Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. Today, the meaning of Bob Woodward’s new book and the New York Times op-ed by an anonymous administration official, the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, and John McCain’s legacy. Despite the depiction of a…
The documents do not indicate how Judge Kavanaugh would rule, but they are fodder for Democratic questioning. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, asked Mr. Kavanaugh about the document, noting it had been made public. Mr. Kavanaugh defended the statement he made in the email, and said “the broader…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Burt Reynolds, who topped box office charts in the 1970s, passed away of a heart attack Burt Reynolds, the wisecracking 1970s movie heartthrob and Oscar nominee, has died at the age of 82.He reportedly passed away in a Florida hospital from a heart attack with his family by his…
Back in January, a number of leading U.S. health systems announced an ambitious project: They would be banding together to create a non-profit generic drug company in the hopes of combating sky high drug prices and shortages regularly faced by American patients. On Thursday, that initiative got an official name—Civica Rx—in addition to $30 million…
Donald Trump. Mark Wilson/Getty Images President Donald Trump suggested that a bombshell New York Times op-ed criticizing his presidency amounts to treason. The article, published on Wednesday, features an anonymous author who declared themselves as part of an internal "resistance" group in the Trump administration, focused on protecting America from Trump's worst impulses. Trump remarked…
But Mr. Leahy indicated that documents marked “committee confidential” show that Manuel Miranda, then a Republican staffer on the Judiciary Committee, had sent Judge Kavanaugh emails about Mr. Leahy’s private concerns about a judicial nominee whose hearing was coming up and a draft letter Mr. Leahy had not yet sent. He also suggested that the…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump: 'Woodward book a work of fiction' US President Donald Trump has denied assertions by prominent journalist Bob Woodward in his new book that he ordered the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.Mr Trump said the idea was "never even discussed" with defence officials.Defence Secretary James Mattis…
A new bill introduced to Congress Wednesday could give veterans easier access to medical marijuana in states where it is legal. The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, introduced by Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Brian Schatz (D-HI), would allow Veterans Affairs (VA) physicians to prescribe the drug to ease pain or symptoms of PTSD.…
print-edition icon Print edition | Finance and economics Sep 1st 2018 | NEW YORK THE document is dry, dusted with references to “benchmarks”, “performance evaluation” and “a metric-based framework”. But the 25 pages published on August 28th by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), one of America’s federal bank regulators, may start…
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gordon weakened after making landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border and lashing the U.S. Gulf Coast with high winds and heavy rain early on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Gordon is about 20 miles (30 km) northwest of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and was packing winds of…
