December 2019

House Panel Grinds Through G.O.P. Objections to Impeachment Articles

But Democrats said that, too, was fallacious, noting that Mr. Trump allowed the aid to be delivered only after he had been briefed about the whistle-blower complaint. The security assistance funds were released “because the president got caught,” said Representative Val Demings, Democrat of Florida. She insisted that lawmakers ought not to be persuaded by

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A Recession Hasn’t Arrived (Yet). Here’s Where You’ll See It First.

For a few weeks last summer, you would have been forgiven for thinking the United States was racing headlong into a recession. Financial markets were in turmoil, once-confident business leaders were suddenly jittery and seemingly every financial news outlet was warning that the economy was in trouble. As the year comes to a close, the

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We Asked Actual Divorce Lawyers If They’re As Terrible As They Seem In ‘Marriage Story’

In Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix film “Marriage Story,” former couple Nicole and Charlie want to go the consciously uncoupling route with their divorce. They hire a mediator at first, one who asks them to enumerate the things they love about each other, then read their lists aloud. That doesn’t work out, but they stick to

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