It is a truism in politics that special elections usually don’t mean very much. But Tuesday’s runoff election in the Georgia Six, as it came to be known, could be one of the exceptions to the rule. If, on Tuesday, Read More …
Earlier this month, when a majority of Senate Democrats demanded Al Franken’s resignation after multiple allegations of unwanted kissing and groping, Bernie Sanders called for a “cultural revolution” to combat sexual harassment. The reckoning would affect “not only high-profile men,” Read More …
On Monday, the first day of trading since the announcement that Saudi Arabia had agreed to buy a hundred and ten billion dollars in U.S. weaponry, defense stocks jumped. “General Dynamics (GD.N), Raytheon (RTN.N), and Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) all hit Read More …
Bill O'Reilly, the longtime Fox News star, is leaving the channel amid reports of sexual-harassment allegations made against him. Below, New Yorker writers offer some initial reactions to the news. Credit where it’s due: Fox News finally got rid of Read More …
Last month, after several women had credibly accused her husband, Roy Moore, of trying to seduce them when he was in his thirties and they were in their teens, Kayla Moore published on her Facebook page an open letter, signed Read More …
When Houston floods, it turns into a locked circular labyrinth. The city, my home town, is laid out like a wagon wheel: downtown sits at the center, surrounded by three concentric circles, which are bisected by highways in every direction. Read More …
Among the various chances that congressional Republicans have taken in their effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, one of the riskier moves involves the federal defunding of Planned Parenthood. In both the House and the Senate, replacement legislation has included Read More …
“Pope Francis Sought Psychoanalysis at 42,” the Times headline read. Other outlets treated the news more salaciously—“Pope Reveals,” “Pope Admits.” Some noted that the psychoanalyst in question was Jewish, or that she was a woman. Below the headlines, though, the Read More …
On July 5th, 2016, Senator Bob Corker, of Tennessee, who on Sunday tweeted that the White House had become an “adult day care center” and told the Times that he worried that President Trump might set off “World War III,” walked Read More …
On Wednesday night, President Trump had dinner at the White House with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the top two Democrats in Congress. The three were said to be going over some of the President’s key legislative priorities, including tax Read More …