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9:30 A.M. Michael Cohen Might Not Actually Go to Prison There are still ways Cohen could wriggle out of his three-year sentence — and even if he can’t, prison might feel like an upstate Jewish boys’ camp.
7:38 P.M. Judge Overturns Obamacare, but GOP Should Hold Its Applause Whether the decision holds up or not, Republicans won’t like what comes next.
2:15 P.M. Would the Beto-Biden Age Gap Doom a Political Marriage? 30 years separate the former veep and the Texas phenom. That might not be a good thing for either of them.
1:23 P.M. How John Kelly Failed to Tame the West Wing What Trump’s new chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is walking into.
Dec. 15, 2018 Why YouTube’s Biggest Star Can’t Be Canceled YouTube megastar PewDiePie keeps accidentally sharing anti-Semitic jokes — and keeps getting more popular. Why?
Dec. 14, 2018 Even Old Folks Trended Democratic in 2018 The Democratic future depends on young and minority voters and college-educated women. But many seniors vote, and more of them are voting Democratic.
Dec. 14, 2018 Why Donald Trump Keeps Giving Mick Mulvaney More Jobs Trump can’t find a lot of willing candidates, so he settled for a guy who knows how to brief him using pictures.
Dec. 14, 2018 Xmas Shutdown in Sight After Trump Blows Up Spending Talks Trump’s Oval Office temper tantrum took everyone by surprise and left little time for negotiations on border wall funding.
Dec. 14, 2018 Michael Cohen Insists Trump Was Well Aware of His Crimes Trump’s former fixer keeps strengthening the case for the president’s guilt — which isn’t hard, considering Giuliani’s incoherent defense.
Dec. 14, 2018 Ladies and Gentlemen … We Got ‘Em (Memes) Fifteen years later, Paul Bremer’s famous declaration has turned into a meme.
Dec. 14, 2018 Facebook ‘Sorry’ About Exposing Photos From 6.8 Million The bug existed for 12 days in September.
Dec. 14, 2018 White House: Trump Had Nothing to Do With Trump Inauguration Trump’s not the kind of person who would pay attention to the massive sums being raised and spent off his name.
Dec. 14, 2018 Weekly Standard Lived by the Partisan Sword — And Died by It The conservative magazine — always shameless in its GOP loyalty — is closing after breaking ranks with Trump.
Dec. 14, 2018 What Senate’s Rebuke to Trump Means for Yemen, U.S. Policy The consensus on Middle East policy is fading fast, and there’s more ahead on the fight over U.S. support for the Saudi-led war.
Dec. 14, 2018 Facebook’s Math on Video Views Takes Some Serious Liberties Facebook says 75 million people watch at least a minute of Facebook Watch content each day. That’s true, but not quite accurate.
Dec. 14, 2018 Why Do Hotel Companies Have So Many Brands? Marriott is actually a family of 30 hotel brands, many of them virtually indistinguishable. What’s the business logic?
Dec. 14, 2018 A Parent’s Guide to Not Feeling So Bad About Using Alexa For parents, smart speakers are great, as well as very weird and scary. We talk to experts about how you can assuage some of your anxieties.
Dec. 14, 2018 Theresa May Might Be the Most Important Person in the World Under ridiculous conditions, she’s trying to find a way to keep the U.K. — and perhaps all of Europe — from spinning off into populist chaos.
Dec. 14, 2018 Here’s How Long Netflix Has to Convince You to Watch a Show The company knows it doesn’t have much time to sell you on a series or movie.
Dec. 14, 2018 You, Too, Are in Denial of Climate Change Most Americans believe, abstractly, in climate change. That’s not enough.

9:00 A.M. Gift of the Day: An All-Natural Perfume An ethical perfume for your conscious friend.
Dec. 15, 2018 Gift of the Day: Earthy Cookware For the budding master chef in your life.
Dec. 14, 2018 Man Rescued After Two Days Trapped in Grease Vent The grease bandit was reportedly “less than truthful about his … intentions” inside the vent.
Dec. 14, 2018 The Best-est Party Looks of the Week One awe-inspiring look from every fête that mattered.
Dec. 14, 2018 All About 7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Who Died in U.S. Custody Jakelin Caal died after waiting over an hour-and-a-half for medical care.
Dec. 14, 2018 16 Fancy Pajamas You Can Wear to Parties They’re too cool to be kept indoors.
Dec. 14, 2018 What the Hell Is Going on With the Women’s March? The organization has had a very bad week.
Dec. 14, 2018 Coziness Could Kill You Burning numerous candles might be charring up your innards.
Dec. 14, 2018 See New York’s Sparkling Holiday Windows Bergdorf Goodman, David Yurman, Tory Burch, Macy’s, and more. gallery
Dec. 14, 2018 Christian Siriano Steps Up Once Again The designer has offered to dress Megan Mullally for the SAG Awards when no one else would.
Dec. 14, 2018 All I Want This Christmas Is to Bathe in Hermès Bubble, bubble, no toil or trouble.
Dec. 14, 2018 Chris Pratt’s Instagram Collage Skills Sure Are Something He used six photos to make it Instagram-official with Katherine Schwarzenegger.
Dec. 14, 2018 Maybe I Should Quit Everything and Join CrossFit Doctors are also getting on board.
Dec. 14, 2018 This HBS Graduate Wants You to Wear Lipstick Unsurprisingly, Mary Beth Laughton works at Sephora.
Dec. 14, 2018 Gift of the Day: An XXL Silk Scrunchie The perfect gift for RBG.
Dec. 14, 2018 Government Blames Death of 7-Year-Old Migrant on Parents “Once again, we are begging parents to not put themselves or their children at risk attempting to enter illegally.”
Dec. 14, 2018 Activists Gather to Celebrate Women’s Anger An evening of rage inspired by Rebecca Traister’s new book. video
Dec. 14, 2018 Put a Candy Cane in Your Coffee A delightful treat to enjoy — while you still can.
Dec. 14, 2018 Lucky GOP Senators Have ‘Hot Beef Sundaes’ for Lunch Oh.
Dec. 14, 2018 The Real Sex Lives of Historical Queens In pre-modern times, same-sex intimacy was an accepted part of the culture.

