild and precious, in all of its glory and all of its gluttony.”
Nov. 27, 2020 The Great British Baking Show Made Me Cry After All It’s time for the finale of the weirdest season in Great British history.
Nov. 25, 2020 DoorDash Will Pay $2.5 Million in Tip-Skimming Settlement The online delivery platform was sued for using tips for delivery workers’ base pay.
Nov. 25, 2020 I Miss My Restaurant Family, Unfortunately We were something of an un-chosen family — until the coronavirus forced us apart.
Nov. 24, 2020 6 Local Chile Oils That Could Make Anything Taste Great A look at the homegrown crop, all perfectly suited for rice-drizzling and stocking-stuffing.
Nov. 24, 2020 8 Highly Giftable Cookbooks by New York Chefs Restaurants may be in flux, but cookbooks are a constant.
Nov. 24, 2020 What Happens If Outdoor Dining Pauses in New York? People need spaces to gather. Do we want to see what happens when those go away?
Nov. 23, 2020 Good-bye to MeMe’s Diner, a Restaurant That Felt Like Home “When you experience hospitality from your chosen family, it can be revelatory.”
Nov. 23, 2020 Don’t Call Yellow Rose Tex-Mex At the new East Village canteen, the vegan queso rivals the beef chili.
Nov. 20, 2020 Did It Have to Be This Way, Great British Baking Show? It’s Pâtisserie Week and it’s all just too much.
Nov. 20, 2020 Jason Stewart’s Grub Street Diet “I’m not particularly proud of it.”

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