Washington is a lawyer’s town, built on protocols and rules. If this tends to make happy-hour conversation in the city a little more pedantic than the American norm, then it also has its advantages, among them a fanaticism for records. Read More …
Brian Anderson first made his name in skateboarding in the mid-nineties, with a breakout part in “Welcome to Hell,” a video released by the skateboard company Toy Machine. Not long afterward, he was named Skater of the Year by the Read More …
On Monday afternoon, John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff, made his first major staffing decision, forcing out the White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, after less than two weeks on the job. The move was unexpected. President Read More …
At first, Joojoo told Dana that things were going well in northern Jordan. She sent Dana Facebook and WhatsApp messages almost every day, filled with talk of getting a new, better-paying job and more money for her children back in Read More …
Click:chinese fan dance props At a time like this, it is important to express things plainly. On Tuesday evening, Donald Trump acted like a despot. Without warning or provocation, he summarily fired the independent-minded director of the F.B.I., James Comey. Comey Read More …
A maddening type of official document has emerged as a tool of the Trump Administration. This document is short and inadequate to its stated task: providing a rational basis for a highly suspect executive decision. Often, the document contradicts the Read More …
The crisis that erupted last week in Charlottesville is simply an extension of the one that began last summer, when the Republican Party, instead of opposing Donald Trump, decided to go all in on his side. It’s absurd now, for Read More …
The latest victims of a “hot mike,” that miraculous conduit of political candor, are Senator Susan Collins, the Republican from Maine, and her colleague Jack Reed, the Rhode Island Democrat. During a lull in an Appropriations subcommittee meeting on Tuesday, Read More …
On Tuesday, Sean Hannity, who had been an emphatic supporter of the Senate candidate Roy Moore, gave the embattled Republican twenty-four hours to explain the allegations of sexual molestation and misconduct made against him by an increasing number of women Read More …
Less than three weeks ago, on his first trip abroad as President, Donald Trump greeted the young Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who was swathed in white robes and headdress, with effusive warmth. “We’ve been friends now for a Read More …