January 2020

Seth Meyers Offers A Savage Analogy For Senators’ Behavior At Impeachment Trial

Entertainment /

The “Late Night” host roasted senators at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in his Thursday night segment for their decorum (or lack thereof) over the first three days of the trial. Under rules imposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, senators had limited options to be distracted in the chamber: No […]

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Bittersweet: Caroline Wozniacki’s career ends in Australia

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MELBOURNE, Australia — It was bittersweet, Caroline. Tears flowed after 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki’s professional career ended with a third-round loss Friday at Melbourne Park. Wozniacki — “I’m not a crier,” she insisted — got emotional in her courtside chair after being beaten 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 by Ons Jabeur. The familiar Neil Diamond

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Senators are restless as the trial stretches into the night.

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Over a dozen cars at the Capitol idled waiting to take senators away from the trial.Credit…Calla Kessler/The New York Times Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, wanted a change of perspective. So as the third day of President Trump’s impeachment trial stretched into yet another late night, he climbed a flight of stairs and

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Oklahoma governor orders ban on state travel to California

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is banning state-funded travel to the state of California January 23, 2020, 9:30 PM 1 min read OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Thursday banned state-funded travel to California in response to a similar ban California placed on travel to the Sooner State. The first-term Republican issued an executive

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American Dirt: Oprah book club pick suffers Latino backlash

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Image copyright @jeaninecummins In an author’s note for hit new novel American Dirt, author Jeanine Cummins says she wished “someone slightly browner than me” had written it. “But,” continued Ms Cummins, a white writer with Puerto Rican forbearers, “then I thought, if you’re a person who has the capacity to be a bridge, why not

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Sonos CEO says speakers will work ‘as long as possible’

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Image copyright Getty Images The boss of Sonos apologised on Thursday for a decision to prevent older speakers from receiving software updates. In a statement, the company’s chief executive Patrick Spence said the company would deliver updates to all products “for as long as possible”. But the company did not retract its earlier decision. The

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Impeachment Briefing: Day 2 of the Democrats’ Case

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This is the Impeachment Briefing, The Times’s newsletter about the impeachment investigation. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weeknight. What happened today Democratic managers continued making opening arguments in the trial, concentrating on the first impeachment article accusing President Trump of abuse of power. The lawmakers incorporated constitutional references, reams of

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