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On his second full day in office, the president plans to sign executive actions that will boost assistance to those reckoning with food insecurity
Biden Displays Basic Pandemic Competence With His COVID Executive Orders

His initial wave of coronavirus policies intends to ramp up the production of vaccines and testing — and to “restore trust” in the federal government.
Trump’s Revenue Is Cratering at the Worst Possible Time

The ex-president has $900 million in loans coming due in the next four years, and his businesses took a 40 percent hit in 2020.
Joe Biden Has Already Removed Trump’s Oval Office Diet Coke Button

Plenty of changes at the White House.
New Union Square Plan Takes Over Streets to Make a Bigger, Greener Park

The $100M proposal would make the area more pedestrian-friendly.
A Proud Boys Organizer Has Been Arrested for His Role in the Capitol Riot

Joseph Biggs, who belongs to the far-right extremist group and stormed the building on January 6, is facing a slate of federal charges.
Okay, You Can Unmute @POTUS Now

The Twitter handle is under new management.
Donald Trump Went Out As He Came in: Playing Songs by People Who Hate Him

A perfect season-finale moment.
Garth Brooks Turns ‘Amazing Grace’ Into a Sing Along at Biden Inauguration

He even took off the hat
Jennifer Lopez Slips ‘Let’s Get Loud’ Into Her Biden Inauguration Performance

A new era indeed.
Bernie’s Inauguration Look Is Instantly Iconic

The senator wore mittens made from recycled plastic bottles and carried a manila envelope.
Kamala Harris’s Inauguration Outfit Is by Christopher John Rogers

The incoming vice-president wore a vibrant purple coat.
Watch Lady Gaga Perform the National Anthem at the Biden Inauguration

Obama, Biden, Bush, and more attended a one-song Lady Gaga concert today.
Watch President Trump Leave the White House for the Last Time

“Have a good life, we’ll see you soon.”
Chait: Trump’s Farewell Address Is a Hypocritical Paean to Patriotism and Free Speech

No president has done more damage to American ideals.
U.S. Surpasses 400,000 COVID-19 Deaths

More than 100,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus in the past five weeks.
Biden Picks Trans Doctor Rachel Levine as Assistant Health Secretary

If confirmed, Levine will become the highest-ranking transgender official in the U.S. government.
Could Trump’s Going Away Ceremony Be a Ghost Town?

Reported invites from the final event of Trump’s presidency suggest there are concerns it may be poorly attended.
Non-Cannibal Actor Josh Duhamel May Replace Armie Hammer in Shotgun Wedding

