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“He believes that in order for Democrats to have confidence in the process that voters will have needed to have their say and as that unfolds,” said the person familiar with the president’s thinking. “He doesn’t really think it would serve the party well to interfere.” But then you also have Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who
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Go on and live your best life, Elizabeth Warren. The senator and former Democratic front-runner—the woman with a plan for that; the reason Mike Bloomberg wakes up every night screaming—lit this weekend’s Saturday Night Live cold open on fire. If candid shots of Hillary Clinton walking in the woods were a balm after the 2016
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Queen Elizabeth II has eight grandchildren, and the youngest are Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn. Born to Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, the children are rarely in the spotlight. The two have been spotted at Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle or the annual Trooping the Colour (which marks the Queen’s birthday), but
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The people of Bacurau, a small, fictional town in the backcountry of Northeastern Brazil, have problems—though, to be clear, the people themselves are not the problem. It’s everyone, everything else. The matriarch of the village, the 96-year-old Carmelita, has died, and though it has not lessened the village’s resolve—if anything, it proves opportunity for more
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Latin pop legends Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin have just announced a 21-date arena tour across North America. On Wednesday evening, Live Nation confirmed the joint trek during an exclusive live event in Los Angeles, Calif. Starting on Sept. 5, in Phoenix, Ariz., the Hero and Livin’ La Vida Loca singers will join forces, spending eight weeks on the
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The U.S. Supreme Court waded into the fraught debate over abortion rights Wednesday, as the court heard arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo. The case, which concerns the constitutionality of a Louisiana law that sharply limits access to legal abortion, has the potential to curtail abortion rights across the country if the court upholds
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Save for a New York Times profile on Hunter Biden’s newfound passion for psychedelic floral art, Joe Biden’s son has mostly avoided the media spotlight since spending months under the right-wing microscope during Donald Trump’s impeachment proceedings and trial. But less than 24 hours after his father reignited his presidential campaign by decisively winning the
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John Mulaney brought the joy on SNL this week—from his eight-minute standup monologue to the made-for-cubicle haircut that launched a thousand memes to a show-stopping Broadway stomper that brought out Jake Gyllenhaal singing a Wicked showtune. Mulaney even slapped on a white wig and American flag pin to play a recently lifted Joe Biden in
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