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POT MEET KETTLE
Putin Blasts Hil, Trump ‘Shock Tactics’
Not “setting the best example.”
GAME ON
2016 Debate Moderators Announced
Chris Wallace and Anderson Cooper among those who’ll grill the nominees.
CHUGGING ALONG
U.S. Added 151K Jobs in August
Unemployment rate holds steady at 4.9%.
CONTAGION
Zika Could Hit 2 Billion in Africa, Asia
Top risk for India, Indonesia, Nigeria.
PULLBACK
Daily Mail Retracts Melania Trump Claims
Hours after $150M lawsuit filed over escort allegations.
TERROR
11 Dead, 41+ Injured in Pakistan Attacks
On courthouse, Christian colony.
LANDFALL
Hurricane Hermine, Flooding Slam Florida
State of emergency in 51 of 67 counties.
FLAMEOUT
Samsung Recalls 2.5M Galaxy Phones
Reports of combustion while charging.
Strange
Report: Missing Man Kim Jong Un’s Tutor
State Dept. says it has no evidence North Korea kidnapped U.S. student in 2004.
PARENTING
Weiner: Child Welfare Is Investigating
Ex-rep previously said he hadn’t been contacted.
Keep ReadingFor the love of TiVo, there’s an ungodly number of new series premiering this fall. From the ‘Gilmore Girls’ revival to HBO’s buzzy ‘Westworld,’ here are 35(!) worth watching.
The Best TV Shows Coming This Fall
Keep ReadingBefore season 20 of ‘South Park’ kicks off this month, Trey Parker and Matt Stone tell us what they have planned for Hillary and Trump.
‘South Park’ Makers Slam Hillary & Trump
Keep ReadingThe former sex symbol’s condemnation of porn as the source of men’s bad behavior—including Anthony Weiner’s—is based more on hysteria than facts.
Pam Anderson’s Bizarre Anti-Porn Crusade
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Trump Wants Wall, Hillary Wanted Fence
Trump Wants Wall, Hillary Wanted Fence
About five minutes into Donald Trump’s big immigration speech on Wednesday night, two things were clear: The glad-handing, diplomatic Trump had stayed in Mexico, and not a damn thing had changed about his immigration plan.The candidate gave the sp...
Hillary Clinton may have blasted the GOP nominee’s big immigration speech, but she’s supported several of his ideas—from biometric tracking to building a ‘barrier.’
Trump’s Mexico Trip ‘Put Lives at Risk’
Trump’s Mexico Trip ‘Put Lives at Risk’
Donald Trump’s last-minute Mexico stunt may have made for a good photo op, but it put both himself and the Secret Service agents protecting him in even greater danger than normal, former U.S. Secret Service agents told The Daily Beast.Officials at...
The surprise visit Wednesday left agents with precious little time to ensure the candidate’s safety.
Trump to Mexico’s President: What Wall?
Trump to Mexico’s President: What Wall?
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president has compared the wake of Donald Trump’s campaign to that of the rise of Hitler. Trump, in turn, has repeatedly called Mexican immigrants “drug dealers, criminals, and rapists.”The tone was markedly different on Wed...
The tough-talking negotiator who was going to make Mexico pay for the wall went soft in front of the country’s leader.
Yes, Early Transitions Are a Must
Yes, Early Transitions Are a Must
In the summer of 2008, a senior adviser to then-candidate Barack Obama publicly acknowledged that a small group was working on the presidential transition, prompting a spokesman for GOP opponent John McCain to accuse Obama of “dancing in the end z...
Barack Obama got attacked in 2008 when it was revealed before Election Day that he’d assembled a transition team. But with 4,000-plus positions to fill, early planning is vital.
Trump Pastor: Hil ‘Genocide’ for Blacks
Trump Pastor: Hil ‘Genocide’ for Blacks
The last time Pastor Mark Burns advised Donald Trump, they talked about compassion. The pastor was aboard the real-estate mogul’s private jet last week, flying from Mississippi to New York, where the two spoke about Trump’s upcoming appearance at ...
Meet Mark Burns, Trump’s most prominent surrogate to black voters, who’s tweeted a cartoon of Clinton in blackface and says she would kill Christianity.
Entertainment
Trump: The ‘Law & Order SVU Candidate’
Trump: The ‘Law & Order SVU Candidate’
This week, Mother Jones published an explosive investigative look into Trump Model Management, the modeling agency owned and operated by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.Writer James West interviewed several former Trump Models, who ...
A shocking investigative report by ‘Mother Jones’ revealed that Trump’s modeling agency hired illegal immigrants—some underage—and housed them in squalid apartments.
Why Are Trans Actors Denied Star Roles?