11:31 A.M. SNL: Weezer Causes Christmas Party to Descend Into Madness Are you ride or die?
10:34 A.M. Springsteen on Broadway, Without the Hassle of Broadway If you couldn’t get a ticket to Bruce Springsteen’s Tony-winning show, this Netflix special is the next best thing.
10:27 A.M. Matt Damon’s Matthew McConaughey Impression Needs to Be Seen More like sublime, sublime, subline.
9:53 A.M. SNL Gives Us the Gift of a President Trump-Less World All Hillary had to do was visit Wisconsin once.
9:32 A.M. SNL Recap: Matt Damon’s Best and Worst Sketches Three cheers for the Westminster Daddy Show!
2:09 A.M. Offset Crashes Cardi B’s Show w/ Roses, Begs for Forgiveness Throw enough flowers at your problems and they’ll disappear, right? Right?
1:40 A.M. SNL: The 85th Annual Westminster Daddy Show “For anyone just joining us: this is a dog show, but for daddies.”
1:26 A.M. SNL: Matt Damon Joins Angel, the Boxer’s Girlfriend Tommy Ray Donovan loves his kids.
1:04 A.M. Here’s What Pete Davidson’s Brief SNL Appearance Was Incidentally, he’s back to blonde.
10:55 P.M. How Into the Spider-Verse Honors Stan Lee “I’m going to miss him. We were friends, you know.”
10:34 P.M. Chris Elliott Cried When Letterman Quit The Late Show “When he dies that’s going to be even more devastating.”
10:00 P.M. Bask in the Warm Glow of Charles Barkley and True Friendship Charles Barkley seems nice, and that’s good. It’s good that he’s nice.
9:00 P.M. Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie, But Her Accountants Might The singer was charged with $16 million tax evasion in Spain.
8:06 P.M. A Timeline of Cardi B and Offset’s Complicated Relationship It all comes down to love and hip-hop.
1:14 P.M. Pete Davidson Praises Kanye West’s Mental Health ‘Bravery’ He’s since deleted his Instagram account after a message alluded to suicide.
12:30 P.M. Disney Channel Actor Arrested for Plotting Sex With Minor Stoney Westmoreland had a prominent role on Andi Mack.
Dec. 15, 2018 John Mulaney Tried, Failed to Have a Goth Phase “I would buy bracelets at Urban Outfitters.”
Dec. 15, 2018 Colbert Mocks Trump for Canceling His Press Christmas Party Rhymes with Schmox Schnews.
Dec. 15, 2018 Kanye West Slams Ariana Grande for Using Him to Promote Song And now, Grande didn’t appreciate West’s words.
Dec. 14, 2018 Peanuts and NASA Head to Apple to Get Kids Into Space “Into” as in interested in STEM, though eventually, yeah, some of those kids will literally leave the Earth’s atmosphere.

