Jimmy Fallon: Melania’s Hat Is Her ‘Very Own Border Wall’
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50…
The Voices in His Head Would Not Stop. Then a Boy Was Stabbed to Death.
Waldo Mejia, living in the Bronx, was in his early 20s when he told one of his oldest friends about the voices in his head. He seemed surprised at what…
A Day of Triumph, Jubilation and Gloating in Washington
Hillary Clinton chuckled merrily when President Trump said he would rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” A phalanx of Proud Boys marched past partygoers streaming into the…
Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters
President Donald J. Trump, in one of his first official acts, issued a sweeping grant of clemency on Monday to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with…
In Dueling Pardons, an Intensified Fight Over the Meaning of Jan. 6
The dueling pardons issued Monday by the outgoing and incoming presidents were the latest and perhaps clearest reminders of how Donald J. Trump’s efforts to rewrite the history of the…
A Determined Trump Vows Not to be Thwarted at Home or Abroad
“Nothing will stand in our way.” With that six-word vow, President Trump described how he planned to make his second term in office differ from his first. Now, after a…
Trump Shreds Emoluments Clause with New Memecoin while Norms Fairy Weeps (and Melania Joins the Fun) | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. On the Friday before inauguration day at 9:00pm, President-elect Donald Trump released a memecoin, $TRUMP, that by Sunday was valued at $58 billion, making him…
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Fauci and Jan 6 riot committee
President Joe Biden has pre-emptively pardoned a number of people including Covid response chief Anthony Fauci and the members of the January 6 riot investigation, to prevent “unjustified… politically motivated…
Biden Issues Pre-Emptive Pardons to Guard Against Trump’s Reprisals
President Biden moved on Monday to guard some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s most high-profile adversaries against a promised campaign of “retribution” by issuing pre-emptive pardons that would make it…
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, ‘Footloose’ Choreographer, Dies at 78
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony Award-nominated choreographer and director whose colorfully varied career included commissions for New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater as well as Broadway musicals including “Swing!”…