[ad_1] For decades, ambitious politicians with eyes on a future presidential run made pilgrimages to Iowa and New Hampshire, casually popping in at fairs and local fund-raising dinners as if they just happened to be in the area. When President Biden pushed Democrats to place South Carolina first on their presidential primary calendar, the geography … Read more
[ad_1] Taylor Swift, you may have noticed, is everywhere: packing arenas on the Eras tour; filling theaters with her concert film; popping onto your TV screen from a luxury suite at Kansas City Chiefs games, cheering on her boyfriend, Travis Kelce. And now she’s living rent-free in Fox News hosts’ heads. After reports that the … Read more
[ad_1] Two years ago, Bank of America won kudos from climate activists for saying it would no longer finance new coal mines, coal-burning power plants or Arctic drilling projects because of the toll they take on the environment. The bank’s latest environment and social-risk policy reneged on those commitments. The policy, updated in December, says … Read more
[ad_1] When TikTok users open the app these days, they encounter a platform stripped of music by many of their favorite artists. Dancers bob and sway without a beat drop. People lip-sync to silence. Because of a licensing rift between the platform and Universal Music Group, which releases music by Playboi Carti, Taylor Swift, Drake, … Read more
[ad_1] “ Trump vs. Biden: No Thanks,” read a recent USA Today headline. But the problem isn’t just that a small number of states can have an outsized influence over our politics or that the primary system locks in unpopular candidate choices so far in advance of the election. It is also that the system … Read more
[ad_1] U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Trump’s federal election case, has tried to keep it on an expeditious track, and the trial is officially slated to begin on March 4. Chutkan, though, has strongly suggested she’ll push back that start date to account for each day of delay caused by Trump’s immunity … Read more
[ad_1] “That is progress, my friends,” Durbin said. However, the group largely remained silent, or demurred, when directly asked about their support for the full suite of laws. That included Yaccarino as well when Graham asked: “In English: Do you support the EARN IT Act, yes or no?” She declined to support it. The EARN … Read more
[ad_1] “I wonder who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month,” he posted. “And I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall. Just some wild speculation over here, let’s see how it ages over the next 8 months.” After a spate of media reports on … Read more
[ad_1] Biden’s ballooning payroll and cash balance reflect the campaign’s pivot to what’s likely to be the longest general election season in modern political history. The shift comes after months of a slow build-up in staffing, and the ramp-up has continued since. Biden spent the last month hitting the campaign trail with speeches and rallies … Read more
[ad_1] Later on, as we got closer to trial, we realized we needed someone to be able to describe what Bergdorf Goodman was like in those years and why it was not even remotely implausible that you could be in the lingerie department on the sixth floor on a Thursday evening and have no one … Read more