Has DHS Given Up on Repealing DACA?
Chris Kleponis/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While I was catching up on some stuff I missed during my weekend dex haze, Steve Benen alerted me to the fact that a federal judge, once again, told the Department of Homeland Security that it couldn’t rescind DACA, the mini-DREAM…
New Study Shows Stereotypes About Online Dating Are True
takasuu/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You know the type: Those friends who think they’ve found the best way to game Tinder, insist wearing a dress instead of jeans will catch someone’s attention, or that the most fruitful way to find love is by going on the Bachelor. There is so much dating lore and…
Russians Have Penetrated Florida’s Election Systems, Senator Says
US Democratic Senator Bill Nelson speaks during a press conference in Miami in July. Giorgio Viera/EFE via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Intelligence officials have warned for months that Russia will seek to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections, just as it did in 2016. On Wednesday, Democratic Sen.…
How Much Time Do Teenagers Spend Not Goofing Off?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Women do more household chores than men. But how about teenage girls? Here’s the New York Times: One recent analysis, for example, found that boys ages 15 to 19 do about half an hour of housework a day, and girls about 45 minutes. Although girls…
This Russian Pop Star is Using Mueller’s Investigation to Promote His Upcoming US Tour
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday morning, Emin Agalarov, the Russian pop singer involved with setting up June 2016’s Trump Tower meeting, joked about special counsel Robert Mueller’s reported interest in interviewing him. “I suppose any publicity is good publicity, but guys there’s a limit,” he wrote on Instagram, adding…
The Shadow Rulers of the VA
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter before signing an executive order at the Department of Veterans Affairs.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last February, shortly after Peter O’Rourke became chief of staff for the Department of Veterans Affairs, he received…