2020

Logjam Over Impeachment Trial Leaves Trump Prosecutors Little Time to Prepare

WASHINGTON — On New Year’s Day in 1999, Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, Republican of Wisconsin, sat on the floor of his Capitol Hill office, surrounded by piles of documents and legal notes, drafting his opening argument in President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial in the Senate. With the sound of the University of Wisconsin Badgers facing off

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‘Split ticket’ rail fares to go mainstream say experts

Image copyright PA Media Thousands of passengers could save money on rail fares as “split tickets” become more common, experts predict. Buying individual tickets for portions of the same journey can work out cheaper, but the practice has previously remained a “niche”. Leading travel website Trainline has now released SplitSave, which aims to find cheaper

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Happy Birthday, Trump Tells Kim. Not Enough, North Korea Says.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Saturday that President Trump had sent birthday greetings to its leader, Kim Jong-un, but added that the rapport between the two leaders would not help resolve their countries’ nuclear standoff. Ever since his first summit meeting with Mr. Kim, in Ju​ne 2018, Mr. Trump has repeatedly flaunted

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Lakeith Stanfield On ‘Knives Out,’ ‘Uncut Gems’ And Falling Asleep During ‘Joker’

Lakeith Stanfield gives polar-opposite performances in two of winter’s biggest sleeper hits. In the all-star whodunnit “Knives Out,” he plays an unflappable detective investigating the murder of a wealthy crime novelist (Christopher Plummer). In “Uncut Gems,” he’s a cocksure broker whose diamond-dealer boss (Adam Sandler) becomes engrossed in the frenzy of a high-stakes transaction involving

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Paperclipping Is The Latest Annoying Dating Trend You Have To Deal With

Over the summer, Brooklyn-based artist Samantha Rothenberg posted a comic that summed up a certain type of dater: a person who, after casually dating you in the past, drops in every so often via text for no logical reason ― except to not-so-subtly remind you of their existence. “Who remembers clippy? 📎,” Rothenberg joked to

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