2020

Schiff ends the day with a fiery push for Trump’s removal.

Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the lead impeachment manager, stepped back to the Senate lectern around 10 p.m. Eastern to deliver one final argument for the day. It turned out to be a stemwinder, jolting the sleepy Senate to attention as Mr. Schiff argued more explicitly than ever before for President Trump’s removal from

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21 Dating Terms From ‘Love Island’ That Totally Confuse American Viewers

Like many recent American viewers of “Love Island,” I feel like I’ve stumbled upon trash television gold. (Sorry, “90 Day Fiance,” you’ve been dethroned.) The hit ITV2 dating show is pretty simple: Take a group of conventionally “hot” 20-somethings, put them in a villa in Majorca, and watch them pair up and inevitably mate poach.

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Does Russia’s new culture minister hate the arts?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Olga Lyubimova comes from a family of theatre professionals Russia’s new culture minister, Olga Lyubimova, has experience of film and TV production but she apparently once wrote “I’m not bloody cultured at all”. She is part of the new government team under Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The blunt views

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Trump Impeachment Hearings: Highlights From Today’s Trial

For Day 2 of their opening arguments, the House impeachment managers focused on the abuse of power charge against Trump. The seven House impeachment managers, led by Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, resumed oral arguments on Thursday, with 16 hours and 42 minutes remaining, and started to build out their legal case that

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