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Credit Ben Wiseman It’s not as if Donald Trump wants for self-amusement, but still I pity him the apparent end of his search for a secretary of state. He had such a blast with it. Luminary upon luminary genuflected before him. Oracle upon oracle plumbed the mists of his utterances. (“Just met with General Petraeus,” he…
Mike Pence.Photo: Darron Cummings/AP Indiana governor and Donald Trump running mate Mike Pence — notable for getting incensed at the animated Disney movie Mulan for being liberal propaganda that promoted the idea of women in the military — was once just a man getting incensed at the idea of working mothers allegedly stunting their children’s…
Time Magazine’s annual “Person of the Year” announcement is, year after year, grossly misunderstood. Time Magazine is clear on its sole criterion – “the person who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year” – yet, do a simple search on Twitter and you will find countless people who seem…
President-elect Donald Trump is interviewed Saturday by Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday” in Trump Tower in New York. (Richard Drew/AP) Global warming — “it’s a hoax.” Donald Trump has said that more than once. So it’s understandable that the request by the president-elect’s transition team for the names of individual Energy Department employees and…
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump issued a single tweet blasting defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. at 8:30 a.m. on Monday. By lunchtime, he had wiped $4 billion off the company’s market value. Wall Street traders began dumping the company’s stock after Trump criticized its fighter jet program: “The F-35 program and cost is out…
Anderson Cooper and Kellyanne Conway from short time ago on CNN … COOPER: Congressman Adam Schiff tweeted today saying “If Trump was as smart as he claims to be he’d understand how little he knows and how much he’ll come to depend on the Intel community. ” Why doesn’t — CONWAY: Wow. People are…
close story-meta A filing cabinet broken into in 1972 as part of the Watergate burglary now sits beside a computer server that Russian hackers breached during the 2016 presidential campaign, both now on display in the basement of the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in Washington. Credit Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times WASHINGTON…
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had hoped to present Russian President Vladimir Putin with a “bridegroom” for Yume, the Akita dog Japanese officials gave the Kremlin leader in 2012. But a Japanese lawmaker said Putin turned down the offer of a companion for Yume, whose name means “Dream.” It may not be the last…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pondering whether he’ll be receiving a noogie or a wedgie this Wednesday at Trump Tower (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Tech industry titans like Apple’s Tim Cook, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, and Elon Musk’s Elon Musk have been beckoned to Supreme Leader-elect Donald Trump’s lair for a meeting on Wednesday. But another…
Photo via AP Kanye West is in New York City today, apparently looking for a new psychiatrist. Also, he stopped by Trump Tower. From the White House press pool: At 9:13, Kanye West entered Trump Tower, with an entourage, including a videographer (though no Kim). He hustled past the pool without comment. The entourage included…