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GOP Senators Are Already Bailing From the Convention in Florida Next Month

Five Republican senators announced this week that they would skip the convention in Jacksonville, further revealing the uselessness of the event.
Everything We Learned From Mary Trump’s Book

In Too Much and Never Enough, the president’s niece describes how he allegedly cheated on the SATs and that he made lurid comments about her.
Loeffler Attacks WNBA for Honoring Black Lives Matter

The endangered Georgia Republican senator triangulated against the league and the team she partly owns.
Trump Picked the Wrong Hostage in Battle Over Confederate-Named Military Bases

Senator Chuck Grassley predicts that Republicans will override Trump if he vetoes the defense bill to block the renaming of military bases.
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Protests have erupted after the shooting death of James Garcia, who was parked in his friend’s driveway when officers surrounded him with guns drawn.
A Black Man Says He Was the Victim of an ‘Attempted Lynching’

Vauhxx Booker says he was attacked by a group of white men who threatened to “get a noose.”
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive for the Coronavirus

After months of downplaying its seriousness, the far-right leader has contracted the coronavirus.
Ranks of Republican Women in Senate Could Be Decimated in November

As many as four of the GOP’s nine women in the Senate could lose, and a fifth is a prospect for a party switch.
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ICE Makes International Students Choose Between Coronavirus Risk and Deportation

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A Tell-all Book About Melania Trump Appears to Be on Its Way

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Prince Andrew Reportedly Too ‘Nervous’ to Vacation

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If convicted, she could face up to a year in jail.
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10:02 P.M. World Leader in COVID-19 Deaths to Leave WHO The Trump administration has officially notified the U.N. that the U.S. will leave the World Health Organization in 2021.
9:31 P.M. GOP Senators Are Already Bailing From the Florida Convention Five Republican senators announced this week that they would skip the convention in Jacksonville, further revealing the uselessness of the event.
7:15 P.M. Could Dumping Pence Be a Last-Minute Game Changer for Trump? Incapable of changing his ways to salvage reelection, Trump might decide blaming the coronavirus mess on Pence and dropping him is the only option.
7:08 P.M. Coronavirus Hot Spot States by the Numbers A rundown of states — like Arizona, Florida, and Texas — facing alarming summer outbreaks, including closures, caseloads, and hospitalizations.
6:25 P.M. Everything We Learned From Mary Trump’s Book In Too Much and Never Enough, the president’s niece describes how he allegedly cheated on the SATs and that he made lurid comments about her.
5:07 P.M. Loeffler Attacks WNBA for Honoring Black Lives Matter The endangered Georgia Republican senator triangulated against the league and the team she partly owns.
4:48 P.M. Trump Picks Bad Hostage in Fight for Confederate-Named Bases Senator Chuck Grassley predicts that Republicans will override Trump if he vetoes the defense bill to block the renaming of military bases.
4:45 P.M. Why Big Tech’s Congressional Testimony Will Be a Bust Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher discuss why they’re pessimistic about this month’s grilling of Zuckerberg, Bezos, Cook, and Pichai.
1:24 P.M. ‘A Hate Crime Against Future Generations’ Scott Galloway thinks the coronavirus bailout packages are little more than another wealth transfer to the rich.
12:55 P.M. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive for the Coronavirus After months of downplaying its seriousness, the far-right leader has contracted the coronavirus.
12:45 P.M. Republican Women in Senate Could Be Decimated in November As many as four of the GOP’s nine women in the Senate could lose, and a fifth is a prospect for a party switch.
12:38 P.M. Theaters and Malls Are Empty. They Should Become Classrooms. Concert halls, armories, the Javits Center: They could serve as schoolrooms with kids widely spaced.
10:39 A.M. Florida Schools Ordered to Reopen in August Schools will still be allowed to offer online learning, but in-person classes must be available for all who want it.
8:00 A.M. Why the Convention Trump Wants to Have Is Worse Than Useless Even in the unlikely event Trump’s self-celebration in Jacksonville goes off as planned, convention “bounces” may be a thing of the past.
7:00 A.M. The Coronavirus Crisis Is Proving That Democracy Works The president is bleeding support in counties hit hard by COVID-19, as previously pro-Trump voters rationally respond to evidence of his failures.
July 6, 2020 Former Melania Confidant Pens Latest Trump Tell-All Book Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former adviser to Melania Trump, is set to release a book on her friendship with the first lady on September 1.
July 6, 2020 ICE: Foreign Students Must Take in-Person Classes or Leave ICE’s new ruling requires that college students with visas take in-person courses, transfer to a campus with physical classes, or exit the U.S.
July 6, 2020 Trump Targeting Wrong Battleground States, As Hillary Did The president needs to focus on lifting his national numbers, not “playing defense” in Ohio or Iowa.
July 6, 2020 Trump Can’t Turn Bubba Wallace Into Colin Kaepernick In his attempt to demonize an innocent driver, the president finds that even NASCAR won’t listen to him anymore.
July 6, 2020 Amy Cooper Faces Charges After Calling Cops on Black Birder If convicted, she could face up to a year in jail.