Why Are Trans Actors Denied Star Roles?
If there’s one lesson that Hollywood should have learned by now, it’s that bad media representations of minorities age quickly and poorly.It wasn’t long after the full-on minstrel show in Irving Berlin’s 1942 classic Holiday Inn that blackface beg...
A transgender sex worker played by a cisgender man. A character forced to undergo gender reassignment. One day Hollywood will look back on this in shame.
The Lamest New ‘Bachelor’ Yet
The Lamest New ‘Bachelor’ Yet
After 20 seasons, The Bachelor franchise has somehow managed to surprise us. The Bachelor, unlike true love or genuine interpersonal connections, relies on formulaic casting and the routinization of courtship. The blandest girls in America are cor...
After failing to find love on three separate ‘Bachelor’-related seasons, Nick Viall is at it again, this time as the Bachelor himself.
Emma Stone on Generation Cynical
Emma Stone on Generation Cynical
VENICE, Italy — Festival fever: It’s ensnared even the most cynical of critics. There’s something about the heightened atmosphere, absence of expectation, and lack of sleep that proves a transfixing cocktail; akin to a starved sweep across superma...
The Oscar-nominated actress opens up about her magical, crowd-pleasing musical at the Venice Film Festival.
Rapper ‘Caught’ in Naked Cocaine Video
Rapper ‘Caught’ in Naked Cocaine Video
Rapper G-Eazy, who performed with Britney Spears at the MTV awards on Sunday night and appeared at one stage to be going in for a kiss with the legendary pop starlet before being given the brush off, has carefully cultivated an image as a bad-boy ...
He’s the bad-boy rapper who performed a raunchy routine with Britney at the VMAs on Sunday night. But will a new video which appears to show G-Eazy snorting cocaine off a woman's...
A NSFW Tale of ‘White Girl’ Privilege
A NSFW Tale of ‘White Girl’ Privilege
The New York City of White Girl, a ferocious debut from writer-director Elizabeth Wood, is a rapidly gentrifying sprawl where dangers lurk on every street corner and in every corner office. Not that its titular white girl, college sophomore Leah (...
Elizabeth Wood’s debut feature chronicles one rich college girl’s nightmarish journey navigating her white privilege.
How Samantha Bee Handles Donald Trump
How Samantha Bee Handles Donald Trump
Samantha Bee cannot escape Donald Trump. He’s trailed her all the way to the Catskills, where she’s with her family enjoying a much-deserved break from filming her late-night TBS hit Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.“I must say, I’m literally spendi...
The host of ‘Full Frontal’ opens up about her Emmy-nominated show, the madness that is the 2016 election, and being one of the only women in late-night.
World News
The Neo-Stalinist Tipping Point
The Neo-Stalinist Tipping Point
MOSCOW — For the first time in his adult life, Russian author and journalist Arkady Babchenko is planning to escape from his Moscow life, to take his family away from his home country to Europe.Babchenko has been one of the sharpest, most irrepres...
Putin’s appointment of a Stalin-apologist ideologue as education minister is, for many intellectuals, the last straw.
Death of the ISIS Attack Dog
Death of the ISIS Attack Dog
Officially, the 39-year-old Taha Subhi Falaha, better known as Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, was spokesman for the so-called Islamic State: a vitriolic but compelling rhetorician for the caliphate whose imprecations—against America, the Shia, insufficie...
ISIS says Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, mastermind of the group’s globalized savagery, is ‘martyred.’ U.S. officials are hinting they got him, but without solid confirmation.
MH370 Search May Have Missed the Wreck
MH370 Search May Have Missed the Wreck
The undersea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may have missed the wreckage, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, leading the search, admitted Tuesday to The Daily Beast.The Daily Beast can also reveal the Dutch company providing one of...
Sonar indicates several potential resting areas for the missing 777 at the bottom of the ocean that warrant a closer look, the Australian team in charge says.
American Mom Held by Militants Speaks
American Mom Held by Militants Speaks
An American woman held by Afghan militants along with her husband and two young sons is seen pleading for U.S. intervention in a new video obtained by The Daily Beast.The video is intended to convey a message to the governments of Afghanistan, Can...
Caitlan Coleman, who has given birth to two boys in captivity, said her captors are threatening to kill her family if Afghan prisoners are put to death by the government.
Meek Men Destroy Brazil’s Unbowed Prez
Meek Men Destroy Brazil’s Unbowed Prez
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Dilma Rousseff is expected to be formally removed from the Brazilian presidency this Tuesday or Wednesday, despite a tireless last stand against the charges of fiscal irregularities brought against her, which many in Brazil see...
