Politics

Jerry Seinfeld once said that rooting for professional sports is kind of silly — players change teams so often that “you’re actually rooting for the clothes when you get right down to it.” But nobody is cheering for the uniforms …

It may seem as if the tectonic plates of American politics are moving inexorably apart from one another, propelled as much by a zero-sum sense of partisanship and radicalization as by any sincere ideological differences. With Republicans increasingly under the …

What happened Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson died Wednesday at age 76 after a “battle with cancer,” his family said Thursday. Simpson was one of football’s most celebrated players and a popular movie actor until he was credibly charged with the …

‘Arizona’s conservatives brought this political nightmare on themselves’ Ruth Marcus in The Washington Post Republicans are “inflicting untold political damage” on their party by “leaving abortion rights in the hands of state supreme courts,” says Ruth Marcus. After having “carefully …

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What happened The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives finalized a rule Thursday that expands the pool of gun sellers who must run background checks before selling a firearm. The rule seeks to close the “gun show loophole” by …

New safety measures are being implemented at tomorrow’s Grand National after a horse suffered a fatal fall in the famous race last year. Hill Sixteen suffered a broken neck after falling at the first fence at Aintree, one of four …

What happened The top U.S. commander for the Middle East, Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, traveled to Israel on Thursday to coordinate Israel’s defense against an expected attack from Iran as soon as this weekend. Tehran has vowed to punish Israel for …

 British politics has become “hooked” on “begging emails” with “threatening subject lines”, according to experts. With an election “looming”, said Politico‘s John Johnson, fundraising messages from parties to their supporters “litter Britain’s inboxes”. But the growing number of digital pleas …

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Divorce at any age isn’t easy, but when it occurs later in life, spousal separation can present some unique challenges, particularly financially. As the rate of gray divorce — defined as divorce that occurs later in life between older adults …

This month, “Problemista” hit movie theaters. Maybe you have heard of it; maybe you have not. It is the story of Alejandro, a Salvadoran immigrant to the United States who dreams of being a toy designer for Hasbro. If only …

Eight years after the first female scientist came forward to report sexual harassment and assault while working in Antarctica, women are still being victimised in the region. Abuse is rife in “the emptiest, windiest, highest, driest, coldest place on Earth”, …

Most states operate on a “winner-take-all” system for Electoral College votes. Not Nebraska. Three of the Cornhusker State’s five electoral votes are allocated among its three congressional districts. So even though Republicans tend to win the statewide popular vote, NBC …

What happened Lawmakers on Wednesday awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor from Congress, to real-life Rosie the Riveters, the roughly 6 million women who went to work during World War II. Twenty-seven “Rosies” flew to Washington …

‘The inflation thief rises again’ The Wall Street Journal editorial board Inflation “came in hot for the third straight month in March,” says The Wall Street Journal editorial board. The 0.4% consumer-price index increase proved this is “more than a …

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What happened The top U.S. commander in Europe, Gen. Christopher Cavoli, told a House panel Wednesday that Ukraine is at serious risk of losing its country to Russia unless the U.S. resumes providing Kyiv with two critical tools: artillery shells …

What happened Nineteen House Republicans helped vote down a procedural measure necessary for the reauthorization of a key portion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in the lurch. The insurgent GOP effort came after former …

Alpine ski resorts were set for a bumper season late last autumn when snow arrived nice and early. Yet the Four Seasons Megève hotel is ideal at any time of year, so you don’t have to hope for a covering …

Marks and Spencer is to invest £1 million on a diet plan for dairy cows in the latest bid by big business to curb methane emissions. The retailer is aiming to “slash” up to 11,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions …

A direct attack by Iran on Israel may be “imminent” following the killing of a top Iranian commander in Damascus, experts have reportedly warned. Iran has so far been reluctant “to be directly involved in the war with Israel”, said …

As the UK crawls out of a rather dispiriting winter, galleries up and down the country are putting on a number of excellent exhibitions this spring.  The Week takes a look at some of the best to spend a Sunday …

Critics may claim Rishi Sunak has many reasons to say sorry, but few will have anticipated the “fulsome apology” that he has now offered – for wearing fashionable trainers.  Adidas Sambas have been “everyone’s favourite sneaker” for decades, said GQ‘s …

This week’s question: An Indian man who has lost 238 bids for public office over four decades has now launched 239th election campaign; K. Padmarajan says his goal is not victory but to model graciousness in defeat. If he were to …

For nearly 40 years, baseball executives have been tormented by Scott Boras, long the most feared player agent in the sport. His brinkmanship on behalf of his clients almost always paid off handsomely with large contracts. Boras’ calling card was …

In early April, Christina Sharpe, the creative nonfiction author and professor at York University in Toronto, won the prestigious Windham Campbell prize. The prize givers wrote, “recalibrating images of Black existence, Christina Sharpe’s incisive, multi-layered work demands that we wrestle …

When former President Donald Trump clinched the Republican Presidential nomination last month, his win was taken by many as both a hard-fought campaign victory and the conclusion of a long-standing inevitability. Although much of today’s GOP exists as a de …