Why Trump is likely to have more leeway for outbursts in criminal trials
The former president’s heated exchange with a federal judge this week comes as trial proceedings loom in four criminal cases ahead of the 2024 election.
Why do Black female artists still have to fight for respect in Hollywood? | Tayo Bero
While it’s easy to look at individual success stories as signs of progress, the industry numbers paint a very different picture Between history-making wins and thoroughly life-affirming speeches, Black women definitely took center stage at this year’s Emmys. And after a night like that, it’s whiplash-inducing for me to recall just how shabbily veteran actress … Read more
New York’s 701-day drought broke with an inch of grey ice – is this the end of proper snow in the city? | Emma Brockes
I miss the mornings after a blizzard, when everything is transformed. It’s not a dramatic sign of climate change – but it’s certainly not normal It hadn’t snowed in New York City for 701 days – a record – so when it started to come down on Tuesday, children’s jaws dropped like kids seeing bananas … Read more
They’re horribly flashy and cost a fortune to run – I’d hate to own a superyacht | Adrian Chiles
How can you enjoy a life on the ocean waves when it’s costing you £1,000 an hour? I went to Barcelona for a few days early in the new year. It was nice – chilly, but with a suggestion of warmth in the sun. And there were colours to be seen that weren’t any shade … Read more
‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws Top US officials quietly reviewed more than a dozen incidents of alleged gross violations of human rights by Israeli security forces since 2020, but have gone to great lengths to preserve continued access to … Read more
White House criticizes House Republican impeachment push against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
The White House slammed an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the House as “unconstitutional,” charging that the push is part of a broader movement by Republicans to “disregard” democratic checks and balances.
It isn’t ‘anti-democratic’ to bar Trump from office. It’s needed to protect democracy | Steven Greenhouse
If it lets an insurrectionist like Trump on the ballot, the supreme court will be putting out a welcome mat to autocracy Over the decades, several US supreme court justices have warned that the US constitution is not a suicide pact – in other words, that the constitution shouldn’t be interpreted in ways that jeopardize … Read more
GOP candidate compared deporting illegal immigrants to Nazis, ‘not opposed’ to fast-tracking DACA citizenship
A Republican running for Congress in North Carolina previously compared deporting illegal immigrants to Nazi Germany, and said he was “not opposed” to fast-tracking citizenship for recipients of Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals (DACA), also known as “Dreamers.” Pat Harrigan, a candidate running to represent North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District, made the comments in an Oct. … Read more
First Thing: Israeli president labels Tehran ‘empire of evil’
Isaac Herzog also tells Davos that Gaza’s population is ‘entrenched in network of terror’. Plus, Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice every hour Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Israel’s president has told the Davos conference that there is an “empire of evil” emanating from Tehran, which must … Read more
Rep. Nancy Mace’s former chief of staff considering South Carolina Republican primary run against her: report
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., reportedly could face a primary challenge from her own former chief of staff, Dan Hanlon. Hanlon, who joined Mace’s office in 2021 and in 2022 rose to chief of staff, a role he held until a few weeks ago, has been meeting with potential donors and staffers while considering run against … Read more