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11:42 A.M. On COVID Relief, Dems Should Go Small Then Go It Alone Dare Republicans to oppose a clean “vaccines and checks” law, then roll everything else into a reconciliation bill they can pass on a party-line vote.
9:48 A.M. Biden Makes Big Moves on Food Stamps: Live Updates On his second full day in office, the president plans to sign executive actions that will boost assistance to those reckoning with food insecurity
7:00 A.M. What We Know About the New P.1 Strain of the Coronavirus The new variant, detected amid a horrifying resurgence of COVID cases in Manaus, Brazil, has alarmed scientists around the world.
7:00 A.M. Should You ‘Wait Your Turn’ for the COVID-19 Vaccine? Amid a disastrous vaccine rollout, is it wrong to take advantage of technicalities and glitches?
Jan. 21, 2021 Biden Shows Pandemic Competence in COVID Executive Orders His initial wave of coronavirus policies intends to ramp up the production of vaccines and testing — and to “restore trust” in the federal government.
Jan. 21, 2021 Biden Instantly Fires Trump-Appointed Anti-Worker Attorney Brought back to Washington by Trump to defend employers and bust unions, the Reagan attorney who broke the PATCO strike got his own walking papers.
Jan. 21, 2021 Why Has America’s Vaccination Drive Suddenly Stalled? Just as Trump left, the U.S. started running out of vaccine, leading to canceled appointments and growing anger as the pandemic kills record numbers.
Jan. 21, 2021 Trump’s Revenue Is Cratering at the Worst Possible Time The ex-president has $900 million in loans coming due in the next four years, and his businesses took a 40 percent hit in 2020.
Jan. 21, 2021 Don’t Fall for Trump’s Latest Distraction Leaving the White House in disgrace is his most cunning diversion yet.
Jan. 21, 2021 Biden’s Unity Plea Is About Strategy, Not Surrender Like other recent presidents, Joe Biden is attempting to divide or pressure the opposition. If the bid fails, he can easily turn to other strategies.
Jan. 21, 2021 A McConnell-Backed Trump Conviction Is Just Fantasy Conviction in Trump’s impeachment trial was always a long shot. Now momentum is waning, as GOP senators aren’t onboard and McConnell won’t herd them.
Jan. 21, 2021 ‘It’s Everyone Against Andrew Yang’ New York’s mayoral race is turning into a political experiment: Can an outsider translate national buzz into local votes?
Jan. 21, 2021 Why Are Conservatives Angry Biden Denounced White Supremacy? “We’re not racist, but we oppose denouncing racism.”
Jan. 21, 2021 The Key Battle of Biden’s Presidency Is Raging in the Senate Mitch McConnell’s push for Democrats to rule out filibuster abolition — and thus, most of their policy goals — has triggered a standoff.
Jan. 21, 2021 Biden Will Run a Very Un-Waspy Government Women, Blacks, Latinos, Catholics, and Jews: This ain’t your grandfather’s Cabinet.
Jan. 21, 2021 Trump Won’t Start a Third Party — But He Might Break the GOP The billionaire is almost certainly too lazy to start his own party, but he could devastate McConnell’s without breaking a sweat.
Jan. 21, 2021 What We’re Not Telling the Public When They Get the Vaccine The time to prevent rumors is when people’s sleeves are rolled up.
Jan. 20, 2021 What Did President Biden’s Day-One Executive Orders Achieve? The U.S. is now back in the Paris climate accords, border-wall construction has been halted, and there is a mask mandate on federal grounds.
Jan. 20, 2021 What It Was Like Attending a Distinctly Weird Inauguration An intimate, almost serene transferring of power.
Jan. 20, 2021 Biden Touting Equality Is Anything But Routine A overlooked theme in Biden’s Inaugural Address is actually key to recovering from Trump.

12:04 P.M. The Bachelorette Breakup Is Getting Incredibly Messy Rumors are swirling that Dale cheated on Clare … and that is just the start of it.
11:57 A.M. I Know Too Much About This Disney Love Triangle Now The drama started with Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license,” and now everyone (allegedly!) involved has released their own song.
11:55 A.M. We Finally Know What Gigi and Zayn Named Their Baby Apparently, the name is a tribute to Gigi’s paternal grandmother.
11:45 A.M. 15 Things on Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Adidas to Coola Including lots of cold-weather essentials for the long winter ahead.
11:22 A.M. Bollywood Just Gave Us Our Next Leading Man Hollywood should take note of The White Tiger’s Adarsh Gourav.
11:11 A.M. Wait, So Did Jenna Maroney Actually Date the MyPillow Guy? It’s a rumor that sounds right out of 30 Rock.
11:00 A.M. What’s a Good Lipstick for Working From Home? Testing a popular one from Lisa Eldridge.
10:35 A.M. America Is Back, Indeed With Biden, we’ve restored our country’s favorite tradition: basic, middling, white patriarchy.
9:00 A.M. For Rhye, Making an Album Created a Community The singer-songwriter wants people to feel present in his music.
8:00 A.M. You Just Need One Good Song Ten fitness instructors share their absolute favorite pump-up songs.
Jan. 21, 2021 Did Biden Get Rid of Trump’s Precious Diet Coke Button? Trump would apparently press it in the Oval Office to summon a butler bearing the soft drink on a silver tray.
Jan. 21, 2021 Michelle Obama Was Wearing Fenty Beauty at the Inauguration Her personal makeup artist breaks down the eyes-only look.
Jan. 21, 2021 5 People on How They Lucked Into a ‘Leftover’ COVID Vaccine “I feel like I got in through a side door.”
Jan. 21, 2021 Please Stop Contacting the Woman Who Made Bernie’s Mittens In a matter of hours, the teacher who gave Sanders the mittens received more than 6,000 emails. But the mittens aren’t for sale.
Jan. 21, 2021 Peak Relaxation Is a Comforter With Sleeves Like a Snuggie, but make it fashion.
Jan. 21, 2021 The Shoe Designer Making ‘Nude’ Inclusive Salone Monet knows that one color does not, in fact, fit all.
Jan. 21, 2021 @ArmasUpdates Weighs In on the BenAna Split The infamous stan account on Ana de Armas’s breakup with Ben Affleck.
Jan. 21, 2021 What Has Ol’ Chet Hanks Got Up His Sleeve? Checking in on Tom Hanks’s rapper son.
Jan. 21, 2021 AOC Spent Inauguration Day at a Strike The congresswoman joined a picket line with striking produce workers in the Bronx.
Jan. 21, 2021 Turns Out, It’s Pretty Good: Tracking My Steps This dumb little gadget gave me a little nudge in the right direction.

