The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court is the dismal capper on a disastrous week of news for those who believe the court’s current conservatives aren’t neutral umpires in the great game of law and politics, but rather ardent and crafty partisans intent on securing Republican control …
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Remember when, two years ago this month, Donald Trump Jr. agreed to meet with Russiansinside Trump Tower? You may recall that the man who arranged that meeting was a music promoter and publicist named Rob Goldstone. One of Goldstone’s clients, a Russian pop star, Emin Agalarov, as well as Emin’s …
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Here’s a good way to understand the day: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was scheduled to hold her Monday briefing at 1:15 pm. ET. Then it was moved back to 3:30, then 4:00, then 5:00. The final delay came with a notice that Department of Homeland Security Secretary …
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Chani Nicholas doesn’t care for the hulking Alex Katz painting, depicting a trio of suited white men, hanging behind the front desk of the Langham hotel in New York. It reminds her of the patriarchy, she tells me one rainy, starless night in February, as we take the elevator up …
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A majority of justices on the Supreme Court in late June – my best guess is Monday, June 25 – will endorse the Trump administration’s latest travel ban not because it is just, moral, necessary or even sensible, but because the Constitution and Congress have given presidents, even a president …
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The Hunt & Fish Club in Midtown Manhattan looks nothing like it sounds. There are no deer heads on the wall, no trout trophies, no pheasants taxidermied to appear as if in mid-flight. Most of the surfaces are mirrored, and the ones that aren’t are made of marble. It looks …
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Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff discussed the “surreal” release of his explosive new book, his White House access and Donald Trump‘s “very angry” reaction in a new interview. “It’s a weird combination of totally normal — I just sit at the desk behind the computer like always — and …
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The Republican tax plan now up for debate in the House is a budget-buster, creating $1.7 trillion in new deficits over ten years. It’s another mark of ideological bankruptcy from a party that, just a few years ago, shut down the government – and threatened to throw America into default …
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