Braids as tethers, visible face tape, hip-hop-inflected preppiness: Recent looks by the Grammy-nominated rapper have inspired fascination and at least one nail-art tribute.
Sabrina Carpenter wants to know if NPR is hiring! The pop star packed her sultry, country-tinged Tiny Desk performance Friday with sweet storytimes of the songs on Short ‘n Sweet as she joked about the radio station’s “working environment.” “NPR, I’ve been watching this show… everyone says this, whatever. You guys are great! You guys […]
House Republicans are scrambling to find a way to avoid a government shutdown after their second funding proposal was rejected, and are now planning to vote on a third proposal soon.
Senators voted to pass a new version of a stopgap spending bill early Saturday morning after the midnight deadline for a partial government shutdown came and went. The Senate advanced the third version of a short-term spending bill, and it will now head to President Biden’s desk, who has already signaled that he will sign […]
The Senate passed an $895 billion defense spending bill Wednesday that includes a provision directly targeting transgender youth. As Daily Kos previously reported, dissent broke out in the House on Dec. 11 after GOP Speaker Mike Johnson muscled in the provision. If approved, the bill will ban transgender minors from using TRICARE (the military’s health […]
White elephant parties present a unique challenge: Can you find something either cool or funny enough within a set budget that a group of people—who are potentially strangers—will battle to take it home? If you’re headed to your first white elephant gift exchange, here’s a quick explainer on what’s about to happen. Everyone will bring […]
The newly Grammy-nominated rapper brought Black girl power to her first Tiny Desk Doechii continues to tie up 2024 with a bang as the latest star of NPR’s Tiny Desk Series, where she and an apparent ensemble of exclusively Black women in complementary cornrows tore through their set. They kicked things off calmly with “Boom […]
Kylie Robison is The Verge’s senior reporter covering artificial intelligence. Previously, she worked at Fortunewhere she covered Twitter; before that, she covered software developer culture (“a beat,” she says, “I made up and loved”) for Business Insider. “I’ve always been obsessed with technology in an extremely online way,” she adds, “and The Verge is filled […]
Former President Trump on Sunday overtook Vice President Harris for the first time in the Decision Desk HQ/The Hill election forecast this cycle. The DDHQ/The Hill model predicts Trump has a 52 percent chance of winning the presidency while Harris has a 42 percent chance, as of Sunday. Since late August, the election forecast put…
