Every Brexit Deal Voted Down — Again
Kirsty O’Connor/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We had four more “indicative” votes on Brexit today, and they all failed: Customs union: 273-276 Common Market 2.0: 261-282 Public vote on any deal passed by Parliament: 280-292 Vote between Remain and No Deal: 191-282 The customs union is getting closer! It…
Presidential Candidates Are Trying to Prevent Sexual Misconduct—in Their Own Campaigns
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaks during the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) stands to her left.Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Veteran campaign staffers are likely to notice some big changes around the office when they report for work in the…
Please Don’t Weaponize #MeToo in the Dem Primaries
Jay Godwin/Planet Pix via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I wish that neither Joe Biden nor Bernie Sanders were running for president. I don’t have much time for dumb takes on Baby Boomers as the generation that “ruined everything,” but still, by 2020 we boomers—a generation that spans 18…
The Supreme Court Says Stopping Executions at the Last Minute Should Be an “Extreme Exception”
Jabin Botsford/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled against delaying the execution of Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew, who argued that his rare medical condition could make the process excruciatingly painful. In the 5-4 decision, the majority ruled that Bucklew’s constitutional rights wouldn’t…
Should a Great Art Museum Be Single-Level?
The proposed single-story design for the new LACMA building, which straddles Wilshire Boulevard.Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner/LACMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is a little offbeat, but I’m curious about something. The LA County Museum of Art wants to demolish its old buildings and replace them with a single…
House Democrats Will Subpoena Mueller Report
Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House Democrats say they will vote this week to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s complete report, underlying evidence, and other material—rejecting as insufficient Attorney General William Barr’s pledge to produce a redacted version of the report later this month. House Judiciary…