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An ethics group is suing the Treasury Department for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request about a July jaunt taken by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and wife Louise Linton to watch the solar eclipse in Kentucky. The group, Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington, requested the information about costs for the…
Trevor Noah is back after a break from “The Daily Show,” and he thinks First Lady Melania Trump should take his advice and make her escape. Noah took time to reflect on yesterday’s national news story, which remarkably was not the celestial phenomenon, but rather the way that phenomenon was eclipsed by the president staring…
“And I need you now tonight/And I need you more than ever” The singer of the world’s most famous song about eclipses is referring to many things here: a person, love, her heart, and according to the song’s actual writer, vampires. Love, supernatural monsters, and internal organs are needed, tonight and always. But what about…
Immediately in the wake of the total solar eclipse across America on Monday, August 21, the Hebrew calendar will turn the page to Rosh Chodesh Elul — the first day of the month of Elul. Auspicious? Rosh Chodesh Elul marks the beginning of the period of Teshuvah — the month of introspection, stock-taking, and repentance…
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