12:02 P.M. WandaVision Hides a Pregnancy in Classic Sitcom Style It’s a meta joke!
11:50 A.M. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Drama Sabrina Carpenter is now telling her side of the story with a surprise single, “Skin.”
11:22 A.M. Sabrina Carpenter Joins ‘Drivers License’ Drama With ‘Skin’ “Maybe ‘blonde’ was the only rhyme.”
11:19 A.M. Casey Affleck Says He Didn’t Trash the Ana de Armas Cutout “No, that’s not me, and I can’t even really say if they have totally broken up for good or whatever.”
11:04 A.M. This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Getting Politically Re-Active Rounding up our favorite comedy podcast episodes of the week.
10:47 A.M. The Exquisite Violence of The Age of Innocence There are no shootings or beatdowns. No one gets run over by a carriage or slapped with a glove. But there’s emotional violence. And it’s unrelenting.
10:43 A.M. Derek DelGaudio’s Hulu Special Is Part Truth, Part Nonsense The emotion in the oddly tearful mentalism-and-magic show is all manipulation, but there’s still quite a bit of loveliness to delight you.
10:26 A.M. Southern Charm Season Finale Recap: Pregnancy Pause After a maddening season, Kathryn was making some progress — only to leave us with an even more maddening “cliffhanger.”
10:09 A.M. Yes, Bernie Sanders Has Seen Your Memes But he still won’t tell you what’s in the envelope.
9:00 A.M. How Superstore Leaned Into a Pandemic It Couldn’t Ignore “Going escapist just didn’t make sense.”
8:30 A.M. Here Are All the Movies Delayed Because of the Coronavirus With updated release dates where available.
8:00 A.M. Mike Nichols’s Heartburn After directing Nora Ephron’s divorce movie, his own breakup — and breakdown — turned out to be around the corner.
5:00 A.M. WandaVision Recap: Come On, Get Happy We jump ahead to the 1970s in an episode that dials up the weirdness and confusion, for better and worse.
5:00 A.M. Dickinson Recap: A Star Is Born The buzz surrounding Em’s impending publication raises some interesting questions re: Sam’s and Sue’s intentions.
2:00 A.M. Mira Furlan, Lost and Babylon 5 Actress, Is Dead at 65 She played scientist Danielle Rousseau on the ABC series.
1:20 A.M. Keyshia Cole and Ashanti’s Verzuz Battle Finally Goes Down After a series of COVID-related postponements and a late start, the two R&B songstresses went toe-to-toe on Thursday, January 21.
Jan. 21, 2021 Dave Chappelle Tests Positive for COVID-19, Cancels Shows Two days before testing positive, Chappelle was pictured with Joe Rogan, Grimes, and Elon Musk in Austin, TX.
Jan. 21, 2021 No Time to Die Has Another New Time to Not Die Daniel Craig’s final James Bond film has been postponed to October 8, 2021.
Jan. 21, 2021 Japan Reportedly ‘Privately’ Decides to Cancel the Olympics However, the IOC is singing a different tune, declaring that “there is no plan B” for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Jan. 21, 2021 The 12 Best Nature Documentaries on Discovery+ The Planet Earth channel is its hidden gem.