Brazil’s first woman president refused to be bowed during a 14-hour Senate interrogation. She will be impeached anyway.
How Apple Paid 0.005% Tax
How Apple Paid 0.005% Tax
DUBLIN — When a country takes issue with the payment of tax, it is almost always because it wants more money, not less.However, in a peculiarly Irish twist, the government in Dublin is to appeal a ruling by the European Commission’s powerful compe...
Apple was hit with the largest regulatory fine in European history when the company was ordered to pay Ireland a stunning $14.5 billion in back taxes. So why don’t the Irish want the...
Inside the Secret Files of ISIS
Inside the Secret Files of ISIS
What appear to be internal documents from the administration of the so-called Islamic State, obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast, show the terrorist organization under strain from financial misappropriation, embezzlement, alleged infiltration ...
Recently uncovered ISIS documents read like a bad comedy about embezzlement, infiltration, and bureaucratic infighting.
U.S.
Ohio Sheriff Accused of Pilfering Pills
Ohio Sheriff Accused of Pilfering Pills
Something is rotten in one Ohio Sheriff’s Department, where the sheriff was stripped of his badge and gun last week—for allegedly stealing painkillers from police disposal boxes—and where the detective who fingered him was himself put on paid leav...
A lawman has been stripped of his badge for allegedly stealing painkillers from police disposal boxes—and that’s just the latest scandal to hit his department.
Heroin Dealer Linked to 180 Overdoses
Heroin Dealer Linked to 180 Overdoses
Law enforcement have arrested a Cincinnati man believed to be the source of at least 12 heroin overdoses in Kentucky last week and may be linked to as many as 170 in his hometown.DEA agents arrested Robert Shields on Friday for distributing fentan...
Fentanyl is so powerful that a batch of heroin cut with it landed dozens in serious condition and at least one in the morgue in Ohio and Kentucky.
St. Paul’s Assault Survivor Speaks Out
St. Paul’s Assault Survivor Speaks Out
The teenage victim of a high-profile campus sexual assault has revealed her identity for the first time—along with her plan to help other survivors. In an interview with NBC’s Today, Chessy Prout, now 17, told Savannah Guthrie that she hoped going...
Prout shed her anonymity in a ‘Today’ interview, saying she wanted to send a message to other victims of sexual assault that they ‘don’t have to be ashamed either.’
The Most Historic Climate Decision Yet
The Most Historic Climate Decision Yet
One of the most significant court cases about climate change was decided this month by a federal appeals court in Chicago. Given that it was steeped in the enervating context of refrigerator regulations, you may have missed it. But amid the stulti...
For the first time, the federal government has put a price on carbon dioxide and it’s bound to transform how we fight global warming.
Soylent Ads Sound a Lot Like Thinspo
Soylent Ads Sound a Lot Like Thinspo
Rob Rhinehart stopped eating and started a multimillion-dollar empire.In a 2013 blog post entitled, “How I Stopped Eating Food,” the then-24-year-old explained how he’d overhauled his diet by eliminating all solid foods from his life. For the past...
Marketed as a way to ‘stop eating,’ Silicon Valley’s miracle food has been glamorized by ‘pro-ana’ websites. Eating-disorder experts say even the accidental message is dangerous.
Tech + Health
Americans Are Taking Their Pets’ Drugs
Americans Are Taking Their Pets’ Drugs
A small percentage of Americans take their pets’ medication, according to a study published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.The study, which measured how many Americans take antibiotics without a prescription, came across the ...
A study on non-prescription antibiotic use showed that some Americans take their pets’ medicines.
Watch: Scientists Leave Fake Mars Colony
Watch: Scientists Leave Fake Mars Colony
Six scientists returned to human civilization on Sunday, after spending a year isolated on a dormant Hawaiian volcano to simulate the conditions astronauts could face on Mars.The mission, funded by NASA, was the fourth one organized by the Hawaii ...
The scientists spent 12 months isolated on a Hawaiian volcano to simulate a Mars exploration mission.
Your Zika Apathy Is Spreading the Virus
Your Zika Apathy Is Spreading the Virus
You may not be a pregnant woman. You may not be the partner of a pregnant woman. But if you don’t care about Zika, you’re part of the problem.That’s the message that Joseph Conlon, a technical adviser for the American Mosquito Control Association ...
The American public doesn’t care about Zika—and that blasé attitude is not only careless, it’s dangerous.
Soylent Ads Sound a Lot Like Thinspo
Soylent Ads Sound a Lot Like Thinspo
Rob Rhinehart stopped eating and started a multimillion-dollar empire.In a 2013 blog post entitled, “How I Stopped Eating Food,” the then-24-year-old explained how he’d overhauled his diet by eliminating all solid foods from his life. For the past...