6:11 P.M. Now This Is a Perfect Baby Name Congrats to Usain Bolt on the birth of his daughter.
6:04 P.M. Need Supply and Totokaelo Will Shutter The companies, comprised of regional boutiques, wide-ranging e-commerce, and their own house labels, fell victim to mismanagement and the pandemic.
5:22 P.M. A Protest Fashion Show Under the Hollywood Sign Imitation of Christ returns with three teens at the helm.
5:16 P.M. Chanel’s Couture Collection Is Inspired by Karl Lagerfeld The brand taps into its decadent side.
4:26 P.M. The Best High-School Drama You’re Not Watching Is on TikTok Let’s break down the clownery.
4:25 P.M. The U.S. Keeps Seeing Record Numbers of Coronavirus Cases There’s only one state where new cases are currently decreasing.
4:10 P.M. When Will Schools Reopen? Everything we know about when it will be safe for schools to resume in-person classes — and what it will look like when they do.
3:41 P.M. A Video Runway Show That Points to the Future Hermès pushes through the constraints of quarantine to bring a collection to life.
3:34 P.M. Phoenix Police Shot and Killed a Man Sitting in a Parked Car Protests have erupted after the shooting death of James Garcia, who was parked in his friend’s driveway when officers surrounded him with guns drawn.
2:20 P.M. A Black Man Says He Was the Victim of an Attempted Lynching Vauhxx Booker says he was attacked by a group of white men who threatened to “get a noose.”
2:09 P.M. The Trump Administration Is Considering Banning TikTok The U.S. opened a national-security investigation into the app last year.
1:32 P.M. Scientists Discover the Hungriest Hole New research shows that the universe’s fastest-growing supermassive black hole is gobbling up one sun per day.
12:00 P.M. ‘My Job Started Giving Me Panic Attacks. How Do I Get Out?’ If you wait for an easy time to go, you could be waiting years.
10:08 A.M. Are Chris Evans and Lily James Hooking Up or What? The two were spotted sharing a cab back to Chris’s hotel in London.
10:01 A.M. Elisabeth Moss Could Play Shirley Jackson Forever The actress talks getting into the head of the infamous writer.
7:00 A.M. The Secondhand Refrigerators Feeding New Yorkers Community fridges across the city are fighting food insecurity, reducing waste, and uniting neighbors.
July 6, 2020 Prince Andrew Reportedly Too ‘Nervous’ to Vacation Sources say he is growing increasingly anxious in the wake of Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest.
July 6, 2020 What Will College Be Like in the Fall? Most universities say they plan to resume in-person classes, but life on campus will be a lot different.
July 6, 2020 Iris van Herpen Casts Another Game of Thrones Actress Melisandre makes an appearance in a new fashion film.
July 6, 2020 Amy Cooper Charged With Filing a False Police Report After she called 911 and falsely claimed that a Black bird-watcher was threatening her life in Central Park.