Dec. 14, 2018 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Dec. 14, 2018 25 Places to Grab a Warming Seasonal Drink This Winter Get blitzed with Blitzen.
Dec. 14, 2018 2018 Was the Year of the Slice No more pretenders to the pizza throne.
Dec. 14, 2018 Maile Carpenter’s Grub Street Diet “It’s like drinking a party, instead of just keeping yourself alive.”
Dec. 13, 2018 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Alaska in space, a Coming to America party, and hot toddies.
Dec. 13, 2018 10 Dining Trends We’re Tired Of The year was filled with excellent new restaurants; it was also filled with some truly irritating gimmicks.
Dec. 13, 2018 What’s the Deal With the World’s First ‘Lab-Grown’ Steak? An Israeli company says it’s two years away from bringing a lab-grown steak to market, which is really good news for the environment.
Dec. 13, 2018 The Best Cookbooks of 2018 Including another Ina Garten hit; instant classics from the world’s best restaurants; and deep dives into Persian, Korean, and Southern cuisine.
Dec. 12, 2018 It’s Time to Stop Calling Foods ‘Crack’ A restaurant chain is nixing the term from its menu, and others should follow.
Dec. 12, 2018 The Absolute Best New Restaurants of 2018 A diner’s dozen.
Dec. 12, 2018 Old Bay Maker Understandably Upset About ‘New Bae’ Spice Mix A new lawsuit aims to shut down the copycat.
Dec. 12, 2018 How Narcissa Makes a Sweet Potato Taste Like Bacon Murasaki and Okinawan sweet potatoes are boiled, smoked, smashed, and deep-fried, then draped in two Peruvian-inspired sauces and pickled peppers.
Dec. 11, 2018 Drink the World’s Best Dessert Wine With a Twinkie Sauternes: Great with Twinkies and with foie gras.
Dec. 11, 2018 Journalists Arrested for Inserting Salt Bae Into Last Supper Jordan’s government accused them of inciting sectarian strife.
Dec. 11, 2018 The Underground Gourmet’s Year-End Digest The top pizzas, sandwiches, dishes, and desserts of 2018, ranked.
Dec. 10, 2018 A New Kaiseki Spot From a Renowned Chef Opens Tomorrow Odo will offer dishes like washugyu rib eye with sansho-soy sauce.
Dec. 10, 2018 The Egg Salad Sandwich That Won Instagram in 2018 Food that manages to be gorgeous without resorting to gimmicks.
Dec. 10, 2018 Instacart Shoppers Are Boycotting Over Falling Wages Under a new pay model, employees have seen their earnings fall by half or more.
Dec. 9, 2018 Mario Batali’s Empire in the Wake of Mario Batali A year after allegations against him emerged, anyone who eats at Babbo is still filling his pockets.
Dec. 7, 2018 Trailblazing Cocktail Bar Flatiron Lounge Will Close Julie Reiner’s destination bar ushered in New York mixology’s golden age.

Dec. 14, 2018 The Best Thing I Bought This Year Was an Invisible Puffer “If you’re looking to bundle up (without going full Canada Goose), it’s the best way to game the system.”
Dec. 14, 2018 A Gift (That You Can Buy on Amazon) for Every Type of Dad Including water picks, smart notebooks, and healthier frying machines.
Dec. 14, 2018 What’s the Best (Affordable) Cashmere Sweater to Give? What’s the softest, most luxurious (affordable) cashmere sweater to gift for the holidays?
Dec. 14, 2018 The 23 Best Travel Gifts, According to Frequent Travelers From a space pen to indestructible headphones.
Dec. 14, 2018 The Best Air Purifiers, According to Air-Quality Experts Banish pollen, pet dander, mold, and more.
Dec. 14, 2018 The Best Design-y Mugs, According to Design People For coffee, tea, plants, or pens.
Dec. 14, 2018 Welcome to the Strategist’s Celebrity White Elephant Follow the journey of the Queen Elizabeth figurine, see who wins a karaoke microphone, and find out who brought composting worms.
Dec. 14, 2018 39 Things on Sale You’ll Want, From Wolford to Timberland Lots of giftable things on sale, from Everlane, Uniqlo, Madewell, Frye, and more.
Dec. 14, 2018 The 35 Best Holiday Gifts for Dads Under $50 on Jet Including beard trimmers, culty fragrances, toasters, binoculars, smart TV kits, and cocktail making sets.
Dec. 13, 2018 30 Gifts Under $30 on Amazon for Every Type of Co-worker Including your boss, your work spouse, and your friend in HR.
Dec. 13, 2018 Ask Strat: Where Can I Find this Lipstick from the GBBO? “It’s a red-pink hybrid, like some sort of tropical Hawaiian Punch situation.”
Dec. 13, 2018 24 Tech Gifts Under $50 That You Can Buy on Amazon Including a wireless phone charger, blue-light-blocking glasses, and an Alexa-enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass.
Dec. 13, 2018 Extremely Warm Madewell Sweaters Are Up to 65 Percent Off Stock up for the cold weather still to come.
Dec. 13, 2018 35 Stocking Stuffers Under $15 (That You Can Buy on Amazon) Including a chocolate rocks and a Bluetooth speaker.
Dec. 12, 2018 The Best Beauty Gifts on Amazon Under $30 That will please every kind of beauty obsessive.
Dec. 12, 2018 The Best Day Each Month Is the Day My Universal Yums Arrives Delicious treats from around the world for $16 a month.
Dec. 12, 2018 What’s the Best Wallet to Give? To help us sort through the vast wallet-sphere, we talked to buyers, tastemakers, and fashion directors.
Dec. 12, 2018 This pH-Balanced Body Wash Is Shockingly Eczema-Friendly It emulsifies like a dream.
Dec. 12, 2018 Barbour Jackets and Vests for Men Up to 50 Percent Off For all your winter layering.
Dec. 12, 2018 A Gift for Every Type of Mom (That You Can Buy on Amazon) From the gorpcore mom to the Floridian mom.

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