Holiday weeks to test Congress’ willingness to confront the President
The next two weeks on Capitol Hill will test the legislative branch’s ability to confront a President who Democratic and Republican aides have…
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Brexit trade deal reached between UK and European Union with just days to spare
The United Kingdom and European Union have reached a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations. The breakthrough averts a…
Continue ReadingThis snarky bot will brutally take you down for your Spotify taste
Remember that kid in school who thought they had superior, unimpeachable taste in music, and yours was supremely uncool? Somebody trained an AI to be…
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Brexit is finally done. It will leave the UK poorer
The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed on a trade deal, closing the book on more than four years of uncertainty over how the country…
Continue ReadingFor the first time all season, an NFL coach will miss a game due to Covid-19 protocols
Players, assistant coaches and coordinators have all missed National Football League games this season under league Covid-19 protocols, but never has…
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Trump’s been playing the pardon long game his entire presidency
More than a year and a half ago, special counsel Robert Mueller had caught on to what President Donald Trump might do with his pardon power.…
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Is Brexit (really) done and what happens now?
British citizens can breath a sigh of a relief this Christmas, as months of fraught negotiations with the European Union have finally resulted in a…
Continue ReadingGeorge Clooney tries to save humanity in chilly apocalyptic drama ‘The Midnight Sky’
George Clooney takes his biggest directorial swing yet with “The Midnight Sky,” and comes away with a decidedly mixed result. A…
Continue ReadingPatty Jenkins describes the ‘complex’ joy of shooting ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
“Wonder Woman 1984” director Patty Jenkins is thrilled audiences finally have an opportunity to see the film and hopes people will enjoy…
Continue ReadingHouse fails to pass measure to increase stimulus checks to $2,000
The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to…
Continue ReadingZooey Deschanel channels Katy Perry in new music video
Katy Perry’s new music video has us doing a double take. Perry released a video for her song “Not the End of the World” on Monday…
Continue ReadingThese were the deadliest jobs in the US last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Work-related deaths reached a 12-year high in 2019 at more than 5,300, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A worker died every…
Continue ReadingChinese swimmer Sun Yang’s eight-year doping ban set aside by Swiss court ‘on grounds of bias’
China’s triple Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has had an eight-year doping ban “set aside” by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court…
Continue Reading‘Soul’ rivals the Pixar classics but might aim too high for the kids
The best Disney/Pixar animated movies historically straddle the line between delighting children and adults. “Soul,” a Pixar title…
Continue ReadingGiuliani told to preserve all records as lawyers for Dominion warn legal action is ‘imminent’
A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Donald Trump’s…
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Survivors of Blackwater massacre in Iraq slam Trump’s pardons for US guards behind killing
An Iraqi man who survived an infamous massacre of unarmed civilians by American security guards in Baghdad has condemned President Donald…
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Their communities are deserted by pharmacies. Advocates fear this will lead to inequitable vaccine access
Rochelle Sykes worries that her west side Chicago neighborhood will be left out when the Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available next year. The…
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Trump puts on show of erratic behavior in final days
It turns out there are no silent nights in the Trump era. Even in the lead-up to Christmas, even in humiliating loss, even as Americans attempt…
Continue Reading‘Wonder Woman’ vs. ‘Soul’: 2020’s biggest blockbuster battle is on streaming
December has always been one of Hollywood’s blockbuster months. Hit films like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, “Avatar” and…
Continue ReadingHere’s where things stand on Biden’s Cabinet deliberations
President-elect Joe Biden enters the Christmas holiday with the vast majority of his Cabinet nominees announced, yet final deliberations continue for…
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