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A former Republican Congress member explains what happened to his party
And why it belongs to Trump now.
Hong Kong demonstrators see a massive turnout on the six month anniversary of protests
Protest groups say 800,000 people participated in pro-democracy demonstrations Sunday, the latest in a series of anti-government protests that began in June.
The extraordinary danger of being pregnant and uninsured in Texas
The state’s system for helping the uninsured thwarts women at every turn and encourages subpar care.
Rudy Giuliani just blew up Trump’s “no quid pro quo” talking point
Posting from somewhere in Ukraine, Trump’s lawyer tweets the quid pro quo.
Trump orders review of EPA water rules because “people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times”
Trump has often complained about environmental regulations, and now claims water efficient toilets are causing problems.
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver are devastating in the brilliant, brutal Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach’s outstanding new film turns divorce into a reminder of love’s many shades.
Trump isn’t allowed at NATO’s cool kids’ table in SNL’s cold open
Parodying a viral video in which world leaders complain about Trump, SNL turned NATO into high school: Macron and Trudeau became bullies who won’t let Trump sit with them at lunch.
This year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award recognizes a passage comparing a penis to a small monkey
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.