September 2019

How Mark Milley, a General Who Mixes Bluntness and Banter, Became Trump’s Top Military Adviser

WASHINGTON — Mark A. Milley never planned to spend his life in the military. He faced a choice between joining crew-cut cadets at West Point and attending an Ivy League university. As he weighed the decision, his father, a Marine who fought at Iwo Jima in World War II, made clear he did not want

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Ira Lipman, Security Man Who Spoke Out for Air Safety, Dies at 78

Ira A. Lipman, who founded one of the first major private security companies and, long before 9/11, gave prescient advice on safeguarding airport passengers from terrorists, died on Sept. 16 in Manhattan. He was 78. The cause was complications of lymphoma, his son Gustave Lipman said. As president and chairman of Guardsmark, Mr. Lipman commanded

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Biden Campaign Urges TV Networks to Stop Booking Giuliani

Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidential campaign contacted top television anchors and networks on Sunday to “demand” that Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, be kept off the air because of what they called his misleading comments about the Biden family and Ukraine. “We are writing today with grave concern that you continue to book

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Who Succeeds Mark Carney? Brexit Brings Uncertainty to the Bank of England

The British government is hiring. Requirements: A candidate who can keep markets calm, put up with criticism from politicians and deftly respond to an unprecedented economic event as Britain tears itself away from the European Union, while the rest of the world economy stutters. Send applications to: Unknown. The person who succeeds Mark Carney as

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Kamala Harris Has The Perfect Response To Maya Rudolph’s ‘SNL’ Spoof

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who was spoofed by comic Maya Rudolph on “Saturday Night Live” as a no-nonsense “walking, talking TNT show,” is proving that she knows how to take a joke.  Launching its 45th season with a bang, the show hosted a mock CNN Democratic forum to talk impeachment, because, as Cecily Strong playing

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