Why President Trump Is Quietly Caving on Parts of the Shutdown
When President Donald Trump signs a bill guaranteeing back pay for furloughed federal workers Wednesday afternoon, it will be a rare moment of bipartisan agreement during the ongoing partial government shutdown. It will also be the latest sign suggesting that Trump thinks he's losing the fight. In recent days, the Trump Administration has taken several moves to soften t...
5m Jan 17, 2019
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John Bogle, Vanguard Group Inc. Founder, Dies at 89
(Bloomberg) — John Bogle, who popularized the low-cost index-based mutual fund as founder of Vanguard Group Inc. and insisted that most stock-picking money managers weren’t worth the fees they charged, has died. He was 89. He died Wednesday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, citing his family. The cause was cancer. He suffered the first of at least six heart att...
10m Jan 17, 2019
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Meet the Major Candidates Running for President in 2020
More than 450 candidates have already registered with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in 2020. The election is still more than 600 days away, but the Democratic playing field is starting to look crowded. Here are the people officially running and the people dropping hints that they probably will. President Donald Trump [caption id="attachment_5461...
16m Jan 17, 2019
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Rep. Steve King Votes to Rebuke Himself in the House for Racist Comments
(WASHINGTON) — The House has approved a Democratic measure disapproving of Republican Rep. Steve King's comments about white supremacy. The nine-term Iowa congressman was among those supporting the measure, which was approved, 416-1. King says he agrees with South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn, the resolution's sponsor, that white supremacy is an evil that c...
1m Jan 16, 2019
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Scenes From Al-Shabab’s Deadly Hotel Attack in Nairobi
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
2m Jan 16, 2019
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How to Make Your Resume Stand Out, According to HR Executives
Applying for your dream job can be stressful. And while candidates have the advantage in today's competitive job market, it's still hard to land coveted positions. So how do you make your resume stand out among hundreds of applicants? Hiring managers don’t have a ton of time to thoroughly look over each resume, which means you have to be judicious about what to include....
7m Jan 16, 2019
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El Chapo Bragged About Paying $100 Million Bribe to Mexican President Nieto, Trafficker Testifies
(NEW YORK) — A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman once boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to the former president of Mexico. Alex Cifuentes spoke about the alleged bribe to President Ernesto Pena Nieto during his testimony Tuesday in Guzman's trial in New York.
3m Jan 16, 2019
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What We Can Learn About the Mueller Investigation From American's First Special Prosecutor
For many Americans today, the term special prosecutor is likely to call to mind Watergate, Kenneth Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton, perhaps the Iran-Contra Scandal and, of course, Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. But those investigations grew out of a rich, complicated and not always edifying history that even ...
12m Jan 16, 2019
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‘It’s the Saddest Thing in the World, Sex.’ The Author of The Perfect Nanny on Her Next Sensational Novel
Leila Slimani says she’s not particularly interested in shocking people. This is a somewhat surprising claim, since the book that made the French Moroccan novelist a best-selling star last year, The Perfect Nanny, began with two simple, devastating sentences: “The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds.
5m Jan 16, 2019
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How William Barr Tried to Reassure Democrats at His Confirmation Hearing
With a measured tone and carefully worded answers, William Barr sought Tuesday to reassure senators that he would protect the Justice Department's vaunted independence if he were confirmed as attorney general. He said that he's often told other people they would be crazy to take the job.
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As World Powers Fail to Work Together, Global Risks Grow More Dangerous
There is an unfortunate reality to our current geopolitical landscape. The world faces the threat of three primary hazards: one immediate, one long-term and one latent. Yet as these risks manifest, cooperation among stakeholders is being overtaken by antagonism.
7m Jan 16, 2019
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How a Little-Known Opposition Leader Could Turn Venezuela Back Toward Democracy
For years, there has been no apparent way out of the authoritarian regime that has led Venezuela down a dark path from socialist experiment into humanitarian crisis. That may have changed on Friday when, just one day after President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a second term, little-known opposition leader Juan Guaidó, announced he was ready to take his job. Now, many i...
7m Jan 16, 2019
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‘Indefensible.’ Why Republicans Finally Condemned Steve King
For anyone who has paid attention to Rep. Steve King’s career, it was hardly shocking that he would be quoted wondering when "white supremacy" became offensive. What happened next has been a bit of a surprise. After years of tolerating the Iowa Republican's controversial comments on immigration and diversity, his fellow GOP lawmakers came out strongly against him, and t...
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Here’s the Note Coast Guard Members Got on Their First-Ever Day Without Pay
The partial government shutdown reached another uncomfortable milestone Tuesday when members of the U.S. Coast Guard missed a paycheck – the first time American military service members have ever not been paid during a shutdown. In a letter addressed to more than 40,000 active duty guardsmen and guardswomen on the day of their first missed paycheck, Coast Guard Commanda...
