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This wasn’t the beginning House Democrats imagined when they won their new majority in November. Rather than an elegant rollout to their anti-corruption, pro-health care, aggressive-on-climate change agenda, House Democrats have been locked from Day 1 in a fierce partisan…
For the next few months, you’re going to hear a lot of high-profile Democrats announce they are forming an “exploratory committee” for a 2020 White House run. Elizabeth Warren and Julián Castro have taken that step. Kirsten Gillibrand is the…
At the conclusion of “[50/50] Old School Animation,” part of this year’s Under the Radar Festival, at the Public Theatre, I lingered in the lobby, hoping for a little postgame discussion with a friend I’d bumped into before the show.…
When sending spaceships out to explore the solar system, scientists are limited by how far the ship’s fuel can take them. One novel solution being explored is a steam-powered craft that mines water on planets, comets or asteroids as it…
Anastasia Vashukevich, a model from Belarus who made headlines last year when she claimed to have information on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Thailand to charges related to holding a “sex training”…
A US Army engineer tells the story of living with a duffle bag-sized nuclear device. Following the US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it became apparent that nuclear weapons wield unspeakable power. However, it was also apparent that nuclear devices…
