In his previous occupation, the final week of August was a time Doug Baldwin would be in the final stages of preparing for the grind of the upcoming NFL season. On Monday, Baldwin sat in an empty field, talking about the next stage of his life away from and with a focus on philanthropy and […]
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The Federal Election Commission, the beleaguered independent agency that is supposed to serve as the watchdog over how money is raised and spent in American elections, has long been criticized as dysfunctional, if not toothless. Now the state of affairs at the agency is poised to get even worse: It will no longer even have
The U.S. Election Watchdog Needs 4 of 6 Members to Enforce the Law. It Now Has 3. Read More »
Money can’t buy you class ― but it can apparently buy you a piece of one of the “Real Housewives” franchise’s now most recognizable and iconic running gags. Jovani, for the uninitiated, is a fashion brand that Medley introduced to co-star Luann de Lesseps ahead of de Lesseps’ infamous cabaret show. Medley quite generously arranged
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption The celebrities for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing were introduced by co-hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman at a red carpet launch on Monday evening. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption This year’s 15 celebrity contestants offered a glimpse of their dance floor moves on the stage at BBC
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While most of the world’s population can look forward to living longer, white people in the United States without a college degree are living shorter lives due to an epidemic of drug abuse and alcoholism. Nobel economist Sir Angus Deaton says these “deaths of despair” are driven by inequality. Producer Ian Rose; Film editor: Rob
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SAN FRANCISCO — One of the biggest semiconductor makers in the United States on Monday initiated a broad legal attack on Taiwan’s dominant chip manufacturer, the latest twist in a complex geopolitical battle over electronic components that could affect big chip users like Apple and Google. Globalfoundries, which runs former IBM chip factories in New
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Ryan McMahon hit a two-run homer in the ninth to lift the Colorado Rockies to a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday. McMahon hit a 1-1 fastball from Jerry Blevins just over the scoreboard in right field for the second game-ending homer of his career. Nolan Arenado started the inning with a walk
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Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Thomas Kaplan, filling in for Lisa Lerer. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts turned heads on Sunday with the crowd at her town hall in Seattle: some 15,000 people, according to an estimate provided by her campaign. Joe Nguyen, a state senator
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LONDON — As President Trump intermittently escalates and moderates his trade war with China, his conflicting signals reflect a reality that limits his actions: He can try to sever the deeply intertwined American commercial relationship with China, or he can prod economic growth to assuage the fears of investors around the planet. But he cannot
Trump Can Battle China or Expand the Economy. He Can’t Do Both. Read More »
The first judgment came Monday in a lawsuit from a state government seeking to hold a drug company accountable for a U.S. opioid crisis that has ripped apart lives and communities. More trials and legal settlements are likely to follow the ruling in Oklahoma as the nation looks for answers and solutions to a massive
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