Trump Ordered Mattis to “Screw Amazon” Out of Pentagon Contract, Book Alleges
This is not a real thing Trump said. But it doesn’t seem like something he wouldn’t say, does it?Shutterstock On Friday, the Pentagon awarded a massive cloud computing contract to Microsoft. People had been expecting the contract to go to Amazon and the switcheroo led many to assume President Trump intervened, given his regular complaining…
Trump’s Impeachment Woes Grow In Latest Twitter Rant
Spencer Platt/Getty Somebody is thinking about impeachment this morning. President Donald Trump’s latest weekend tweetstorm took aim at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), two of the top Democrats leading the chamber’s investigation into whether Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate a political rival merits his…
How to See Fall Colors Without a Car
The fall tree colors on Max Patch, a bald mountain located along the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina.George Rose/Getty This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Amid farm fields in upstate New York is a wooden platform that serves as the Appalachian Trail’s very own train station. It…
On the Road at AmericanaFest
Last month, Nashville hosted AmericanaFest, now in its 20th year and bigger than ever, featuring more than 300 artists performing over the course of six days. Thanks in part to the advocacy and determination of the Americana Music Association, the nexus of genres and tradition-informed music under the umbrella of ‘Americana’ has grown into a…
The Patron Saint of Unabashed Fun, Kesha Rose Sebert, Is Back and “Raising Hell”
Jerod Harris/Getty Love her or hate her, there’s one thing we can all agree on about Kesha Rose Sebert: She knows how to have fun. And 10 years after she dropped one of the most unabashedly fun songs to exist—”Tik Tok”—Kesha’s lust for joy has never been more apparent than on her newest track, “Raising…
Trump Mulls Selling His DC Hotel—a Move His Lawyer Said Would Be a Huge Conflict
AP Photo/Evan Vucci Donald Trump is considering selling his prized luxury hotel in DC, but the reasons don’t entirely add up—and they directly contradict his rationale for refusing to separate himself from his business empire before taking office. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump Organization has been in contact with a real…