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11:18 A.M. The Best Standing Desk Is a Workbench Meant for the Garage It’s inexpensive, handsome, adjustable, and so, so sturdy.
11:02 A.M. 15 Things on Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Adidas to Coola Including lots of cold-weather essentials for the long winter ahead.
10:44 A.M. Everything You Need to Start Snowshoeing Poles, snowshoes, boots, and base layers.
10:00 A.M. 43 Valentine’s Day Gifts for Every Type of Woman From a bonsai tree to a pair of cashmere sweatpants.
8:45 A.M. What Are the Best Stylish Coats That Are Actually Warm? Including shackets, wool coats, and so many puffers.
Jan. 21, 2021 Can the Best (Closed-Loop) Baby Monitor Get Any Better? An Infant Optics owner puts the parent-approved-brand’s newest model to the test.
Jan. 21, 2021 We Tested 75 Fabric Face Masks We checked for fit, comfort, breathability, and how well they block droplets.
Jan. 21, 2021 My Desk Is My Ship, and I Steer It With This Mouse Apple’s Magic Mouse could never.
Jan. 21, 2021 What Are The Best House Robes for Women? Including linen, cotton, and terrycloth robes you can wear all day.
Jan. 21, 2021 The Best Mask-Proof Lipsticks, According to Experts Including liquid lipsticks, lipliners, and lipstick sealants.
Jan. 21, 2021 The Best Standing Desk Converters, According to Reviewers “This desk literally changed my life.”
Jan. 21, 2021 8 Things on Sale: From Le Creuset to Patagonia Including more than a few things that would make great Valentine’s Day gifts.
Jan. 21, 2021 5 Things That’ll Sell Out: From Baronfig to Jason Wu Including a sriracha spice sampler to zhuzh up your meals
Jan. 21, 2021 The Best Yoga Mats, According to Yogis For every type of yoga enthusiast.
Jan. 21, 2021 The Amazon Coat Is the Cheapest We’ve Seen It in Years Right now, it costs less than what it sold for before it became a thing.
Jan. 21, 2021 Are Cheap Mobile Carriers (Like Mint and Visible) Any Good? In some cases, yes. You just have to find one with good service in your area and be willing to deal with occasionally slower speeds.
Jan. 20, 2021 The Best Canadian Winter Coats (That Aren’t Canada Goose) It turns out that the seemingly ubiquitous winter brand isn’t so ubiquitous in its homeland.
Jan. 20, 2021 The Best Board Games for Kids, According to Amazon Reviewers “My daughter is really enjoying destroying the spirits of all of her quarantined housemates by becoming the ruling Goddess of Candy Land Victory!”
Jan. 20, 2021 The Best Maternity Workout Clothes, According to Experts Pilates and yoga instructors, doulas, and some fit, stylish moms share their favorites.

10:25 A.M. On a LES Block, It’s Streeteries, Condos, or Cars Guess which one the DOT picked.
9:00 A.M. New York City’s Rats Are Doing Just Fine The ratpocalypse came and went.
Jan. 21, 2021 Elon Musk’s Miami Tunnel Plan Is Filled With Holes It’s the sinkhole capital of the United States, to start.
Jan. 21, 2021 We Unearthed the 40 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now Several very large one-bedrooms in Manhattan, a Cornelia Street studio with a ton of architectural details, and more.
Jan. 21, 2021 New Union Square Plan to Make Bigger, Greener Park The $100M proposal would make the area more pedestrian-friendly.
Jan. 21, 2021 Million Dollar Slice Chris Barrett has made bank on the gray market selling pizza laced with 40 mg of THC per slice. Can the Pizza Pusha survive pot legalization?
Jan. 21, 2021 John Wilson’s Favorite Spots in Ridgewood Chicken pupusas, a special occasion strip club, and a used bookstore with great coffee.
Jan. 20, 2021 Biden Declares the Border Wall Dead on His First Day And not a moment too soon.
Jan. 20, 2021 A $495K Sunnyside Two-Bedroom and a Carnegie Hill Duplex Plus, a Williamsburg penthouse duplex with 18-foot ceilings and 30 huge windows.
Jan. 20, 2021 ‘They’re All in Long Island’: Boards Ghost Their Residents And residents are none too pleased.
Jan. 20, 2021 Is a High Line Extension Really What the West Side Needs? Even if improving pedestrian access is the point, levitating over the city is not the solution.
Jan. 20, 2021 What Did Trump, the ‘Builder President,’ Actually Build? A short, grim list of projects he completed while in office.
Jan. 19, 2021 Looks Like the Rich Aren’t Abandoning New York After All High-end Manhattan apartments are finally moving again.
Jan. 19, 2021 Does Flint Finally Have Clean Water? Nearly seven years later, the crisis still isn’t over.
Jan. 19, 2021 A Look Inside the New Uber Eats–Funded Streeteries in Harlem Local designers and artists teamed up to create custom structures for six Black-owned businesses.
Jan. 19, 2021 An Elegantly DIY Brooklyn Apartment With a Vreeland-Red Wall Taylor Angino and Kiko Sih’s place is always evolving.
Jan. 19, 2021 The Look Book Goes to Grand Central Terminal On a much quieter than usual morning, we spoke to commuters, and even a few tourists, who were passing through.
Jan. 15, 2021 I Knew the Vessel Was Going to Have a Suicide Problem How a private design process created a public space that is dangerous, even deadly.
Jan. 15, 2021 Andrew Yang, Who Is Absolutely a New Yorker, Went to a Deli “I love bodegas.”
Jan. 15, 2021 The Listings Catfish Host Kamie Crawford Likes to Stare At “You gotta manifest positivity in your home-buying process.”

