Jun 4 2018
6
It’s Monday! Back to the office, back to the grind, back to the slowly deflating balloon that is our representative…
Ellie Shechet
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Ellie is a freelance writer and former senior writer at Jezebel. She is pursuing a master's degree in science journalism at Columbia University in the fall.
Jun 1 2018
5
Last night, 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas, rocking rectangular glasses and a smooth bowl cut, won…
May 31 2018
4
In a glowing profile titled “First, Family,” Westchester Magazine interviewed Eric and Lara Trump about “their…
May 30 2018
2
It’s almost June, and we all know what that means—beach weather! Naturally, the president is interested in achieving…
May 30 2018
6
You know that feeling where you immediately regret something but it is too late to change your mind? Like when you…
May 29 2018
14
Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
May 29 2018
2
A few short weeks ago, former Rhode Island governor and failed Democratic presidential primary candidate Lincoln…
May 25 2018
5
A few weeks ago, I was waiting with my colleague and friend Joanna Rothkopf outside of an intimidating exercise…
May 25 2018
6
On his way to deliver a U.S. Naval Academy commencement address, Trump left the question of his cancelled summit…
May 24 2018
16
President Donald Trump has cancelled his summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un with a letter that is,…
May 23 2018
5
After three years of “will they or won’t they,” Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon have finally said yes to love’s…
May 23 2018
8
May 22 2018
6
A sinkhole has opened up on the White House lawn, which feels a little on the nose.
May 22 2018
22
The Associated Press has a long story out about Trump fundraisers and business partners Elliott Broidy and George…
May 21 2018
13
May 21 2018
5
As of today, Scott Pruitt continues to hang on at the EPA, despite a mountain of ethics investigations suggesting…
May 21 2018
5
Three years after loosening its one-child policy, China is planning on doing away with all limits on how many…
May 18 2018
6
Are you having a bad day? A bad week? I can empathize, but please quit complaining. Last week, the executive…
May 17 2018
3
While I am frustrated by the divisions in present-day American society, and the terrible erosion of democratic norms…
May 16 2018
9
A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit found that the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment…