A watchdog has challenged the Trump Justice Department's decision to erase the government's main database of Jan. 6 defendants from the web, saying it amounted to an illegal destruction of an official record.
The classics are having a moment. Not that they’ve ever fallen fully out of favor. But like any enduring cultural staple (Shakespeare, beards, long hairstyles) their fortunes wax and wane. Right now, they’re rising. Christopher Nolan announced that his next film, the follow-up to the blockbuster Oscar-winner Oppenheimer, will be an adaptation of the Odyssey. […]
When you get older, your life naturally splits into separate social compartments. You have your family compartment and your work compartment. Your friends are segmented into separate categories: old friends, college friends, and forgot-how-we-became-friends friends. That sort of thing. Most of us keep all of these social silos in separate group text chats. That’s the […]
For my entire conscious life, being a fan of the team known sequentially as the Redskins, the Washington Football Team, or the Commanders was cosmic punishment. Being a supporter of this team meant meditating on what communal sin or inner flaw one’s investment of time and emotion was paying for. Each failed season raised the […]
At age 69, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has an impressive, if mixed, résumé. But when you ask him what his biggest regret is, it’s not buddying up with Jeffrey Epstein or microchipping the populace with the COVID-19 vaccine (kidding!). His biggest failure, he told the Times last week, is his divorce. “That was the […]
The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee accused Elon Musk of tanking a bipartisan spending bill because it included a provision that could limit his businesses' ability to operate in China. In a Friday letter to congressional leaders, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) claimed Musk derailed the deal that would have avoided a government shutdown...
President-elect Trump’s onetime White House adviser Steve Bannon said in an interview that he supports increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations. "I’m for a dramatic increase in corporate taxes. We have to increase taxes on the wealthy. For getting our guys’s taxes cut, we’ve got to cut spending, which they’re gonna resist. Where does...
President-elect Trump is asking a court to intervene in alleged sales of border wall materials, accusing the Biden administration of selling off the materials after it was required to do so by Congress. The new filing from the Trump team relies on reporting from the conservative Daily Wire, which said the Biden administration has been...
House Republicans are eyeing a new spending proposal that would tee up votes on three separate measures: to fund the government, appropriate disaster relief and allocate farm assistance, three sources told The Hill. But in a shift from previous strategy — and in a break from President-elect Trump’s request — the new plan does not include...
Americans' desire to speed up the end of the Russia-Ukraine war has ticked up, a new Gallup survey found. The poll revealed that half of Americans now desire a quick end to the more than 2-year long war even if it means Ukraine does not recover all its territory, an increase of 7 percentage points...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) prohibited state residents from tracking another person without their consent, signing the bill into law Thursday. S.B. 100 is set to take effect in March and makes it illegal for people from using GPS trackers, apps, AirTags or other measures to follow people’s locations. The only exception allows parents to...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Friday afternoon as the threat of a government shutdown ahead of the holidays inches closer. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) signaled early Friday that House Republicans would vote on a third iteration of a spending package, which would fund the government through March. Two previous versions fell...
Veteran news host Dan Abrams announced Thursday that his show "Dan Abrams Live" on the cable network NewsNation will come to an end in February. Abrams, in his statement, suggested he needed to be "practical" about what the future holds and what is "possible" to do every day. He also thanked his team and advisers...
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) urged his House colleagues to reach an end-of-the-year spending agreement ahead of midnight Friday after Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) plan B deal failed the night before. "Everybody around here is always, 'Oh, woe is me.' ... The reality is, we need to get this done. It will be exceptionally stupid if...