2m Jan 16, 2019
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A Sculpture of the Devil Smiling and Taking a Selfie Is Causing Controversy in Spain
A Spanish city is up in arms over a proposed sculpture of Satan that residents say is portrayed too positively. Segovia, a city in central Spain, is divided over plans to install the bronze statue portraying the devil grinning and taking a selfie, the BBC reports. The effigy alludes to a local folktale, which says the city's Roman-era aqueduct was built by the devil ...
2m Jan 16, 2019
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The U.K. Government Braces for a No-Confidence Vote After Historic Brexit Defeat
(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a no-confidence vote Wednesday, a day after Parliament rejected her Brexit deal by an historic margin. May is battling to save her job after staking her political reputation on a last-ditch effort to win support for the divorce agreement she negotiated with the European Union. Though defeat was widely expected, the sca...
1m Jan 16, 2019
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A Painting Believed to Be a ‘Lost Michelangelo’ Has Gone Missing From a Church in Belgium
A painting believed to be a lost work of Renaissance master Michelangelo is believed to have been rediscovered — and then, just as quickly, disappeared again. A Belgian pastor says the 16th Century painting was stolen from his church last week, the Guardian reports. Pastor Jan Van Raemdonck said the altar painting's absence was discovered at the Sint-Ludgerus church ...
3m Jan 15, 2019
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Why Holding a Grudge Can Actually Be a Good Thing
Too often, we’re told that to start fresh in the new year, we first need to find closure. Instead, British writer Sophie Hannah argues, we should embrace some healthy stubbornness. Hannah, author of How to Hold a Grudge, wants you to start keeping a grudge budget — she’s called it a “grudget” — wherein you can decide which grudges are valuable to you and invest in them ac...
1m Jan 15, 2019
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Senate Democrats Will Press Trump’s Attorney General Nominee for Answers
When William Barr came up for Senate confirmation as attorney general in 1991, he was confirmed by voice vote, a procedure used when no one in the upper chamber has any objection. He's unlikely to get the same treatment the second time around.
6m Jan 15, 2019
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Suspect Decided to Kidnap Jayme Closs After Seeing Her on School Bus, Prosecutors Say
(BARRON, Wis.) — A Wisconsin man suspected of abducting a 13-year-old girl made up his mind to take the teen when he spotted her getting on a school bus, and he made two aborted trips to her family's home before finally carrying out an attack in which he killed Jayme Closs' mother in front of her, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
6m Jan 15, 2019
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President Trump Feeds College Football National Champions Fast Food and Twitter Can’t Stomach It
The Clemson University football team was invited to the White House Monday, after winning the College Football National Championship. However, President Trump decided to feed the players a very nontraditional White House meal - McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and Domino’s. The South Carolina team, which defeated the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide team by a score ...
2m Jan 15, 2019
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The Shutdown Is Disrupting Travel at America’s Biggest Airports. And It’s Probably Going to Get Worse
Three weeks into the partial government shutdown, travelers at some of America's busiest airports are feeling the squeeze – with longer security lines and even closed terminals – as some Transportation Security Agency (TSA) screeners begin to call in sick rather than show up to work without pay. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport advised fliers to arrive t...
6m Jan 15, 2019
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El Chapo Wanted to Kill IT Expert Who Later Helped FBI, Witness Says
(NEW YORK) — To cohabitate with Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was to see his excitement about the prospect of getting his life story on film, to evade the soldiers hunting him at a moment's notice and to hear him order the killing of an informant, a witness testified Monday at Guzman's U.S. trial.
3m Jan 15, 2019
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President Trump’s Attorney General Nominee Says Mueller Should Be Allowed to Finish Investigation
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general will tell senators "it is vitally important" that special counsel Robert Mueller be allowed to complete his Russia investigation, and said he believes Congress and the public should learn the results, according to remarks prepared for his confirmation hearing.
6m Jan 15, 2019
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Why Didn’t Bran Show Up in the New Game of Thrones Teaser? People Have Some Ideas
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones. HBO gave Game of Thrones fans a season 8 debut date teaser ahead of Sunday night's premiere of True Detective season 3, but as is often the case with the fantasy epic, it has left viewers with more questions than answers.
3m Jan 15, 2019
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Ivanka Trump Isn’t in the Running to Lead the World Bank Despite Reports, White House Says
(Bloomberg) — Ivanka Trump is helping manage the U.S. nomination of a new leader of the World Bank, the White House said Monday. President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser will work with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to nominate a successor to outgoing World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, spokeswoman Jessica Ditto said in a s...
