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Vice President Mike Pence is likely to cast a tiebreaking vote on Tuesday to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, call him the tiebreaker. A vice president does not have much on his plate, as far as constitutional responsibilities go. He presides over the official…
The Senate is expected to vote today on whether to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary. She needs a majority of votes to be confirmed, though Vice President Mike Pence can vote if there is a tie. Here’s a full list of Senate confirmation votes. This page will update live as votes are cast. Live: Senate…
The words of trolls are hurtful, yes — but more than that, they can alter our perception of reality. Mrs. Manningham: It’s strange that you can’t see how you hurt me. That girl laughs at me enough already… Mr. Manningham: But, my dear — if she does that, doesn’t the fault lie with you? Mrs Manningham: [Pause.] You mean that…
As the press secretary for a president who’s obsessed with how things play on cable TV, Sean Spicer’s real audience during his daily televised press briefings has always been an audience of one. And the devastating “Saturday Night Live” caricature of Spicer that aired over the weekend — in which a belligerent Spicer was spoofed…
Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill might look cheap at a recent $404 apiece, down from a peak of over $750 a year and a half ago. Don’t dig in yet, though. The Denver-based burrito chain is moving beyond a punishing sales decline caused by widespread 2015 outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella, and norovirus, but keeping…
Yellow police tape is strung in front of the Inland Regional Center, site of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. in 2015. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) After President Trump made the baffling claim in a speech on Monday that the media was not reporting on terror attacks (“It’s gotten to a point where it’s not…
AddThis Sharing Buttons above Written by Victoria Myers Photography by Jessica Nash January 26th, 2017 Yes, the new play The Oregon Trail does mention having to ford oxen across a river. The play, which takes its name from both the pioneers crossing the country and the iconic ‘90s computer game, is now playing at the…
The Price is Right: Super Bowl Sunday Ads Edition Updated | On just one night a year, the majority of Americans are willing to look past their local allegiances, long-standing biases, or complete ambivalence to sports and come together to watch the ultimate in escapist television: The Super Bowl. In 2015, it even shattered records to…
Trump as Nero Europe Must Defend Itself Against A Dangerous President The United States president is becoming a danger to the world. It is time for Germany and Europe to prepare their political and economic defenses. A DER SPIEGEL Editorial By Klaus Brinkbäumer AFP Is the United States turning its back on liberty? …
Donald Trump’s executive order to halt travel from seven Muslim-majority countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia – has provoked a wave of concern and condemnation from international leaders and politicians. A spokesman for Angela Merkel said the German chancellor regretted Trump’s decision to ban citizens of certain countries from entering the…