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11:00 P.M. Animated Series Based On Hair Love Coming to HBO Max Characters from Matthew A. Cherry’s Oscar-winning short will return in the series.
6:59 P.M. Justin Timberlake Says Bye Bye Bye to Confederate Monuments He called for the removal of Confederate monuments throughout the US.
6:30 P.M. The 30 Best Comedies on Hulu Right Now Best in Show, My Cousin Vinny, Booksmart, and more.
6:07 P.M. Academy: Hamilton Movie Won’t Be Eligible at 2021 Oscars Despite what the Academy says, Disney reportedly plans to submit the project for the Oscars and various guild awards.
6:05 P.M. Pop Smoke’s Story Deserves a Better Ending Than This The main artist feels profoundly missing on his posthumous debut album.
4:19 P.M. Diane Keaton Takes You Inside Her Own Personal Haberdashery Fantastic hats and how to wear them.
4:03 P.M. The Best High-School Drama You’re Not Watching Is on TikTok Let’s break down the clownery.
4:02 P.M. Mark Proksch’s Unaired Comedy Pilot Will Make You Scream It comes highly recommended by his Shadows co-star Natasia Demetriou.
4:00 P.M. 12 Music Supervisors on the TV Needle Drops They Really Love From High Fidelity, Ramy, Watchmen, and more.
3:54 P.M. Aidy Bryant Has Fallen in Love With SNL All Over Again The Shrill star talks SNL’s remote episodes and her future on the show on this week’s Good One. podcast
1:40 P.M. SiriusXM Is Buying Stitcher. What Happens Next? The deal, reportedly valued at $300 million, would make Stitcher the priciest podcast acquisition to date.
1:16 P.M. Let’s Harvest All of Neil Young’s Newest Insults to Trump He won’t sue Trump. For now.
1:06 P.M. Watch a Brief Teaser of Luca Guadagnino’s New HBO Show Coming this September.
12:56 P.M. Pusha-T and Young Thug Are Beefing Over Pop Smoke’s Album You got all that?
12:06 P.M. All the Celebrities Who Have Tested Positive for Coronavirus And the stories they’ve shared.
12:05 P.M. Netflix’s The Old Guard Is Breathtaking Once you watch it, you’ll wish every superhero movie were this good.
11:33 A.M. Ennio Morricone Was His Own Musical Genre The famed composer made soundtrack music that lived on its own. Each piece was an expressive universe unto itself.
10:39 A.M. Below Deck: Mediterranean Recap: Stay the Course These guests just don’t stop.
10:14 A.M. All the Live Events, Movie Releases Affected by Coronavirus Who’s next?