Marketed as a way to ‘stop eating,’ Silicon Valley’s miracle food has been glamorized by ‘pro-ana’ websites. Eating-disorder experts say even the accidental message is dangerous.
How Airbnb Kills Our Ideas of Privacy
How Airbnb Kills Our Ideas of Privacy
One of my memorable Facebook status updates went something like, “How long before newsreaders realize that we all know that the social networking website Twitter is a social networking website?” I got a lot of good feedback from that one, includin...
To make its home-away-from-home vibe work, the online housing broker insists on a level of transparency from hosts and guests that creates a level of intimacy bordering on the unseemly.
This Is Your Brain on Burning Man
This Is Your Brain on Burning Man
It was summer of 1994, smack in the heart of the Cape Cod’s white-trash-meets-the-Hamptons busy season. Ace of Bass dominated the radio airwaves with their smarmy melodic Swedish pop, just eclectic enough to bridge the gap to the coming alt rock t...
Burning Man begins on Sunday, and there will be plenty of people dropping acid for the first time. Here’s why that may not be a bad thing.
Did a Vitamin IV Make Me a Superhero?
Did a Vitamin IV Make Me a Superhero?
“You have gorgeous veins,” said the woman giving me intravenous infusions of a detoxifying antioxidant which, she said, “whitens the skin from the inside out.”My tawny complexion should look “brighter” in the next few days, she assured me, and the...
Wellness addicts are getting their nutrient fix through IV drips, bypassing the digestive system and flooding their cells with vitamins. Our correspondent rolled up her sleeve…
Arts + Culture
Roger Ailes’ Poisonous Personal Vendetta
Roger Ailes’ Poisonous Personal Vendetta
Facing multiple allegations of sexually harassing female employees along with lawsuits from two of his accusers, to say nothing of advising Donald Trump on presidential debate prep, ousted Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes apparently still has time to...
Noted journalist Gabe Sherman is preparing a major exposé about the former Fox News chief and women for New York magazine—which may explain why the Ailes side is on the attack.
How to Build a New York Mega-Mansion
How to Build a New York Mega-Mansion
Even the largest, most patrician Manhattan townhouses aren’t spectacular enough for Silicon Valley bigwigs and billionaire businessmen, who are buying up two or three adjacent ones and converting them into single labyrinthine super-mansions. Hav...
Sean Parker, Facebook’s co-founder, has bought three brownstones in Greenwich Village to build one super-mansion—following an extravagant trend set by Roman Abramovich and Michael Bl...
Gene Wilder’s Amazing Cancer Legacy
Gene Wilder’s Amazing Cancer Legacy
Lily Safani, the CEO of Gilda’s Club New York City, did not know that Gene Wilder was ill and was shocked to hear of his death, aged 83, on Monday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.“This man is so much an integral part of Gilda’s Club, to ...
As co-founder of Gilda’s Club, Wilder turned his grief over wife Gilda Radner’s death into action around ovarian cancer and helping those affected by all cancers.
Beyoncé Rules the VMA White Carpet
Beyoncé Rules the VMA White Carpet
Beyoncé and daughter Blue Ivy were early arrivals at MTV’s Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. Naomi Campbell and Britney Spears also stunned.
Beyoncé and daughter Blue Ivy were early arrivals at MTV’s Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. Naomi Campbell and Britney Spears also stunned.
Scenes From Brooklyn’s Afropunk 2016
Scenes From Brooklyn’s Afropunk 2016
The 12th annual festival of music and culture featured Tyler the Creator, TV on the Radio, Ice Cube, Janelle Monae—and so much more. See photos from the two-day event.
The 12th annual festival of music and culture featured Tyler the Creator, TV on the Radio, Ice Cube, Janelle Monae—and so much more. See photos from the two-day event.
The Woman Who Was Afraid of the Night
The Woman Who Was Afraid of the Night
I have this friend—I call her Vivienne—anyway, she and I have been good and loyal friends for many, many years and she crops up a lot in the stuff I write.We recently reached the age of openly looking out for each other’s health and well-being. Sh...
Most of us have a mild phobia or two without knowing exactly why. But Nina Stibbe knows: her aversion to night began with a man, a ladder, a scorned woman, and a shotgun.
Will & Kate, Just Normal Parents
Will & Kate, Just Normal Parents
It’s always tricky, the first royal engagement of the new term.Usually the royals don’t get back to ‘work’ until the first week of September, but, wisely, Will and Kate opted to jump back onto the front pages a week or so early this year, with a b...
Kate Middleton and Prince William may have a life and lifestyle far removed from most Britons, but they want to promote the image of being regular parents.
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