1m Jan 15, 2019
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Crossing the Afghan Wilderness in 99 Nights in Logar
After six years of Marwand's living in America, his homecoming to Afghanistan is not off to a great start. Nearly as soon as the 12-year-old boy returns with his family to their relatives' compound in the rural province of Logar, the venerable yet vicious guard dog, Budabash, bites off the tip of Marwand's index finger. "For the next few weeks," Marwand tells us, "I called...
3m Jan 14, 2019
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Why Republicans Are Warning Trump Against Ignoring Congress to Build a Wall
President Donald Trump's repeated threats to declare a national emergency in order to build a border wall have led to an unusually high amount of pushback from Republicans concerned about executive overreach. As the partial government shutdown edged toward becoming the longest in U.S. history on Friday, Trump again said he may invoke broad emergency powers if House Demo...
4m Jan 14, 2019
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Why You Shouldn’t Hide Your Emotions at Work
Go ahead, cry at your desk this year, write Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy. As friends and co-authors of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work (out Feb. 5), they argue that the office would be a much more enjoyable place if we weren’t so discouraged from feeling our feelings while on the clock.
1m Jan 14, 2019
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Environmentalists Say Tiny Plastic ‘Nurdles’ Threaten Earth’s Oceans
(Bloomberg) — Environmentalists have identified another threat to the planet. It’s called a nurdle. Nurdles are tiny pellets of plastic resin no bigger than a pencil eraser that manufacturers transform into packaging, plastic straws, water bottles and other typical targets of environmental action. But the nurdles themselves are also a problem. Billions of them are ...
5m Jan 14, 2019
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Nobel Laureate James Watson Loses Honorary Titles Over ‘Reprehensible’ Race Comments
Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, was stripped of several honorary titles last week after his recent comments linking race and intelligence to genetics. Speaking on a TV program which aired earlier this month, Watson reiterated his position that genes underlie racial differences on IQ tests.
3m Jan 14, 2019
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Mass Overdose in California Kills 1, Injures 12
A man was killed and 12 other adults were injured after overdosing on what is believed to be fentanyl on Saturday morning in California. Emergency responders rushed to a home in Chico, Calif. after receiving a 911 call about a mass overdose at around 9 a.m., Chico Police Chief Michael O’Brien said at a press conference last night. One person was pronounced dead on th...
2m Jan 14, 2019
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House Leaders Demand Trump Respect 'Investigative Efforts' After Michael Cohen Comments
Democratic chairmen of three House committees issued a strongly-worded joint statement Sunday, warning President Trump against possible attempts to obstruct justice. Trump called in to an interview with Jeanine Pirro on Fox News Saturday night to respond to a New York Times report that the FBI launched an investigation into the President's relationship with Russia, days...
3m Jan 14, 2019
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The TSA Is Closing Security Lines Because of the Shutdown
(Bloomberg) — The Transportation Security Administration plans to begin closing a handful of security checkpoints at airports around the U.S. as soon as this weekend in response to staff shortages as impacts of the three-week partial federal government shutdown begin to expand. Miami International Airport expects to shut one of its concourses for several days starting...
6m Jan 14, 2019
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dream hampton on Surviving R. Kelly, Supporting Survivors and Why She Wants a ‘Social Death’ for R. Kelly
The documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, which aired on Lifetime in the first week of January, has prompted new interest in the R&B singer's alleged sexual misconduct with minors. Focusing on stories about his illicit behavior that have circulated for decades, the docuseries raises questions about the limited actions in response to these women's stories, especially in li...
6m Jan 13, 2019
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Many Women in California Might Lose Free Birth Control Under New Trump Administration Rules
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A "substantial number" of women would lose free birth control coverage under new rules by the Trump administration that allow more employers to opt out of providing the benefit, a U.S. judge said at a hearing on Friday. Judge Haywood Gilliam appeared inclined to grant a request by California and other states that he block the rules while the state...
3m Jan 13, 2019
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5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week
Lana Del Rey gives us another taste of her upcoming album on the spare but poetic new "Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it," a five-and-a-half-minute meditation. ILoveMakonnen returns with a casually upbeat new tune for a night out, bringing along Gucci Mane for the ride.
5m Jan 13, 2019
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Stop Treating True Detective Like a Game
True Detective lives. After two hotly debated seasons followed by an extended period of uncertainty, the crime anthology returns to HBO on Jan. 13 for the first time since 2015. During the hiatus, the network recruited some marquee talent to rehabilitate the shaky franchise. Now the show stars Mahershala Ali, who has won awards for his supporting turns in Moonlight and Gre...