6:30 A.M. Sarah Jessica Parker’s Grub Street Diet “One of the greatest gifts in New York is the discovery of everywhere else.”
Jan. 21, 2021 Biden Has Already Removed Trump’s Diet Coke Button Plenty of changes at the White House.
Jan. 21, 2021 The Street Vendors Who Are Fighting Against Hunger A new program is spearheaded by the same people it aims to help.
Jan. 21, 2021 Million Dollar Slice Chris Barrett has made bank on the gray market selling pizza laced with 40 mg of THC per slice. Can the Pizza Pusha survive pot legalization?
Jan. 20, 2021 I Work in a Restaurant. When Will I Get Vaccinated? Am I “essential,” or not?
Jan. 19, 2021 What’s Happening at the Hunts Point Produce Market? Workers are on strike, and some experts warn it could affect the city’s produce supplies.
Jan. 19, 2021 Nasrin Rejali Shares Family Recipes One To-Go Box at a Time The Iranian refugee is building a brand with delivery dinners and mail-order cookies.
Jan. 19, 2021 Pecking House’s Chinese Fried Chicken A poultry pop-up with secret passwords.
Jan. 15, 2021 Andrew Yang Walks Into a Bodega — or Does He? Where, exactly, did the mayoral candidate buy his green tea this morning?
Jan. 15, 2021 Sign Up for a Meal Subscription and Save a Restaurant Summerlong Supper Club and Table22 aim to turn brand loyalty into reliable revenue streams.
Jan. 15, 2021 Comedian Steven Phillips-Horst’s Grub Street Diet “My boyfriend is a brilliant chef, but left to my own devices I’m a ’90s sitcom widower cliché.”
Jan. 14, 2021 The Instagram Account Holding Restaurants Accountable He broke Sqirl’s mold scandal wide open and revealed racism at a popular pizza shop. But who is Joe Rosenthal, really?
Jan. 14, 2021 Potatoes Will Make a Triumphant Return to Taco Bell’s Menu Now do Mexican Pizza.
Jan. 13, 2021 Hope Is Rising for Real Restaurant Relief “We feel pretty good that we can get the bill passed.”
Jan. 12, 2021 Inside the Food Feud at Rockaway Beach The boardwalk could look quite different this summer.
Jan. 11, 2021 Edy Massih Wants to Be ‘the Middle Eastern Martha Stewart’ At Edy’s Grocer, the chef is ready to go big.
Jan. 8, 2021 City Councilmember Carlina Rivera’s Grub Street Diet “I made a wish.”
Jan. 7, 2021 La Newyorkina, Fany Gerson’s Passion Project, Is Closing “We were doing numbers that we do in the dead of winter some days during the summer, which is crazy.”
Jan. 6, 2021 Dani Luv’s Next Act? Maybe Mayor. Sammy’s Roumanian’s house musician talks about the restaurant’s closing.
Jan. 6, 2021 The Random Restaurant Conversations We Can’t Have Right Now “It’s kind of an invisible thread in the fabric of a New Yorker’s daily existence.”

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