2:35 P.M. Is the Uber-Postmates Deal Good for Restaurants? Operators tell Grub Street: It’s complicated.
9:00 A.M. A Few Things We Won’t Miss in a Post-COVID Restaurant World Farewell to obsessive napkin folding, complimentary bread baskets, and communal seating.
July 6, 2020 Uber Purchases Postmates The ride-hailing giant, which operates Uber Eats, had also tried to buy Grubhub.
July 6, 2020 The Underground Gourmet Tries Alternate-Side Dining With the reopening of New York restaurants, all food is street food.
July 3, 2020 Actress Rosalind Chao’s Grub Street Diet “I’m not one of those cooks who can just throw things together.”
July 2, 2020 Can New York’s Restaurants Survive on Outdoor Dining Alone? Owners are scrambling as they make just a fraction of what they need to stay in business.
July 1, 2020 L.A. Times Food Editor Leaves After Allegations of Abuse Peter Meehan had been at the paper since October 2018.
July 1, 2020 Indoor Dining Postponed Indefinitely in New York City It’s the only sensible thing to do.
July 1, 2020 Please, Tip 50 Percent At least that much.
July 1, 2020 How a Restaurant Reopens Before customers arrive, a million decisions must get made.
June 30, 2020 This Is Not the Time to Reopen New York’s Bars It would be a disaster.
June 29, 2020 I Lost My Dad to Coronavirus. I Have to Reopen For Him. Chef Leah Cohen remembers her father.
June 29, 2020 A New Culinary Collective Aims to Empower LGBTQ Makers Totes Gay is run by the people behind MeMe’s Diner and Queer Soup Night.
June 26, 2020 Food Media Must Work Harder to Fix Its Racism Problem It’s not enough to apologize.
June 26, 2020 Fort Defiance Won’t Reopen As a Restaurant Instead, owner St. John Frizell says the Red Hook institution will remain a grocery store.
June 26, 2020 Artist Andrew Kuo’s Grub Street Diet “That’s my dream — to live in a place big enough for a second freezer.”
June 25, 2020 Can You Get Excited to Go to a Restaurant Right Now? A simple quiz.
June 25, 2020 How to Picnic Now, According to Experts “Picnics are the restaurants of COVID.”
June 24, 2020 Is It Time to Get Rid of Menus for Good? Many people are wondering why we still cling to the idea of unsanitary, wasteful paper.
June 24, 2020 8 Pasta Kits Even a Pasta Granny Could Get Behind Splitting the difference between a romantic night out and ripping open a box of De Cecco.

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4:00 P.M. The Best Sofas Under $1,000, According to Interior Designers From a faux-leather option to one that ships flat packed.
3:04 P.M. How to Podcast From Home, According to Podcasters Everything you need to make the next hit podcast without leaving your house.
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2:20 P.M. Everything You Need for Car Picnics and Drive-in Movies “I’m a California transplant so the car is my favorite accessory. I essentially treat it like a giant purse.”
1:20 P.M. These Neogen Exfoliating Pads Are 25 Percent Off It’s basically a facial.
July 6, 2020 The Best Products for Curly Hair, According to Hair Experts Including a product that works “on every single curl type — loose, wavy, tight curls, tightly coiled, all of it.”
July 6, 2020 This $200 Bike Stand Is an Affordable Alternative to Peloton It’s a challenging and inexpensive option until real spin classes resume.
July 6, 2020 The Social Club for POC Offering Free Grieving Sessions In the months since COVID-19 hit, Ethel’s Club has gained members as far afield as Norway and is actively looking to raise money to hire new staffers.
July 6, 2020 10 Things On Sale You’ll Want: From Equipment to Tom Ford Including a pair of still-in-stock roller skates and some humidity-resistant foundation.
July 6, 2020 These Comfy Chaco Sandals Are 40 Percent Off They’re a favorite among stylish people, expert hikers, and camp counselors.
July 6, 2020 A Beginners’ Guide to Hiking, According to Hiking Experts From the best app for choosing a trail, down to the most supportive shoes.
July 6, 2020 What Actor Michael Zegen Can’t Live Without “I got this because my trainer told me to.”
July 5, 2020 8 Products That Delighted Us Last Week on the Strategist Including a projector screen for an at-home movie theater and a popsicle-inspired lip tint.
July 3, 2020 The Strategist’s Guide to the Best July 4 Sales — So Far Keep checking back in as new sales are added, and stuff sells out.
July 3, 2020 The Most Worth-It Products at Sephora’s Fourth of July Sale An unusually pearlescent Pat McGrath highlighter and a leave-in conditioner I plan to stock up on.
July 2, 2020 Everything You Need for a Power Outage, According to Experts We talked to city officials and preppers to find everything you need to build a blackout kit.
July 2, 2020 The Best Gifts for Beer Lovers, According to Brewers Because you can do better than a novelty beer helmet.
July 2, 2020 The Best Wedge Pillows, According to Sleep Experts Prop yourself up to relieve snoring, heartburn, and congestion.
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