11m Jan 13, 2019
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Historian Lucy Worsley on Royal Weddings, Queen Victoria and the ‘Big Mistake’ People Make About the Past
Lucy Worsley enjoyed history when she was at school, but her father had other ideas. "He is a scientist, and he really wanted me to be one too," the British historian tells TIME, ahead of the U.S. publication of her new biography, Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life. "He said that if you do a history degree, you will be cleaning toilets for a living." ...
7m Jan 13, 2019
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The FBI’s Reported Investigation of President Trump Could Take the Russia Probe to a New Level
In the days following President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, the FBI opened a counterintelligence probe to investigate whether the President was working for Russian interests, the New York Times reports. The public has already been aware that special counsel Robert Mueller was looking at a possible criminal case against Trump over whether he...
4m Jan 13, 2019
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The Weird Parenting Tricks People Have Used That Actually Worked
Have a baby who won’t stop crying? Consider blasting some Jennifer Lopez, argues radio producer Hillary Frank, author of the upcoming book Weird Parenting Wins. Many books that outline best parenting practices leave little room for creativity, offering black-and-white solutions to unique and colorful situations. That kind of one-size-fits-all guidance can make parents feel...
1m Jan 13, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence Is Powerful—And Misunderstood. Here’s How We Can Protect Workers
In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards won the title of French-­language Scrabble World Champion. This was especially noteworthy because Richards does not speak French. What the New Zealander had done was memorize each of the 386,000 words in the entire French Scrabble dictionary, in the space of just nine weeks.
6m Jan 13, 2019
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How A Star Is Born‘s Music Hit the Sweet Spot
There’s a moment in “Shallow,” the standout single from Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, where Lady Gaga lets go and just roars. It’s chill-inducing to hear for the first time in the movie, as Gaga’s ingenue Ally takes the stage alongside Cooper’s grizzled rocker Jackson Maine, but it sounds just as good playing on the radio, where it’s been in heavy rotation for the past ...
5m Jan 13, 2019
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The U.S. Military Has Started Pulling Equipment Out of Syria, Not Troops
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military said Friday it has started pulling equipment, but not troops, out of Syria as a first step in meeting President Donald Trump's demand for a complete military withdrawal. The announcement fueled concern about how quickly the U.S. will abandon its Kurdish allies, amid contradictory statements recently by administration officials on an exit ti...
6m Jan 12, 2019
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Recovery is ‘On Track’, Supreme Court Says
(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recovery from cancer surgery is "on track" and no further treatment is required. But the 85-year-old justice will miss court arguments next week. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg says that doctors for Ginsburg confirmed an initial evaluation that found no evidence of remaining cancer following surgery. ...
1m Jan 12, 2019
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This Is Now the Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History
As the ongoing partial government shutdown enters its 22nd day, it has set a new record for the longest shutdown in U.S. history. The current shutdown began on Dec. 22, meaning the government has been closed for a full 21 days and counting. The previous record-holder for longest shutdown was an incident at the end of 1995 and beginning of 1996, under former President...
3m Jan 12, 2019
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The Oceans Are Warming Faster Than We Thought, a New Study Says
The planet's oceans are warming a lot quicker than estimated, highlighting the perils of unchecked climate change, according to a new study. New data published by the journal Science on Thursday, indicates that ocean temperatures have consistently risen since the 1950s and are rising 40% faster than calculated by scientists in a 2014 U.N. report. According to Lijing Che...
2m Jan 11, 2019
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Wisconsin Teen Jayme Closs Found Alive 3 Months After She Went Missing
(BARRON, Wis.) — A 13-year-old northwestern Wisconsin girl who went missing in October after her parents were killed has been found alive, authorities said Thursday. The Barron County Sheriff's Department said on its Facebook page that Jayme Closs has been located and that a suspect was taken into custody. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Jayme was expected to be reunited ...
3m Jan 11, 2019
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A Myanmar Court Has Rejected an Appeal by Two Imprisoned Reuters Reporters
A court in Myanmar has denied an appeal by two imprisoned Reuters reporters, ruling on Friday to uphold the seven-year prison sentences they were dealt in a case that has garnered global attention and seen as a major blow to press freedom in the Southeast Asian nation. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in December 2017 after being handed rolled-up document...
4m Jan 11, 2019
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Lawyer Says Vegas Police Seek Soccer Star’s DNA for Rape Investigation
(LAS VEGAS) — Cristiano Ronaldo is being asked by police in the U.S. to provide a DNA sample in an ongoing investigation of a Nevada woman's allegation that he raped her in his Las Vegas hotel penthouse in 2009, the soccer star's lawyer in Las Vegas said Thursday. Attorney Peter S. Christiansen downplayed the development, denied the rape allegation and provided no addit...
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