White House Official Calls Matt Gaetz’s Efforts to Limit War Powers “Super Uncool”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA A few days ago, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) broke with most members of his party to support a House resolution that seeks to restrict Donald Trump’s use of military force against Iran unless the president obtains congressional approval. Gaetz’s support was noteworthy, because he has (proudly) built a reputation…
Bloomberg Is Saying All the Right Things About Party Unity—For Now
Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Michael Bloomberg hasn’t been a Democrat for long. The billionaire White House hopeful began his adult life in the party of FDR, but he switched to the GOP when he ran for mayor of New York City in 2001, winning the endorsement of Rudy Giuliani. Bloomberg later became an independent…
Iran Apologizes for Shooting Down Ukrainian Airplane
Iranian President Hassan RouhaniLai Seng Sin/AP The Iranian government acknowledged late Friday that its armed forces were responsible for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner earlier this week, leaving 176 passengers dead. On Twitter, Iranian foreign minister Mohamad Javad Zarif offered his “profound regrets, apologies and condolences,” but he also sought to shift blame to the…
Chicken, Waffles, and Smashing the Patriarchy
Fried chicken and waffles is a festive dish steeped in the history of the Great Migration, the 20th century fanning out of black people from the former slave-holding states the south into cities in the north and west. The combination delighted palates at nightspots like Wells Supper Club in Harlem during that neighborhood’s famous renaissance.…
Stabbings, Fires, Flooded Cells: Mississippi’s Prison System Is Falling Apart
A protest about prison conditions outside the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 7Rogelio V. Solis/AP Mississippi prisons are in crisis. On Tuesday, a congressman called for a federal investigation after at least five people incarcerated in the state were stabbed or beaten to death during a week at the start of the year. A…
The Truth Behind That Viral “1 Billion Aussie Animals Are Dead” Stat Is Way More Complex—and Sad
A dehydrated and injured Koala receives treatment at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, New South Wales.Saeed Khan/Getty Numbers help frame the sheer enormity and devastation of the Australian wildfires. The flames have overrun more than 32,000-square miles of landacross Australia, most acutely in the southeast states of New South Wales and Victoria.…